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,toluran, and any lots space LH rated MS a full Web.
i a nizu wirer itements must be paid for before
,ctoo,c:teept on yi arty contracts, when half-yearly,
Janda in advance Will he requi
er line each insertion.red.
it,LITICAL NOTICE-3, 2u co,.ta p
tinnig inserted tor less than $l.
sesises Itorter.sin the Editorial columns, or, Ws
t oad page, 15cents per line each insertion.
,Notti
; tmevted fur le.s Owl
/ LOCAL NOLICEIi Llitai COillslll, 10 cents per, line If
0 ., th an jive lines ;'and OUceuts for a notice of fire
ir3 or less.
ii/SOUNCESIENTS of MATIMAGEB and DrATHatneOrted
wee but all obituary not las willbo charged 10 °onto'
4ra kt, Noric ES 50 Or cen t abov emu War rates
CAans 5 lines or lese, $5,00 poi year:
PiCsin,ess Cards;
WAVIIE • F. A. JOIMON.
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Batchelder *St Johnson,
E r , , ue ,, , ri f Monulneuts,4
.onea,"
8e
il , t . .'' e — a i ir3 . S.:e. Call andce. Shop , , Waln el.,
';'';,lteroundry, Wellsboro, I'a.—July 3, /872.
A. Redflbld, _
a poRSEY AND couNgELLore AT LAW.—Collect
ro pr omptly attended to.—Lawrenceville, Tioga
c ,ty . p e au . a., Apr. 1, 1872-9111. '
L. H. Seymour;
oasEy AT LAW, Tioga Pa. 411 buaineas en
to his taro will rocciro prompt 'attention.—
;4.1,161 1 .
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Get,.
J:j oEy dT LkW.—Wellsburo. Pa. Oinuu In
lines ;Meet:, li.titl street; sec?lig flour;
1 ,{43 Ltll (Awn Ast r.troll 0111 CC.
Mitchell & Cameron, , 1
11latil:V6 AT LAW, Claim flala illEilleall( . 13 Agents.
Comers() & Williamsi• brick block, over
thigood's store, Wellaboru t Pa.—Jan. 1,
William A. Stone, -
ojaNEY AT LAW, over C. B. Kelley's Dry Good
ta, Wright & Batley's Block on nada street. -
%store, Jan. 1, ISLt.
J. C. Stiang,
aroany AT LAW DISTRICT ATTORNEY.—
ctlca with J. 13. N les, ].sq.. Wellsboro, '72
C. N. Daitt,
:D.T ig.—Teeth made with the NEW iMPEOVE3LENT:
gtre better satietactiou than any, thing else,
thbee ru Wright Sz. lialloy'n Meek., Wells-
Esr4, Oct. 15, 1572.
J. B. Niles,
thYdliEY AT LAW—Will attend promptly to bus
u.to eutru,%tea to Ma care In the counties of Tlog
in hater. Oflke Cu the Avenue.—Wellaboro, Pa.,
1n.1,1812.
Jim W. Adams,
TIMES AT 14W, Mansfield, Tloga county, Pa
CoPAuuns proupty attended to.--Jan. 1, 1872. •
C, L, Peck, •
eTTOIINLY AT LAW. Allelaime promptly collected
Odic° Rid' W. B. Smith, Knoxville, Tiuga co., Pa.
C. B. Kelly.
lu Crockery. Chu,. and (Vaasa ware, Table Cut
gry aud h.ad Ware. Ms Table and House Fur
r..o wag Soods.—Well.boro, Pa., Sept. 17. 1572.
Juu. W. Guernsey, - -
masa AT LAW.—AII bustuess entrusted to him
MU promptly attended to.—ollice Ist door south
dlictnam a; Tnrr's store, Tioga, Tioga couuty, Pa.
ha 1, 1571.
Armstrong Sz Linn,
WM:18 AT LAW, Williamsport, Pa,
IL ii. AllIbilIONG.
:MIL LINN.
Wm. B. Smith, ‘.
titON ATTORNEY, Bounty and Insurance Agent.
C , :..aninkattons sent' to the above address will re
prompt attention..., Teems moderate.—Enoi,-
/le, Pa. Jan. 1, ha
ernes & Roy,
P7TERS.—AII kinds of Job Printing done on
otice, and in the best manner. °Mee iu Bow-
Cone's Block, 2d floor.—Jan. 1, 1871. •
Sabiusville House.
Tioga Co., Pa.—Benn 13ro's. Proprietors
tr..ss , :ase has been thoroughly renovated and is
in good condition to accornidato -the traveling
;;;;b:lu a save rior man n er.—Jau. 1, 1873.
D. Bacon, M. D.,
..,iICIAN ',NU SURGEON—May be fou4 at ills
Ist door East of Miss. Todd's—Mat_ ,n.street.
Emend promptly to all calla.—Wellat Pa.,
41,1872.
Seeley, Coats SI
slim, Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa.—Receive) money
E&p , yit, div,molt ;totes, and sell drafts on New
City. Collections promptly made.
Ltn..x SEELEY, Oscoola. VINE ORAN - DAM,"
ht. 1, 1872. DAVID COATS, Knoxville
Petroleum House,
7F IELD. PA., Geo, Close, Proprietor.---Good ac
zitodation for both man and beast. , Cbarges
and good attention given to guests. .
;nl, 1872.
W. Wi Burley,
'N'ITACTURER OF all stylea of light and • heavy
,
` 4 • ll3 ges. Carriages kept constantly on baud. All
rat Warranted. - Corner Casa and l3ulfate Streets,
N. Y. Orders loft with C.
':Iliboro, or E. E. Burley, Chatham, win receive
it,nr e t attention.—Juno 3, 1373!-6 mos. . .
M. L. Stickling
E I LE.II In Cabinet Ware of all hinds which will be
le:dlower than the lowest. He invites all to take
bwt at his goods before perehasingl elsewhere.—
fxzsenlber the place—oppostte DartriA Wagon Slibp,
'West Main street, Wellshoro. Feb. 25, 1873-Iy.
Mrs. Mary E. Lamb.
ELLlNErn...—Wislies to inform her friends and the
ith'dc generally that she has a large stock of Anilin
e!. and Fancy Goods suitable for the season. which
111 be sold at reasonable prices. Mrs. E. Kim.
Lill has charge ef the making and trimming de- 1
Attment, and will givo'her attention exclusively to
Next door to the Converse S; Willianih Block.—
hay N, 1873.-tf.
Yale & Van Horn.
.ttlmanufacturing several brands of choice Cigarfi
rich we will sell at prices that-cannot but please
castomern. We use none butt the best Connect
llavana and Yam Tobaccos, k WO make our own
inn, and for that reason can warrant them. We
44 a general assortment of good Chewing and
s ulan, , Tobaccos, Snuffs, Pipes from clay to the
h.rst Meerschaum, Tobacco Pouches, Sm., whole
tie and retail.-Dec. 21. 1872.
John R. Andersoilt; Agt.
RETAIL DEALER IN lIAILDWAItE,
Iron, Steel, 'Nails, Rouse-Trimmings, Me.
Agricultural Implements, Carriage
' 4 13, Aale,, Firritigs, Rims. &c., Poi:let and Table
n'. Plated Ware, Gun gund
and iron—the best In use. Manuiae
,...:,r tut' dealer in Tin, Copper, and Sheet-iron
t re• 'tooting In Tin and Iron. All work trarrant
4—Jan. I. 1e73.
WELLSBCIIIO HOTEL,
COR. MAIN ElT t Al THE. AVE: 4 .B7E,
WELLSBORO, PA.
.8.8. HOLIDAY, Proprietoir.
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~, , , h otra is well located, and is In good condition
i .r ., m. , ,1att2 the traveling public. 'rho proprietor
no palu4 to make It a first-class house. All
1.,..;:t:a arrive and depart from this house. Free
and
intall trains. Bober and industrious host
-11 att d
is, 187 d. tf,
JUST. RECEIVED
L
„ titOß SToOR ISEAVER. BROAD.
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CUSIMERE, VESTINGS, AND TRlAL
‘!llleta I win sell very cheap VOW CASH. In
ir - Zs.t. best asaortn4eut of Goode over brought to
tt,:;"re, of Vatioll% otyles. Pleaso call and look
tr Atc ° , 4 Salta, Overcoats and Ropafring done with
u Ind as cheap As the ' cheonest.
GEORGE WAGNER,
Crofton Strobt,
Wollaboro, PS.
REM
Lops, Chandeliers & Brackets
AT CI. B. IiELLEY'S.
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enerea Insurance Agency
_.l IINOXVILLE:TIOOILIV
-Pire,vanfl,Aceidelitat.
=MA
alOmania, of Clovelaud r Ohlo ' 436,033.41
Now York Lifo and Fire Ihs.*Co 21,000,000
- Royal Ins. Co., of - 10,515,501
Lancashire, of Manchester, Capital,— 10,000,000
Ins. Co., of North America. Pa_ .$ 3 ,050,533 Gli
Franklin Fire Ins. Co. of Pliila...ra. - - .2.037,452 25
Republic Ins. Co. of N. Y., Capitol, $750,000
..
NitiparaTire Ins. Co. of N. Y ' 1,000,000
Farmers Mut.iFire Ins. Co. York Pa009,889'15
Pio:Puts Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Mulford Ct.•. , 5,081,070 50
ponies Cattle Ins. Co. of Pottsvillo • - GOO., 000 oe
! Total • -
..$55 ? 431 ? 451 9 i
,
Insuittnce promptly effected- by, mall or - tthervase,
Winn binds of Property. All losses promptly adjusted
and paid at my office. . ' = ;
• All communications promptlY attended' tol- , 011.1c0 or
AIM Street 2d door from 'Alain at, Encimille Pa.
I • ' SMITH
1873-tf.
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General Insurance. Agency
Nkr.son, Two". CO., PA. ,
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&JP. B. CAMPBELL
AItR policies 14 the following Companies
against tiro and lightning in Ting • and Potter
counties :.-.
QUEEN Assets . $10,000,000.00
CONTINENTAL of New York, ..2,509,520.27
HANOVER, of New York , 983,381.00
GERMAN AMERICAN, Now :1,272,000.00
WYOMING, of Wilkesbarre, Pa: ' 219,098.42
WILLIAMSPORT, of Wm'sport... ...... —113,060.00
All business promptly attended to by mail or other
wise. Losses adjusted and paid at our oleo.
Nelson, Dec. -10, 1872-Iy.
LOOK I
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PA-TENT MEDICINES,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, •
Trusser, Supfiu2:ters,-=cind Surgi-
HORSE & CATTLE POWDERS:
Liquors, Scotch ties, Cigars, Tobacco, Suuff;&c., ezc„
PrIVSIOSANS' P/lESCIIIPTIONS CALIIEFOLLY COMPOUNDRD
Groceries, Sugars, Teas,
CA2V:N.:4I) AND FRUIT,
Shot; Lead, Powder and Caps, Lamps, Chimnoys,
Whips, Lashes, &c.
BLANK & 111.1SCELLEOUS
. 300Z,Z 0 -
All Salim! Books in use, Envelopes,Blationery, Bill
and Cap Paper, Initial paper, Memorandums, large
and small Dictionaries, Legal paper, School Cards and
Primers, Ink. Writirtz Fluid, Chess.and Backgammon
Boards, Picture Frames, Cords and Tassels, Mirrors,'
Albums, Paper Collars and Cuffs, Croquette, Base
parlor games, at wholesale and retail.
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Wallets, port monies, combs, - pins and needles,
scissors, shears, knives, violin strings, bird cages.
A groat variety of pipes, dells, inkstands, measure
tapes, rules,,
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Fishitig Tackle, Best trouVies, lines, kooki,
Spacial attention paid to tpla line ip tho sesnton.'
TOILET' AND FANCY ARTIOLES
, AGENTS FOR AMERICAN STEAM SAFES
VILLAGE LO - IB for sale in the central part of the Boro
Marc:ll2s, '..73—tf
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MRS, C. .1N7531.11 1 111,
'ETAS Just return from New York with - the largest
j_ assortment of ,
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MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS
ever brought into Wellsboro,,and will give her custom
ers reduced prices. She has a splendid assortment
of ladies suits, Parasols, Gloves, Pans, seal and' Imi
tation hair goods, and a full line of ready made white
goods. Prices to suit all.
Jan. 1, 1872.
GO AND SEE
ONINA NALL
"TVELLSBORO,PA.
' Surveyor s Notice.
EDWARD DRYDEN offers his ,Elervico to:the public
_EI as a Surveyor. He will be ready to attend prompt
ly to all calls. Ho may be found at the law office of
H. Sherwood l& Son, in Wellaboro, or at his resi
dence on East Avenue.
Welisboro, Pa., May 1.3, 1873—tf.
CHINAHALL,WeIIsboro.
LIVERY . STABLE.
ETCILSIT. S.:: COLES proprietors.. First-class rigs
furnished at reasonable rates. Pearl street, op
posito Wheeler's wagon shop. '
• A PUBLIC HACK
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will he on the street at all reasonable hours. Pass
engers to and from the depot to any part of the town
will he' charged twenty-five cents. For families ,or
small parties for pleasure, ono dollar per hour.
Wellsboro, July 15, 1573. KETCHAM & COLES.
THE NEW
Uftlytier
Vie Great
,Family Sewiiig Machille,of the
700,00 Wheeler& Wilson Family Sewing
Machines now in Use.
MITE improvements lately added to this Celebrated
J.. Machine have made it by far the most= desirable
Family Machine in the market and have given an im-
petus to the sale of it, never before equaled in'the
hist-61.50f Sewing Machines.
Eiainine for yourself; consult your own interests
in Im3ing a Sewing Maenine,and
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF
by that too common illusieiHt, that„till Lock• Stitch
Sowing Machines are good enough, or any Ma
chino will answer your purpose if it makes the
stitch alike on both sides of the fabric.
EXAMINE WELL THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
MACHINE YOU BUY,
and not pay your monoyfor a heavy-running, slow
motioned, noisy, complicated Machine, thrown to
gether in such a Manner as to last Just long enough
to wear out both your body and patience.
There is a great distinctive difference between the
Wheeler & Wilson mid all other Machines that make
the Lock•Stitch: — And it is to this difference that we
wish to especially call your attention.
It Maces the Lock, (or Shuttle Stitch,) bu
Thereby dispensing with the shuttle and all machinery
required to run a ahittlo; :also away with the
talte.up that Is to bo found in all shuttle Machines
and owing to the peculiarity of its construction,
- ONLY ONE TE, lON IS REQUIRED, "
while all other loet-stite AtachlOes require tvio.-
'GEO. ROBINSON, Agent,
March 25, '73-6m.
• - WFIALSBOItq, PA.
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Auvre or COM.kIiTU.S.
HASTINGS & COLES
FOR
cal Instruments,
irtisra Gooda in Great Variety.;
NOTIONS.
boskets and rods
HASTINGS .5,1 COLES
ROTARY MOTION
Sewing Machine I
ell) ilized World.
TO BE BLINDED
does it without a Shuttle !
FRUIT JARS, &c.,
•'A spectality.at
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-FOREIGN & - DOMESTIC,
aft':Oje.',,.,gl .- ,..0',(C),0,65';
ALAPACAS, POPLI_ArS,' CA fib
R RIGS, FRENCH.IA CO
E ORG A ND LES,
'PEQUAS, VER
b"RILL+'S,
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BLACK 4..COLORS} SILKS,
LOOK!
Beautiful Summer Shawls,
Ready-Made. Clothing,
Fresh Groptztrips,
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at 'Vary loa , prices. We keep the beet GO cent Tea in
A large stock of Crockery.
Opera House Block.
May 0, 1879
We have Shed the Shanty I
LBAITWIN&CO
BARGAINS
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ME
New Goods',
:NEW STOR-E,
A large stock of
Consisting of
All styles, coiors and patterns,
-ALSO--
YANKEE NOTIONS,
BOOTS&SiIik'S,
HATS & CAPS,
and plenty of cloth to make more:
Best White A Sugar, 12i cents.
A large and choice stock of
WELLSBOBO.
Call and see us.
TIOGA, PA.
And now have but time to nay o our pleads and
customers that we have good
FOR THEM
Our Elegant New Store
Fa filled full of
DESIRABLE GOODS
at the lowest prices to be found. .1
Doll and yon will know liow,it is youraelvea;
'oat
WV4LISBORO, TIOGk :CO., PA, } TUESDAY, S_EPTEmidll, 2, 1873.
"I heard, love," I, flowered; "they said, 'See those
• '_ lovers, •
They walls through the meadow with hearts' full of
bliss;
Their secret the wind-nymph moat quickly diecovere;
'Tie told in a look, 'iu a word, In a '
•
Silo blushed, and I saw all the roses grow paler
- With envy and longing." She lifted her eyes
- With a shy, - feigned expression that could not avail
her;• •
I knew that sho felt neither fear nor surprise.
Then I kissed her, and lo I all the winds fell to sing
ing
Some merry, glad song that was almost a psalm,
And down deep in my heart was a melody ringing
That chimed with all nature in infinite calm.
This was one of the golden sayings of
Jedidiah Pettisol. One might think so, at
least; by the frequency and emphasis with
-which it' fell from his lips:• •
Jedidiah was reckoned one' of the richest
men in the village of Needwall: He lived
hi that great white house. you see yonder
with the tufts of lilacs before each of the
'front windows, the great sugar maples in
the grassy yard, and the light, neat, picket
fences; in. the rear, the large barns so per
eetly.built, so trimly kept, and surrounded'
by the well-tended acres of the richest farm
of the neighhorhood.
)Jedidiah was reputed a snug, safe
an excellent manager of money, of :which
ho had laid by an untold Store; how
-much
it was difficult to say, but there was a - '! dry,
slow smile" which curled his hard features
when the inquiry was made, that stirtiulatad
the imagination of the'questioner more than
'Would the mention'of any definite sum.
Jedidiah was
-an excellent householder in
all pertaining to fils own. His wife - lacked:
for nothing; she rustled to church in the
stiffest of silks and heaviest of satins,' wore
fin, India shawl, and got her bonnets quar
terly from New York, to the great editiew
tion of Miss Pewit, the country milliner,
and of all her rural neighbors. All -Jedidi
ah's sons and danghters walked' in 'bright
iiesS and - lived on, the .fat of the land; they,
went to the best schools,'ate the best things,
wore the-best clothes,- and -were reported to
'do,everYthing in-.the best way. He-rubbed
his liana'sa lie looked around on hit-rising
race. flattered himself there Were no
b Cladren_gqina, He took care of thenu
-
s gr
cy Weltl ma,-
care of his mon things. . Whatever was his,
though but the breadth and thickness of a
hair, ?COS his, and was attended to :with mi
croscopic nicety.
But to all that was not his; to everybody
not his own, to every one's cares, wants,
outside the circle of his own, Jedidiah had
one short, golden saying:
" It's none of my business."
TRUMAN 4k CO
T. L. IiALDWIN Sz CO
- , - - Down in thti meadow:
:We Strolled d'otyntheirteadOW.nne morning_ hi stun
-itild.datherod sortie , blossoms that grew by tho way,
and heard the low boutis,the partridge drum
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mat
)3eat np bis bkiiwu SOldlers to drill'forthe day. • '
The'" cabins 'O , •bA gta:y:
And Wile-birds were caroling softly yet clear; • _
And Air away, .up in the limbs of a cherry, ' •
The sound of a mother-bird's talk we could
The air was astir •With ri Jubilant 'chorits.
floral) things seemed glad in that midsummer morn;
There was sunshine behind us, and sunshine before
• And sunshine on wheat, field and rank rows of. coin.
We stopped by the stile, where the fragrant, sweet
clover, -
* Held up to the morning Its clusters of red
.Ftw'a kiss of the tron,'es a girl to her lover '
'Lifts np her pink cheek With her wishes unsaid, - •
We stooil band in baud, and looked out on the mead
ows
That glistened afar - in the glow of 'the Morn,
And noticed the shifting and tremulous shadows
The blithe breezes made An the rows_of the corn.-
" Did you bear what the wind said ?" I asked of the
• maiden ' •
'• Who stood by my aide, with her band in my own.._
Bbo answered, " Ab, no I _fin-the breezes are laden
- With too many whispers to bear one Slam"- -
In September.
Feathery.clOuds are few and fair,
Thistle down is on the air, •
Rippling s,unshine on the lake;
Wild grapes scent the sunny brake;
Dizzy songs the crickets sing,
Wild bees wonder murmuring;
Butterflies - float in a dream,
Over all the swallows gleam.
Here and yonder, high and low,
Golden-rod and sun-flowers glow;
Here and there a maple flushes,
Sumach reddens, woodbine blushes; •
Purple asters bloom and thrive,
I ant glad to be alive!
It's None of My Bnsiness.
13Y 3fllB. ITARIiIET BEE'CITER BTO*E.
, .
Jedidiah was a proper, church-going man
—nay; a church member, and being a mem
bee of the church, his townsmen thought
the least they could do for it Man of such
substanc and-admiral management was to
make him deacon.
They ho ed thereby; in a measure, to
bring the affairs of the church into the
charmed circle which be called his own.—
They were much mistaken. He was tic'
shrewd for them. "If they think they? .o
going to get their burdens off on my shoul
ders they re mistaken. I pay my subscrip
tion punctually; that's all I agreed to do;
as to the rest, it's not my business."
If a subscription-was up for any charita
ble. object, Jedidiah was very acute in find
ing out that it was none of his business.
" Subscribe to a town library? No; what
do I want of a town library? I'm able to
buy all the books we want, and prefer to
read my own books."
" But, Mr. Pettisol, think how many of
your neighbors are not, and what an excel
lent thing for them it would bet"
" Well, let them get it; it's none of my
business, I'm sure; we've more books than
we can ever read now." , - , .
• " Mr. Pettisol, we called to see if you
would subscribe for a furnace for the
church."
"No; what's the use of a furnace. The
stove keeps us comfortable -enough." -
Your pew and two or ,three about it 'are
comfortable, •but the galleries, where the
poorer people sit, and the pews by the door,
—in short, half the pews in the house are
very uncomfortable." _
.
"Veil, let them that find it so subscribe.
I don't; so it's none of my business."
Now Mr. Pettisol was • a very orthodox
man,' and believed devoutly every one of
the rive points of Calvinism; and ho could
set any young Minister right in a twinkling
that blundered on them. lie kept an aus
tere' watch on his new pastor, Mr. Service )
'whom he suspected somehow of not having
precisely the good ways.; "I don't hear you
preach the strong old points," he would say,
"Divine 'Safereignty and Election;" and
the minister smiled in a Manner 'that Mr.
Pettisol wondered at.
" Did you ever hear of' this doctrine, Mr.
Pettisol?—` Look not every, man on his own
things, but every man on the things.Of oth-
!EOM
"That isn't a doctrine," said Mr. pettiso
" it's a declaration of the Bible."
" Why isn't it a doctrine?" said Mr. Ser.
vice, and lefthim.
Mr."PettiSol felt for some time that dull,
confused sensation in the brain that is pro
duced by a new idea fumbling at the rusty
lock bf a very old door. Ile•had been to
the sacrament punctually every two months
for twenty years. He had supposed himself
primed in all the ins and outs of doctrine,
and in all this time nobody had ever said
sucha singular thing to hint as this. It con
fused him, and he put it out of his head.
The minister was young and modest; he
suppoSed he had dropped a seed which lie
hoped would germinate—he did not make
allowance for that flock of domestic fowls
called old prejudices who make it their busi r
ness instantly to-gobble up all such seeds.
When he thought his seed had gertninated
he called on Jedidiah to open a case which
layiieavily on his mind, 'and in which nO
one in his parish was so able to give him
material aid.:
There had recently been a factory estab
lished in a distant part of his parish which
had brought into the place a large pppula
tion of young lads and girls who, as often
happens in such cases, seemed to be under
very indifferent moral influences. Sabbath
was a perfect carnital of unseemly proceed
ings. The -boys marauded through the
fields, robbed orchards and melon patches,
and the girls—flaunting in gay dresses and
laughing loudly—were often seen-in certain
-dubious coffee houses which had sprung up
- like mushrooms in the neighborhood of the
factory. '. ' •
Mr. Service, with two or three energetic,
self•denying men and women of his parish,
had ventured into this region and set up a
Sabbath School, and succeeded in produc
ing some 'Wreath" bettgillogs.
That tnothini• at- table:lo. Service-had
"said to his wife, "..If only WaS rich now;
rknow Alga I WoUld,4l6;•l'Ll•piti awn neat
little halt , for - our Sabhath'Sehool, - and have
a library in it; and:.l 'could draw-in ever, so
many; it
,inight !beeonit •the -nucleus or
ahurch.ns Well as for:the use•of 'a,tiab•
bath ,Schriol.'t•-.. , -••• : • . ' • • '
- Wok/eV* get Unit subscription forit,"
said 'his" wife;' " there's •Deacen ' Pettisol
owns the land—perhaps hell give us that."'•
.'"I doubt it, l ll4aid - Mr. Service. •
- !Oh,:yest only go and talk 'Jo hint—tell
him altabout if—he.can't refuse." •
So that evening Mr, , Service called at Mr.
Pettisol's, and. ras cordially received; some
fine pears and grapeaWere offered Ito him in
•the beat-front parlor,• and •Mrs. Pettisol and
Mr: Pettisol , were delighted IO see him. - ' •
_ ,Ife told his story. , •
• " I hardly see , what'eall Yim have to med ,
dle - with that factory -population," said Mr
Pettisol. "If I 'mistake not, the faCtery
stands on the other side' of the town line;
and it's the business of Smith & Simons to
providOuch things, if - anybody. Why do
you not go to them?" -
`" I have been to them, and they are mere
nioney-making - Men of the wofid, and don't
care for anything of the sort." • • -
" Well, then," said Jedidiab, "I believe
the, factory, in point of fact, stands in 'Mr. -
Brown's`parish. '
"Perhaps in mere point of geography, by
the line running this side the factory, but in
point of fact.the people are Much nearer to
us than to him. The fact is,-'lll'r. Pettisol,
it is for our interest to take care of this pop
ulation,l or they will corrupt the state of
morals among us. These roving.; idle young
men and -boys, many of them bright and
active, will be leading away the boys of this
parish; even now the Sabbath is dreadfully
profaned among us." '
" Illrisk my children," said Mr. Pettisol.
"I can't cut down all th dockweed in my
neighborhood; orclear off all -the caterpil
lars from my neighbors' trees, but 'I can
keep the weeds off my own farm." • •
"I doubt it," said Mr. Service; "but if
you could, it would be less work to cut down
one stalk of dock, growing in your -neigh
.ber's field, than to hoe up a thousand young
:docks after the wind has seeded your farm
with them. If • any one would have made it
their business to clean the caterpillars off
the wild cherry tree at the head of the
street, you would- have saved two days'
work in-your orchards'about."
"I know that," said Mr. Pettisol; "but I
ain't going to do other people's Work. That •
tree standd on Jim Steuton's ground, and if
her don't attend to it; lain% going to do it
for him, I'm sure." „
Aldine
" Not if it fills every tree of your orchard
with caterpillars?" said Mr. Service.
"I can take care - of- my own trees," said
Mr. Pettisol. rather do. twice the
work on my own place than to do work
that isn't my-business:"
"Mr. Pettisol," said Mr. Service, " have
you thought any of that doctrine I spoke to
you about?" •
- " What doctrine, sir?"
Look not every man on his own things,
but every man on the things of• others.
What do'you think of that. doctrine? It's
in the Bible as plain as•the doctrine of
this - point Mr. Pettisol began to have
secret doubts of-the validity of Paul's epis
tles; but he did not , venture to assert them
in so many words,' so he passed the grape
dish again to his minister, and said:
" I trust I am always.ready to do my duty
in my own field; but I believe in order, sir,
OilDEß—ill every one sticking to his own
business. Now we have engaged you, sir,
to attend 'to us—keep u our preaching and
Weekly lecture and prayer meeting; and' re
ally, sir,, I don't ,see how you can burden
yourself with this. work without taking the
strength you need' for your main business."
"Mr. Pettisol," said Mr. Service, "I do
not consider myself-in the light of a inan
hired bStake care of You merely; I am the
servant and shepherd of Christy and my duty
is to all wandering souls whom I am able
tii.reach and fare for; but if - I thought of
elnlitffibyt your interests and those of your
as I do no:fiiiiielitliiithiatYlThit,l§tßifill.
1y way I can save the children and youth of
my parish from corruption:"
I don't know how it is with our people,"
said Mr. Pettisol, "but I don't think my .
children will wish to associate with factory
hands."
"I don't think you can answer for your
boys, nor I for mine; Mr. Pettisol; boys are
more attracted by boys than they are by
fathers and mothers, and if there are bay,
likely fellows who keep some kind of jolly
thing going, they , care very little what sta
tion they belong to."
" I shall forbid my sons all such associa
tions," said' Mr. Pettisol; " and I should
like to see any of them dare to disobey me."
" I should not," said Mr. Service; ' nev
ertheless, I fear they will."
" Well, perhas I may feel it my duty to
give something , " said the deacon.' •
" If you would only give us that lot of
land this sidg of the factory to put our hall
on," said Mt Service.
`.` Why, Mr. Service, you ain't up in busi
ness matters," said. Mr. Pettisol, with a, pa
tronizing smile; " that lot of land is rising
in value ten per cent. a year."
"For all that I think it would' be your
best investment to give it for this cause.. It
is in one sense'far more our business to take
care of these factory people than it is the
business of the owners of the factory.—
,They do not live here; they have no chil
dren; they will not in their persons or their
families suffer as - we shall from leaving them
go to ruin."
" Who wants to leave them go to ruin?"
said Mr. Pettisol: " Can't they come to our
church if they want to? There are free
seats in the gallery without our going down
to build a place for them" •
"But they won't come..to our church,.
and experience has :shown they will come to
a place appropriated to them alone: Our
poor little room is crowded
,every Sabbath,
and some go away for want of room.",
``Well, Mr, Service, think of it, and
send You something, though I must shy I
'don't think as you do. If people won't at
tend the stated means of grace, I really
don't see the need of going down on our
knees to them-At's their own affair, after
all." • '
"The Lord Jesus didn't think it our own
affair whether we went to destruction or
not," said Mr. service. " He did much
more, one would think, than Ms part. We
were enemies, and he left Heaven for us,
lived poor all His life, and died the worst of
deaths. Is He to do•this for us, and we feel
that we are not to lift a linger .for each
other?" .
•" Well, well, kr. Service, I'llthink of it
and let you know, I'll subscribe something,"
said Mr. Pettisol; and so•the minister arose
and left.
" lle is a goodtnan, my dear," said Jedi
diah Pettisol; "I believe Mr. Service is a
very, good man—but I doubt about his or
thodoxy."
" Why,, my dear," said, Ah
"what makes you doubt his ori
"01 these modern young ministers, will.
their humanitarian notions, want to carry
the world on ' their shoulders, but they' are
chimp on the doctrines. Ile says he believes
theM, but he don't preach them. Haven't
heard a sermon On Divine Sovereignty and
Alan's Dependence since he's been here. If
he i►ad - more faith in that'he would be much
quieter."
"I think," said Mni-Pettisol; " that what
he'said about our children is ridiculous.—
I'd risk our Johnny anywhere; poor little
fellow, he went to.bed with a headache early
tliis evening."
The fact was that "our Johnny" at the
moment these words were spoken was far
enough front bis bed, -He was, in fact,
down at Smith's factory learning to play
'poker-with Mike Dorney, a sharp, shrewd - ,
adroit, droll fellow- who led all the boys of
the village, and had taken entire possession
of :Johnny Pettisol. ,
The next morning Mr. Pettisol inclosed in
a very cold note • seventy-five cents to his
minister. Shortly after secret dissatisfac
tion arose in time parish. Mr, Service was
accused of heresy. There was a great meet
ing of commits, much talk, and discussion.
Poor Mr. Service was badgered, and baited,
and obliged to spend so many anxious hours
and so much time and strength in explain
ing exactly his views 'of the consistency of
God's decrees with human ability, and in
defining the exact state, of the heathen in
the future world, that the heathen in Smith
vide were left to o•on their own way. In
a short time IVir, mice *ati dismio,94 the
elthr elvhired ministers at ten dollars tt.
ban' to supply the pulpit, ond'said that this
will economy. Grogshops gre\v up in - the
village—the poorhouse - increased its inmates
—boys-grew up- godless; 'dissipated young
men; broke their fathers and mothers'
hearts--and Johnny Pettisol's first and fore.
most,. -
There were days, 'long' 614111. bitter, _when
Mr..Pettisol,,old and trembling .with, paral- -
ysis,.and his wife, sad and; broken-hearted,
wept over their spendthrift, undutiful sons,
and wondered why they should have turned
oitt, so bad in'spite.of such excellent instruc
tionS.
- •
. The dock-weed and caterpillars 'could not
be got out of Jedidiab's field with all his en
ergy; and in his own secret. soul,
_while
trembling on the verge of eternity and re.
viewing the-use he had Made of his life, he
sometimes . remembered Mr. Service, and
wished ho had given more thought to the
great doctrine, " Look not every man on his
osin things, but everyman also on the things
of others." .
. ,
Extraordinary Powers ofziemory.
- In a Sidney newspaper, some time back,
was a curious account of. a trial whibh took
place in the - Supreme Court, when the de
fense set up by the prisoner was that he
could not have committed' the robbery be.
cause' at the time it was committed 'lie Was
in his hut on his master's . farin listening to
the story of the " Old English Baron,"
which occupied two hours and'a half in its
recital. - To prove this .fact three, witnesses
Ware called, the first two of - whom swore
ptisitively that the prisoner was iu his but
listening to the story, which was told by a
man named Lane, who occupied two hours'
and--a half—from ten to half-past twelve
o'clock—in telling it. From the manner in
which the jurors questioned these witnesses
it was evident they did not believe them,
and even the 'counsel 'for the prisoner ap
peared to think his ' defense rather strong,
and accordingly, :when Lane was put into
the box, he scarcely asked the " story-tell
er" a question, Lane merely confirming the
statement of the other witnesses. The At
torney General, in his cross-examination,
inquired what o her ste:ies he could tell, to
which Lane rep ted: "Agnes, or the Bleed
ing Nun," the ' Castle of Otranto," and sev-a
eral others. -1" Now, sir," said the Attorney
General, in
" do you wish to persuade us that,
without a book, you could occupy two and
a half hours in reciting the story of the
' Old English Baron' ?" " I could,"replied
the witness, and I' ill, if you please."—
" We'll have a page or two," said the Attor
ney General; and to the great surprise, not
only of- the learned gentleman, but of the
court and auditory, the witness, after a pre
paratory "hem,"commenced: "In the
time of King Henry, when the good Duke
Humphrey returned from the wars in the
Holy Land, where he had been sojourning
for a number of years, there lived"—and•so
he went on for several minutes in a tone and
manner -that showed he knew every woad in
the book, until he was stopped by the Attor
ney
General, who confessed he, was satis
fied.
When the defendant's counsel "arose for
there-examination and desired-the witness to
go on with the story and finish it, the Chief
Justice said he could not allow the time of
the court to be wasted in that way; but the
counsel submitted that the Attorney General
havinf, in his cross-examination opened the
story, lie was'entitled, to have the whole of
it. But you do not`expect me to take it
down?" said the Chief Justice. "Your
Honor will perceive," said-the learned_ gen
tleman, "that it is very important to my
case, as the jury by their questions have
shown that they do not:think the witness
could occupy two hours and a half in tell
ing the story, and I wish to •show that he
can; and unless it is conceded by the.Attor
nay General that he can occupy two hours
and.. a half, I must prove that he can by
making him do so."
There being no doubt . that the counsel
was right, the Attorney General agreed to
make the concession, if Lane could repeat
the last page as well as the first. Lane,
without the slightest ltesitation, commenced
CllllFfeafirbir • tfelMjetween Lord
style that he had pommenced it. The re:-
suit was that an alibi was proved, and the
prisoner was equitted. —Selected.
A correspondent of the Pueblo People,
writing from Fort - Garland under date of
July 24, tells the following story. The reli
ability of the correspondent is vouched for
by the editor of 'the People: •
Last Monday two Mexican bogs, Jesus
Maria ,and Juan de la Cruz Lidibustero i
were taking a herd of seven hundred sheep
across the sand hills of the Lomas del Ar
reno,' about twenty-four _ miles northerly
from Fort Garland. These sand hills ex
tend out into the San Luis valley about fif
teen miles, opposite the Mosco Pass.
"The herders undertook to make a short
cut across the hills, instead of .going around
as directed by their father. - At first every
thing moved gaily; the boys and sheep and
dogs only sank a few inches in the f l ight,
white sand, and they thought how foolish it
was of old fogies to go around twenty miles
when it was only four across; but before
they got half across, 'one of those sudden
storms arose; up came agentle breeze, the
'breeze became a wind, and. the wind an aw
ful hurricane; the sand moved about in
blinding clouds, hills changed to holes, and
every hole was a seething cauldron.
"The poor boys struggled hard to avert
their doom; an&Jesus Maria managed, by
drawing his, erape over his head and keep
ing his feet, and climbing as the sand piled
up, around him,. to survive the tornado, but
hia younger brother, Juan de Is Cruz, suc
cumbed to the suffocating blast—and, as a
ship goes down .at 'sea, so sank the brave boy
'surrounded by his bleating sheep and whin
ing dogs; and when the storm ceased, as
suddenly,as it had commenced, little Jesus
found himself all alonei.with quiet mounds
of -glistening sand all around. him,, and not
a trace of the cruel storm nor a- wreck of
the sad disaster could be seen.
"Young Jesus hurried home, where he
arrived the next day, and told his tale of
terror. 'The whole plaza turned out to seek
the lost, body and dig out the missing sheep.
Up to the succeeding afternoon they had not
recovered over four hundred sheep, most of
them being found about six feet below the
surface. The natives from neighboring pla
zas lind - flocked to the scene, and were bu
sily engaged digging out sheep, - saving the
wool, and feasting on mutton: The old
gentleman's loss was their gain,
,and they
could say as they smacked their lips 'er a
fine Mutton chop, All is not lost that's out
of sight.'"
writer in - Chambers's Journal marshals
some curious facts concerning the estimate
put upon the bath by various nations, and in
different ages. He points out that among
the-Bulgarian Christians it is held a sin to
wash a child before he conies to the age of
ason, and that on the Friday befOre her
marriage the bride, ." fm the first and last
time in her life," takcs a complete' bath, •
and concludes that "all desire to be clean
must be reckdned by and women now ,
living as by the ancient hermits it the 'The
baid,' a lust of the flesh. According to the
universal experience of mother's - and nurses
in the Western nations, expfessed in so ma
-ny nursery rhymes and tales and pictures,
the very reverse is true. They tell us, and
perhaps our own. young recollections One
tion their assertion, that a desire to remain
dirty, a hatrqd of the bother and the pain
of being cleansed, is an instinct of the nat
ural man which re-appears in each of the
species from the day he feels the smart of
soap-and-water or the rough pressure of a
towel. ' The littlebirds never cry!' said the
perplexed nurse to her screaming charge.—
' Because they are never washed,' the natu
ral foe of soap incontinently and wittily re
plied." , •
Mr. Joaquin Miller Must have had lonic
queer experiences in his short life, if his
own record'olf them is to he believed. We
have - already seen him "with Walker in
IsTicaraudue Ile is said to be writing an
autobio raphy in which he tells of his resi
dence ii d adventures with the Modocs, and
here is t m substance of a true story," which
he. relates to the readers of thelaSt Indepen
dent.. • The scene of the story is laid in Shas
ta county, California, a few years tigo, and
the dramatis pei•sonce are a little company of
miners, of whom si x were suddenly prostrat
ed with the scurvy, They were very likely
cried in Sand.
VARIETIES.
. . _ .
.
to die, for.the camp w .i s a lonely _one,--far
„altvity from all such foo . medicine, and con
veniences as the sick require. :One of the
Miners,- however, - had' heard -of .a remedy"
which he haillprOved while ho-was a`sailor,
and which was not, beyond reach, and to
make trial of this Was at once resolved up
on. Six deep pits were speedily dug ‘ in the
Warth.Soll imthe shadow of a line vino; in
these the patients, stripped to the skin; were
placed, arid_ then the fresh earth qias care
fully shoveled back, so that each fnan was
securely buried up to his chin. - In :this po
sition they 'were to stay - all night. Now,
.the sleep of the miner when his day's toil is'
over " isnot wrench a sleep as_ a stupoti"
and soon after the last of the buried men
had dozed off, their friends also sought their
beds and - - fell into a slumber, from which
none awoke till dawn. At that, hour they
went to visit their buried comradee, and, to
their horror, found that the wolves had come
Own during the night and eaten off every
one of the heaths level with the ground!.
M.. de Beauvoir, a French traveler to
whom we owe the best and most picturesque.
description of Peking yet given to the West-
ern world, says that city is but " an epitome
of decay." ) "Thebes,-Memphis, Carthage,
Rome, aro ruins which tell
,of violent vicis
situde; Peking is a skeleton dropping into
dust. The ravine-like streets are knee deep
in every sort of rubbish; the moats, the ea- ,
nalS, and the rivers aro all and always dry;
the parks, .the once ;marvelous - ponds, are
turned to desert places. Triumphal arches
stand side by side with wretched, turnble
dowit booths surmounted by a forest of lit
tle pples, whence paper `signs' dangle in
the air, - and uniformity is lent to all b !the
thick; layer of evil-smelling dust wiiici lies
upon' them, the same dust that 'is a ways
whirling around, hurting the eyes and of
fending the nostrils." . This great city, in
which nothing is repaired, and where it is
penal to pull down anything, is slowly drop
ping to pieces; and it is the opinion of M.
de Beauvoir that before a century has pass
ed it will have been abandoned and have
ceased to exist.
.
The - Levant limes mentions that the drouth
in Asia Minor, in the neighborhood of An
gora, has been excessive, and in the small
town of Geredeli the enlightened inhabi
tants for some time past have daily offered
up prayers for rain. No change taking
place in the_ weather, it was 'decided that
1[
some " charms" must be tried and they at
last bethought themselves, of an infallible
one. It was simple, but one which, for, fear
of the consequences in these degenerate
days, could not be performed in the "good
old style." It consisted in cutting oil the
bead of it Christian and throwing it into a
stream or pond. As a live Christiamdid not
patriotically piesent, himself, it was deter
mined to exhume a dead one, and, to make
sure, the magic rite was performed with the
heads of three bodies, one of which had
been dead only a month. Up to the latest
advices the charm had not worked, 'and the
country remained parched.
Herbert Spencer does not agree with Mr.
Mill that the- "religion of humanity". is
likely to be the religion of the future. He
holds, on the contrary, that " however doni-
Want may become the moraLsentiment en-
listed on behalf of humanity, it can never
exclude the sentiment. alone properly called
religious, awakened by that which isThehind
humanity and bilbind 'all other things."
Mr. Ruskin declares that he'believeS " sol
emnly and without jest that the English
aristocracy's idea" of their caste is that its
life should be, distinctively from inferior
human lives, spent in shooting. * Have
English gentlemen," lie psks, " as a class,
any other real object in4heir whole exist
ence than killing.birds?!,
It is related of Kean that he suited the
kind of meat ho Mao the part he was about
to play, and selected mutton for lovers, beef
for murderers, and pork for tyrants.
The following aceount of the wonderful
sagacity of a couple of dog belonging . to
cowherd resident in the ° Weissenstem, a
well known mountain in the neighborhood
of So'cure, appears in the Swiss Times ..
"Early, on Monday morning; last, while a
hut, and theii, at a little distance, setting up
an unusual howling and whining: On pro-
ceeding to the spot, one of the men found
in the snow a half=frozen woman whom, the
dogs had restored to consciousness by lick
ing her hands and face. She was far too
weak to speak, but indicated, by pointing
with her finger to a spot close by, that some
one else had accompanied her, and was still
buried in the drift. On scraping away -the
snow, the body of a man, who proved to be
her husband, was found, but he had suc
cumbed to the cold."
The ;London /*eel7,tor, commenting on the
- domination which Europe in extending over
every part of Asia, asks whether the strange
spectacle of a handful of aliens holding
half the population of, the world - hi subjec
tion is likely to be a permanent one, and
adds: " One'real defeat of the Europeans
would enlighten.all Asia, and Asia Can wait
long and quietly for her news. She is now
nearly subjugated, and, we do not doubt;
will remain so for a-time; but there may be
terrible struggles yet—struggles so fierce
that the curious fede ation of Europe which
now governs Shitngh i may be called into
existence to keep Asi -down tilt her' educa
tion is complete. The — thorough extinction
of the white man in China would call Eu-
rope to very different work thin its present
one of squabbling whether dead dynasties
are corpses or sacred mummids."
By the late finnan given by the Sultan to
the Khedive the succession is settled by the
principle of primogeniture; and almost the
only acknowledgments of Suzerainty that
remain will be that the coins of the Khe
dive- will bear the Sultan's superscription,
his army must carry the Sultan's colors, and
be muse not, without the consent of the Sul
tan, build or purchase iron-clad ships of
war. The annual contribution is fixed at
six'hundred'thousand dollars.
Belgian journal gives 'the details of a
peculiarly frightful tragedy which was per
petrated lately in one of the villyges of that
kingdom. A young girl in service at Bills
selshad saved a little fortune of eighteen
hundred francs, and hearing that her, moth
er was ill and required her care, sbeleft for
home by rail, alighting about a league dis
h taut therefrom. To reach her destination
she would have to pass a &only wood; so,
fearing the dangers of the way, she resolved
to pass the night at the• house of an uncle
who lived near. She accordingly knocked
npher relations, and having told her story
and her fears, she was put into the room of
a female cousin who was away, at work:—
While lying awake in the middle of the
night, she hard a conversation which filled
Mier with horror—her hosts were planning
ite•murcler her for the money she carried.—
Thereupon she leaped from the window and
fled, half.naked, until, utterly exhausted,
she met two gendarmes. Ater she had told
them what harhappened, they led her back
to her uncles house, where a light waS ob
serydd in' a distant part, of the garden. The
aendarmes approached the spot silently, and
found thatlioth the uncle and the aunt were
engaged in burying a body enwrapped in a
blood-stained cloth. The cloth was sud
denly snatched away, and the murderers ut
tered a cry of horror. The victim was their
own daughter, who, hating conie homelate,
had crept upstairs quietly so as.not to awake
her parents, and had been killed in mistake
for her cousin. The aunt went mad on the
spot, and
: the uncle stabbed himself from
remorse and from dread of the consequences
Of his crime. -
The Belgian Government has recently or
dered securely:locked letter boxes to, ,be
plaCed in all the insane asylums of the coun
try, public or private; in positions where
they will be easily accesible by the inmates.
They are designed to allow complaints and
Suggestions to be Made to the authorities in
a way inpepeadent of any of the officers or
attendants, and no one connected with the
institution-can have access td them. The
letters they contain are taken weekly to an
officer of the district for. examination; the
Complaints are investigated, and if any one
asserts that he is sane, he is ordered to be
examined by inedical experts. The systems
exerts a wholesome and beneficent influence;
and if recent revelations cone - erniu the
:management of - similar institutions to this
country aro to be trusted, its adoption here
should be .brought about at once.
A fish was caught 'ha l other,-day in Scot
land which was found to contain ',fat human
left bud, perfectly entire.
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WITOLE NO. 1,023.
trozpn.A3NlD stradumm.
Sweet Cont.
,
This is especially an Argericatt vegetable,
and whether it is served on the cob,! roasted
or boiled,.or cut from it and prepared in va
rious ways, it is always a welcome dish to
almost every person; indeed We never yet
have met with any one who did not relish it.
Custom sanctions eating the corn directly
from the cob; to be sure, it - isnot ,exactly
an elegantly operation, and yet it gives the
iiehest flavor of , which the vegetable is sus
ceptible; •
But there are both children and old per
sons whose teeth are so imperfect that they
cannot eat the corn from the cob without
tearing off some whole kernels, which are"
not easily digested, and frequently cause a
disorder of the stomach. Careful persona
therefore slit down each row on the cob with
a sharp knife,. and then the nutritious and
digestible particles of the corn alone are
eaten. Some ingenious person, however,
has invented a "Yankee corn-cutter;" it is
a half cylinder of tin, with a - handle tohold
it on the cob, and across it there is a strip
of tin with projecting teeth, and above it is
-placed a stout wire. The cutter is passed
down the cob, and so held that the teeth cut
the kernels of corn, while the wire presses
out the wrfp and juice. In a few minutes
even a child can cutand press out all the
nutritious matter, leaving nothing but the
empt47.6118 on, the cob.
Tor timking succotash, that most delielotld
dish, this little contrivance will be very de
sirable, doing the work much more com
pletely and expeditiously than a sharp knife
could do it, and for making corn oysters or
fritters it will be a most excellent assistant
The last named dish is such an addition •
to our breakfast table that we must write it
down for the benefit of others:
CORN Pnrrinna.
Boil a doicn ears of corn more than are
needed for dinner, and` wile warm scrape :-
them with the corn cutter, and put the corn
in the refrigerator until morning. To two
cotleecupfuls of corn add two or three well
beaten eggs, three tablespoonfuls of cream
or new milk, =Ye small teacupful of flour,
with a little salt. Drop in spoonfuls into
hot fat, and !fry of a light brown. Or else
cook them on the griddle-iron like any other
cakes, and we can assure you that paterfam-
Riad will see that a larger extent of sweet
corn is planted for the-next season, because '
he will relish the dainty dish so highly.—
With baked new potatoes and corn hitters,
he will frequently think that hog and hom
iny may be Set aside for another day:—Coun
try Gentleman.
'Buying Poultry.
,rew -housekeepers, and fewer cooks, are
as good judges of the age of poultry as they
ought to be. We all know when poultry
comes upon the table, whether it is tender
or tough; and there should be no difficulty
of knowing just as certainly, whether a
chicken, duck, goose or turkey is Old - or
young, when it is offered for sale. Now the
following is offered as a rule by which poul
try can be safely judged, and if read over
for a few times land then laid away for
ready reference when needed, • no person
need purchase old, tough poultry unless from
choice:
If a hen's spur is hard, and the settles oh
the klgs rough. she is old, whether you see
her , - h:ead or not, but the head will corrobor
ate your observation. If the under bill is
so still' that you cannot bend it down, and
the comb 1 hick and rough, leave het, no mat
16r how fat and plump, for some one less
particular. A young hen has only the rudi
ments of spurs; the scales on the> legs are
smooth, glossy and fresh colored, whatever
the color may be; the claws tender and short,
the nails sharp the under bill soft, Ind the
comb thin . anthsmooth.
An old hen turkey has roughscales on the
legs, callosities on the soles of the feet, and
long strong claws; a young one has the re
verse of all these marks. When the feath
ers are on, the old turkey cock has a long
tuft or beard, a young one but a sprouting
one; and when they are of; the smooth
scales ou the w leis deciqe ,. the point, be.tlf
neck and in the ehistic shoot of the nose.
An old goose when alive is knotin by the
rough legs,,the strength of the wings, par
ticularly at the pinions, the thickness and
strength of the bill, and the fineness of the
feathers; and when plucked, by the legs,
the tenderness of the skin under the wings,
by the pinions and the bill and the coarse
ness of the skin.
Ducks are distinguished I hy the same
means, but there is this difierenc'e—that
duckling's bill is much larger in proportion
to tlni breadth of Its head than the old duck.
A young pigeon is discovered by its pale
-Colors, smooth scales, tender collapsed feet,
and the yellow, lung down interspersed
among its feathers. A pigeon that can fly
lies always red-colored legs and no down,
and is then too old for use.
To EXTRACT GREASE SPOTS FROM Boom;
on PAPER.—Gently warm the greased or
spotted part of the book pr paper, and then
press upon ,it pieces of Molting paper, oh - e
after another, so as to absorb as much of
the grease as possible. Have ready some
tine, clear essential oil of •turpentine, heat
ed almost ton boiling state; warm the greas
ed leaf a little, and then with a soft, clean
brush wet with the heated turpentine both
sides of the spotted part. -By repeating this
application the grease will be extracted.—
Lastly, with another brush dipped. in recti
fied spirits of wine, -go over the place, and
the grease will no longer appear, neither
will the paper be discolored.
Nicr BUTTER.—IIave everything scalded
clean; skim as soon as the cream is firm;
leave no milk with, the cream, which must
be kept in a stone crock; IN , ith a tablespoon-
Sul of salt in the bottom, in a cool place in
summer„ and stirred with a wooden spatula
once a day, which insures quick and easy
churnings. If not allowed to stand over
fotir dayl, the butter will come in' ten mitt-
utes. Work out the buttermilk clean; then
to live pounds of butter, add one teacupful ,
of pure tine salt, one teaspoonful of white
sugar; one of saltpetre: Work in thorough
ly. bet it stand only twelve hours, then
work-arkll moisture and your butter can't
be excelled.—A.
AN EBONY . STAIN FOR WOOD.—Apple,
pear, and walnut wood, especially of fine
grain, give perfect imitations of ebony un
der the following treatment: Boil in a glazed
vessel with water, 4 oz. gallnuts, oz. log ! .
wood chips, oz.•vitriol, and- half oz. crys- L
talized verdigris; filter while warm ; and
brush the wood with the hot solution a
number of times. The wood, thus stained
black, is then to be coated two or three times
(being allowed to dry completely after each
coatim* with a solution of one oz. of pure
iron filings in a quart of good Wine vinegar.
This is to be prepared hot, and allowed to
cool before use.
WASIIINCI MADV.I EASY.—Take 2 pounds of •
soda ash, 1 pounds stone lime, 2 gallons
soft. water; slake the lime separately; dissolve
'the soda ash in the water, then add the lime;
bail twenty minutes; cork it up tight. For
a washing use one cupful in 'three gallons
of water; soak the clothes overnight in
cold water; wring out and boil them twen
ty minutes in the preparations; rinse; and
blue them, and your washing is done; they
require very little rubbing. Soap them be
fore boiling.
To Ituatovr. SPAncs PROM llANDs.—Wash
your bands in soap and water in which some
pearlash has hem dissolved. If you wish
to remove the stain'dye, take a - very
small (Mantity of the oil of vitriol, and pour -
lt in SO/no cold water, in a basin, and rrislt
your hands in it without soap, the dyewill
jthett come off. You may afterwards cleanse
them cmnpletely w hot soap and water, lA
ing Qum that the acid is washed away before
the soap is appliod. If the vitriol water, is
not made very strong it,will not- injure the
most delicate hands, nor leave any red or
enar4o appearance.
The rnpid growth of the silk - industry is
one of the great triumphs achieved under
Protection. Ten 'years ago silk manufact
urin-g-inAtte Atlantic States was in its infan
cy mul partiPm experimenti now it ling,fit
tained vast proportions, employing a capital
of not less than $30,000,000, - and •_affording
constant wqrk to snore than ppm.
tine and indirectly to thotUtnnid ottpues