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Business Cards.
J, B. UM:FIELDER. F. A. JOHNSON.
Batchelder At Johnson,
0E 1(.1k-tarot.* or Monuments, Tombstone, Tit&
r o pi, Counters, .to. Call and see. Sliop, Wahl a t,
, p pusite Foundry, Wellsboro, Pa.—July 3, 1072.
A. Redfield,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.—Collect.
wtiA promptly attended to.,—Lawroncovillo,
anty, Pon , u'a.,4&pr. IM-9111.
C. IL Seymour,
LTIOI4SI%T AT LAW, Tioga Pa. All business en
alibied to Ms care will receive prompt attention.—
Jas. 1, 1672.
Geo. Dlerrick,
ATTORNEY AT L.lW.—Wellabaro, Pa. Office in
aJ.N.2 3 !track Block., main otreet; ISCCOLICL
liatl44l /LAU 1110111 Aol rArou
Mitchell & Cameron,
ITTURSLYS AT LAW, Cir.= stud, Insurance Agents.
oils lu Converse .1; 1 Unsold brick block, over
Cousurin s usguod's store, Wellsboro, .1%.--Jun. 1,
Idii.
William A. Stone,
►TTOIt\EI AT LAW, over O. B. Kelley's Drs Good
Store, Wright & Bailey's Block on m a in e t ruet .
Wetiatforo, Jan. 1, 1b72,
J. C. Strang,
ATTORNEY AT LAW & DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
UrdLe mill J. B. Niles, lsq., Webslwro, ra.-Jan. I.'7'
C. N. Dartt,
DEN nil'.—meth wade with the NlitV 1111.1tOVRAtENT.
11 a‘,ll ghr uetter salts tat:lieu than any thing else
to aa. °dace lit Wright Bailey's Block. Wells
twru, Oct. 15,
J. B. Niles,
LTIVISSEY AT LAW.—Will attoutl promptly to bus
,utru.s,d t,1.112. care Su tho uouutiou of Tluga
i'Ltser, Aulicu ou tuo Avuuuo.—Wullaboro, Pa.,
11u. 1,
Jno. W. Ada,lns,
ATD.R.NLY AT LAW, Mansfield, Tioga county, Pa
(.%)atcti.46 vaupty atteudcd tu.—Jau. I. 1812.
C. L. Peck
ATfORNEr ST LAW. All clolnaromptly collected
u.~ro aim . bulitiL Knoxville, Tioga (Jo., Ya.
C. B. Kelly.
Dealer 111 Cr i ery. China and Glaass ware, Table Cut
hrj and Plated Ware. - Also Table and lions& Fur-
UOutld.—.l%ellsboro, Va., Sept. 17, /871-,
Jib. W. Guernsey,
ITIO4NI Y AT busluese cutrustett to hirti
iwuniAly att udt”,l- iO.—Oi I ICO /et door south
of 111ie1L.4.11 t'.u•Cia stoke, TiussiTioga county, Yu.
Jaql, 1872.
Armstrong St Liam,
Arrow;EiA AT Lllv, Williamsport, Pa.
All2.l3ritoNO.
Jan. 1, 1872.
Win. B. Smith,
PENSION ATTORNEY, Bounty and Insurance Agent.
Communications Bout to the above address will re
ettre prompt attention. Terms inucierate.—Knox.
vtlle, Pa. Jan. 1, 18;2.
Barnes & Roy, .
JOB PIZINTERS.—.III kinds of Job Printing done on
short nutics.,.und in the beet manner. Office iu Bow
tu (2 ,, ur's 2(1 floor.—Jau. 1, 1872.
Sabinsville House.
Tioga Cu., Pa.—Berm Bro's. Proprietors
hems has been thoroughly renovated and is
te.c a gool condition to accumulate the traveling
In a superior mumer.--dan. 1, 1873.
D. • Bacon, 111.,D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON—May be found at Ills
utlico let door East of Miss,Ttrdd'a—Mairt street.
Wl,l attwid promptly to all call4.—Wellaboro, Pa.,
Jau. 1, tan.
Petroletunqlouse,
W LsiTIELD, PA., (lel. Close, Proprietor.—. Good se
evanoodation for Lott! Mall and beast. , Charges rea
svnahle. and good attention given to guests.
Jan. 1, 1872.
W. W. Burley,
11ANUF \CTUREit OF nll styles of light and heavy
Carrutges. Cakriages kept co mtantly on hand. All
Murk wirranted. Corner o:as and 13utialo strews.
Ii t•Ilellsville, N. Y. Ord , ri left with C. B. Kelley,
1V , 11 , ,b0r0, or -E. IL Burley, Chatham, will receive
pomtpt atteutiou.—Juno 3, 1873 4 41 mos.
M. L. Sticklin,
DEALER in Cabinet Ware of all kinds which will be
sold lower than the lowest. flu invites all to take
a look at his goods before purchasing elsewhere.—
halm:Luber the plac—oppotete Dartt's Wagon Shop,
Weat Algun Street, Wellabor°. Ft. 25, 1873-IY.
Mrs. Mary E. Lamb.
‘IILLINERY.—Wishea td inform lter friends and, the
putgie generally that she has a large stuck of-millin
ery and eaftey k9oOtli suitable tor the season. which
Will he sold, at retilonablo [Awes. Mrs. E. E. Kim
ball has ch•irgo of the making matl trimming de
pArtm,ilt. and alit give her attention exelualvuly to
IL Next door to the Conveys,t S Wilhatus
July tt, /673.-if.
`al© Van Horn.
We tre manufacturing serer4l brawls of choice Cigars
which Sc will sell at price s twat cannot but please
uar customers. We use Wale but the beat Connect
icut, ilaNana and Vara '..telaccoa. We make our own
amt toe that reason eau warrant them. We
h.,: a getieral ahsortment vi good Chewing and
zhnolim t ".17“baecos, Suitif6, Pipes from clay to the
tiact Meerschaum, Tobacco Vouches, .!co
.:a.l retail.-Dec. 21, 187.
John It,. Anderso4, Agt.
WOIk)I.CSILE & rAIL %LEE. 'IN HARDWARE.
Iron, Steel, Nails, Muss Trimmings, lle
cb~nua' Toole, implenteute, Carriage
14. Springer/Rime. Re., turd Talkie
...!,Icii•ry. Plated Ware, 01111:4 aud Altlllllltiltion,
1.4 ewe and Itou—tite best lu use. Aleuulat
terer and dealer hi Tin, Copper, and Slieel.l.ron
w Are. Rooting in Tin and Iron. .111 work warrant
tt,l. —lnn. 1, 1873.
WELLSBORO HOTEL,
Con,. MAIN ST! Si TRH AVENUE,
WELMBORO, PA.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor.
Thu hotel is well located, aud Is in good condition
I le ouvidate the traveling public. Thu proprietor
s,ur, un paius to make it a tirst•class house. Ail
Ile' i4os arrive ant depart from this %louao. Free
no out from all (rains. sole:rand Industrious host
-1,:-s always in attendance.
)thai 18, 1873.-tf,
JUST RECEIVED,
4 VERY FAROE ST•ICK OF BEAVER, BROAD.
tg4/31Eli.E. vEsTINGS, AND TRIM.
IItS(;4• which I will sell very cheap Fun CA4H. In
Lict, tho Lest aviortuteut of Goods ever brought to
W ,, 11 , b0t,, or various atyles. 'Please cell awl look
Han e.er.
'at Ones: Suds. Ovoreosta, and Repairing dove with
dis:nteli and wi cheap as the cheapest.
0 EOlttlE WAGNER, •
Oration dtroet,
Wolisboro, Pa.
Jan. 1 1572-1 y.
Ales. Geo. Campbell
I.I . AVING returned to Wellsboro, and Laving finis
ea her trade to the tianufacture of
ARTIFICIAL. HAIR WORK.
would respectfully say to her old friends that she
%could he glad to ace all who would favor her with
their Celts She can be found at the house of J. Id.
19b lulon. the Etsrbef, VtAl. Wis /87444
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General lisurance. Agency,
H XVILLE, • TIOO*' CO., FA.
,Life - , Fire, and Accidental;
&saws OVER_ $63,000,600.t
As3l.rra oB Couraxikra.
Aleruaula, of Cleieland, Ohio " 416,033.41
New York Life and Fire Ins. Co, ' 21,000,000
Royal Ins. Co., oeLiverpool 10,515,501
Lancashire, of Manchester, Capita1,....,..10.000,000
Ins. Co., of Nortlk America, Pa.l $1 050,535 60
Franklin Fire Ins. Co. of Plilla. Pa .2.087452 25
Republic Ins. Co. of N. Y., Capital, - $75d,01k)
'Niagara Fire Ins. Co.'of N. 'V ~. . ...... 1,000,000
Farmers Mut. Fire lii. Co. York Pa 909,8E9 15
Plicenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Hartford Ct.. 5.081,970 50
Pertn'a Cattle Ins. Cu. Of. Pottsville.... 600,000.00
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, Total
.... $55,431,451 94
Instusince promptly effected by mail or 'otherwise,
on all kinds of Property. All losses promptly adjusted
mid paid at my office.
All commurilmtions promptly attended to—Office on
AIM Street ddidoor from Main at., Itnorville.Pa.
8.111,T11
Jan. /. 1873-tf. .
General Insurance Agency,
NELBO%, TIOGA Co., PA.
J. 11. &J. B. CAMPBELL
ARE issuing policies In the following Companies
against tire and lightning In Tios. and Potter
counties :
. _Assets, $10,000,000.00
CONTINENT 1L of New Y0rk,........ ; .4609,00.27
HANOVER, of Now York 983,081,00
GERMAN AMERICAN, New .... 1,272,000.00
WYOMING. of Wilkesbarre, Pa 210,698.t2
WILLIAMSPORT, of Wro'sport... ...... —113,000.00
All business proniptlyntteuded to by pail or otb - er ,
wise. Losses adjusted and paid at our office.
Nelson, Den. /O. 1872-Iy.
LOOK 1
HASTINGS & COLES
FOR
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PATENT MEDICINES, r
Paints, Oils, Glass, Puttii,
Brushes, Trzisses, Supporters, and Sure
cal Instruments,
HORSES CATTLE POWDERS,
krtiat'a Goods is Great Variety
Liquors, 2cotcb Ales, Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, &c., &0.,
Fr 4 MIT=WMM!M.PMffIMI
Groceries, Sufars, Tea's,
CANNED Alf.tw DRIED FRUIT,
Shot, Lead, Powder and Caps, Lamps, Chimneys,
Whips, Lashes, 67. c.
BLANK & MISCELLANEOUS
300Z.Z0
All School Books in use. Envelopes, Stationery. Bill
and Cap Paper, Initial paper, Memorandums, large
and small Dictionaries, Legal paper, School Cards and
Primers, Ink, Writin Fluid, Chesil and Baekgammo
Boards, Picture Frames, Cords and Tassels, Mirrors,.
Albums, Paper Collars and Cuffs. ()room:Us, Base
Dales, parlor games, at wholosale and retail.
NOTIONS.
Wallets. port monies, combs, pins and needles,
scissors, shears, knives, violin strings, bird cages.
A great variety of pipes, della, inkstands, measure
tapes, rules,
Fishing Tackle, best trout flies, lines, hooks,
baskets and rods
Special attention paid to thia iliac; in the season.
TOILET AND, FANCY ARTICLE*
AGENTS FOR AMERICAN STEAM SAFES
VMWMSWMMTNM,MP I MM I 7ITMMiffI
' HASTINGS & COLES
Mirclk2s,
MRS. C. P. SMITH,
- ETAS just.return from New Belk with the largest
IX assortment of
MILLINETLY AND FANCY GOODS
ever brought into Wellaboro, and will give her custom
ers reduced prices. She has a splendid ,assortment
of ladles suits, Parasols. Gloves. Fans, real and imi
tation hair goods, and a full line of ready mado white
goods. Prices to suit all.
Surveyor ' s Notice.
E DZ a A s ß u D rv ß e l; o Y r DEl e off w cil i T t l ) l e i r s ea sy y v t l o ce at t t o e ' u tr
pr p o u m b p li t c .
ly all calls. lie may be found at the Jaw titles of
H. Sherwood & Son, in lyellaboro, or at his resi
dence on East Avenue.
WellaMko, Pa., May 13, 1953—tf.
LIVERY STABLE. •
KEtT'uCrlAa.l-d&a-t C r O e
a p b tin e r r i a e t t e cr
Pe F a i r r l st t t l r a e s e s rigs
op
posite Wheeler's wagon shop.
A PUBLIC HACK
" ill be on the street at all reasonable hours. Pass
eugeks to and from the depot to any part of the town
will be charged twenty-iive cents. For families or
small partu•a fur pleasure, one dollar per hour.
Welishoro, July 15, 18'73. 'KETCHAM 5: COLES-
NEW DRUG FIIIM
NEW poops)
TAYLOR & SPALDING
Wholesale and Retail Dealer's in
DRUG 3
GS, CHEMICALS;
PAIN'fS, OILS,
P A TENT MED ICI _NES
KEROSENE, LAMPS,
DYE - STUFFS, PERFUMEIiY
FANCY ARTICLES, he
Having made emelal armugententa with the Bless
burg tituaa (.:: - >tapany, we can fertault Casa at lowest
rates to Patties lA - tailing to hay, In large quantities,
shipped direct from the factory.
Pliyeiciana' Prarriplions aud Family Recipes Accurate
ty ConOundcd. -
679 - -Mr. Spalding has luutsevernl years experience
iu the drug busiues:4 and is thoroughly peeled iu all
its branches. TAYLOR A: SPALDING.
Wellsboro, Pa., June 24, 1873-41. •
CA_N'e P.m!
TRIP\D! if ty o u area aillkted with CANCER, come
immediately to the Cancer Infirmary' of Dr. J. M.
Crane, Addison, N. Y., whore you will be promptly
tecated and cured, if yon Como in time. When reach ,
lug the R. It. Depot at thia place, ash for the Ameri
can Rotel omnibus; it will take you direct to the In
firmary. if you wish for reforences, send for Circu
lar without delay. Charges alwa zereasQuiblo.
OW O 244 381 W-410
HUGH YOUNG'S
Insurance,ileallstate:Steamship
_
No I. Rowdn's - Biock.
VI - Draft sold payable in any city or town in Edrope.
ARCablu. Second Cabin. or Steerage Passage tickets
to or from any town lu Europe from or to Welleboro,
by the Anchor Line, or the White Star Line of Ocean
Steamera. -
ffif•Real Est bought and sold on Cotuntinsion.
a l l -I desire t coil particular attention to the Baur.
once facilitiesafforded by the old and well known
Wellsboro Insurance Agency.
---lISTADLMIED in 1800. --
' FIRE, LIFE & ACCIDENT.
Capital Itepresented $0,000,000.
iETNA, of Hartford, Conn.
HOME, of New. York, -
FRANKLIN, of Philadelphia.
INS. CO: OF NORTH AMERICA, of Phil'a.
PENNSYLVANIA, of Philadelphia.
WILLIAMSPORT FIRE.
ALEMANNIA,.of Cleveland, Ohio.
PHENIX, of Brooklyn, N Y.
LYCOMING IMS. CO.. Money. Pa. •
TRAVELERS LIFE & ACCIDENT, Hartford.
Policies eritttin In nay of the above lending core
panics at standard rates. Lossei promptly paid at
My office, No. 1 Dowen:s Block. HUGH YOUNG. ,
Nov. 19. 1879.
We have Shed the Shanty
LOOK!
T.L.BALDWIN&CO
BARGAINS
DESI4ABLE GOODS
IIAS the largest and best selected stack of
ROOTS AND SHOES ,
ever brought into Wellebot o, consisting of
Ladies! Kid and Cloth, Balmor-
Ladies, Misses, Children and
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Baby's Shoes.
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In fact all kinds of Mena' and Women's wear.lcept
lu a nrat-elaas Shoe Store. The beat eewed Wornaya
Shoes ever offered In tide market. I defy the world
WET,LSBORO, TIOGA CO., PA., TTTESDAY, OCTOBPAR, .14, 1873.
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TIOOA, Pe.
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And now have but ttmo to say o our friends and
• ' customers that we have good
FOR THEM
Our Elegant New Store
fa 411 ed full of
of the loscreot price* to bo found,
Call and yonmill know how-It la yourselves.
Oct 15, 1872.
JOHN FISHLER
als and Gaiters,
Gents' Cloth. Boots and Shoes.
Prince Albert Calf Boots,
Boy e i' Calf .& Kip Boots,
Youths' Soots.
CUSTOM 'WORK.
If you dote t believe it, try tne. I ?buy ouly the boat
stuck, and ithve as good Cordwainers as money cau
hkre.
REPAIRING done neatly, and with dispatch,
Leather and Findings'
of all kinds constantly'ou hand
CASH PAID FOR HIDES, DEACON SKINS,
PELTS AND FURS
Having Just filled up my shelves :with a choice
stock, personally selected for this market, I respect
fully solicit a fair share of.trade. "Small profits and
quick returns," I believe to be a good business max
im ; and Iho d the best goods to be the cheapest. I
keep uo shoddy. lily assortment is sufficient to meet
all sizes and tastes. I invite our patrons and the
public generally to call and examine my *lock. No
trouble to show goods. Always to be found, one
door north of C. B. Kelley's store, /Akin street,
Wellsboro, Pa. JOIIN FISH LEL
Feb. 4. 1.87.3-tf.
POMEROY BRO'S & SMITH
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BANKERS, 1
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BIOSSBURG,. Tioga County, Penn'a
7
BUSINESS PAPER NECIOTIATED.
Pohl:Rao? Bpo t a lIANENES. W. U. Sum?,
Troy. 146
ifili. * 1 itaa-tri
Father In Heaven I
Full many a soul-sick, sinful, sorrowing child,
Has wandered far from Tbee, by sin beguiled;
In 'desolation mourned, till Jest!' smiled,
"Thy sins forgleeti I
In me tby God le ever reconciled
. Father in Heaven !
Father in Heaven(
When Thou shalt sit upon Thy regal throne
To judge me through Thy high exalted gall,- I`
Bo this my Joy,. to Anew that I have done
And suffered all Love'a crosses given,
That I uiay wear Love's everlaathig• crown.
'Father in Heaven.
Kitty's Stratagem.
Such a little witch as she was, this Kitty
Day ; of whom I write. She couldn't help
flirting if she tried; and it wasn't her fault,
of course, if men were taken in by the
round, childish face and great, innocent
blue eyes; for they were, scores pf them,
and Kitty went on her way rejoicing—com
pleting their bewilderment by the shy looks
and smiles and blushes that really meant
nothing, but were very effective, neverthe
less.
But in an unlucky hour for Kitty she said
" Yes" to a dark, melancholy young man
who had been her shadow for mouths, She
wasn't in earnest, but did it for the "fun
of the thing," and because she wanted to
know how it felt to be " engaged." ' It re ,
suited seriously, however, fur, in spite of
express commands to the contrary, the ac
cepted suitor went directly to her father
and told him all about it. Mr. Day looked
at his daughter mischievously that night as
she sat behind the tea urn with such a corn
ical assumptiop of dignity.
" Scz I'm to lose my little housekeeper be- ,
fore long,;; am I?" questioned he, .signill
cantly.
" Why, papa, what do you mean ?" And
Kitty blushed scarlet.
" Nlr. Gilbert called on me to-day. He is
an excellent young man, and the son of one
of my oldest friends. I heartily approve
your choice, my dear."
"He promised to keep the engagement a
secret," said Kitty in a vexed tone. .
" So he told me, but concluded afterward
to break his promise rather• than act dishon
estly; for it wouldn't have been quite fair
to have concealed the engagement from
me."
"I don't know why, I'm sure. It's only
a bit of my fun, any way. I never meant
to marry him:"
Mr. Day looked at her sternly.
"I'm not jesting," she added pettishly.
"He threw himself into such a passion that
I was fairly frightened into saying 'yes,' and
sorry enough I've been for it since.'
"Are you in earnest, Kitty?"
"Yes, I am;" and the blue eyes flashed
defiantly.
"Is it possible that a daughter of mine
has so little feeling and principle?"
"Now, papa, what is the use of lectur
ing? You know me of .old. I'm in trou
ble, and want you to help me out of it."
"But you have given your word, Kitty,
and must abide by it."
" Didn't lie break his?"
T. L. BALDWIN .% CO.
Ulailaburg. 'al
Father in Heaven.
The following beautiful poeui was written by , an in
mate of Slochloy Aluinhouse, by the name of Witham
Asbury;
Father in Heaven! •
Immortal Oodhead, Hefty profnuud,
How duth Thy matchless mercy close me round, '
Thy love unfatboniable, grace unbound,
• Profusely given,
Ceaseless my soul Thy praises shall resound,
rt.; ber in Heaven.
• Father in Heaven!
The earth, the air, the sea uplifted high.
The azure-aiched, ethereal, slur-gemmed *IV ..
Reverberate Thy praise, and should not I,
To whom is given
All to enjoy, and more, if Thou be nigh,
Father in Heaven?
Father in Heavenli
There's not A pebble laved by purling stream, •
Or gem, whose radiance wakes poetic dream,
Oi lily of the vale, or bright auroral beam
Prom Orient driven,
But glows Thy praise in love adorning gleam,
Father in Heaven.
Father in Heaven I
There's not au echo o'er the distant hills.
From mute mused melody of mountain rine
Tp Jove's dread clamors—but Thy presence fills
From morn to even.
For Thee to silent ae - e my bosom thrills,
Father in Heaven!
Father in /leaven
Thy mercy comes to earth's low places like the dew
That leaves the Unbending oak and 'stately yew
To sparkle on the fern and humble rue;
By tempest riven;
But like Thy grace; 'Bs mighty to renew,
Father in /leaven.
"Yes, and was Justified in doing so; but
you are not. Still, I'll giye you a choice of
two evils; if you think the marrying of
young, Gilbert one. Few girls would. Ei
ther keep your promise and make the best
of circumstances, or break it and pass the
winter in the country with your Aunt Dor
othy; for I'm not going to have you play
fast and loose with men's hearts after this
fashion." •
Kitty looked up in her father's face disbe
lievingly, but determination • was written
there, and, filled with sudden dismay, she
began •to plead for a reprieve of the sen
tence; but Mr. Day wouldn't listen. " You
can stay in the city and participate in its
gayeties on one condition only, and that I've
mentioned•," said he. -
"Was ever anything so provoking?" mut
tered Kitty after her father had gone down
town. " Annt Dorothy lives in a forlorn
looking old place, and it's a perfect wilder
ness around her, and papa knows that she
is the crossest old maid in existence. But
Pll be even with him yet."
The next morning Kitty announced her
intention of remaining in the city. " But,
papa, if Mr. Gilbert himself should grow
tired of the engagement after knowing me
better, you'll not punish me for that, will
you?" and her eyes trembled mischievously.
"Certainly not, child. What a question
to ask."
But Kitty had a motive in it. A plan had
suggested itself to her mind for outwitting
both father and lover. But she didn't tueail
to hurry, and began to pave the way for its
success cautiously. As good luck would
have it, who should call on her that morn
ing but Cousin Joe, the firm ally and abet
tor of all her childish mischief, and as ready
to help her now as then.
" Oh, Joe! such trouble as I'm in;" and
she clasped her hands with a pretty little
gesture of appeal.
"What, you, Kitty? Is your canary !did
fractious? or is it something about a new
dress or bonnet that don't equal your ex
pectations?"
Kitty looked at him so reproachfully that
he was sobered in a minute.
• " Tell me all shout it," -whispered he.
"I'm engaged." And if she'd been an
nouncing her own funeral she couldn't have
done it in a more solemn voice.
Joe flushed up to the roots of his hair,
and clasped and unclasped his hands in
nervous sort of way, but didn't say any
thing. Kitty watched him maliciously.
" it's to that young Gilbert. He's a
. splendid fellow, and has great dark eyes
and the dearest little mustache. You know
him, don't you?"
" No—yes—alittle," stammered Joe, to
the delight .uf his listener: "But what's
the trouble about? Won't your father con
sent?" And he looked so utterly wretched
that Kitty, witka faint twinge of remorse,
hastened to tell him the true state of the
case. He brightened up wonderfully.—
"Then you don't love the man, after all?"
he asked.
" WOO don't know," she answered mod
ithtively. " I never looked into the matter
much. I suppose he's as good as any- one,
but I'm not in a marrying mood at present."
Joe's countenance fell again. " Will you
sell me just what you want?" said he a little
sternly.
"Now don't be .cross, Joe: you're the
only friend I've got in the world—" and
Kitty raised her soft eyes imploimgly.
Ile- was mollified at once. " Why not
break with Gilbert, and accept the alterna ,
Live?" suggested he. " 'Twon't be so very
dull at Aunt Dorothy's. I've a college
friend in the neighborhood, and 1 can visit
you occasionally."
Poor Juct Th 6 idea of having 1 , r all to
himself was delightful, and he ‘v dted for
her answer with subdued cagernet. .
" Is that the only plan that has occurred
to you 1;" answered Kitty sarcastically; "you
haven't, much ingenuity if you can't devise
some other way of getting me 'out of this',
dilemma. I've no intention of becoming
an animated foSsil. Now listen to what I
propose."
Then Kitty disclosed her plot, and Joe
listened approvingly, and the two heads
were still bent close together when young
Gilbert culled, an hour later. lie eute'ed
uuttuntAnCed i EMIA Kitty gave each e stett
and blush - at hint that Joe's hopes again
sank to zero . . .Butrit he been sensible, lie
weuld'havi. Inown-that her -entbarramtnent
was the - re...ttlt . or surprise, rather than of
very arch • and winning.
thatj*rilltikuntilr after Joe kit, (the little,
witch-knew he.was on-nettles alt the time,}
then she changed her takies and grew cold
and distant, "So you hurt° tell papa, af
ter all," she sneered; "men can't keep a se`
(get."
Her lover - tried to explain, but she would_
not listen, - and she gave biro such, it rating
as, would have done credit to the shrillest
-
. _
and noisiest of viragoes. -• -' -.
-
"Is this n specimen of her temper?" he
thought, escaping into the street as soon as
possible.
" have thought her soft eyes could
flash so,
,or the lines of her face sharpen in
such a curious way? She really looked
dangerous."
Had he seen Kitty laugh and clap her
hands as she vanished from the scene, he'd
have been more_puzzled than ever.
The next time they met she greeted him
with such a charming smile and looked so
naive and unconscious, that this little epi
sode would haue passed from his memory
if it hadn't been for one circumstance- lle
accidentally (?) overheard a conversation be
tween her cousin and another gentleman.—
Kitty was the theme of the discourse.
"'She's a dear little girl, but a regular vi
rago,?' said Joe. "Everybody's afraid of
her when she gets into one of her tantrums.
She just rave's and goes on in a way that's
perfeelly,frightful. There's a taint of in
sanity in the blood, you know; her aunt
and grandmother died in an insane asylum."
Young - Gilbert listened, shuddering.—
These words explained a scene that had
,puzzled him before and awakened forebo
dings for the future.
;" You saw her father come down town
last week with his head all bandaged up,
and lreard him tell, perhaps, how terribly
he's afllicted with neuralgia," continued Joe.
"Poo" old gentleman! 'Was Kitty did the
mischief, for in one of her angry tits she
threw the flatiron across the table, and it
hit him in the temple. He's anxious to
merry her off, and I hear Gilbert's to be the
happy man."
That individual turned pale: He remem
bered Mr. Day's engernes in forwarding,
his suit, and , the wish he had expressed that
his daughter's marriage should take place
at en early date. Though his love for Kitty
wasits strong as his shallow nature was ca
pable of feeling, a vixenish wife would be
unendurable. But wasn't it possible that
her cousin was mistaken, or had colored
the , pictiire a little too highly? Ile resolved
to wait fur further 'developments.
They came speedily. A week later he
called on Kitty—just 'at dusk—end was ush
ered by mistake (?) into the library. The
door oetween that and the dining room
&end slightly ajar; a womae's shrill voice
reached him from thence. Was it Kitty's?
Yes, he recognized it; he heti heard it once
before pitched in the same high key.
"Don't tell me you didn't mean to," she
screeched more like a mad woman than any
thing else. " You did, you did, you little
wretched imel" Then there was the sound
of a heavy blow and the shriek of a child.
" (1! don't, don't, Miss Kitty!" wailed a
El
pitiful voice. ""rs a s so dark I couldn't
Pee when you run up against me, and then
I ~ tutubled and fell, and the pitcher Mibro
ken, and I tried to keep the milk - olnvour
pretty dtess, bur couldn't." , 1-
i
"You stumbled and fell," mimicked Kitty.
" Well, I'll teadli yon hot to „another time.
Take that, at4l that, and that," giVing the
child blow after blow that iesounded thro'
the room. '`,, 'Stop your sniveling, 'too. Do
you hear? I'll make you, if you don't."
The sobs were hushed up, and Kitty went
on: "'Twas the prettiest dress 1. had, and
it's spoiled completely; and all through your
carelessness, you little trap! Oh, if I'd only
a 1, 1 mtid% '(would do me good to aive you
su [
di a whipping as you deserve,."
' ' Kitty, let that child alone," , said a new
v 6 ice; nod glibert recognized it as her cons
iti!l .`, .
Jo no such thing! Get out' of
the way, and niind your own business!" she
shrieked, and .there was something that
sounded like a bottle whizzing through the
room and crashing up Against the wall.—
Then a man's preen was heard distinctly.
"Oh! Kitty, how could you?" said her
cousin reproachfully; " you've cut my cheek
terribly; see how tb.e blood runs!"
Gilbert didn't wait to hear any more, but
fled from the Louie, resolved that he would
not marry shell a -vixen; though she bud the
face and form of a Hebb.
The front doorrhad do sooner closed on
him than the,. actors hi the above drama.
went off into spasms of merriment. Kitty
stood revealed in the gaslight with dress un
injured; there . was not a cut to be seen on
Jue's face; the child was nowhere visible.
" Oh! oh! 'twits too funny!" gasped Kitty;
that whine would have deceived anybody,
tvNus so natural. I half-started ' my6clf,
thinking 'twas rettny a child's voice instead
of yours. `You deserve a reward `of merit
for such splendid acting."
" Give me one, then, and let me lose it
myself," whispered Jue.
" Well, w hat will you haver." aid .she
oulted up archly. - I .
"• Yotuself."
"What a modest demand! "- There vas
mockiug smile on her lips, but her eyes
ell benetjh his
"Do you think so?" and taking the mis
chievous little face between his hands, he
seamed it elo:•ely. What be saw there was
'evidently satisfactory, for he hissed it over
and over, and Kitty, though she resisted a
little at tirA, finally submitted with a very,
good grace.
"ris well to be olf with the old love be
fore yuu,are on with the neW," whispered
he slyly, " Gilbert's done for, and l'Ne
stepped into his place." '
" Hut he didn't treat me in this way,"
pouted she.
"I hope not.- 'Twould be win•'-'fe for him
if he hail; I'd shoot him in a7,mintite;" and
Joe tried to look belligerent,, but failed woe
fully.
Mr. Day was surprikd the next morning
by a call from Kitty's late suitor. The
young man seunicd ill at case; and stain
mero a good deal in making his errand
known.
"I understand, sir, that insanity is hued
itary in your family," he began awkwardly,
" and—and---" he paused and tried to col
lect his ideas', " that Kitty's aunt and grand
mother died hi a lunatic asylum."
" All a mistake," responded Mr. Day
pompously. "There never was a ease-of
insanity, either among my own kindred , or
that of my late wife."
"But your daughrer, sir, has a peculiar
disposition, and 1 Lind it isn't suited to mine
at all. We should be miserable together.-
1 desire, therefore, to withdraw from the
engagement."
And have you told her this"' tbnhderc
his listener, white with rrie; (for Air. Day
really had a violent temper, and didn't needs
to feign Its possession, like -K4ty.
" hear Ole! tl e father is, Nvbri-e than the
daughter," thou ti, a the young man. Aloud
,
0
lie answered: 14.)h, nu; I came to you first."
The fact was didn't dare face Kitty with
any such propoll.
tion.
Well, sir, , 11 I have to say is that you're
a Mean, contAuptible villain, and if you
don't get out of my taco this Minute I'll
kick you down stairs;" and before the words
Mete fairly out of Mr. Pay's mouth he-start
ed to make his threat good.
Young Githen made a hasty retreat, con
vinced that not only Kitty but Mr. Day also
was partially insane,
Kitty listened demurely to her father's
vosion of the airair and the _anathemas be
hurled eg.iinst her recreant lover. Once,
though, during that narration she shook so
with laughter that he looked at her suspi
ciously. But she, put on at once such an air
.of wretchedness that he ascribed it to,wound
ed pride. It was not till two years after
ward that tin learned the truth, and Kitty
was martied idi Jue, w• 110, I forgot to say,
was not her own cousin, though she called
hit► so, but a sort of distant relatiim. - 31 r.
Day received the revel Lion good-hultnored
ly, Om had always been
. his special favor
iie,) and was ready enough to laugh pith
the.rt•st over the way in which lie hail been
outttitted. .
A pumpLla pie, ten t feet in d:ameter l and
four feet keep, Was the , chiul feakure 2 , af a
California dinner tectlntly. The enjoyment
of the company tens-somewhat marred by
a child falling into il,e pie and a man jump
ing in to save him. Both Were drowned.—
The CiAiifuritiatis % lisavrover t wem ;tut to pe
deli - rived of their dinner, so they fished the
iAyo out and %vent on with the feast,
A Remarkable Man.
• Thu policy, as well as dtity to himself of
every young man shout_ to enter upon the
active business of life; TS :to ' l,Cutiy closely
the course and,eicample of- thoie once simi
larly cireuntstanced who bade gone before
him. - By these means he learns to avoid,
on the one hand, so far as human efforts
may enable him to do so: the errors and fol
lies of such of his predecessors us have led
a reckless and improvident life, and, on the
other, to copy and imitate the salutary ex•
am Iles of those who have acquired .wealth
a applause by a life of industry and vir
tue'.
; 1 We have been led to this train of thought
1
y a glance at the life and history of one of
t most remarkable men of our day, and
Who belongs emphatically to, the latter class
above described. Emigrating some twenty
years ace—a youthful adventurer—from one
of the Eastern States to the beautiful city of
Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pa., with
out money or the influence of friends or ac
quaintances to•aid him in anibusiness,ef
fort in the new locality he bad cliosen as
the place' of his future residence, but in-
spired by that spirit of energy and enter
prise peculiar to the people among whom he
bad been reared, and filled with a determi-
nation to succeed which was destined to
surmount every -obstacle and to put to si
lence every opposition lie might encounter
in his future progress, and itWare that to
reach unaided the.torr round . of the ladder
of success he must start from the lower one,
he commenced his business career by engag
ing in the ~humble occupation of shingle•
making by hand, at the low rate of wages
which ruled, throughout the country at that
period.
.Laying down his shaving knife and rising
from his wooden " horse" with a few bun-
died dollars in his pocket, he boldly launch:
ed out into the general lumber business,
which aflbrded a wider field for his opera
tions and a greater scope for the exercise of
his wonderful genius and energy. '—
We stop not to describe.the up.strnggling
efforts of this irrepressible malt for the
twent.y years, subsequent to his engaging in
this new enterprise, or the determined spirit
and the iron will which enabled him to
achieve a complete and final triumph over
the opposition, the discouragements, the
prejudices, and the jealousies ho was com
pelled to encounter in his onward progress,
and which were naturally engendered by
his unparalleled business successes and tri
umphs, while many of his jealous and more
timid rivals, with more money but with less
business energy and shrewdness, were left
far in the rear. But look at him npw, and
at what he has accompl)shed, at his palatial
residence in Williamsport, the most beauti
ful and attractive in the city, and hardly
excelled in grandeur and magnificence by
tiny similar private mansion in the Union,
while others of his buildings in the city,
erected for various purposes, and scarcely
less in dimensionslnd architectural attrac
tions, may be counted by the :core; and, to
crown all, and above all, his magnificent ho
tel, equalling o ithin a sand! fraction in size
and attractions the far-lamed Continental in
Philadelphia, and far more attractive as a
place for the sojourn of healtlrand pleasure
seeking guests, fur it stands within a beau
tifully inclosed park of live acres, with its
velvet lawn, its graveled walks„ studded
with trees;- shrubbery, flowers, `and ever
greens; with a bright, sparkling, up•shoot
mg fountain in the center, the water of
which, tas well us that which. supplies the
hotelylraving been brought at immense in
dividual e2tpense from 'a mountain distant
three miles, through a tube stink beneath
the - bottom of the Susquehanna.
It is hardly necessary to say that the hotel
alluded to is the popular and welt known
" Herdic House," with a capacity for the
accommodation of many hundreds of guests,
and whereat either-breakfast, dine, or sup
passengers from no less then eight daily
trains. Neither is,l it necessary to apprise
the reader that the name of the hero of this
sketch is the well known, enterprising, and,
public spirited Peter Herdic, the builder and;
proprietor of the famous hotel which bears'
his - name. But what, indeed, might at
this shrewd, energetic, and far-seeing bnsi
ness man have still farther accomplished in.
the way of adding to the beauty, prosperi
ty, and population of his adopted city, head"
be received the aid, the countenance,,Lnd
the co-operation of its citizens to cheer and
sustain him in his eftbrts to improve their
condition as well as his own, instead of op
position, jealousies, discouragemcnts, and
denimciations which be<et "him on every
hand and sought to impede every step of his
onward progress.
In a recent conversation with several of
the most respectable and intelligent citizens
of Williamsport, i -they unhesitatingly .de
clared it as theiti opinion, to the writer of
this, article, that the etiort'whlch it must be
freely confessed had been made and long
continued' by certain people of Williams
port to - thwart the business-plans and crip
ple the energies of its best friend, was the
most unwise, short-sighted, -and damaging
to its future interests and prosperity that
could possibly, have been conceived; that
notwithstanding -Mr. Herdic had accont
-piished so much in the face of these jeal
ous, ill-timed, indiscreet drawbacks, yet
would he have achieved far greater business
successes, which would have redounded to
the material benefit and adVauccment of
the city, but for the unwise initerposition of
these obstacles; that if the aid, the counte
nance, and encouragement which it is al
ways the interest and the policy of every
community to bestow upon a pushing, dis
creet, and enterprising business man who
comes among them, had been cheerfully ac
corded to Mr. Herdic, Williamsport, in
stead of twenty odd thousand, would have
had a population to day of forty to fitly
thousand inhabitants, and the other evi
dences of her material prosperity would
have been multiplied in a corresponding
rat
But Mr, Herdic is yet in the robust vigor
and strength of meridian life; lull as ever
of hope, enterprise, and activity; With pur
poses and schemes / yet to be accomplished
for the benefit of l'Aliers as well as himself;
with an honest el.;sire! to leave behind him
some enduring manorial that he wrought
some good to his fellows in his day and gen
eration. And with his abundant means, his
matured business experience, his sound and
unerring judgment, and his unconquerable
energy and perseverance, especially if wise
ly seconded by the aid, sympathy, and en
couragement of those for m horn he- volun
tarily acts as well as himself, these schemes
and purposes aro destined to a speedy and
successful consummation.
• • Nor arc The indomitable energy and en
terprise of the remarkable 'man who forms
the Subject of this article confined ex - clu•
sively to his business operations in and about
Williamsport. Aware of the existence of a
li‘ing spring of " healing waters," known
to the Indians of early times, and vernal ks
bin for its wonderful cut alive properti6s,
but litclv4tlly hid in an uninhabited forest
skirtind the track of the Notthern Central
Railroad, forty-two miles from Williams.
port and thirty-six from Elmira, in one of
the most romantic localities in the country,
Mr. Herdic—not from any sordid eagerness
to extend his business operations, or any
personal necessity for Opening new channels
to wealth, which be already reckoned by
hundreds of.thousands—but lrum a prrnei
pie of humanity, prominent feature in his
character, resolved to purchase these springs
and the lands adjacent, and creel. thereon
Lan immense first-class hotel with to the
modern improvements as au - attractive sum
mer resort—not only for the well, who nev"-
ertheless might require l,ricf respite from
the cares of business, pr relief tram 111,3
heat, smoke, and dust of crowded cities,
but more especially for the benefit of suffer
ing invalids who might n ish to partake of
the waters which were alreddy known to
haVe effected many wonderful clues among
those afflicted with various ailments who
had chanced by accident or otherwise 10
learn of their existence and of their 'Mille
!
ideas curative properties.
With Mr. Herdic to resolve was to do,
und but a few short-mouths after his
chase there arose, as by magic, in float
moximity to theFe licalth•giving waters, not.
only the magnificent silUeHlrc now
fit the "Minn«pin chillaile " 1 aq
conimodating five hundred guest-;—;lull lull
to overflowing during the last simmer
months—but various whet buildings in the
vicinity, including gas %%pikg, stables, Car
ritigehuocis, tolegtopli Qflico i put 011
bowling Balloon, and other otbuildings,: be.
sidea u aini4uhirlSr' unique and'attractive fan
cy titructure i a_ the Turkish order of amid-
teeture ereetkl. over the principal spring,
which, though e f ool . its iCle-waler, never ceas
es to boil and bubble dp must invitingly;
never.freezes ii - vpr in winter; never changes
its temperature with it change of the atmos
phefe (1w seit - dim; and last, thOugh,not
least, never yields its curative virtues to the
demands of physical infirmities without af-
fording . the most salutary benefits to` the
participant. , The sour4es of pleasure, rec
reation, - and atuusenient at. this delightful
rural retreat are numerous and varied, but
harmless and invigorating—consisting of
music, dancing, billiards, ten-pins, quoits,
ball, croquet, swin , drives, forest ram
bling, promenading, n gnd pleasantsociacon
ts
veation and inter ourse. Religious ser
vices arc also held o Sundays in, the large
double parlors o the hotel.
The vast crow I at the i !` Minnequa" du
ring the lust sums and the moral certainty
of the number of visitors being doubled
next season having admonished Mr. Herdic
that he must stilt ftirther enlarge his bor
ders, he has determined to erect another
mamtnoth hotel building, to•be commenced
,wiihout delay, and which with the present
building wilt enable him to accommodate
from six to eight hundred guests next ,sea
son. He moreover declares he will continue
to build-and add from year to - year as the
increasing number of visitors may demand;
and her confidently predicts—a faculty. of
the mind in which he was seldom if ever
known to be at fault—that in five years
"Minnequa Springs," their surroundings;
accommodations, attractions, and number
of guests, will outstrip any other watering
place in this country, not excepting Sarato
ga itself; and those who . know Peter Herdic
have no reason to doubt the truth of Ihis
prediction.—Brawnsville Clipper.
A Russian Bargain.
When two Russian m r erehants are about
to conduct a r rehase or sale, they begin by
swallowing h if' a dozen cups of tea, sm.
-king a doze: or so of cigarettes, talking
about the We nher, the crops, their families; -
their neighbc rs, and in this way they edge
up to' the Abject which' is uppermost in
their minds. If you want to. buy a clog,
you must begin by pretending .that you
want to sell a cat with a litter of kittens;
the other party does not want any feljne
property, nor does he know anybody who
would accept it. At this stage of the con
versation you may venture to hint ybur de
sires in Ow dog line, and after more tea, or
something stronger, and more cigarettes,'
you can conclude the negotiatiOns.
At Irkuts': I wanted to buy a sleigh for al
journey westward, and hearing of a man
who had one for sale I went to see it. A
Russian acquaintance went vi it': irtle, and
after en introduction to the merchant we
sat doa it in his parlor to drink - a glass ul
naki7m, a sort of homemade cordial anal:
gous to currant a ine, though somewhat
stronger. . We drank• nalitka at least half
an hour before ue touched Upon the topic
of business, uhd it was introduced very gin
gerly by my companion, who ventured to
remark the deep sorrow that Lad fallen up-'
on him in consequence of my prospective
departure from Irkutsk. Then we took an
other drink, and it was hinted that I could
not leave without a vehicle of some sort.—
Tins axiomatic proposition required moist
ening like its predecessor, and so, step by
Step, we went on fur a quarter of an hour,
drinks alternating with hints, and hints
with drinks, until ' , We took another drink,
and then went into the yard to look at the
sleigh. We •had•a fresh glass of nalifka
when we returned from the yard, and an
other and another as the talk went op, until
by the time the busim;ss was(ndedl and I
i
had paid over the money, my t naceustomed
head was whirling like a rifle ball, and I
would have found it difficult t(. see any dif
ference between a sleigh and r a side-wheel
steamboat. My companion assured me that
if we had gqne at it in the blunt American
way, ye,would hue spoiled the whole af
fair, and I should have been compelled to
look els'ewhere for a vehicle.—llarper's _Mag
azine. --
: .
Great Men.A
-4
We always think Of great men as. in the
act of performing the deeds which give
them renown,
,or else in stately repose, ma- ,
grand,jestic, and gloomy. And yet this is
hardly fair, because even the most gorgeous
and magnitieent of human beings have to
bother themselves with the little things of
life which engage the attentisn of us smaller
people. NA/ doubt Moses snuffed and got
angry when he had a severe cold in' his
head, and if' a lly bit his leg while he was
sitting in the desert, why should we sup
pose be did not jump and use, violent lan
guage tonl rub the sore place? •And Ctesar
—isn't it tolerably certain th. t he used to
become furious when be went up stairs to
get his slippers in the dark ttnd found that
t)ctluphutnia had shoved them back under
the bed so that he had to sweep around for
them wildly with the broom handle? And
when Solomon cracked his crazy-bone, is it
, unreasonable to suppose that be bopped
around the rgann and looked mad,- and felt
as it he wabted to cry? Imagine George
Washington sitting on the edge of the bed
putting on a clean shirt mid grumbling at
Marthli because the buttons were. off; or St'
Autilistme with an apron around his neck
has;ing his hair cut; or Joan of Arc hold
-1 ing her front hair in her mouth, us women
do, while she fixed up her back ; hair; or
' Napoleon jumping out of bed in a frenzy
to chase ti musquito around the rocim-with
a pillow; or Martin Luther in his night shirt
trying to put the baby to 'sleep ,at two o'-
clo - ck: in the morning; or Alexander.the
Great with the hiccups; or Therna Jeffer
son getting suddenly over a fence to'avoid a
dog; or the Duke of Wellington lying in a
bed with the mumps; -or Daniel Wcbster
abusing - his wife because , ; :-..lic hadn't tucked
the cdvers in at the foOt of the bed; or
Benjamin Franklin paring his corn with A
razor; or Jonathan Edwards at the dinner
table wanting to sneeze just as, be gets his
month,full of beef; of Noah standing at 1,11
window at night throwing bricks at a cat.
The Grave of Lincoln's Mother.
A correspondent of the. „Cincinnati , Ge.-
alb; writes: On a beautiful hill top in the
northern part of Spencer county, Indiana,
is the grave of the mother of Abraham Lin
coin. This grave is unmarked' even - by , a
"gravestone." It is now proposed that
this grave shall no longer remain negleetpd.
A. purpose on the part of Mr. Lincoln to re
movefher remains to Springfield, Illinois,
is given as the-reason for this oversight in
relation to his mother's grave.
1 , The citizens of Spencer county have fre
(ineptly talked of a monument, but no defi
nite action has been taken until lately.—
Some, citizens of Indiana have organized,
under the statute provided in such cases, a
legal organiaition or association for the
purpoSe of providing means to erect a suit
able monument to. mark the last resting
place of the mother of Lincoln:
It is expected. that they will devise some
plan, by Which Ithe friends of his country's
martyr shall bergenerally permitted to con
tribute something to this noble purpose.—
'The, officers of the association arc: Gent J.
C. Veatch, President; Iton. R. S. Kerchi
val, Treasurer; Curran A, Deßruler, Sec
retary. Execntive Committee of Board of
Directors—Hon. D. C. Bonham, Colonel J.
S. Weight, Dr. E. U. Sabin. •
The plan of seeming the funds will,be
publicly presented soon, I will suggest the
following as an appropriate inscription:
moTurm OF' LINCOLN."
In a Virginia graveyard is a white moan
meat beating this inscription.: " Mary, the
mother of \Vm.hington."• Is there not a
parallel? Will nor the names of Washing
ton and Lincoln be associated in history?
If there is honor in being the mother of
the Father of his Country, is there not an
honor in being the mother of him who was
the instrument in saving that country in the
hour of peril?
Will the papers friendly to this movement
please copy and notice this article?
"You see, grandma, we perforate:-an ap
erture in the arcx,, and a eorresponding np
erture in the 111-e, and by applying the cg:
to the lips awl inhaling , the breath the shell
is discharged of its contents." " Bless my
soul, what wonderful improvements they do
make! In my younger days, we just made
A WA IR enett end And aucivad,"
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.GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
About. Night Clothesi
In the . Rutyl New Yorker of July 26, is
"an illustration, of .11 Neglige Basket a use
ful article for a bedroom as a receptacle lar.
ladies' Children's night clothes." New
it seems to me that the, only proper recepta
cle for a night garment of any kind, after
being worn, is a hook Or pail where the sun
can shine upon it and ,thiT breeze'ean blow
over and 'under and through , it. carrying,
away whatever nuttier may have ab from tree body during the night; that
the old way Of - rolling up a night dregs so
tightly that itimight be used as a formidable
weapon of . otlens.e or defense, and tucking
it 'miler the pPlow, or of holding it up and
putting it away in the dark, out of sight, is
unclean and unhealthful, and should have
long ago become obsolete.
A good deal is said of the manner and
,fashion and way of caring for "ladies' and
children's" night dresses; but wherc are the
men's ? don't they have any, or are they un
mentionable ? It is self-evident that no per
son should wear a garment during the night
that is worn during the day; and if a "lady,"
with seared); enmigh exercise to produce a
drop of perspiration, needs a clean, well
aired garment in which - to sleep, how is it
with a man whol has been hard at work, all
day in the, dustand heat, with the sweat
dripping from revery pore ? If a healthy,
active chil4 to whom sleep comes as easily
and natuti'dly 119 to a pig or a kitten, needs
a refreshing - night Aress, bow is it with the
man and father who has spent the day in
his pent up store, office or counting room in
exhaustive mental labor and goes to bed
worn out in mind and body and with every
,nerve unstrung ? .
Thou kh men have wisdom, power and
ability, though they are strong, helpful and
independent, though. they have 'office and
greatnese sit in legislative halls and becowel
M. O.'s,
they - do need and always should have
—night gowns. GERALDrim GIIRMANZ.
That is true ! Men do need and should
have night gowns. Every man does who
knows "what's what" and when he does he
does not do as nine-tenths of the women do,
who wear thbm, wear the garment he has
worn all day under his night gown: How
many women are there that remove the che-
anise when they put on the night dress ?
But the men who dp wear nightgowns make
them at substitute for Atte day shirt—hence
they benefit by the change, whereas the wo
loan sutlers by the addition..—Rui-al irco
Yorker. '
Tun . FAnmEn.—Ralph Waldo Em
erson, in one of his essays thus portrays the
glory of the figmc,r:.
. " The glory of the farmer is that in the
division of labor, it is his part to create.=
All the trades rest at last on his primitive
authority. Ile stands iblose, to nature; he
obtains from the carl,ll the bread and the
ueat. The first farslier was the first man,
lid all historic nobility rests on possession
- use of land. Men do not like hard works
and
but
every man has an exceptional respect
_ tillage and the feeling thtit this is the
niginul calling of his race, that he himself
.s excused from 'it by some circumstance
which made him delegate it for a time to other
hands. If he has not some skill which rec
ommends him to the farmer, some prod
uct fur which the farmer will-give him corn,
be must himself return into his due place
among the planters. And the profession
has in all eyes this ancient charm, as stand
li, nearest to God, First Cause. Then the
beauty at nature, the tranquillity and inno
cence of the countrymen, his independence
and his pleasing arts—the cares of bees of
poultry, of sheep; of cows, the dairy, the
care of hay, of fruits, of orchards and, for
ests, and the reaction of these on the work
men, in eking hint a strength and plain dig
nity, like the face and manners of nature,
all men acknOwledge. All• men keep the
forth in reserve as an asylum, in the case
of mischance, to hide their poverty, or a sol
itude, if they do not succeed in society.—
And who knows bow many glances of re
morse are turned this way from the bank-.
rupts of trade, from mortified pleaders in
courts and senates, or from the victims of
idleness and pleasure ? Poisoned by town
life and town vices, the sufferer _resolves:—
" Well imy children, wliom I have injured,
shall go buck to the land; to be recruited and
cured „by that which should have been my
nurser3l, and now shall be their hospital."
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or OBESITY. —Mr. Schindler-is the
latest addition to the list of persons who
have undertaken the treatment and cure of
excessive fatnes; in the human race—this
condition beingeonsidered by 'dui as a dia
ttn•bance of the -nnimal economy, in con
sequence of which the carbon taken in is
accumulated in the form of fat. Diet and
exercise, as might be expected, constitute
the basis of his treatment. .As in the meth
od of Mr. limiting . , which some years ago
was so much in vogue, the diet advised for
f a t persons consists of• food. containing a
large percentage of nitrogen,-to which some
vegetablesiwithout starch, and cooked fruit,
arc to be added, for the purpose of ;modera
ting the excitation due to animal—nourish
ment. This diet is to be varied according
as individuals are • of a sanguine or lymphat
ic temperament. —The use of certain wines
is permitted; beer is, however, entirely for
bidden. Coffee and tea are allowed, vith as
little sugar as possible. uheese k ' . petatoes,
rice, beans, peas, maize, macc#rom, tapioca,
arrowroot, and soupS are not alloVed. The
use of sulphate of soda is fecqmthended, as
moderating the transformation lof , nitro
genous materials and stimulating the oxida
tion of fat; and the use of mineral waters
containing the sulphate of soda in solution
is considered of ,the greatest importance in
this respect. The waters of Marienbad,
which are especially rich in this salt, are
stated to have, usually, the racist happy ef
fect. Their use, together Mini . that of al
kaline pills, and a strict adherence to the
conditions above mentioned cause a decrease
in weight of twenty-five to sixty pounds in
different individuals in the course of a few
weeks.
To PLow DolNi., OnAbs.—To do this ef
fectually is one of !the apparent impossibili
ties of modern farming. Every farmer
knows it from .ex,Perience. Notwithstand
ing the ithnost paihis and care in plowing,
the grass, especially if long, will bristle.up ,
iu beards and tufts here, there, and every
where, injuring ali - e the appearance of the
t
field and its calm( ity for growth; for this
grass, instead of . sing visibly present to
draw nourishment fur itself and impede the
growth of something else much more prof
itable, should be buried beneath the surface
to manure the soil and assist in the growth
of its betters: - Well, do you wish to reme
dy this great difficulty ? 11 so, use thejchain
and ball to your plow. . No matter what
kind of a plow you have, try it a ,,i A pi - ece
of, ordinary trace chain will do very well.
Fasten one end of it to your coulter, and to
the other end attach a round ball of front ,
two to three pounds weight—having the
chain tgenough to - permit the ball to reach
back t} about the middle of your mould ,
board-and there let it drag along, (AVOID
off siae, of course. ThiS 'is not a new itir r
—in fact it is a very old one—but, like go
wine, age only improves it. Just try it once,
and NV . e have no fear of your verdict. - It
may not do the work to absolute perfection,
but it will perform it at least fifty per cent.
bitter than you 'am without it. —Canada
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.A.STIIM.A. TUE OIL REGION.--The Titus.
ville Herald t , av's that asthma is of very rare
occurrence in the oil regions, and . that the
eanize - of such exemption is found in the fact
that' the' atmosphere there is' 'Strongly im
pregnated with the vapor's of petroleum,
which act almost as aispecific for tl4c relief
and at the tame time as a/preven
tive of consumption. !It adds; . `Let any_
one who is afflicted wO/1 asthma; and feels
a partiqularly diffl . dult spell of breathing
coming on, go in the vicinity of a produe
ing-w ell, where petroleum viittor.s Wilier in
the noighborhooil, And he will find gl,pat-re
lief, and continued presence in such-a neigh
borhood will he the best means of a perma.
nent cure. WI; look forward- to the time
when the physicians all oVer the United
States UM reCOMlllella to their asthmatic
patients a journey trithe oil regions, and we
hope some suitable preparation will he made
for their entertainment and diversion.' The
prospc:ct of an infirmary for such subjects
has heen seriously discussed by many of our
-citizens, bits has not ytit taken definite shape."
H BktbscrUM for the AorT4Toa.
WHOLE NO. 1,029.
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