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of column, and any lots eptiettle rated sett full I nob.
Yorelifn advertisements taunt bo paid for beforet&
sartion, except on yearly oontracto, when half yearly
p quints I n advance will be required. -
Por.rrioat. 140vcre..2 9 oo.ita igiolueoael? trisortion:.
Nothing blieried Or letirrilian , st - - •%a.. , ~.
BtraIARBBINOTUAS in the Editorial columns, on the
second Pade,lssents per lino each insertion. kfotli..
tag Inserted for leas then $L , •
booir.licrricrishilitiestlifoltfiltil, i dfloliOta per line 111
snore than five linos ; arid 60 &mitt ibr a notieeof ilia ;
hose °riots.
Axov>esrzwzs 01 plap.l.l.6litit ad Dirxrwainserted 1
-t r ee ; Udall obituary °tit:GINA!! be M 11146410 cents
per line. -,
RpSciAl. N 07101350 percent above regular relate.
0 (mown Canna 5 lines orriefi, •$5,09 pet yeeir: - .;
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°Batchelder & Johnson,
Iln,,irsAuroia •of lionuinout3, Tombstones, .
Tops, 0 01 14tensiAe.• Citll soul Roo. Shop, :Wain it.,
nviehnto.Foontley; Pio'labor°, Pee.— , 3nly 8, 3872.
A. ye(1110t1,
AT fORNEY AND , COONSELLOIt AT TAW.- , -,Colteal
tons prootpuy 'at tondell td.-:-Latrrenctrrillo,• 1100
plnn ty. Pentni t , Apr. 1,187 g j , ,
sertubur
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AirbitNtv AT LAW, Tottgi Ya, All business
hu,ted to his eara. will remise; protupt .attontiou.—
.I.tn, I,
W.'ll.l.errielt. • r ,
BeACti, 13l.ruk , 2 , 1314` atiett; decunt l
vAn hail Now `„
Mitchell & thiuierhni:
fOlt NEYS AT LAW;(3IO3
. I.a . a4griusttivleb , Agouti,.
thrt..:o 111 Couvorg9 titick' block, ovbi-
Couirdrse thigooll'a. ur, ,11"v4.411iiro. Ja.u. 1,
1814.
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William A. Stone,
ATTOUNEY AT LAW, over C. B. Kelley's - Dry Good
store, Wrlgbt & Bailey's Block on Main . street.
‘Yellaboro, Jan. 1:1872. • . • 7 -
J. C. Strang,
ATTORNEY AT LAW & mantrar ATTORNEY.—
Oates yr' th J. D. Niles, Esq.,Wellsboeo, rat.-Jau. 1, '72
C. N. Dartt,
Ll::7' hi made with the NJAiit / 1 31PIIQVIthlICNT.
Which 111% e hotter getlethetlon - than any thing else
in eat!. Oihce In Wright & Bailey's Block. Wells
_ twro, Oct. 15, hin.
J. B. Niles,
ArfOltNEY AT LAIV.—WiII attend p:reunt.stly,l4 bus
mess vutrusted to his cure tu the colludes of Tloga
and Totter. °dice on the Avenue.—Wellsboro,ra.,
Jau, 1, Isi2.
Jno. W. Adams,
ATiOlttiti AT LAW, Mansfield, Tiaga county, ks
thniuntuab prompty attended to.—Jan. 1, ISI2.
C. L. Peck,
Blida \t. r LAW. All claims promptly collected_
(h&c 'A :111 W. 11. tooith , KuozViike t Voila -
C.
DC.llta 111 c!r..)..{:(-cy. Chi,ia and ()Nutt waru,:rablo Cut
;txy aud lato,' 'Ware. A 6.) . Ilouso Fur
uu,Ris.—Ntiellsboro, Pa., Sept. 17. 1.81•4.,'
J no. W.. U ucrusey,
ATluuNr:l: buniue.is tutruntuti to biro
wdl Le prompt!)" att,ndud tin—Mice .1.14 door eoutti
al telinalu s F'.irr's idorO, Tloga, 'Dugs county, Pa.
Jan. 1. Ittld.. .• •
Arilistyoug •St Li ,
AIIudNEYS AT LAW, Wahamspurt,
‘Vm. H. AnlIsTlIONO:
SA.llO}.l.
Wz4..p. Smith,
PENSION ATIOUNBY, Bounty and; litsuranee Agenf.
Ceintuunleatlona sent to the above address will re
cello prolupt attention. Terms moderato.—linos.
villa. Pa. Jan. 1, 1872.
;Barnes &, Roy,
JOB PRINTERS. —Ail kinds of Job Printing done mil
;Lori notice, 4nct to the best. inapner; Meets' Bow-'
en & Cone's Block, 2d floor.—Jan- 1, 1872:-
Saliinsvilie Ilouse.
utliNsvairs..Tiogatfo.,•Pa„--Ilenii Proprietors
This house has been thoroughly iendvated and is
now in good condition to aecomidato the traveling
public in a superior manner.—Jan. 1, 813.
D. Bacon.. ,
PHYBIIIIAN AND EIIIIKig.ON---.llay bo found at hie
•ome.o JO door East cpf;AllaF‘ To(l4l'sL-Slain street.
will attend . promptly' to al) --eolla.-;•Wellaboro' Pa.,
'fan. 1, 1872. •
Petroleum - House, r
WE B TYIELD, PA.; Geb. Close. ,Proptietor.L—Good ac
commodation for both man and beifit. Charges ra
souable, and good attention given to gunists.
Jan. 1, 1872. . *
W. W. Burley,'
MANUFACTURER OF all stylee of light and heady
Carriages. Carriages kept oo,,stantly on hand. All
work warranted. Corner Casa and Buffalo Street.,
liornellsville,' N. _Y.* Orders:left
,witti.C..l3. Kelley,
llaituro; or-E. Burley, Pluithain, receive
prompt attentlen. , - Tune 3, /873*-6 mos.
• N. L. Sticklin, '
DEALER in Cabinet Ware o 4 all kintie which will be
Kohl lower than the lowest. .11,e invitee all to take
a look at lila gouda before purehaaing elsowher,e.—
Remember the place—opposite Dartt'a Wagon Shop,
West Main Street, WeLieber°. Feb. 20, 1873-Iy.
Mrs. : Mary E. Lamb.
1111.4INEltl.—Whibes to Inform her friends and the
miblle generally that shi3 has a large stock of lillipn
ery and Fancy Goods suitable For the season. which
tvdl ho sold at reasonable prle t•s. ?Ira. E. E.ACim
ball has ehaego or the leaking and trimming de
p.trtinont, and will give her attention exeltasivty' to
• It. Next door to the ,Cotil era & 151 .k.—
July 8. 1873.-if.
Yale 4.% Van Hera.
We ire iniumfatittirlug sovoiat , brauds of choice Cigars
which wo will still at prices that cannot but pluiso
We nee none but the beet Connect-
uur,clistoineri
'cut, Havana and Vara Tobaccos. We make our own
Cr*,iga and for that reason can_ war Taut them.- We
have a gonna assortment of good Chewing and
Smokiu4 Tobaccos, Snuffs, Pipes 'from clay to the
Burst Nfeerschanni, Tobacco Pouches, kc., *hole
kills and retail.-Dec. 24, 1872.
John It. Anderson, Agt. /
WrIOLERALE & RETAIL II.EALER IN lIARDWARE,
Steel, ,Nails,..Housn
chunici' Tools; Ab•rleuittaral Itujilerw.tts, Carrialkl
tioods, Axies„dprings, Rims. Poelrct and'Table
eutlory, plat„,d:Waro, 04111841111 Arnlnirtitlol3, Whips,
Pumps—wood and iron—the best in use. Manufac
turer and dealer ha Tin. Copper, uud SliCet-iron
Ware. - Itooflug in Tin and [ron. All work warrant
tt,tl.--Jan. I, 1813.
WELLSBURU HOTEL.
LOH AlAtli BT. At 11.1 E. AVENUE.
M i r 1.4130110, PA.
B. B. HOLIDAY Proprietor.
•""-"'
Tal3 hotel le violi totaled; and is in good condition
t., I c-:•ionNlato tbo tritiroling public.. Vito proprietor
no paint' to make it a drat•class house. All
14c- Ptigeli arrtYilt and ilepari from this house. Tres.
!bits to soil from i3oher and ingustriolis host
ler tilwaym Inartendit*, ••
13, 1873.-M, - .
JUST. 'RECEIVED:,
VINO! !AWE STOCK OF BEAVER,
048SIMERE RIM
} FESTINGS, AND T
At. ;13:,:o,i0." will sell very cheap FOR CASH. In
the belt, assortment: or t)oods ever brought to
W , ltsburo, of various styles. ideas° call and look
over., •
- •
lia klug Saila, Overcoats, and Repairing done with
dl;4 stab and as cheap aa the cbospes
GEORGE. WAGNER,.
Grafton strcCt.. -
Wellabord; Pa.
4 44.1 1872-1 y
amps, thaiadelieis.Bt. Brackett
AT O. B.
.. • ' - •
85 TO 820 li:roP,V4lte e ngowif "of lei All cl
ther iesini;:
? . . ° T I, I mlloid, Juke more money at t B 4rk Mr ue in
ileAr qua Momenta, or all the gine, than at Anything
trii igu ralue tree.' A4dreet G. StlnsOn' & C 0.. :;
liaine. ERTL 24,1872-17.
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General Insurante.-.Ageney
-r410,..0rep thLecit;,:
Assm ()vim $55.000„0in
illaB
ilionaaia; of CleYol4ll4i 0410 - . .. .. el
'Now Yorkida,ancl ins. 06
11 61aiInty. - Co., of Liverpool - ' 11 61x,601: ,-
lancaaldre; of SfanitheateriOspiyil,..; :10;00,000
-Ina, 064 of North *merles, Ps - • • „..:$3,050,536
.7raalla Firs 41Le. Co: of 11211x45.......,..i. :2,087,482 '26
00. of N. Y., Capital,. ...-41170•000‘
Niagara Firm Ins. Cp. of R. Y 00%00 ,
'Faringrellut. FIN ............ )11
, l'hozat lint. Lite Ins. 00. of Hsrffam.ca. Ammo ekp
Perm's NW° Tpa. Co._trf Pidtavllis • 0# opo
Tots! _ . ... • • ; V15;431•441-11
ellod. , b); tnall- otharidso f
AltuntigePromPUYS _ • ate
On'lll hinilikkrPrapery. Mamas prntain4 a4i,
"ad paid ntmlY
An-bakonsuittatabrui prOrnpti,7 a n
MW S trou t 2fl 4'.100r Pun:&MIAMB°
Zan. 18n-tf.
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General Insurance.:Ag()lto,
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at. no - & - .141X "emit rig ELI!.
13 P. loaning policies In the following ComichWen
' .1 4:
- rigatoni fire and Ughtniug In Tloip And Pottor
counties : . . , . . ,
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--7 QUEEN;` - " .. ...Aisseti,slo,o,oo,ooo.oo
• •.CONTlPliTitt - Of Xeir'York - " . .......:2;50,66.27
- . (14217., of" - New York i• ',' ' 083,3/314
G tiI AiI ING AM , of E ; l ll G k AN esb ' A N rr e e w , Pit .l73l* .....
' '1' 2 21 10 2 7982
141 LIAIIIBPfiRT, of Wires Port •
4 131
.118 088.00
All tinniness promptly attended, to by mall or ;after
wise. 'Losses adlosteil and paid tit onr.otace. -, -
- Nelson, Deo. 10. 1872-Iy.
±AOOK.I
HASTINGS & COLES
DRU,4_,MEDICINES,
PATENT MEDICINES,
Faints,
.Glass, Putty,
Brushes; Trusses, Supporters, and Surgi-
'cal Instruments,
HOR.4 & 'CATTLE POWDERS,
krtiat'a Goads 4n Great Variety.
Liquors, Scotch Ales, Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, 40., &c.,
rinnexAme PHSOORIPTIONti CAREIFULLY COMPOUNDED
Groceries Sugars 7 Teas ,
CANNED AND DRIED FRUIT,
Shot, Lead, Powder and Cape, :Lampe, Chimneys,
Whips, Lashes, Am
BLANK & MISCELLANEOUS
300aD
All Schontliooks in use, Envelopea Stationery, Dill
and Cap - Paper, Initial paPer, Memorandums, largo
and small Dictionaries. LegaLpaper, School Cards and
Primers, Ink, liVritint Pluid,Dhess and Backgammon
Boards, - Picture - Frames, Cords and Tassels, Mirrors,
Albums, Paper Collars "and Cuffs, Croquette, Base
Balls, parlor games, at wholesale and
Wallets, port monies, combs, pins and needles,
scissors shears ; knives; -violla strings, bird =gee.
A great! variety of pipes, dells, inkstands, measure
tapes, rules,
Fishing Tackle, hest trout flies, lines, hooks,
- • basketS t and '
Special attention paid to this line in the season..
TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES.
AQENTS FOR ADIERIOAiI STEAM SAFES
VILLAGE LOT'S for sale In the central part of the Boro
March 23, '73—tf. • HUSTINGS do COLEB.
MRS. C. P. SMITH,„
'ETAS Just return from Now Ymic with the largest
IA assortment of
MIL - tINERY AND FANCY GOODS •
over brought . into Wellsboro; and will give her custom
ers reduced•prices. She has a splendid assortment
of ladies suits, Parasols, Gloves, lrauat'real and imi
tahou hair goods and a full line of ready made whit 4
goods. Prince to all. • ,
Jan. 1,1874
GO AND SEE
OTINZ
=SORG, PA.
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Surveyor liottee, •
~..,DIVAIII3 DRYDEN offere C hle service to the
11$1 a Surveyor. Ile will Up ready to attend prompt
ly to all wills. Ho may be found at the law office of
If. Sherwood h. Son, in Wellsboro, or at his reit
dance on East Avenue.
Wellsboro, Pa., May 13, 1879—if.
CHINA HALL,Wellsboro.
A •
LIVERY STABLE.
ETCHAISI & COLES proprietors. , First-class rigs
11 furnished at reasonable rates. Pearl street, op.
posits Wheeler's Wagon shop. =
A PUBLIC HACK
will be on the street at all reasonable hours. Pass
engers to and, from the dopot to any part of the town
will be charged, tWenty.flve cents. Por 'families or
small parties forpleasure, one dollar per hour.
Wellsboro, July 15, 1873. EETCELtIII & COLES.
THE NEW
&Ikeda tt
Sewing Machine
The Great' ing—getchine of the
700,000 WbeelerSc' , Wifinnirlimily.Seliing
MachineS now; in Use.
tipHE improvements lately elided to this Celebrated
Maebine have made it by far the most desirable
ramify lifaChino In the market and have given au im
petus to the sale' of ii.'never betel%) equaled in the
history of Sewing Machines.-
;Examino for youn3olf; consult your own Intermits
h buying n Sowing lifacnine, and
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF
by that too common illusion, that all Lock• Stitc h,
Sewing Machines are good enough, or that any Ma
chino answer.'ychir . purpose if' it makes the
stitch alike on tiotit.sides of the fabric:'
EXAMINE WELL THE CONSTETICTION OF THE
'MACHINE YOU BUY,:
and not pay youi money for a heavy.running, slow
niatiuntA notry, - complicated Machine. thrown to.
Bother in such a manner as to laid just long enough
to wear out hettcyper body and patience. - , .
Iherolnagrca4-disttnetivo difference• between the
Wheeler 4 Wilson and 'all other 'Machines that make
And itit to this difference that we
4viahtoEspcclalltcallyour.atteutionr.:• , .
•
II Jitaleei Shuttle bu
!Tbereby din Oppatn&with the ehottle and all machinery
Ireudireillo Musk shuttle; alsojdoing amity, alit:1;11W
lakn-nli that la to be touhd in - all'ahnttle jßlachinee;
and owing:to the pecidiarity of its construction,
ONLY - ONN TENSION - IS itEQUIRED,
while 411 other lock*ltoli Draeltines require two,
GBO. ROBINSON / Agent / ,‘
mar 0425.... WitillABORA VA.
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ALAPACAS,'TOPLINN OA M
BEMS, FIMNaII JA.CON
ETS, ORO ANDIES,,
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BLACK J COLOROD. SILKS
Beautiful Summer Shawls
Y. 9 NKE.S'IVOTIONS,
BOOTS&SHOiS,
Ready-Made Clothing,
and plenty of cloth to make more
Fresh Gzbocerittsy
Best White A Sugar, 12i cents.
A largo and choice stock of
TTTTYTTTTTTTTITTT
at sory low prices, We keep the best - GO cent Tea In
A. I4rge stock of Crockery.
Call - avid- see
Opera House Block.
May 8, 1878
"lave Shed the Shanty
NM
T.L.BANINg,gO
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And no; hayo but Unto to say o our Wanda and
customers that we have gooil
BARGAINS
c POIt TIMM
Oter'Elegaiit
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TIOGA CO Et I.IJESD
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A it 8 tu r gr x raw
ltome and Uslx name Att°
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Atioire yheah towerOd-etkOroomiialit
Iselow the rallekiweiti betnedinjlehr.
And, leaping down irom the, mountain iff4e; ..
Trickled and teartnteted a terrentwide:- ;
Eitatetil and , krtmi atooVz..r-
The tangent trees In to spent wood;:
Bat ilo* a/ itta wai betni,'-
. No voices but theirs the etteriee stirred:
BEIM
!lire rill settle bare," the sireairerilirik -
'!We will Qweil tbpence on the; mountain Oleic",
a.
And,tilth bezded keee'and folded ixanct. -: '. '-' '
TTheyprayed the rather to bless .the land , , , '. -' •' t'
Then set to work; *lnk it right good ?rill, .ii:,
To blild a bonito on thesugoY tiln; - I- •• - & 2 ':- !.
:- * ' L- -
.'
And the hum iq busrlito began,
Sybil, work Wu ready for every num
, .
They dug, they drained, they felledibefress;
Tbeir simple buts they thatched 'with lemma,:
„ , •
'Anil a small ;lido thum b. that vraia gto gee
Wan built by that. godly Company. _
_They covered the roof ,wlitt soft peep ?nQOa.
And above It they plated a tiny cross.
,
Day after day, on Die still clear air, ,
Dlostedilie summons
to praise prayer
- . -
Putl`wissifwlth Pork and toll we they,•!:
Yet they never forgot to pause and-pray; •
- And He who la always retie yto bear ' ' •
Ills little ones told they had tonight to fear
But one day there came ait siziene thought..
Never a grain of .vvbeat had thor_bioughtl - ' •
"Our storeis axe scanty," the old wife said,
"What will we do next year for bread t"
iipoke the Aged priest, 'let the liird provide,
Re will direct ue, whitecap lwtide;•'
. .. _
And all with's sense of woe and los , e
Reified their eyes to the tiny arose,.
,
Where a sturdy, robin had penned to rest,
Wit a dash 'or oriroson across his breast.
And something mose—as they looked again—
They spied in hie beak &tuft of mini
For the robin bad brought to'his hungry brood,
From far distant Aside, this spray for food.
Chatting and peeping amid the leaves,
The%young ones waited beneath the eaves;
But be stooped to carol a cheerful swift.
'As much as to eay, "Take beart,—be atrong."
And, Caught in the soft breeze, round end round,
The precious blessing fell to the ground.
•
, •
Satd tha aged . Prieet,*ith trembling'voioe,
"Lot ue praise the Lord; and In Him reielce."
i • ,
* With great thinhegiving and fervent prayer.
' They planted the seed with tender' care.
• , .
Tear after year, 118 it rolled tircnind,
Blessed with abundance the fruitful ground;
And the summer sun and...nourishing rain
Brought life to the little germ again.
First, the bursting seed—tho tender Jest—
Then the budding stalk—the golden Wheat—
Till o'er, the valleys and sunny plain
Rolled, like the billows,-the bearded grain;
And the fields were fair dud good to zoo
In beautiful, far-off liritiani.
This in tho story the peasants tell:
Pause ye, and ponder the legend well
Can ye not in the story trace
token of Wondrous loye and grace?
And cannot our little children learn
A similar lesson In their turn P
If a poor young couple soma money lny
Aside In tho Lank, for a rainy day,
The Breton peasant will nod his head,
"It is Robin's bit of grain," 'tie said.
It a sinner pause inlds mad career
And drop a prayer, or a penitent tear—
If amid the toil, and din, and strife,
Re stops to think of his evil life,
Then nill the Chriatlan "Ireton BAY • -
"Robin has brouglit same seed to•dsy."
So tho red-breast% gift is by them wrought
rntotomely precept and daily thought.
Anil not alone may lye way° in rhymes
The gniiint old legend of other times, '
Like them e NCO moat to the Father say,
Seed us a Mae teed to-day,
And if we plant of that goodly Mere.
He Will bless It forever more.
Till o'er our lifo'a unfruitful plain
May roll tha billows of golden grain
Miss Dorothy's Specimens.
Miss Dorothy awoke out of sorts. There
had been a shower during the- night, and
thunder always kept her awake. She ate
breakfait out of sorts. The fire wouldn't
burn; the biscuit wouldn't rise; the coffee
wouldn't settle; and eating alone in the
chilly dawn of a sPring.-gray morning was'
uncomfortable, to say the least. That eat
ing alone was her own choice, didn't. better
the matter at all. Suppose brother James
had offered her a home; there were his elk
children--five of them boys—and what was
likely to become of Miss Dorothy's dried
grasses, pressed leaves, precious. minerals,
and, systematic living exposed to the merci
less grasp of throe score little fingers and
thumbs?. That site preferred the frying-pan
to a trial of the`'. fire by no means affirmed
the former to be all that was desirable.—
And yet, to do Miss Dorothy Justice—and
how many good people are like , her—she
was the cheeriest, most contented person in
the world so long as the world kept step
with her . But this morning everything ran
counter. She had risen early, with a long
walk in view.• In a certain locality, site
had been told, a peculiar kind of orchis was
then in bloom, specimens of , which , .she
wished to secure.' Early walks were Miss
Dorothy's delight. No other time was so
favorable for cultivating Nature's acquaint
ance—and to know that individual thorough
ly was the pride and comfort of Miss Dora- .
thy's otherwise lonely life. ;Indeed, the col.'
leeting and arranging of her "specimens"
absorbed all heetime and Attention except
what was actually needed for the biscuits
and coffee, and nothing .short of total de
pravity could account for tho obstinacy .of
those last named articles on this particular
morning. The shower, too, had dared to
throw cold water on her plans, and, would
oblige her to wait until the sun had gathered
up the millions of flashing diamonds and
glittering gems the • spendthrift clouds had
scattered so broadcoast.
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II
"It's a, miserable state of things, any
way," remarked Miss Dorothy, looking titre'
the half-open 'blind,while she crumbled her
crabter into the plate of soup warmed over
froth yesterday's dinner. ", The grass will
'be
,met all day, and 'very likely we shall
have more rain. Strange how. everything
conspires against it when'
,yen plan any
thing:particularly nice. However, I shall
go all the same; • .I.'T not one to be easily
hindered, and if more people were like me
morellitngs would get accomplished.
James (for the door opened just then to ad
mit her'brother) is it measles or mumps this
time? TAO or. half a dozen . dew,n ?" .
"The - children were never better, : thank
you; but. Kate has had-word that her moth
er is unwell, aud - slie wield like to ride over
and see her to-day. if you could stay with
them. It isn't often we ask that favor of
you, Dorothy," he added, seeing a foreshad
owed negative on her face. • •
"Well; no; but quite often enough; and'
tit's always when I've planned to do some
thing else." „
d " Ihnoei that,:' Dorothy ;• but I'll warrant,
it'4 nothing more than._ a new search-war
rant after some rare stick, or atone:". '
' "Nothing more!' I'm glad../,haye_ an eye'
for something beaidesehildren and cheeses:"
Her brother was a grocer; , by the 'way.
,"4 .
'consider,lsTature's treasures - of some milior
tanee, and - the works of an Infinite b.and
more than, mere trifles. However if you
NdwiDOrothY, -- that'S rather hard; as if,
we buSinesi oven cotildn't See that ' Ile bath
inade - everjr thing - heauti ful in' li is time'—but
mind, it says everything."
" And_rnind what' it'says abottL t h e time,
'too," rejoined Miss Dorothy curtly. " I'm
l_not to blame_ because - Abe flowers bloom and
Ude% a set time, which neeessitatestly se
- coring-them then or not at all. , If they-Ore
beautiful only in . their time"-.-- '
2 "In - AO time, Dorothy: -I never thought
oi< it before l lintit Strikes me that tiny mean
gteat - deso,.: -119waverI mon: ;Op i 9.
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FEEL
ME
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—The Churchman.-
BY ARCME FELL.
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gtiO;::f must i 4 some One' to - stay -With the
ehilitreto' '.- ''' '''- - 'l' '' :' ''-'
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...,,,c,, - 110 libueoiAviti•attirWaiti, :B_4 itlisO .1)Orn:
Afiltood flu Li t stvorl i to4ing, 'the' dobr',! ri
small bey Oltblied` het etiail.V . "', -. =;' , .4, .a:
.-., "4 - re'you'llitia LoOvit, bey?,,' hijoi Ifeb - -..
biiiit - wante ter kneew could ye tika'Yer4iew-
J4' "il . setlmig !I4ir erazY "sister 411116 she golis:be'the*ern waslthe' . 1 1*airttluir 110,
1341.,sifelvantkter 'cotrimodatel'eni L 'aad she
ettri'ollo4 stinebodY stay s NiltliTAviliY."' `
tent hoWinlho World 'clime she to send
for nnirAueried4fiso Dorothy l n unfeigned ;
atnazenent.' --- '‘q -- " :, ' ~ - -
- • "-TitertoVa t iii nobody ` else, I 'guess,',' re
turned:the boy: bluntly; '' leastwise not in
.the'world; an'T'den't run,arrants• °fig Of it.
Twittillopkins'ii chdice-.--yoh, or nobody."..
' -111118 "T.Yoro0Y;.tii*r '
surprise; dolts over
lookedAhe hneoOtplitaentAry, ebareeler of
the ieply.'? ' : :,''.,-, , ~- ' -,. ,
''- "'lf it had been inY'otheedok," 'Ow said
:tritexingly, , 4 ` I SuPpose I could 'hivegone- -
Ottt'-'6f - charity
, -, merely; , but 'I - tril)l4: have
'those arcbiseo. , Tell Mrit;`Robbitio rin very
'sorry, but 'it isn't convenient to day. Mw Plans are always made beforehand, and. It
she had done the same-t-" . - . •
~ "-, tWell, Ma'am, there ain' mud' planning
About them 'Wel folko; they comes an' goes
just 'a it • hamiens. Maybe the Lord plans
things, r as granny says; ' bat they 'mostly
ain't cmivetnetir doin herer'aul .sothebody
1 has to be'sorry puny melt all the
nd tline.—,
Mo& ma'ata,"" Arid with a somersault
Over the
,' fence, her visitor disapPeared.'
" What an 'irreverent boy I" thought kiss
Deroth4 as, picking up her r lunch basket,
tin box, and umbrella she 'Walked slowlY
down the, path and closed the gate • behind
her. "I should think everybody was pos
sessed this. morning. But what' alovely
day it's going to *after all: I couldn't
have planneda better for my walk."
Truly everything was beautiful- in this;
her well-chosen time. 'The sun had wiped
each little 'flower-face clean and dry, the
green leaves • were fresh and fragrant • from
their bath, and •as Miss Dorothy stepped
briskly along her keen eye toOle note of - it
all, from the tiny bird tracks beside the mud
puddles to the, delicate new-born' tints on
the distant hill . tops. The lovely orchises
were all thatwas needed to fill the measure
of her selfOomplaceney.
'lshii woods were, reached, and the Meech'
for them commenced-patient and long
continued, but in vain; so lat it was past
noon when 'else approtiehed . lte,iiniet glen
where she knew moss-cushio ed stones and
a clear, gurgling Spring offer d advantages
for flinch-taking, and where she thought
surely, if anywhere, the two-fold power of
splashing water and ehiminering sunahine
must have coaxed the shy blossoms out of
their hidden homes.
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ME
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Meal ti 7 and' heated, Miss Dorothy
reached the hady:nook only to find it Pre
occupied, it .delicious solitude turned into
a very 'carnival of Merry-making by a "mis
chievous, mannerless, meddlesome ' lot of
children," to quote bliss Dorothy's own ek
pression, whit!' she might have qualified
somewhat but for the fact that, no she paused
a few paCes from the little picnicers, a party
of flower-foragers returned to camp with
their spoils, among - Which She recognized
specimens of the longed-for orchis, pale
and drooping from their contact with hot,
, eagelr bands. •
Little ragged-scheol wretches!" She don
=tinned haltaloud; ``pulling up those ex
quisite blossoms like weeds--and:my
I long tramp for nothing. Of course they've,
scoured tne woods through; but I 'may as
well keep` on no'w out, through the fork. - I
"should like Wl:any home something."
Then she walked on; looking carefully
this side and the ether, till a long mile sep
arated 'her from the ..innobent little marau
ders :whose orbit had Swung athwart her
Carefuliy-laid
Again a child's prattle fell on her ear.—
A bend in the path, and right before her
sat a - blue-eyed, girl,, of some dozen sum
melt, 'crowning with daisies and violets a
chubby, ,rospcheeked baby-boy, who held
in' - his tiny hands,. crooning, over it in his
baby fashion, a bunch of ' theidentical ()r
-aises Miss Dorothy was pursuit of. The
camel's back refused the weight of another
straiv
"It's enbugh to vex a saint!" she exclaim
ed. " What do you mean by letting him
destroy those beautiful !lowers, you little
heathen?"
" Oh, ho never tears the flowers—Robbie
doesn't," and the small, pale, matronly face
beamed a reassuring smile into the black
eyes uplifted to hers forprotection from the
unkind tones.
"I'veloolted and looked for those dear,
sweet, pretty - posies, and couldn't. find one
single one till, to-day: l guess God made
them for me, 'just as mother bakes me little
pies when I'm disappointed."
.;1" Wore you disappointed?" asked Miss,
Dorothy, sitting down on the, bank; partly
because she was, tired, partly because the
child's remark awakened her eurlosity. •
- ", Oh, dreadfully! The picnic was to-day,
you knoW,: and my white , dress was all
ironed, , and I was sure of going, because
mother had planned to stay
,at belie .and
take care of ..Robbie;, she helps Mrti'llelmes
most,every day; that's why I can't go to
school mornings; end I never went to areal
picnic. I don't mind so - much now, but' I
couldn't help - crying," she added; as Robbie
drew his lingers softly over.the .cheeks still
Wet with tears, " I bad thought about it so
long; . but :mother said God had planned
things for to-day, a great while first, and His
time was always the best time for 'cm to
happen.", "
There it was again—Els. time; His plan's,
too. Did. Miss Dorolby, when she said
" Thy Will be done,"' ever- seriously con
sider hoW Much it ntightinterfere with her
own plans? Why, planning was her hobby,
'and it had usually carried her safely to the
desired end ;. no, she remembered how some-
Whig *as alWays intervening, but she had
usually overridden the hinderments, only
getting vexed,aud out of' sorts about them.
"What can you know about God's plans?"
she asked rather sharply. ,
"Oh,' we don't know," replied the child
simply; "but He knows about ours—'cause
He takes care of the sparrows, mother says,
find if we are His children we shall be sure
His are the best, and will be willing."
". Willing for what?" asked Miss Dorothyabsently.
" Why, to bedisappointed ourselves. i Of
course God knew about the picnic, mother
said, and,about what we Want to do every
clay,,aud if He wants something else to hap
pen we ought to be-willing,. because,, -you
see, He knowS what will be nicest forieve
rybody. Sol tried to be, and Robbie and
I were making believe have,a picnic alone;
that was Why I thought God Jet me rind
these dear little flowers, but if you want
' them, ma'am, Robbie will be glad, to give
them to the lady, won't he?"
"No, no--- 2 ady ewe.* me won't give she.
roweis,"•said Robbie bluntly. "Give um
to Doe, me will; 'cause Robbie'ove Doe, an'
him sorry her couldn't go a pickannm."
A long-fOrgotten smile ,came into Miss
Dorothy's' gray eyes--not,that she never
smiled, ':but, that - neither he r kitchen, cabl• -
net, nor her Company- had seen this smile
for years. -- ' ; -
They used to Call the Doo'when I walla
girl; but 'nobody loveS tire:
-that way
inw," !she said:softly, adding, - .out of- sud
den. impulse: " Won't Robbie seat - with me
and hear pretty. stories while Doe -goes to
the picnic?" - ' , '.- ri
"Do you really mean itY" cried ,Doe ea
gorly. Atid do you Wposo Enotiter'd le
row? •
,
•• -" - Yes, I de mean it," said Miss Dorothy
decidedly,•bioking squarely tit'the proposi-,
tlon Which - had - startled herself at, first,' and
thinking that if her e*n• - plaM3 had'brought:
her here they should' at least accomplish
ititnething. • We Will go e to the houie And.
put owthe white' *Bs, and' by 'that 'tune
Robbie will feel:acquainted, and we shall
get on nicely." = '
hlether , said add could fix itif.he'went
ed- te`ga, but there Wasn't•lany way that
I tiOught,- sqid Deti'as they.walked• along
together.- +.You See, 'Miss Sally:lives - in.
this whitehouse,• - biit` She takes care of sick
'folks, and ain't hardly ever to home;., so she
and mother were going to eat dinner,tegetit-'
Cr te.day,•--anii - she went down 'to the vilhige
tt) buy some things • She found
boo in the -shire, feeling 'dreadfully 'cause,
they'd sent for her to do extra washing brier
to4he hotel- J -6nd :there - wasn't' anybody to
"stAy - - With , Luviiiy,= l .liiiviny's - foolish, ' and
might butt you liiiiiiv;'andMitidallient
she takes - her' serving; there :WhileMis'
Bobbins; is -'otit:-Witbliing, but to-day she'd
justpromised. - a gentteiiiati she'd' take cake
Of 4111 - 04040440 fof owe;
RIESE
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',W) errei - *elf ilitisifiall al e's Mari: 40W'
Tend she:p.:44 hoY to lePine' anti ask, motliq
1 to'See hi her, tire,:,and 'shit, guyed : with Levi
lia.,V;. "Mi d - , "*id,[theit; :lion-1;4'0 :•thinK„ "While
I l'ittothat was'oterlp herbOusri" ffgriirelealei3'
rodejurtn.after :Miss 801134. '.:-.Tre:- had: to: 'gro,
1 flwayismiden, - and and: didn't ;want toleave his
1 wife alone;. 'cause their little . baby ibas , Just,
'died;iind:she,waS most ''si c k and reallone;:
some:'-. Of
,coutati Mother had - te"go *heti:
be asked her, and -shweonldn% take - Bobbie:
, 'causeitwould make Mitt' Pales feel ao bad,'
Limo ; ' What bliss Eially say ; how 'it 'nev- _
et rein shout it pours' ll-
~---but- , won't mother,
ho glad now? '.l s'pose God let you come,
and tirect" it nice that why; don't your • • -
• - MisS•D, 'cothy.'Wtisn't avail -Certain. ‘. The
question .in her..mind . was; how - muck she
. herself ,hatthad to.dp rith: OW Frzfixing-of
thing's that ' fitorning..,7gors-ordiqatipw.and
free agency, God's Idf.qpising and min'aprc
posing:were all in - ti sprang° jumble to her
mii*,•,lihe felt. very much as if . she , had.
stack her finger deliberately into a piece of
nicely-running machinery ,and set every
thing-awry; only,, of. course, She, hadn't, be-
cause God's machinery can, 'Mier. be put - out,
of .gear. . But .what:. of the Anger? That
ought to, suffer, -arid doubtless: it did, with
all the rest of MO Borcithy'S:.person and,
possessions before 'the nightfall restored to.
uneasy Bobbie big brnied - Doe end brought
his surprised mothe into :the presence of,
her,new,and rather elderly nursery maid. •
mother, wiping
was Unbounded, and her.
mother, wiping away a dirtiness from, her
steel-bowed-glasses, said: ' -
" We can never repay ye; ma'am, for tak- -
ing ,such a deal of trouble and being so
kind." ,
" "You needn't be worried," said Miss Der
othy, picking up the withered orchiseS from
the floor and laying them carefully into the
tin box. " There were turns enough to the
'road, but I chose to travel straight tin down
here;
,and it's no thanks to me that the right
thing get thine at last, after; upsetting the
biggest part of creation. I'll take the flow
ers--„
"Not those dried-up things—don't," in
terrupted-Doe's mother, wondering a little
it their visitor was in her right mind. "Let
Deo get you ,some fresh ones to-morrow;
,she'll have plenty of tune."
t " I want these," said Miss Dorothy short
ly. I want them for specimens of how my
plans look beside Me. I came after them
in my rims—they are beautiful only in ;
but they can talk Scripture' if they are
faded." -
• "The grass witheretli, add the ' flower
thereof falleth away, but the' word of the
Lord endureth forever," repeated the other,
hardly knowing what wafiexpected of her.
" 'Tisn't always welisten to that, though,
our own.wills speak' so much louder."
" How did you know?" Miss Dorothy
spokep almost sharply. "But it's true,
whether yop meant it or not. I've used the
first person, singular, possessive case all my
life. I'm going to try another pronoun
now, and see if I can't help make everything
beautiful in Es time."
That was how the withered orchiscs camo
to be among Miss Dorothy's "specimens."
—ChriBtian
Errors of the Educited.
To expose the mistakes of contented - ig,
norance is hopeless. There is no cure for
these but a general improvement in educa-1
Lion. There are, however, errors which
w6ll-instructed persons sometimes fall into
from mere habit or thoughtlessness. • Such
errors, like the "fears of the brave and the
follies of the wise," have only to be brought
home to the consciousness of those who
commit them' to bo discarded at once.
A very common mistake, even-for-,good
writers and speakers, is the substitution of
had for would before the adverbs. rather,
sooner, better, lief, and some others. " I had
rather stay than go" instead of " I would
rather." ' I had as- lief take one as the
other" instead of " I would as lief." 'l'll6
origin of the error is evident enough. The
two words, had and would, have the same
contracted form when combined with a pro
noun. "I'd rather" may be a contraction
of either "I would rather" or "I had rath
er." This contracted form is that which
we almost always use in common speech.—
Even when we are inclined ,to lengthen it
we rarely give the full pronunciation. We
say "I 'tid rather," leaving the verb doubt
ful to the listener's ear,
and perhaps to our
selves. When driven to write it, we feel
naturally inclined to take the shortest word,
without much regard to the strict grammat
ical meaning of the phrase. That the ex
pressions "I. had rather" and "I had as
lief" are incorrect will be made evident by
sitnply converting rather into its synonym,
more willingly, and lief into the correspond
ingtigladly. Yet it must ber idin'ttetl that
these incorrect forms are warrante by such
high authorities, from Shakespea . to some
I'
of the best writers of our day, - at they are
entitled to be regarded, if not established
idioms, at least as tolerated soli isms.
The confusion of lay with Mr and of set
with sit is among the most common errors
of speech, though well-educated persons
are usually able to avoid it in' writing. Ev
ery one who is familiar - with the idioms of,
our language knows or ought to, know that
lay and set are what are. called transitive
verbs, and that lie and sit are Intransitive.—
In other words, the two former' can take a.'
noun after them in the objective case and
the two latter - cannot. We say " Lay the
book, down," " Set the post up." To say
"Lie the book" or " Sit the post" would be
ridichlons. The error usually committed is
in the opposite direction—the transitive
verbs being used in an intransitive sense,.-.---
Many persons - not deficient in 'education
would say, "Some of the children are lay
ing on, the grass and the others arc setting
in the Parlor." ,
Next let us notice the persistency with
which many well educated as well as most
uneducated persons, use the objective pro
nouns, ono, her, him, them, after the Various
tenses of the substantive verb to be in spite
of the injunctions of grammarians. The
habit of saying "It is me," "It was him,"
`instead of "It is I," "It is he," is so uni
versal and so fixed that •some modern wri
ters on English 'philology have been dis
posed to regard itgs allowable.
Possibly, to the same cause we may as
cribe the general disuse in ordinary speech
of whom as the objective case of who.' In
stead of " the man whom I met," almost
every one would say " th 6 man that I met,"
or, more briefly; "Abe than I met." • - Both
of these , modes of eXpression are in accord ,
ante with grammatical rules. Not so is.the
equally common forth: of interrogation,
" Who did you meet?" "Who, were you
speaking to?" Here whom would bo cor
rect, and yetwould seem so stiff that many
who knew the right would yet pursue - the
wrong way deliberately. ' A little alteration
of the phrase in such a case will often make
' it more satisfactory in every way; as, for
example, " Who was the person you were
.
Speaking to?"
Rattlesnakes and their Habits.
Ordinarily- the rattlesnake is extreinely
sluggish,-and unless molested there is little
to fear from it during the greater portion of,
the year. Just before and Just after its win
ter rleep, however, it is more active, and'
often assumes the offensive: In Order to
strike; it meat lie in ,a - close - coil, with its
heed end 'nenk erect. In this position it
throws itself forward about three-fourths its
length, supporting its weiht , entirely upon
the remaining fourth. 'When - molested or
alarmed, - or when !about to attack; the rattle
ls. violently shaken 'practically this
serves.! Mlle purpose as a warning,' since
:when ekited the creature strikes at . .the in
triaei With the quickness of lightning and
elinott simultaneously- with' - the sound of
the'rattle: - The statement that-the noise of
'the rattle is peanlier; and once heard will:
never afterward - be misteken;_ is' empliati
sally:denied, the writer averring that helms
known the opinions - Of • these who. had fre-,
.qUently heard -the - sound "divided' as: to:
whether certain ernirious•' clicking arose
from the - grasshoppers, - - whlelf Were-there in
numbers, or a. rattlesnake."_. Contrary • to,
: the-eommon hand, , the. reptile also often
leaves its „hole and moves about:after sun
down, mit Seldenterarlitig into tents, and
i
even noS beds, de - ring the 'night. The no-,
tion'thet venomous snakes do' not bite twice •
in immediate eticeeision also-"pronounced'
erroneous; The writer mentioning a case
where he saw 'Alte .rattlesnake strike, three
times with electric- qUickness' each ,thne,
leavinethe ot - ite fangs Zia the ' tror
sers.of the person titteeked; - _ , • '=;
113ut -with 'all its quickness spd
the PAM to Wok Ma
• .•,„
bonerPw44ll;the . eloSiest•,qitirteni: ••llt
is
• related that •often wil.ktk-trOd '4 1 % to
retaliate; and . ; (MC, 'remarkable Ins!arite• is
gliert,Whereltgentleman oncoming Mit of
the- riverTlatto after- ivinith s . and tntirelY
naked. sat :down rattlesnake;' and
- -
4iscOvering his mistake suddenly resqmed
hie legs, without - suffering any hartn.boYond
a- yore fright. Thelieetiliar odor ~pt the •
rattlesnake is vouched for;, and we - are told
that:when bil: i gitated omd:rittas te. bite
the rake orb I which it intended to
killltitn,• the imPle ent will retain the tame,
Unpleasant smell for months.
Oneel4neWe,'
the odor is always recogniza ble. -
•'• The bitnof trio rattlesnake, according to
thitrobserver'sgxperience, is neitheroo;MP
idly. fatal` nor so• incurable as mostpeOple
suppose- • 0.1 thirty •person- bitten . ;:by, the
rattlesnake, - he states that ; all racciiered • but
one, and-bo lived-tw elve days attetthe ac
cident. Of the whole thirty, ,
,this was, the
only till* which received- snigicaradVled;
but whether it -was.- the- bite or the - advice
that killed - the patient we are not , lnfortned.
Whisknite writer.seards tiara specific
for the - bite - of the' ratt lesnake, and .relates •
numerous --, instances which :illustrate the
wonderful power 'of -chid
in
- agent wheni ad
ministered sufficient quantity. • , Itis
known to physicians that persons suffering
from diseases attended with. severe paia*lll
Often tolerate much larger 'doses,.of opium
Or other narcotic' than Could otherwise lie
borne:- Parsons poisoned by the 'bite of a
rat4smike • maul fest a similartoleranco, for
immense doses of whisky, quantities suffi
cient to make a well person stupidly drunk,
or even to destroy life, often. producing no.
visible effect upon the - sufferer from snake
bite. Yet,- to be of any - service to the ; pa;
tient it. is asserted that he must be made
thoroughly drunk before it is .safe, to aus
vend the administratiOn of the, remedy.- • A
quart or more of raw whiskey is frequently
required to• brink about this condition; but
when once it is attained,Tno further danger
need be apprehended.' • • , •
• „ _
While the - rattlesnake, is found spread
over a large portion of 'North,America, it is
much more ablindant some localities than
in others. Tekas probably holds an infi
nitely' larger
,;proportion ,of - Ode 'reptiles
than any other State in the'Union. - The
district lying between the Rio Grande and
the Nueces, two streams which tow in the
same direction and' are some slity or seven
ty miles apart, is a • desert region, literally
swarming with poisonous- serpents. "In •
summer," says our writer, "'one cannot go
fifty yards-in this locality without seeing a
rattlesnake." In other parts of the Union
the moccasin is the prevalent snake, while
centipedes, scorpions, tarantulas, and alli
gators infest various localities, and are each
a terrible scourge.
All writers have hitherto concurred in
saying that rattlesnakes are never met with
at an elevation of more than ' 6,000 feet
above the sea, level. The surve ying l party
of Mr. Morley killed numbers: of them last
year at an elevation of about B,ooo•feet. It
is added, however, that they were never
found so high before.'
, The mountain snakes possess more vivid
colors than their brethren of the prairies,
and of the two are more dreaded on ac
count of their supposed ferocity.—Galcuy.
The Story of a, Curious Character.
'A Georgia paper 1 is responsible for this
story
"In the old flown '-of Sunbury, on the
coat of Georgia, now a melancholy ruin,
James Somersall, the slibject of this notice, '
was born fifty-one years ago: His parents
emigrated from the island of Bermuda over
a century since, and are in part responsible
for the introduction of that beautiful grass
which is the bane of planters on the Sea
board. The father of- James was a tailor
and a cripple, and his mother kept a - small
baker's shop. She had opo other son be
sides James, and they were very poor. The
former from his earliest childhood was ten
likable kind, and .developed tastes andliab
its of the strangest and- most abnormal
charscter. ' Once, at a very tender ago, he
- was missing for several days;.itind finally
turned up fast asleep upon a todibstone in
.
the 'village graveyard. - °
" Fond of solitude, he lived in the thick
recesses - and tangled forests. iv passion for
natural history was thus engendered, which
afterward produced, n we venture to say, the
most complete work (in Manuscript) ever
compiled' on the ornithology , of Georgia.—
Skilled in snaring birds, his home was hung
around with ingenious cages of his own
manufacture filled with feathered inhabi
tants, some hitherto utterly unknown to the ,
residents of the , country. , He has been I
known to watch' and follow day- after day-
. without ceasing a paroquet; or some other
strange bird until he had secured his prize.
Nets, bird limo, traps,- and' robbery- on the
roost were the means employed by him in
capturing his feathered treasures._ This
protracted life hi the-woods and close asso
ciation with beasts, and birds gradually
transformed this wonderful creature into a
wild man, and, strange - tb say,
.his very.
physical appearance underwent a change,
and his natural appetites. and ,tastes also.—
The writer has seep him with a pocketful of
-live grasshoppers, which ho would eat like
sugar , plums. iLizards, locusts, and oven
serpents were dispatched In the same way.
Indeed, among his other silvan pursuits, the
capture of snakes was a favorite pastime,—
Armed with a forked stick only, we have
seen this man crawl on all fours through a
covered ditch forty':feet wide,, filled with
ooze and slimeiin quest of the deadly rube--
casin. . 'When encountered :after pinning
,the reptile's head ~to_ the earth, ho would
iseize it by the neck,, n d inserting a coarse
cloth into its mouth So as to cover the fangs,
forcibly extract•thern-witjt a sharp jerk.-r
He often ate snakes alive. - , ,
" The dwelling of this than-monster wigs
visited by every stranger, and antiquary who
made a pilgrimage to,Su bury to view the
old fort and the enchanting water scenery
o the dilapidated - town. It presented iiin
unique appearance. -Hung around the walls
were the cages of a multitude of 'birds,
,ein r
bracin.,„6 many of everyvariety to be found
in this' Istitude, and a long chest upon the
floor contained his collection of serpents. -
" But who would suppose that this snake
man courted the muses, and is -the author
of
,quito a collection of poems,'mostly of
theldiorous cast, which were published,
we believe, in Charleston? Several of these
are - in our possession,'and form 'a Curious
melange of . sentiment, -vulgarity, and non,-
sense., , Occasionally, however, he wrote
quite respectable doggerel, and his doting
mother proclaimed him to be, , not quite the
equal of Byron, but the superior of Burns.
This curious genius died about -six years
since, and is still regarded as one of the ce
lebrities of old:Liberty county."' ,
Curiosities of Science.
There is not in the wide range of human
invention anything to he compared with the
complex_and beautiful; mechanism of the
internal part of the' tar.. Formerly it was
thought that the ado stir nerve, a slender
thread having its origin in-the , brain 'and
freely distributed in the labyrinth,-transmit
ted impulses front the ittmospherie air to the
Censorium—and that was bearing. Sonic
exceedingly minute" investigations haVe
brought taught the curious fact that there
are more•than three thousand little auditory
rods, free; at one extremity ;like vibrating
springs in a music box, each -of which vi
brates under a specific
.auptilse. front with
out, so that the conscious sop' thus gainain
telligence of every poisibfp Variation — of
tone in music:or 'othetwise. •
The base of- each of Hine° , invisible , turn-,
ing'forks has a - twig- of lite:acoustic nerve
acting independently of all others, convoy
ing like telegraphic wires its own vibrations,
Such is only -one 'of. 'the - ant:of-the-way;
. out-of-sight part of aPparattis lodged - in a
caiity hardly larger than, liead.— Ex"
terior to the sounding rods, , another cav
ity, are, four. Small bones-connected with
.tensely,- - drawn rtembrniies; ' . equivalent
.to
drtitn heads, which accgrately strike, as it
Were,.when set in motion by any impulse of
the air. • When a gum is fired,: 'a hell tolls,
,or a piano sounds;,vlbrations propagated by
the, drumstick-Chain:of Nine set the treruu-'
lonS rods in mption;find thus tbe bruin-zip
idly hes, itteur.ite' intelligence - of What, is
passing in the outside world. - -• •
the perforinanco of an instrumental
concert the aeenstic,rods must. be -waving
)ilka rield.pf grain in In, gale.
Save your suds for the gardon and plants
or' toilful:len yards when' sandy. • •
A hat obovel - held- over vorpioltOd •ful'ol
t=will tittlttl Old *MK
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'This vegetable ,is u.nitersally , popular
;whether it is sarved'rave or In various Wax _
id which it can bo' dokad: *Yet greater
quantities are probably eaten xaw titan any
other way; and the manner of 'dressing thong 1
is greatly 'varied. Some perone two Only
!vinegar, and salt; ,othorrt, min gar, salt an 4
oil; while others prefer sugar, d ' cream ail -
fo atrawborriee. We . profs th em. "with S
a a d`-"dressing; . - prepared , svi b O *._',eggs
I t o
m tard, oll.and idnegar, saleenft pepper or
0
with a mayonnaise dresain ,'such as Us 404
for taker 'and . chicken- and, T.omatoei
should always have their. I 3 ins removed by _
pouring boding tvatervver them, Ind attar
i t e
being cut in,thidslices should boplacecl up
on ice to make ithent crispy cold. If eaten ,
in a tepid statelheir fies li flavoris much la
prod. The salad : dressing should- 4030 be
served in a separate dish, and served alspud
ding sauce or gravy., ~ .Tomatoes, to be eaten
raw, should be of, the finest;
ualitlea
, grown,
.such As the, Trophyand Ar ngton, 80 Om.
Superiority. is more readily discerned than
when cooked. It is difficult to spoiltome
toes, even if badly cooked, provided that ''
bad butter is not added to them; but „ onec l
can change the modes of cooking-, them se
..aa to provide a pleasing variety.' - ... 1 1 -
Stewed , Tosnatoes.—Select 'very ripe toma
toes, skin and slice them„ rejecting the hard
parts.. Put in-a 'porcelain Bailee-pa, with a
little salt and -pepper, Bed simmer for one
hour and what% Add a piece of- butter, or,
two tablespoonfuls of beef, mutton; real or:
chicken gravy. Toast a slice of bread, cut ' 1
it into inch bits, and put in the dish in which
the tomato will be served, turn the contents
of [the saucepan over it. .
:Another Way.-:-Take one dozen good sized
tomatoes, skin and slice them; put in a sauce
pan and boil for ,one honr•, season with pep=
per and salt, then strain through• a sieve,
put back into the pan and add two well beat
en eggs. Stir rapidly for five minutes, then
turn out and serve. This is very delicious
as an accompaniment to roast beef br mut
ton. - ' -
- Paked Stuffed tomatoes.--Select very largo •
sized Trophy tomatoes and cut out a space •
at the stem end,taking eare not to break the
outer skin, fill up this cavity with a stuffing
of broad rubbed , through the colander s but
ter, salt, anti 'pepper and a little sugar; put
hack the stem end, which should have been
cut outTrin circular form, carefully, so that.
it will fit in closely; place the tomatoes 14 a
baking pan and bake for one hoar. -
If well managed they can be made tore- •
tain their shape. • -
`To -Broil Tomatoes. tiroiled tomatoes
make' a delicious dish; , select those that are
not over-ripe, and cut them in babies cross
wise; dip the cut side intb beaten egg and
then into wheatitour,, and place them upon
a gridiron, whose bars have been -greased
previously. When they have become ,well
browned, turn them over and cook the'skin
side until thoroughly done. Then put but ,
ter, salt and pepper upon,the egg side , and
and serve upon a platter.
Baked Tomatoes. Select thoroughly ri
pened
fruit, cut them in halties; sprinkle
over the cut half with bread crumbs, sugar,
salt, pepper and butter. Place them in a
baking pan cut side upwards and bake in an
oven for two hours. Serve on , a platter,
garnished with curled parsley.
There are various ways of doing this, and,
of course, woman-like, we think our way is .
the best. We have tried both ways—of cut
ting it from the coliand drying it in the sun
without scalding,: and of first scalding it a
few minutes 'and then cutting it as closely
roils possible without shaving the cob-,-and -
can safely assert' that- the/latter-method is
far superior. ~So this seaulnwe shalt piton
the biggest kettle that will fit the stove, and
1111 4 it up - with ears of sweet , corn in the
height of their sweetness and•juice, and let
them scald for five minutes, shall then skim
them out into a pan, and with l it corn-cutter .
serape off each car. Then spread the corn
upon largo plates; and set thorn in the tin
oven, back of a Stewart stove, or not hav- .
ing that; they could be placed in the stove
oven when it is partly cooled down. When
the corn ht's shrunk up ~ so that the plates
can be emptied into One, , it can be placed in
the sun, any covered with a piece of :mos
quito netting, WhiCh will keep off the, ffies,-
Ike., and when thoroughly dried it can be
kept in a paper bag and hung up in the Store
room. • Then next winter we shall have Sue-
Cotash frequently, as we shall have plenty,
of dry Lima and butter beans: ~
I To use the corn, first wash it in cold wa
ter, letting all the hulls rise to the top, and
be poured oft - Then turn on warm water
enough to cover it , and let it soak all night
I i
in a warm place.. 'ext day half an hour's
boiling will analtd itl soft and. lender.
Soak' the beans-in, the sanie :manner,- and
turn them togetheri,vhen Weyer° ready to
be belled, straining out all the Water from
the bbans, but leaving it in the corn, as It
will l$ sweet and milky. Add enough' wa- •
ter to boil both corn and beans. c Then. turn ,
m
: ,
a large cup of rch milk or cream, and
boil fifteen minutes. Season with salt,' pep
per and butter: ' •_, .
It stands to reason if\ the corn is first
scalded, it retaini - ,the. sugar of milk, which
produces its sweetness, but if it is cnt Off in
the green state, this dries away upon 'the
plates. And; again, it is needful to dry it
rapidly at first to preserve this- fiavQr in the
corn, which ivould be more apt to evaporate
if dried slowly in the sun. But we must
take care notito scorch the kernelejor then
they would be ruined. -Sweet corn is some
times put down in salt. , Cut off the • corn'
after first scalding it a few minutes; then'
place a layer of i
it n a stone jar, and scat
ter a thin layer of fine - salt. over it, and fill
up the jar, in 'this manner. Keep it in a
cool place, 'tightly co Bred, and when de- .
sired for use, soak it over night, first-wash
ing it in several waters to take out the salt.
Then boil it in milk and' water, with or
without adding beans. A table Spoonful of
sugar will improve its flavor.-: Cbtentry Gentk•
The •Utica Observer , of the llth Inst. con
tains the following:
The sale of Ilon.- Samuel daingbars un
equalled herd of thoroughbred s -horn
cattle, which took 'place at Wew York Mills,
two-miles from Utica, yesterday afternoon, ,
gill attract attention and provoke disseuss
ion throughout the world. It was the most
important, sale of the kind ever held: • It
drew hither •a • number of English stock
breeders and numerous representativeatrom
Kentucky, Pennsylvania and other States,
and also from the Doinion of Canada. The
prices realiZed were exceptionally, high.—'
The stun of $40,600 was paid for one cow
—the eighth Dilehess of , Geneva—by Mr.
.Davis, of GloucestOrshire, England.—
The calf of this cow was sold to Mr. •Alex
ander, of Kentucky,,for $27,000. These
figures went: fabulous,-but they were paid
by men who counted the cost before they
made the bids. ,In Eughtad it is impossible
to secure any thoroughbred shell-horns; not
because there are' none of the pure Duchess
free in tlte kingdom—as a foolish contemn"
porgy suggests-but - because --the. owners
;will nut part with them forloye or money.
'Titeri. has not been 'it public sale of short
horns iiiilugland for twenty years ; there is
not likely to be such a salt: for an hundred
years to come. The LondOn-Fie,hl attempt
ed to dissuade the ga g lish purchasers front
attending the. Campbell_ sale ' arguing that
cattle of equalexcellence could be seen in
England: - Butt'it is - one thing - ,10,560' them
and an - Other to owri them, and fleVerar enter- .
prising . englishinen;! who -appreciated the
ditlerende, -were here yesterday: o tifake .
purchases. " •• -•
It is many, years now since Mr. Campbell
conceived the itlenot• collecting it herd pf
•pure-blood When, ile/went'ithent- it
systematically: Hebenglati his herd -akpri
eca which, seemed enorinonsly high to his
neighbors .and - , friends, but-, wliten appear
low ,when cemparcd to the panniticent stuns
realized Yesterday.• 'We believe
gold was the highest pricewhiehiMr.
bell paid forany single cownn hiaberd..—
He expended altogether.-porgewhererin the
neighborhood of $200,009. Ise ,aggregate
r eceipts of
-yesterday's salOWere, 'x,coss
of $350,000. It will befie4nrAnt' thepyolit
Constitutes a bandsethe fortune: '
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WHOI:E No. 1426.
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MESE
Drying Sweet Corn.
LargelPriced Cattle.
'Josh' %Maga aap, very ' "Y'ar'd- ,
betternot' 'know so inuch i than• to knoyi,,iio
- thlit Abet 4% 4 • -
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