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br ar it, t o 1.. al column, 10oents par line a
~r,„ thno n „ 4441448 ; and 50 cents for a notlee of Ilya
',ore or Pow.
t 3so..trotwarrs of Alauntautra a • nd D SAYS Si II Betted
but ~h.hiary notices nillhecharged 10 colitis
p•r hire,
qr•E• t.‘l. Sorter h 50 por u out above regular rates.
ausigEs, fins 5 liaeti or less, $5,00 per year.
Business Cards..
A. 3011N15014.
Batchelder 4,5:5 Johnson,
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Moultmenta, Tombstones, Table,
too, counters, Sao. Call and See. , Shop. Wain 6t.,
4 ,01) , e , ite Foundry, Wellsboro, Pa.—July 8, 1872. dd
A. Redfield, •
Ar - iult El' AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.-=-Collect•
oics v r.unntly attended to.—Lawroneemilla, Tioga
Penn'a., Apr. 1, 1872-I.lm.
C. H. Seymour,'
A frUil:N , LY AT LAW, Tioga Pa. All linsiness en
trs,v.l to his care wtll receive prompt attention.—
ha. 1, 1812.
W. Merrick,
LCl'olo.lll' Al' Li.w.—Wellsboro, Pa. Office in
wk. Uloeli, Sloe street; second floor,
urvea ball 13 , 03 A.otrwrost
•
Illiteliell Canieroi4, • •
11N1 t:VS AT LAW, (tient% and Insurance Agents.
oiso w Couvermo A Williania brick block, over
s v. store,Wellsboro„ Pa.—Jan„
I , lt
William A. Stone,
i i rltpliSEl Al' LAW, over C. B. Kelley's Dry Good
St .r', Wright tt lialley's Block on MAID street.
Wdhboro, Jan. 1, 1872.
J. C. Strang,
A trultNEY Al' LAW Sr. DISTRICT ATTORNEY..:-
u airs wie .1. B. S ilea, Esq., Wells bora, I's..-Jau. 1, ' 72
C. N. Dartt, •
bi.7lrtsl -Tooth made with the NEW lifintOVE3llll:T.
give better salislaetion than au}, thing else
0:11.. , in Wright & Bailey's Block.
loco, Oct. 15, 1.872.
J. B. Niles,
afrORNEY AT LAW.—Will Attend Inotuptly to bus
t:o,4 euneßted to his cure in the counties of Ttogn
awl Potter. (Alice on the Avenue.—Wensboro, ks. ,
Jut. 1,16;1.
Jno. W. Adams,
Ariuts.NrS of LAW, Mansfield, Tine county, Pa
c•Patttazt.rompty attended to.—Jan. 1, 1872.
U. L. Peck,
11,),,NL I' LAW. All clahrot promptly c.olloctoi
Loco n t W It. Smith, tinoxvillo, Tiuga Co., P.
C. B. Ke -
lima and Glarme ware, Table Cut
., a.id I'h iV ru. AlBO 12.?.14Q. andAlowa,—Eux,
J no. W. Guernsey,
A t rof:N CC A i LAW.—AII business entrusted to him
+d; 1 ,, 1 ,, to.—Oftleo Ist door south
W:..l,tigin x rurr's store, 'Clogs, Tioga county, l's.
L.L. 1,I8:2.
Armstrong & Linn,
ACIOI:NrAti Al' LAW, %Villianisport, Pa.
wm. li. A .1 , 11t0M).
t•iMUKL LINN.
Win. B. Smith,
NuN A'l 1 ()AN EY, ~Bounty and Insurance Agent.
C. , :umeakattoLi aunt to the above address Will re
pt atteution. Tutus inuelorate.—Ruox.
.1.111. 1, 1672..
Barnes Sc Roy,
l'llN'lvAztj. —4111E41(1s of Job Priuting done oil
0, and in the best tusuner. Ottlee iu soa
r, n curs:s L•iock, 2d tloor.—Jran. 1, 1£42.
Sabinsville House.
Sniv , vtta.s, Tioga Co., Pa.—Beau Bro's. Proprietors
nOu,w 1134 bei.in thoroughly renovated and is
to good condition to soc a / 1 11QU) the traveling
1 ,, ,,he In a suppriur minuer.--Jan. 1, 1673.
D. Bacon, M. p.,
Alia SURGEON-11V be fouud at Ms
I,t door East of Miss Todd's—Mato Street.
V.. 11 at.tuuti promptly to all calie.—Wellaboro, Pa.,
JJZI. 1, 1.172.
Petroleum House,
Geo. (Joao, Proprietor.—Good
ac
,,.modation for both matt bud beast. Charges rea
scr.ahle, and good atteutlon given to ghosts.
Jas. 1, 1872.
W. W. Burley,
11 . 1 1k:11NACTURE1. ON all styles of light and heavy
Cm ratites. Carr ages kept co latently on hand. All
• nor'.; warranted. Corner CEOs ,apd Buffalo Streets,
11 omeLlsville, N. Y. Orders left with C. B. Kelley,
W,li.boro, or E. it. Burley, Chatham, will receive
Pr , mmt attentlon.—June S. 1873*-6 mos.
M. L. Sticklin,
k LER in Cabinet Ware of all kinds which will be
4,4 I lower than the lowest. Ho furtted all to take
book at Ills goods before pttrchasiug elsowhere.,-
It her the place—opposite auit'a Wagon Shop,
Niel Matu Street, Wellshoro, Feb.'s, 187th-Iq.
Mrs. Mary E. Lamb.
NIILLINERY.—Vishen to inform her friends and the
pehlitt generally that she has a largo stool of
Millin
ery and Faur.;, Go As imitable for the reartoLt. which
will lie ...hi at rii.a.ionatile pricer, biro. E. E. Kim
ban has charge of the making and trimming !de
partment, end will g.ve It..r attention exeMeively to
it. 'Neu hat to the tonverw! k Willtems Itleek.—
July S,
Yale it %'Ftpl Horn.
Wo are, maenfacluving acvet. I brawls of choice Cigars
much we %id! a,ll sf prieca that cannot but please
r custontera. We use none but the beat Connect
tout, Itavana and Yara Tobaccos. We make our own
and (or that rcason can warrant them. We
hat.. a general assortment of good ChPuing and
:;al..kmg Tobaccos. Runde, Pipes irotn clay to the
t., at 31.a.rschamu. Tobacco Ponchtat, whole
aair cctail.-pee. 21, INV/.
JOlllll It. Anderson, Agt.
Wifol.E9lLl& ALITAIL DEALER. I'S UARDWARI .
tree Steel, Nails, Ilonse Trlnuninga, Me
eerttl,4"l4lm, Agricultural huulementa, Carriage
Ixles, dprings, Rims. kc., Pocket and Table
0, 111.ry, Plated Ware, (lune and Ammunition, Maya,
—wood and iron—the beat lu use. Manufae
ie7Ar and dealer In Tin, Copper. and Sheet-Iron
WSNI Roofing in Tin and Iron. .1.11 work warrant
-1,1 —Jau. 1, 1873.
WELLSBORO
MR. MAIN ST. & THE AVENU
wimmiono, PA.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor.
Tina hotel is well located, awl Is in.good condition
to Ai,. mnodate the traveling public. The proprietor
udi Apar", no pains to maim it a first-class house. All
tp^ magna arrive and depart from this house. Free
has to nod from all trains. tioher and industrious host-
IPM al%ays in attendance. _
‘tar'll is, 1573.-tf.
JUST RECEIVED,
A "CRY LARGE STOICII . OF DEAVER, BROAD
cm) rii, cASSIAIERE, VESTING% Alip,
which I will soil very cheap FOR CASH. Iu
Cwt. th,. hest assortment of Goode over 'brought to
B• cthboro, of various styles. Fleas° call and look
hem over. •
Nlnking Snits, Overceits, and Repairing done with
Sitpdtch and as cheap as the dlospest.
GEORGE WAGNER, -
Grafton Street.
Wellsboro,
7aft. 1 1872-1 y
Lamps, Chandeliers & Brackets
AT 0 .13. RELLEY'S*
PRUIT JARS,
A speciality at
Oial3aist , iiallr
General Insurance Agency,
KNOXIMIA TXOGA CK;.,
Fire, and Acoidentai.
Aictriailin. of Cleveland: Okto . , -
. '. 1 1116.028.84
Netr York Life and Fire Ins. Co 91.000.000
Royal Ins. Co., of Liverpool 10,6115,501
Laniricbtre, of kfanchester. Capital,.. 10.000,000
Ina. Co., of North America, Pa., - . - • 28.060,5136'60
Franklin Fire Ins. Co, of Phila. lii: -- - 2.087,462 25
Republic Ina; Co. of N. Y o Capital,... 47150,000
Niagara lire Inc. CO. of N. N.Y .... ....1,000,000
Ferment Mut, Fire Ins. Co. York .... • 202,889 la
Phcealx lint: Life bag. tio. of Harfford 0t..5,081,970 in
Penult Oat to Ins. Co. of Pottsville..... 600,000 OC
,
Total .. ; .. •. .....565A31,41
Luausance-promptly affected by mall or otbersrlao,
on all hinds of Property. All lasaea promptly adjusted
and Pahl at my olDoe.
All commtualeattona promptly attended to-041430 on
Mill Street 2d door hom ]Rain et., Knoxville
i t nt
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lan. 1: 18 Wll. 11. 878-tf. Agent.
General Insurance Agency,
• Natant, Tioaa Co., PA.
J. H. &J. D. CAIIiPIIIELL
A RR issuing policies in the following ComPanies
nailed fire and lightning
.1u Tiogr and Potter
counties
QUEEN. ... Asset!, $10,000,000.00
CONTINENTAL of New4York, ...... .`• . • . 2 • 509 ,5 26 •2 7
HANOVER, of New York 083,381.00
GERMAN AMERICAN, New York ..... ..2,472,000.00
WYOMLNRI, of Vi r illdlibarre, Pa ' 219,0118.42
WILLIAIIRORT, of Win'aport... ..118,000.00
- AR business iliomptly attended to by mall or other
wise. L 068130 adinsted and paid a our office,
Nelson, Dec. 10,187247•
LOOK
HASTINGS & COLES
HOU
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PATENT MEDICINES,
Paiitts, Oils, .Glass, Putty,
Brushes, Trusses, Supporters, 'and Surgi-
3 cal Instruments, •
HORSP4& CATTLE' POWDERS,
Artiat'a Goods in Great Variety.
Liquors, Scotch Alen, Clore, Tobacco, Snuff. ko.. ke-
PIIIMFRIPTIONI CAREFULLY COMPOUNDOD
Groceries, Sugars, Teas,
CANNED AND DRIED FRUIT,
Shot, Lead, Powder and Caps, Lamps, Chtninaye,
Whips, Lydia's, dm.
BLANK & MISCELLANEOUS
AU &hoot Books in use. Envelopes, Stationery, Bill
and Cap Paper, initial paper, Memorandums, large
and small Dictionaries, Legal paper, School Cards and
Primers, ink, Writlnir Fluid, Chess and Backgammon
Boards, Picture Frames, Cords sad Tassels, Mirrors,
Albums, Paper Collars and Cuffs, Croquette, Base
Balls, parlor games, at wholesale and retail.
Wallets, port monies, combs, pins and ICiedi l !"
scissors, shears,..toeins_Ntinuo, atnis.;
PrW,-liiies;
rt:-3-z— a :—a - t--,x..L-,-„x,„„>.•-se-,,,..;veec.uri-tcltt,kv, X 0,7,10-
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- • _ baskets and rods. J ;
Special attention paid to this lino in the season.
TOILET AND FANCY' -ARTICLES.
AGEN•I ° B FOR AMERICAN STEAM. SAFES
VILLAGE LOTS for Bale in the central part of the Bei°
11larelt25, UM3TINGA & COLES.
Jan. 1, 1872
MRS..e. P. SMITH,
I' ASjust return from New Yolk with the largest
assortment of
MILLINERY AND FANCY G))ODS
ever brought into Welliboro, and will give her custom
ors reduced prices. She has a splendid assortment
of ladies suits. Parasols, Gloves, rails, real and imi
tation hair goods, and fall line of ready made white
goods. Prices to snit all.
Gp AND SEE
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UILLAI
• WELLSBORO, PA.
Surveyor's _ Notice.
ir,iDW A D IIItYDEN offers hie service to the public
..E„t" as a Surveyo. 110 will he ready to attend prompt
ly to all calls. Ile may be found at tho law office of
Sherwood SI Son, in Wellsboro, or at his mi.
dence on East Avenue.
wellsboro, Pa., May 13, 1873—tf.
CHINA HALL-Wellsboro.
LIVERY STABLE.
IWrOIEAM & COLE'S proprietors. * First-s:litss rigs
N furnished at reasonable rates. rearl street, op
posite Whaler's wngon shop.
A PUBLIC HACK
will be on, the street at all reasonable hours. Pass
engers to and from the depot to any part of the town
will be charged - twenty-five cents. ~.For families or
small parties for pleasure, one dollar per hour. _
Wellsboro, July 15, 1878. nrronas COLE.%
NEW DRUG FIRM 1
TAYLOR & SPALDING,
i•- Wholetiaje anel Retail Denlent in
bRUGS4 CHEMICALS,
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PAINTS, OILS,
P J.Nr!' .41. E D 1 C 11 1 _E
l ID , FE - STUFFS, PERFUMERY,
•
Raving n i utdo special arrangements with the Blows
burg Clads Company, we can furnish Mass at lowest
rates In parties wishing to buy, in large quantities,
shipped di rect from the factory.
Physicians• Preacriplione and Family Recipes Accurate
, iy Compounded. •
bas bail several years experience
in the drug trueiness, and is thdrotwhly posted In all
its brunches. TAICLOIt & SPALDIN9.
Wencher°, Pal. Juno 24. ]678-tf. ,
e r LiktslTAltlanondloss moiety s%
Ma Wad,
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LOOK I
3002,21
NOTIONS.
NEW GOODS
KEROSENE, LAMPS,
FANCY AMTIOLES,
• Bran- ro I lops( •
InsuranceiblEsta eiStearnship
.eft:ti-MLIXV"
- No 1. Rouwa't Mock.
05i Dratin
solttpkyriblo to any ty or town in Europe.
klecond Cabin. or vrage Peanage tickets
to or from any town In Europe onl or to_ Wellaboro,
by the Anchor Llant, or the Wht Star Ltoe,of Ocean
Steamer.. -
*Cirrtest Estate bought and ape on Co;nnoteelon
doalre to call Particular a tuition Will° incur;
once faellittea afforded by thnotd red web known
Wellsboto Insurance Agency:
_iurFAntaunnint 1861—
`FIRE, LIFE .1) ACCIDENT.
. Capital Popieseatad $40,000,040.
'ETNA, of Hartford, Conn.
HONE, of New York. .
FRANKLIN, of Philadelphia. •
INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA, of
PENNSYLVANIA, of Philadelphia. ,
, WILLIAMSPORT FI RE.-
ALEMANNIA,•of Cleveland, Ohlo.
PHENIX, of Brooklyn, N Y.
LYCOMINO IMS. CO.. Munoy. Pa.
TRAVELERS LIFE & ACCIDENT, Hartford.
Policies.written to arty of the' above leading Win
pantos Ikt standard rates. Lone* promptly 1,4142 at
m1' 4414 % No, Bowen Block. HOGE! YOUltO.
. Nov. 19. 1812.
We have Shed the Shanty
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TERLDWIN&CO
at'
TiOGA, PA.
And now have but timo to eai , o our Mende and
ottatornera that we have good
BARGAINS
FOR TIIESI
Our Elegirnt Nevi Store
Is ailed fall of
DESIRABLE GOODS
at Use lowest prices tabs loand
Call and yott will know bow it is yourselves.
Oct 16.1872.
9 9 9
Stoves, Tin and Hardware!
Ira^Go to D. H. BELCHER & So's for your Stoves,
Tin and Sheet Iron.
inf - Go to D. if. Belcher & Co's for your sails and
General hardware.
.031 i -Go to D. IL Belcher a Co's for your Haying add
Harvesting Tools.
,
agr Go to D. Belcber it: Co's for your Table a nd
Pocket Cutlery.
girCto to D. H. Belcher & Co's for your Rope' and
Horse Yorks.
AirDo to D. H. Belcher Co'e for the beet Metallic
Lilted Wood PUlllpl.
ear Go to D. H. Bolettor k Co's for the best Diosr,tn
this country.
rTh-Do t D. It. De!diem ttz Co's for your Tin floor
ing and Spouting.
-- - XWOo to D. D. Belcher k Co's for your Repairing
of all kinds, which we do on short notioo and
guarantee satisfaction.
We are agents for the D. Rawson Mowing Machines,
to which we call your special attention. 04 - Every
Machine warranted for two years. Extras of all kinds
for this Machine kept, on band, or furnished to order.
Any person wishing to buy the beat Machine lu this
market will do wall to girt nj, a oall.
Bk.LCHER & CO.,
First door below thorfatollleo, Wollsboro, Ps
Juno 24, 1873'-9m.
btibh It h h
POMEROY .BRO'S it - SMITH,
BANKERS,
BLOSSBUBG, Tioga County, Pean,a.
BUSINESS PAPER NEGOTIATED.
Polak - Rot 132to's BAN arse,
Troy, Pa.
Feb. 4.1873-If.
_
t .R
el. eyes glowed like midnight stars, and
(upon o t o e l l ;litititgeartireatthe
tondv is the Vueli
ki11,rauf1,71:4143.°1111"7,61,1 Plated Were,
Margary Hilton's fortune-was :made, So
she congratulated herself as she gazed et
ultingly upon the diamond solitaire which
but an hour before Colonel Leslie had Put
upon her finger. His words of hive still vi
brated in her ears, but, strange to say, there
was no responsive melody in her heart, al
though her lips had promised that she would
become his wife. 'She was a young girl, not
out of her teens—poor, beautiful, and ambi
tious. Colonel Leslie was fifty—hale, gen
tlemanly, and rich. He had gone to the
little manufacturing village of 8— upon
business, and having been enraptured with
her beauty, addressed her after a short ties
quaintance. A
And so, whilst he was being rapidly borne
to his city home, thinking of the loveliness
of the, young bride he had won and his
abundant means of making her happy, Mar
gery sat in her little chaniber dreaming
bright dreams to be ' realized in the future.
' Her fortune was made! What did it matter
DOW if there had been poverty and priva
tion in the past! Was not the future bright
with wealth and splendor?
" I shall have diamonds and laces and so
ciety to my heart's content," she mused,
gazing from her window in the east, where
the round :rising moon looked softly into
her glittering eyes. "I shall purchase them
dearly, perhaps, but I shall be an eld man's
darling; Colonel Leslie said so to-night as
he placed ; the seal of our betrothal upon
my finger. It is true that there is a ,great
disparity of years between us, but I am sat
isfied with the contract I have made; I shall
be clothed in purple mid flue linen every
day,' and if I should not be happy there
will be no one to blame but myself. I shall
no longer be dependent on those who be
grudge me even the morsel I eat."
The wedding was a quiet one. The vil
lage had never seen a lovelier bride nor a
happier groom, and when after a month's
travel the couple took possession of abeir
luxuriant home Margary again congratula
ted herself on the brilliancy of herfortune.
Her brighten dreams 'were meeting fulfill
ment. She entered into her new' life with
all the zest of her fresh, young spirit, glory
ing in the beauty which had purchased her
pleasures, and leaving nothing undone that
could enhance her loveliness. ,
Colonel Leslie accompanied her ever
where where she wished Jo go.
" She is too young, too inexperienced for
me to allow her liar freedom " he said -ea
ste.s.sites„lss -
tie down in the happy home I have so often
pictured to myself.'
.orea r
ikAiVot_nuod ll .o .
ow of ,tvcca rg ppeare
to •Clolld
the young wife's spirits. No gayety was
Proposed which dist not tempt her partici
pation, and to temptation met with resist
ance.
After.a year of patient waiting, the friv
olities in which she indulged se freely be
came so utterly distasteful to him that he
could no longer restrain his impatience.—
But friends interposed, declaring that the
lovely Mrs. Leslie should not make a re
cluse of herself, and offering to.accompany
her wherever she wished to go. He trans
ferred her, as it were, to their protection,
and day after day and night after night he
was left alone as mercilessly as thOpgh be
had been but a hired attendant of Of house
hold.
Devoted as he had once been to his wife,
the strength of his ardor began to abate,
and beginning to believe she had married
him for his wealth, he determined to restrict
her gayeties in a measure. He would make
overtures to her reason and judgment, and
if they failed he would assert the authority
which she had so seemingly ignored.
He was in the library awaiting Margery's
coming, as usual, upon the most brilliant
entertainment of the season. An hour after
midnight she entered, radiant in velvet and
diamonds. He arose and offered to remove
her wrappings. -
"Thank you," she returned, icily, still
standing, " but I shall retire immediately,
and there is no need of unwrapping here!"
" Just as you please," lie answered haugh
tily, resuming his seat, and gazing for a mo
ment into the beautiful face before him;
" but I have something to bay which must
be heard here and how."
Margery gathered her cloak more closely
about her shoulders, and resting both hands
upon the back- of the chair by which she
was standing; said, almost defiantly:
"If you have, anything to say, please say
it as quickly as possible. lam tired and
have need of rest; my demtinde for to-mor
row are pressing."
" Aud mine, Margery, you will find; are
more so. I have been trilled with and My
expressed desire neglected long enough.—
You will remember hereafter that I stand
tirst in this household, and that my wishes
are entitled to some 'Consideration."
"Perhaps you had better explain," she
said Contemptuously; " I do not.know that
I have the honor of comprehending your
remarks."
" I shall certainly be more explicit then,"
lie answered mildly, still determined not to
appear irritated by her indifference. "We
have been married almost three years, Mar
gery, and in all that time I hate been but s a
slave to your bidding. It is true that. I em
more than twice your age, but became your
husband fondly believing that in your love
my heart would regain its youthfulness, and
that you would find comfort and happiness.
in being nu ' old mans darling.' That I
have been 'disappointed I freely, acknowl:
edge.," that you have been I can but infer.—
I realize. now the vanity of the hope which
led me totunite old age with youth, since
our tastes arc so dissimilar. What I have
to say to you, however, is this—that 1 de
sire you to relinquish, in a measure, those
frivolities Which - are separating us so surely
cud so utterly."
Margery' looked fur a moment into his
face and said:
"Suppose I do not desire to renounce
those pleasures which you seem to condemn
so heartily?" -
" Then I shall resort to that authority
which, as yotir husband,-is vested in me." ,
"And if -I do not choose to submit to
that authority?"
"That is not a question to be discussed
between us," he exclaimed 'emphatically,
now thorougly aroused and irate. "I am
master of this house, as yob. Will find to
your cost. That you have never cared for
me except as the representative-of the wealth
which purchases your-pleasures is too plain
a case to .admit of argument. But -there is
one thing of which ; you may rest assured—
whilst you bear my name you must remain
as unsullied es when you received it. lA°
not wish you to regard'me as fi brute, nor
yet as a tyrants - but this continued dissipa
tion must cease. lam too - old to be dragged
from one scene of gayety to another, tied,
as it were,- to the wheels Of yew-triumph
ant chariot; and since I cannot attendyou,
you must confine yourself more at home.—
You can retire now, if you please, • but 're
member that I expect your compliance with
my wishes."
Thank you for the privilegel"; she re
turned sarcastically; " I shall not ' retire,
however, until this question is definitely set
,„ - .
T. L. BALDWIN Ss CO.
I=
W. 0. Burro;
likntsburg,
October.
Spy .
There ienaes a month in the weary4ear—;
A'menth of leisure end healthful rest;
When the ripe leavoe fill, and.the air la elcuirt;.,
October; the brown; the crimp. the Woe*. .
My HMls* little etyingh of Idlers: •
.I drag the days of the add televen, •.
Counting the One thatabstlioad to this—
The month that opens the -hunter's !waren.
And oh 1 for the mornlngi crisp and white.
With the sweep of ,the hOunda upon the track;
The barb-roofed cabin, the camp-are'a HOS.
The break of the deer and the Mal! crack. '
- •
Do yon,eall this trifling ? I toil you, friend,
A life In the forest le past all prilee.
Dive me a dozen Audi menthe en end—
Yon may take my balance of years and days
. .
For brick and mortar breed crime, :
And pulse of evil that throbs and beats; r 1"
And men grmi.withored before their prime
IVitli the cared pared in on the lanes and strdeti
And lunge are ohoked, and shoulders are bowed
' in the.smotheting mak of mill and mine;
And death stalks in on the struggling crowd.
But Be shuns tba shadow of osliand pine.' •
,
And of all to which the memo ry
There Is naught so sweet es the Sunny spots
Where our shantlettetood by the crytitst springs,
The vanished hounds, and the lucky shots. ,
" —The .41dine
.
The old Man's Darling.
i
_blare Of the *hie t she
stood. " That tdo nut Colonel
Leilkyou: seen'. to be well aware. .1 mar
riettlon because' Wits dazzled b,y; those via
fOns'Of sjilendor which Tori: placed before
mY-elea„ Arid sighed for them as those who
- travel in'th - e Bandydeserts thirst for water.,
Fashion and society are my idolti, and dis
connected from them would not turn over
my haed - te live another beer; T• shall not
give them up-without- a scruggle, - `you - niay
rest assured, but the victory is not. always
to the . strong.; Good night!" She aklded,
turning from - him 'and leaving , 'the room
with the air of an empress.
Colonel Leslie,- - stunned and mortified by
her confession, buried his face in his hands.
This was the bitter ending of= his ,pleasant
dream—this cold, calculating - 'woman, who
presided - over his - home. , •
" She shall have her own .way,'! he sud
denly, stoically, resolved. "If she married
me, as she Bays, for my wealth, she shall not
be cheated in the bargain. She shall enjoy
her freedom unmolested while I live, and,
my wishes shall hereafter remain untold."-
- Two—four years passed awa y , and then'
the end of it all came. Margery was sit
ting alone in her elegant drawing room.
whence an hundred guests had just depart-{
ed, when Colone/ -Leslie entered . hastily end'
drew a chair to her side. She gathered hor
trailing robes of amber satin More chisely
around her, as if fearing contamination.—
He noticed the movement, and exelahned
apologetically:
" I volved years ago, Margery, that I nev
er,would again, by word or look, detract
from your happiness, and faithfully 'until
now have I kept that vow. This, howeter,
is a perilous moment for both of us, and
Must account Per this intrusion. I have a
communication to make which will startle
you, but you must hear it. Are you listen
ing, lam a bankrupt, Margery, &bank
rupt!"
"A bankrupt!" she exclaimed hoarsely.
" Are you in earnest?"
"Yes, in terrible, terrible earnest, as to
morrow's proceeding will show. • I have not
a dollar in the world which I can honestly
caltmrown. For your sake I regret it.—
'You worship wealth and position, you told'
me once, and•l have never forgotten it.—
God knows I pity you."
" What are we to do?" she asked broken.
ly, for, try as she might, the tears would not
be repressed.
" I do not know," he answered vaguely.
The tidings reached me but a few hours
ago, and since then I have thought of noth
ing hut - how. I should tell you without
breaking your heart. lam net - too old 'to
work for you, Margery; but how will you
endure our misfortunes?• - You will doubt
less reproach me for not, having provided
against this4contingency when we were mar
ried, but I did not know then that you sold
yourself to me. I thought that you loved
me a little notwithstanding the disparity of
years between us."
He ceased speaking, and abruptly left the
room. For a Inomefit Margery's heart soft
ened toward him, but the next she rose up,
and sweeping her eyes over the Magnificent
apartment, said, bitterly:
"No, no, I cannot live without them,"
She ascended to her chamber, - Where her
maid was awaiting her coming. She wea
rily submitted herself to her skillful bands;
and having substituted a morning wrapper
for the party robes, she dismissed her sleepy
attendant, and sank into an easy chair which
stood before the fire. She folded her white,
jelVeled hands in her lap, and thought over,
the events of the past few years.
"What a vain, profitless life I have lived!"
she murmured regretfully. " Who has been
benefited by it? Not even myself. And
with the abundant means I have wasted
how much good.
__l have done. Have
ire rose Toi-MY _
Mother's eldlashioned wedding ring for my
Amd: with. her mother's memosv
1 11 1 0, 1 Vamit tenuerbess; soulless to tne
heart of Margery Leslie which had not vis
ited it for years. "It is -not too late to re
trieve Myself, and will," she added abso
lutely. "I cannot recall the past, but Ican
at least prove to my husband that I am not
dead to all sense of -honor and shame."
Margery descended to the breakfast room
a different person. The elements of true
womanhood had
,so long slumbered in her
breast that only the rudest shock could have
aroused them. With their awakening came
the conviction of her unworthiness and a
determination to regain the esteem she had
lost. Colonel Leslie was not present the
table, and to the servant' who summoned
him he said:
"Excuse me to your mistress, and bring
me a cup of coffee. I wish nothing else."
'I will carry it to him myself," said Mar
gery when she received the message, and a
few.moments more she entered the library
where ille was sitting.
" Can I not assist you?" she said softly as
she deposited the unique silver breakfast
service at his side.
He had pot noticed her presence before.
He glanced hastily into her face, and the
tears stood in his oyes.
"I do not know whether you can or not,"
he replied almost wildly. "My brain is in
a whirl. These papers," pointing to the
heaps upon his either hand, "represent all
I possessed. I have been here all night,
Margery, and my conviction, after a thor
ough investigation, is that wo are almost
beggars."
" You must rest now, at any rate," she
said gently, "and when. you have drank
your coffee we will talk our misfortunes
over.'
Whilst he partook of his breakfast she
busied herself in arranging the disordered
' apartment. She turned oil the gas, which
Still burned brilliantly, and throwing aside
:the heavy curtains, admitted the sunligh
into the room. Not until then did she ob
'serve the change that had taken place in her
husband's appearance. was worn and
haggard, anti his Whole frame trembled as
with an ague. Margery sat down near him,
and leaning her arms upon the table, looked
into his face.
" You are too easily discouraged, Colonel
Leslie," - she 'exclaimed :with emotion.
"I comprehend our situation much more
clearly than you do," lie replied gloomily'
"Of the business details I am, of course,
ignorant," she answered; "hut they do not
alter- - nor aired the fact which 'so intimately
concerns us."
"'You realize it all then, and your heart
is net broken!" he gasped rather than asked.
" You refer to the conversation that passed
between tip years ago?" she inqured, the red
flush mantling her Cheek and the tears gath
cring in her eyes.
" Yes; you told One that you would not
care to live if bereft of society, and wealth.
That remembrance has, been the bitterest
drop in this bitter, , bitter cup."
"Forget it!" she exclaimed pansienately.
" Forget that I was ever so unwomanly, or
so. ungrateful. Ott married life so far has
proved a failure, but there is time enough
to redeem it."
Colonel Leslie could scarcely believe that
ho heard aright. " You are not jesting
with me, Margery?"
" Indeed,. indeed I am not," she exclaim
ed earnestly. "Although I have proved
recreant to the trust )ou - ouce reposed in
me, .1 am worthier To-day to 'be your wife
than I was upon' .our bridal morning. If
you only esteem me again as you once
did, you shall never have cause to regret it."
Colonel Leslie gathered her to his heart
and pressed his lips lobar forehead.
"There is light ahead for us, Margery,"
he said as soon as he could' trust himself to
speak. -"It is not, all as dark as' it was a
while ago. I .luvVe education—talent, too,
my friends used to say — and, old as I am,
they, must be brought . into requisition. In
:,my early manhOod I read and practiced law,
and a few months' study will tit me for"the
profession
There were but , a few thousands left of
all Colonel Leslie's vast estate. But when
Margery left thel,Spacions' residence which
had been the scene of so many social tri
umphs, shelelt one sincere regret, and that
was that so many opportunities for doing:
good had been wasted.- Though the home
she entered was in comparison, she!
realized that domestic contentment which'
otherwise she never would have ktiownl.
With the vigor; and energy which had
ways been prominent traits "Coloncl Les
lie's character, he enteral his profession and
became distinguished as &lawyer. Once
the right - path; Margery never faltered, and
being constantly in the society of her has'
band, she learned to love him devotedly.--i
!41tttoug4 why NI Mitt S WWI 10 111 aka
liid
, (min' ie
by kill stately and his step stillfirm, whilsthis sick; *bother_ in as li
brary poring over his ponderous books or
In h►s parfor,ontertaltang his friends,, is thd
elegant form and beantiful face , ?POO
ry,
," the old Man's darling.'' '
. ,
- A Stinging Octopus.
The beteptis recently imMortaliged in
Tun as, The Straying 'Tonna." has been
at his tricks again, coveting his neighbor's
bowie, breaking _bounds to visit it, and,
moreover; prevailing on ono of his class
mates to follow his bad example of going
out on the loose at night. . whether' he
sight of the manyhappy excursionists who
'mit, the Brighton Aquarium induced in
them an Irrepressible longing to take an out
ing on their own account, or whether the
community of 'octopods formed - themselves
into a geographical society and sent out the
two travelers, as Britannia, on the Mulready
envelope, Slung out her missives on either
hand, to open- up communications ;with , the
inhabitants of foreign waters, D will - not
Treteud to say. But one night last .week
these- two individuals left theirtank and
started to opposite directions on aloyage of
discovery: One went east,- the other went
west, and, as . if by preconeerted plan, nei
ther was content merely to cross the fron
tier and visit his nearest neighbors, but both
passed througb, or over , one intervening
tank Sad settled down among the tribes be
yond.- One of them found himself in a
Brobdiagnag of crabs--:a colony of giants
too strong to be successfully invaded oven
by an armada of octopods. If be bad ar
rived at Liiiput instead---a .tank inhabited
by pigmy crustaceans—he would soon have
depopulated it by chitchini in his hateful
embrace more victims per tham than ever an
unwelcome, font-mouthed dragon of- old de
manded as his -daily dole of youths and
Maidens to satisfy his inconvenient prefer
ence, for their flesh as his daintiest dish.—
The other traveler found his way into lob r ,
sterdom, and putting on a bold 'front called
on the chief to " shell qui" This being re
fused. and the clause (or claws) by whiel
the latter Weld Possession being brandished
in his face, the intruder withdrew to a dis
tance to await reinforcements or beat a re
treat. r,
Desiring to bat% a better view than I had
previously been able to obtain of what fol
lows the seizure of a crab by an octopus, I
recently fastened one to a string' by which
an attendant was to lower it in the water
close to the glass while I stood watching in
front. The crab had hardly descended to
the depth of two feet before an octopus for
which it was not intended and which I had
not observed (so exactly bad he assumed the
hue of the surfade to which he clung) shot
out like a rocket from one side of the tank,
opened his membranous umbrella, shut up
the suspended crab within it, and darted
back again to the 10.dge of rock on which
he bad been lying . in ambush. There he
her on, with the crab , firmly pressed be
tw en hishody and tite stonework. As this
was not what I wisled, I directed Cosbant,
niy assistant, to-geinly try to pull the bait
away from him. .2 , Tot a bit of it! As soon
d's he felt nib strain he took a firm grasp of
the.rock With all the suckers of seven of his
art - 8,3,11nd stretching tire eighth aloft, coiled
it around the tautened line, the suckers ac
tually closing on the line also, as a cater.pil
lar's foot, gripes n thin twig, or a cobbler's
leather pad folds around his thread when he
is-making a wax-end. It then became a
game of "pull devil, ptill baker," and the
le
devil-tis won it. Noticing several jerks
on the string, I thought at first they-were
given by the man ovcrlicad,, and' told him
notlo use too much force, but he called out,
" It's not me, air, it's the octopus; I can't
move liiui and . he's pulling so,hard that if
Tug, tugl
the octopus, and at a'lil'iL.Stro r ne• fi rm of
I.i. opus ,
o - -ea 4%40 -
twine was that used for mending the seine
net, and was ther6'4re not particularly
weak. , - •
.„
- Although this experiment furnished a
fresh illustration of the holding power of
an octopus, it had not taught me exactly
that which I wanted to know. I wished to
be underneath that umbiella with the crab,
or (which was decidedly preferable) to be
able to see what happened beneath it. with
out getting wet. My plan, therefore, was
to procure the seizure of the crab against
the front glass instead of against the rock
work. Our next endeavor was successful._
A second crab was •So fastened that the
string could be withdrawn it desired, and
was lowered near to the great male octopus,
who generally dwells in a nook in the west
'front corner of the tahk. lle was sleepy,
and not very hungry, and required a great
deal of tempting to arouse him to activity;
but the sight of his favorite food overcame
his laziness, and after some demonstrative
panting, puffing, anti erection of his tuber
cles, he lunged out all arm to. seize the pre
cious morsel. It was withdrawn; from his
reach; and so, at last, he turned out of bed,
rtshed at it, and got it under him against
the plate-glass, just as I desired. lii a sec
ond the crab was completely pinioned. Not
a movement, not a struggle was visible or
possible; each leg, each claw, was grasped
all over by suckers—infolded in them—and
stretched out to its full extent by them.--
The back of the carapace was covered all
over with the tenacious vacutim=dislcs,
brought together by the • adaptable contrac
tion of the limb, and ranged in close order,
shoulder to shoulder, touclikng each other;
while, between others, which dragged the
abdominal plates toward the mouth, the
black tip of the hard, horny beak Was seen
for a single instant protruding from the cir
cular orifice in the center of the radiation
of the arms, :lid the next had crunched
through the shell, and was - buried deep in
he flesh of the victim.
The action of an octopus when seizing its
prey for its necessary food is very like that
of a cat pouncing 'on a mouse and holding
it down benentits pnws.° The movement
is as sudden, the scuffle as brief, and•the es
cape of the prisoner- even less probable.- 4
The fate rof the crab is, not really more, ter
rible thah that of -the mouaO, 'or of a tuitt
now swalloyed by a 'perch; but there is a
repulsiveness about thnform; color, and at
titudes of the octupus which invests it with
a kind of tragic horror.—lienry in Land
and Bratcr.
Shrews,
Shrews, or disappointed,, women—call
them-what you like—generally, sooner or
later, find themselves alone ih the world.—
Theirchildren have gone front them because
they found it impossible to remain and live
in peace.-, A. week is quite long enough to'
remain with a disappointed woman—too
long, in ifadt, if you do not Ntish to hear a
terribly long catalogue of trials and iron.
bles. .But she will be amiable, so Jar as you
are conerned, for that time, became you
possess the charm 'of novelty. After a
'week, take care. Their true friends and
relatives have become alienated through the
bard.and bitter tlting3 which have been said
of them and the angry altercations which
have taken place. Ail, in fact,- who prop.
erly know them avoid. them, for their soci
ety id dangerous. Thus they have to rely
on chance acquaintainees for companion
ship. *From morning until night they mor
bidly brood Over their unhappy lot, and yet
in nothing can they see that they have done
wrong. They have ignored the principle
of '" give and take" in fathily disputes; and
have upon all occasions ussetted their inde
-pendenee.tind mastery, But they recognize
no fault in that; yet they mourn the loss of
kindred and . friends and lung for genial
companionship. It cuts them to the quick
to see themselves shunned .by those whom
down in the bottom of their hearts they re
ally hive;
,yet so completely has a long-con
tinned sense of disappointment and wrong
operated, upon their natures, that they are
utterly linable to regulate their conduct so
as, to secure a return of this love. They
must he cynical,,critieal, quarrelsome, spite
ful, and moody when they would rather be
otherwise. They are often «ell-meaning at
heart. They can be truly generous, and if
you happen to get them in the right cue will
do anything to oblige you; but the difficulty
is to gei them in the right one, for at differ
ent times they will be so different. They
are their own worst enemies.. It is pitiful
to see them standing thus alone, and to
.think that they will Bever be thoroughly
happy on this side Of the grave. It is more
pitiable - when 'it is"reMewhered what they
I might have become had their lot been at
4101,:itlY ( ifttltri 411494 Qt . qi9TUti theY m 1414
have strewn roses in, path, and instead
of embittering their awn lives and others',
might-have chat the hallowing inflUences of
love and.contentment around them, They
deserve,, then,. more tender .consideration
tinitii is generally extended to thorn:—/Aera/
' •
The Fate .o:lP:Kings.
Richard 11., in the play of that name,
disheartened by his calamities, responds to
all the encouraging words of his lords and
followers.with•a bitter satire on the wretch
ed LIOSS - of rgy ty
rot. clod's sake, lot us sit upon tho ground
And tell sed stories of the death of kings;
II some have been red, sorao slain In war,
Same haunted by the boats they hays depos*d.
Some polson'd by the wives, some stooping UM:
All murther'd; for within the hollow crown
That rountle trio warm] touintou cs# king :
Keeps )cat]! btu court."
•The unhappy -monarch wit's 'destined to
furnish in his own tragic. fate 'ones more il
lustration of his homily. nisi, words come
vividly to mind iti - reviewing- the curious
catalogue *Mole au European :statistician
lately furnished of tbe number of sover
eigns who have perished by violent deaths
or been discrowned by disaster. Tho list,
which must perforce be incomplete, 'em
braces 2,540 emperors or kings,- who have
ruled over 04. nations. Of these, 299 were
dethroned; 151 were assassinated, 123 died
in captivity, 108 were formally condemned
and executed, 10)0 - Were killed kn battle, 04
abdicated, 02 'mere poisoned, 25 died the
death okmartS7rs, 2p committed suicide,
and 11 died insane. Even these lists do not
probably include al' the -unnatural deaths
and dethrouements that- have occurred
among the 2,540 rulers - thus tabulated. for
it was often deemed poli6e. to conceal the,
circumstances of a monarch's death, and
history mentions many such instances in
which the. cause of death is doubtful; so
that, for example,. the 11 insane and the 20
suicides-and the 02 poisoned doubtless do
not comprise the whole number of deaths
'which ought to be inclutle4 under those de
scriptions. Nevertheless,
,taking these fig
urgs as they are) they fitruibh a striking
comment On Kin*, Richard's melancholy
words, 1.% Wel!, 41te way, Richard's own
conqueror - and successor almost partaleled
in his lamentations over the anxieties and
perils that accompany the kingly state.-
14pincoira :!Magazine.
Method of Detecting Mineral Poisons
Many years ago Professor Edmund Davy,
of Dublin, devised a "simple clectro-Moth
od of ascertaining the presence of dillerent
metals—applied to detect minute quantitic•,
of me.tallie poisons'," Which is well worth
recalling to - notice. lie employed a - voltaic
art ingernent of small slips of zinc and phi,
tiny placed in Contact, and forming a gal
vanic circuit with the interposed fluid sus
pecte.l to contrin the poisonous metal. In
the action-thereby set up the poison was de
posited in the form of crystals on the nega
tiYe surface of the clips of metal. Arsenic
could be detected 'if only the hundredth
part of a grain was deposited, and Professor
Davy has recorded that in some instances
he chuld appreciate, the two thousand five
hundredth part of, a grain lik; the applica
tion of appropriate tests.
Another advantage of this method is that
these minute quantities can be detected even
when mixed with Ordinary articles of diet,
such as wheaten flour, bread, starch, rice,
potatoes, sugar, vinegar, eggs, gelatine,
gruel, various kinds of wine, and alsointhe
saliva and bile. Besides arsenic, Professor
Davy experimenteth with corrosive subli
mate, acetate of lead, and always with the
same satisfactory result. In some instances
where the common tests failed to act or only
acted fallaciously,. be found the electro
chemical method act'vith greatest certain-
Jolt rnal.
11 - fil - 61 an ,
tric baronet ho, in consequoneo of Nis
was called Long. Sir Thomas Roliin
•son. It Was in sllasion'to hint that the lines
wero penned:
‘!. Unlike to Robinson eball bo my song—
It,sitall bo witty. awl it sla'n't be long."
This was the man to whom a Russian no
bleman displayed the greatest anxiety to be
introduced, under the impression that he
was the real identical and unadulterated
Robj neon Crusoe.
Sir Thomas was a bore of the first mag
nitude, and an inveterate hanger-on about
Cabinet ministers and other prominent per-
SOUR. He was constantly worrying Lord
Burlington and Lord Burlington's servants
by his Paul Pry-like presence. On calling
at Burlington House and being told that his
lordship had gone out, he would desire to
be let in to look st,the clock or to play with
a monkey which Was kept in the hall, and
so at length get into his lordship's room.—
The servants, exasperated, preconccrted
scheme to p be rid of the nuisance. ISo one
day as emit as-the porter opened the gate',
and found Sir Thomas outside,:bc said,
"R is lordship is gone out, the clock is stop
ped, the monkey is 'dead."—Lippineotes
Magaainc. •
The Bobolink
Throughout the northern and eastern
parts of the Union the lark would find a
dangerous rivaLln the bobolink, a bird that
has no Europe.* prototype, and no near
relatives anywi ere—standina. quite, alone,
unique, and,in the qualities of hilarity and
musical tintinnabulation, with a song une
qualed.-- He has already a secure place in
general literature, having been latireated by
no less a poet thart"Bryant, end invested
with a lasting human charm in the sunny
pages of Irving, and is the only oneOof our
songsters -I believe, the mocking-bird can
not parody or imitate. Ile affords the most
marked example of exuberant pride, and a
glad, rollicking, holiday spirit that can be
.seen among our birds. Every note express
es complacency qud glee. Ile is a bean of,
the first pattern, and, unlike any, other bird
.of my acquaintance, pushes his.gallantry to
the point of wheeling gayly into the train
•of every female that cornea along, oven after
the season of courtship is oler and ail the
matches settled; and when she leads him on
too wild a chase, he turns lightly' about and
breaks out with a song that is precisely anal
ogous to a burst of gay and self-satitied
laughter, as Muth as to say, " Ha! ha! bat
I must have my-fun, Miss SilVerthimble,
thimble, thimble, if I break every heart, in
the meadow—see, see, see!"
Perpetual Dentition.
Crocodiles, alligators, elephants, and some
other animals are always .-in the process' of
dentition. A. tooth is no sooner perfectly
grown in these animals than it drops_ off—a
young, new, sharp one WAR fn the hollow
shank 'of the OM. In turn, that is shed.—
Thus tht:y arc provided ltjth sharp instru
ments Without failure,
A,p, elephant's grinders have a perpendic
ular plate , . nearly the _size of the cutting
part of a joinet's plane, dded year after
year to the hack side of eaqh grinder. -That
'loves the body of the' iooth a little further
forward. Li very aged elephants the-grind
ttrs become very large, but slightly diminish
by absorption in front.
Tiats anstLquirrels keep their gnawing
teeth sharp - bt constant use. , They arebev
eled like a chisel, growing as fast as the cut
ting part wears away.
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Dnplikatioa of Organs,
It is rather' curious that all animals arc
really two joined together., Every • man is
corporeally, huide up of two halves, precise
ly alike, united in a medial line. i Thus, we
have twoi-byes, two ma, two lands, two
kidneys; too lungs, two arms, W legs,.and
so on. - In!esiie of ai palsy "of one-half the
body, a very common circumstance,. the
functions of life and the mental operations
ariT'eadied oti- by the well half. For years,
in some instances, one-half the body is
dragged abut without contributing 'at all
to vitality. Were it not for this beneficent
duplication,, an attack of paralysis would be
death de, facto to the individual.
A Keokuk paper relates the. following;—
"An elderly gentleman was recently ' con
fidenced' niticirain to buy a draft, (worth
-less) for $.157 40, he paying them two tte,l.oo
bills and. they paying him $43 60. ,The con
ductor suggested to the old•*gentleman that
the draft wus a fraud. " Well, if We any
bigger fraud than my two q,1.0Q notes, then
1, am AO 448 atink. I am."
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USEPUL AND suaGrornm.
Young Stock in Falland Winter.
The time has mitred When young stock is
to be seen - to, Winter -will- soon be here,
and the long cold' rains . and wet sriewe
autumn are impehdings. Are we .-geting to
_keep out, as is so much the case, our tem
calves and young colts; till.- the snow forces
them to shelter ? Quite likely, the most of
us; .And what will bathe result? It will
be not only a lessening ;of the flesh, but'a
check in the groivtb; which can hover be
remedied. On this point, we are very heed
less—many .of us ignorant. •- We act as
though we did not know what is lost in the ,
growth of a young animal is a loss to, the
mature cow, horse or sheep or any other
stock. And if left out now in the rains and
imow with short feed, frozOn and faded to
ward the last, thie-will surely, and totr,it Con
siderable extent; be the case: - The fields
also are tinnily being denuded, and the evil
thus has a twofold hold upon, the future:lt shmild he remembered-Slut It is not
generally—that young stock 'dropped in the
spring has never seeu. winter, so that the.ses
verity of the weather' will fall all the heav
ier upon the tender and uninurea
. They need early shelter, to be let out -again
if the seethes is favorable and ?.'the 'fetal
plently. November, in our 44th' degree - of
latitude, should see them housed permanent
ly. Better feed early,. so that when the win
ter really sets in, the young stook is in a
healthy; hearty condition, sowing uncheck
ed, while it is housed duitug both the late
fall and winter.
• A shed will =rawer for the calves and (he
'you mesheep, each kept separate. Let there
be feeding racks along the sides-:this fur j
fall; and also prefer it for winter; but let.
itbe made tight and warm, with warm, dry
bedding, nut neglecting to ventilate anti
ciently, though no snows should be suffered
to blow in. Thus housed, and not crowd
ed,-lhe little company will enjoy it; and con
tinue to thrive uninterruptedly if the right
reed lie. given. The same will do pretty
much for the three, the togs; the calves and
the colts, and that is, in effect, a continua
tion of the grass or summer feed, dried grass,
hay dried whew - WI:VI and tender, Noth
ing is bsster than aftermath ' for this young
stock, unless it isl early-out clover. The two
together we have found to work ea - well as
nn thing. Tho substance and 'offect are
about the same.
It is held trot such n feed is too loosening
to o w bowels. We , have nut found\ it so;
and I have never seen it ee. It is more so
firm grass itself, grass advanced in its
grotssi h. which has a less influence, in this
din ction than the more tender groWth,
, ruelz
a, pas' uro gerterally furnishes. No one
wonid object to have pasture continued du
ring the winter if this could be, as is the ,
case in some parts oh the Country, whew.
cattle and sheep subsist on grass the year
round. But some people are hard to con
vince; they are .those that come in last to
adopt the improvements; and thus they re
fuse benefits Which ethers have reaped in the
meantime.
lt. gratifying to see the advance =young
stock will make during the winter if prop
erly fed and taken care of: They will come
out strong active, and greatly grown. Such
heifers will be cows at two years, and make
the better cows for it; otherwise they would
he apt to lose a year, which would be a
year's loss of feed and care, and the ani
mals not tlio better. The togs will have
grown into sheep, wool long,. glossy and
thick; and the colt, hearty and nimble, will
have made rapid advance,. which it could
never havereached With bud treatment and
ncgltct; thd loss would have been seen in
the future horsey and in so valued an animal
would have been considerable, and there
fore cannot be afforded, especially if the an
imal be a choice one." -
A word - as to Yceding. We fll3ll Aelt li Pti
up clean, Ulna
wher.o_the remains 'of a large feio -
breathed over. The cost to . winter young
stock is thus reduced to a comparatively low
tigure.—P. in Country Ger:gown.
Milk as a Remedial Agent.
Considerable has been said in medical
journals . conterning the value of ;milk as'a
remedial agent in certain diseases. We no
ticed an interesting article on this subject,
that lately appeared In the London Milk
Journal, in ivhieli it is stated - on the author
ity of Dr. Benj. Clark, that in the East In
dies warm milk is used -to a great extent as,
a specific for diarrhoea. A pint every four
hours will check the most violent diarrhcea,
stemacite-ache, incipient cholera, and. dys
&Amy. The milk should never be boiled,
but only heated sufficiently to be agreeably
warns, not, too hot to drink. Milk which
has bee.n boiled is unfit for use. - ,
- This writer gives several instances to show.
the Ktiitte of this simple substance in arrest
ing thivilisease, among . which ` is the follow
ing, lie says: "It has never faded in curing
me from in six to twelve hou ? , and I have.
un
tried it, I should think, fifty es. I have,
also given it to a dying man, ho had been
subject to dysentery eight nibs, latterlyv
accompanied by one continual diarrhoea,
and it acted on him like a charm. In two
days hiS diarrhcea was gone; in three weeks
he was a hale, fat man; and now nothing
that hereafter. occurs will ever shake 13 i a
faith in hot milk." ,
A writer also cow tuunicatea to the „Med-
ltinws and Gazette a Ataternentor the vr.l
ue of milk in twenty-sin cases of typhoid,
in eery one of which groat value was-an
parent. It checks distr - hcra, and nourishes
and cools the body. People suffering from
'disease require RH much food as those in
health, and much more so in certain diseas
es where there is rapid waste of the systew.
Frequently, all ordinary focid in eortnin
eases, is rejected by the stornselt, and even
loathed by the patient; but wanire, ever
benedelent, has furbished it food that in all ,
dise4es is beneficial—in some, directly cu- - .
rativg. Such food is milk. - -
We writer in the journal last quoted, Dr.
Alexander Yale l after giving particular oh
seretoh.l on the. points above named, viz.,
its action in checking diarrlicet, its nourish
ing properties, and its action in cooling the
body, says; "We believe that milk nour
ishes in fever, rsomotes sleep, wards oil: de
lirium, and, in fine, is the this pra ?Ant in
typhoid fever."
We have also tested the value of milk in
scarlet fevEtr,-aud learn that it •is now rec
ommended by the medical faculty in all cas
es of this most distressing of children's diseas
es. Give all the-milk the patient will take,
even during ':the period of the greatest fever;
it keeps up fbe_strength of the patient, acts
\yell on the stomach, and, in every way, is
•;a' blessed thing for siekties's.' Parents; re
-member it,und - do not-fear togive it, if your
dear ones are afflicted with this, di*fl.9o..
Fattehing Hogs.
LA writer intim Prairie. Former gives. his
experience as follows: " I was just begin-_,
,nitre to farm, and - I was desirous of know- -
tiig the best way to fatten hogs, tried the
different plans, and also how much pork a
barrel of corn will make. I made a floored
pen and covered it in, Weighed three hogs
and put them in the pen. ' I also weighed
three of the same size and put them in a - dry
lot—average weight; one hundred gild seven
ty-live pounds. I fed six barrels_of corn:to
the six hogs. They were forty days. eating
.the corn, with plenty of salt water. Their
average gain was seventy-five pounds. The
hogs in the lot gained the most. One
.that
was fattened in the lot gained eighty-eight
pounds: One in the pen eighty-four pounds;
the other four were not so thrifty. These
hogs were about fourteen months (,I,ti when
sitiniptered. I put, them up the With of Oct.
There, was a good ;deal of sleet and srioW
during the month or November, which gave
the hogs in the pen au advanlngethey would
not have had it thnweatherr;was favorable;
they ate the same (Lutintity of grain in the
same time: It also nhoWed that one bushel
of corn will-Make fifteen pounds of pork."
MrLE GIVIDDLE, CARvii,.-^Peel six large,
juicy<apples, and grate them on a bread gra
ter, to a soft pulp. Beat four 'eggs till light,,
and add to the apple,beaties Well together.;
3 3
stir in a pint of rich sweet milk, and -g ; d-
unity sift in flour enough to make a 1 .
Ili
smooth - batter. ,Bake_ on a gfiddle,,pile oa
hot'. plates, and on each cake put a goad
piece of butter, a sprinkling of rio,wdbred
loaf sugar, and ti little powdered cinnamon,
or nutmeg, as preferred.
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