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l c-FR/LE:SA LE: DRUGGISTS, und dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window flings,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils,
evritig, N. Y., Jun. 1,1866.—1 y.
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Office formerly occupied by Jumes Lowrey, Esq
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
S. F. SHAIBLIN,
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. Shop fryer
c. L Wilcox's Store.
eiliboro, Jan. 1, 1868.—iy.
713 L US SUER WOOD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Court Street, opposite
the Court louse, Williamsport, Pa.
Jan. 6, 1866-Is*
WILLIAM H. SMITH, -
ATTORNEY" AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Insurance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main
Street Welisb.ro, Pa., Jan. 1, ISO.
lOUS I. M.ITCIIIELL,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
OM:clitely ocaujiied. by John W. Guernsey
EN., Tiogn, Tioga_County, Pcnn'a. Prompt
attention to Collections. •
Jan It 1866.-19.
S. F. WiLsos
WILOON & NILES,.
ATTORNEYS t COUNSELORS AT LAW,
First door fro Bigoney's, on the Avenue)—
Will attend to business entrusted to their care
in the coooties of liege and Potter. 4
- Weilabor°, Jan. 1, 1856. . •
GEORGE WAG ER,
TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
shoe Shop. Arr• Catting, Pitting, and Repair
ing done prouiptly and let!.
Wellthoro, Pa., Jan. 1, 86.6.-Iy.
JOHN B. SHASESPEARr,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over Roseen's
`tore, second floor. 03`Eutting, Fitting, and
Repairing done promptly and in best style.
WelLibor°, Pa.. Jan. 1, .18664 y •
PENNSYLVANIA •HOUSE,
CORNER OP MAIN STREET & THE AVENUE
J. W. 13toorr, Proprietor. This popular Hotel,
bas been refitted and To-tarnished throughout,
is now open to the 'Public as= a first-class
boost. A good hostler always on baud.
Wellaboro, 1865.—1 y
RoIIT. HAWLEY,
. HAWLEY & CURINIIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, - Williamsport Pa.—
Special attention given to collection of Pen
tms. Bounty and Back Pay, and all claims
against the National and State Goverumente.
Willtatneport, Pa., Nov, 15, 1365-3 m.
JOSEPH MANLEY,
BLACKSMITII AND SHOBIL I have rented
the shop lately occupied by Mr. P. C Ifoig, and
ant prepared to shoe horses and and to
do all kinds of work pertaining to the busi
ness iu a superior wanner.
Wellsbero, Pa., Jan. 1,1886,1 y.
!MAAR WALTON DOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
IL C. VERRILYEA, PROPRMOR. This is a
new hotel located within easy access of the
hest fishing and hunting grounds in North
era Peuaeylvam.t. No pains will berepared
fcr the accommodation of pleasure seekers and
the traveling public. [Jan. 1, 1.86.]
. HERVEY' EWING,
. _
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
No. 11 Law•Bailding,--St. Paul St, Baltimore.
REFERENCES.—Lerin Gale, Attoroty at Law,
Edward Israel, A tt'y at Law , Rev. J. MCA.
Riley: D. D., Rev. Henry Slicer, D D., Con
field Bro. & Co., P. Grove & Co., Ludwig &
MeSizerry, John E. MeJilton, Esq., RoLert Law
s.n, Esq Sutherland, Big. [Mr. Ewcso is
authorized to transact any business appertain
ing to this paper in Ba ltimore.]
Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
VIOLIN STRIRGS at
WEBB'S DRUG STORE
LT ALL'S CELEBRATED VEGETABLE SICILIAN
jULUAIR RENEWER, can be had at III?V's Drag
tture.
CONCENTRATED LYE, for sate at
BOY'S lift.UO STORR
FLOUR AND FEED, BUCK WHEAT
FLOUR, Meal. Pork and Salt, Tea l : 'Coffee,
Sugar, Soup, Candles, Saleratos. Tobacco and
Kerosene Oil. Also, Mackerel, White Fish, and
Trout, by the package or'pound.
CEIAS. st U. VAN VALKENBURO.
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1865.
WHEELBARROWS. CHEESE
PRESS SCREWS, and scaleboards for
boxioc ' cheese, also
Powder-, gigot and Lead
and pistol cartridges.
GUNN & TUCKER
are alto agents for Miles's Patent Money Drawer.
Alm, agents for Ribbon Stamps and Seal
Presses. Remember—at (Gnu lc Tucker's Hard
ware Steve, We!labor°. , I
Jan. 1. 18n6.-13'
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.—Twenty-five
acres of Iced near Wencher°, an excellent
toil, well fenced, a handsonie buildingeite and
floe view of the town and vicinity, a never failing
spring .1 water, &c. Enquire of
• JOHN DICKINSON, &A l i
Delmar, Dee 13,1865-3 m
NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.-
FRANK SPENCER
has the plea..ure to ititc.Vm the citizens of. Wiuga
county that they have the best opportunity ever
offered them, to procure Ambrotypes, Ferrotype*,
Gems, Cartes de Visits, Viinette*, and all kinds
02 fancy and popular card, and colored pictures,
at his Gallery on Elmira Sheet.
11 4usfield. Nov, 15, '6s—tf. F. M. SPENCER.
Tr [NG'S PORTABLE LEMONADE b the
la. only preparation of - the kind matte from
tee fruit As an article of economy, purity, and.
deliciousness, it cannot be surpassed. and is recom •
tnmended by physicians for invalids and family
It will keep fur years in any climate, while
its condensed form renders it especially conven
ient for travelers. All who use lemons are re
quested to give it a trial. Entertainments at
1 . 1 " , a• Parties, and picnics should not be without
IL For sale by all Druggists and first-class
.Grocers. Manufactured only by -
LOUIS F. METZGER,
No. 549 Pearl St., N. V.
Jin. 1, ISMS--ly
TWITS SES.—" Seeley's Hard Rubber Truss'
cure s rupture, frees the cord from all press
ore : will never rate, break, limber, chafe, or be-,
come filthy, (the fine steel spring being coated
with hard rubber); spring made any poster re
quired; used in bathing, fitted to form; requires
no strapping ; cleanest, lightest. easiest, and beat
Truss known. Send for pamphlet.
L B. SEELEY, Sole Proprietor,
1347 Ohesnat st., Phila'a, Pa.
apll 66
D RUGS AND MEDICINES
Of MANSFIELD, Pa.,' bevel . uSt received and
oder to the inhabitants of Tioga county, at the
lowest cash prices, a large and well assorted stock
of the following first class goods:
ROL%.
DRUGS, MEDICINES, & DYE STUFFS, -
- - -
Paitits:Oß.tP,447.4.Aid Glass'A tFaluilylllyet, Patent Medici4ititlit
Toilet Soaps, I Hair Oils and Pomades,
School and Miscellaneous Books,
Writing Paper,Btivelopes,Blank
Books, and Blank Deeds of
all kinds, Diaries for
1886, ,
Photograph and Autograph Albums, Gold Penn
and Pocket Cutlery, All kinds of Toys,
Tobacco, Snuff .k Cigars of best
brands.
Nang* ZelotteouF).lMaithrtlikEM
VIOLINS, GUITARS, AccoßDEoNs,
and all kinds of Musical Instruments and inimical
m‘rehandize. All the most popular Sheet Music
always on hand.
By special arrangements with the largest man
ufacturing house in New York, we can furnish all
styles of
J. B. NILES
BRASS AND SILVER BANDS.
Parties wishingjnatrunents will•save ten per
cent. by cominunifeting with us before purchas
ing elsewhere. sill Instruniente delivered
WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT.
Pianos and Melodeons to rent on reasonable
terms. Aeipte. for tlisieliiibrated RllO 3 W:i
log Mic ' NIAN. A 4 1
Mansfield, Dec. 6,1865-6 m.
NEW DRUG STORE.
Dr. W. W. WEBB & 880.
Have_ opened a Drug and Chemical Store, on
Main Street, let door below Hastings, where they
intend to keep a full assortment of
DRUGS .ND MEDICINES.
A good article of Medicinal Liquors and Wines.
Prescriptions carefully prepared.
Medical advice given free of charge.
Wellsboro, Nov. S-ly.
I. R. Cuminzi
NEW FIRM & NEW GOODS AT TIOGA
BURDEN BRO'S
Would respectfully announce to "all whom it
L O U.y concern," that they keep constantly on hand
a large and well selected assortment of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
GLASS AND WALL PATER
DYE STUFFS, FAMILY DYES, LAMPS,
GLASS WARE, PLATED WARE,
such as CASTORS, SPOONS,
TEA •it TALE, FORKS,
CAKE DISHES, &c.
AAR,
ENVELOPES, SCRO4 Boq4§,
PATENT 'MEDICINES,
Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gin
?ler, Saleratax, Starch,
TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS;
and an endless variety of
YANKEE NOTIONS.
Tioga, Pa., Oct. 4, 1885-134.5.
TILE UNDERSIGNED haciog form!'
-4- a co-partnerabip under Om name and title of
can be found at the old stand, corner of Main
and Mill Streets, where they will keep constantly
on hand a general assortment of
BOOTS,, 4 .-falliCtE§, LE.AWER AND
of the best quality, which they will eel! so cheap
for Cash, as to make it an object for dealer& to
buy here.
MEN'S, & BOY'S. CALF,ICAP, & STOGA
BOOTS,
LADIES' GAITERS, BALMORA.L,
& CALF, & MISSES SUOES.
French and Oak Stack constantly on band for
sale. "Cash Maid at all times for HIDES, PELTS,
and FURS.
TERNS—CASH ON DELIVERY.
*r 4C.%, - 0:14
J. RICHARDSON, Eitnir,l, - N. Y
Knoxville, Jan. 1 , 1866-4.
TN Elk township, Tioga County Pu., containing
1 124 acres, 40 acres improved. Said farm is
wafrred by numerous springs. A small stream of
water sufficient foe churning, sawing wood, Au.,
rune through the farm near the buildings. It is
well situated for a good dairy farm. A portion of
it is good grain laud. Two log houses, frame
burn and other out buildings thereon. A thrifty
young orchard 'of 70 or 90 apple, pear or plum
trees. A good school house on the adjoining
farm. The above farm might' be dividedi into
two small farms of 62 acres %sib. Price Sl2 per
acre. Terms easy. 'A liberal deduction made
(or cash down. inquire of
C. B. KELLEY, Wellaboro, or
WSLUPDIKE, on the premises.
Jan. 12, 11366.—tf.
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, LANG &" WHITE,
BAND) 'INSTRUMENTS
INSTRUMENTS,
required in
FREE OF CHARGE, AND -
KNOXVLCLE
Boot, Shoe and Leather Stare.,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
f. LOG El KY &
Our Stock consists in part of
of our own manufacture. Also,
Farm for Sole
MB
WHOLESALE DRUG STORE,
Y.
zLtfsk,4l.l,iit ...:,! ,;;.- ) `.—.4 ..- li
DRUGS AND MEDICJNFS, PAINTS
AND OILB„
a1i , 11, 4 .L.c. 14,
TIIADDEUS DAVIDS'-INES, CONCEN-
TRATED MEDICINES, CIN
ciN*AVE-34iims,i1D
BRANDY, Wm, rE= •
WASH LIME,
_ i
KEROSENE LAMPS, PATENT HEM:
CINES, PETROLEUM OIL,
ROCIWITER,PER
FUMERY
AND FLAVORING' EXTIfidTSiI*ALL
PAPER, WINDOW GLASS,
AND DYE COLORS,
Bold at Wholesale Prices. Buyers are requested
to call and get quotations before going further
East.
W.D.TERBELL &CO
• ;$ ;..
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1888:1y
EAR YEI REAR lEl—The Polls of
JAL this Election are new open:
C. L WILCOX,
Of Wellabor°, offers for sale his entire
STOCK OP GOODS AT COST,
All those who feel anxious to make a
GOOD .BARGAIN,
are invited to call soon, for
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
Call at the " REGULATOR," one Door above
the Post Office, C. L, WILCOX.
Virelisboro, Jan. 1. 29, 1866. •
NOW IS TI=IME TO SAVE YOUR
GREENE
A great breakdown in the price of all kinds of
Dr y Goods.
I have just returned from New York with a
largeand well selected assortment of
STAPLE - AND 'FANCY `DRY- GOODS,
which were bought for CASH dairies the late
Panic at PANIC PRICES, which I am bound to
SELL at
PRICES.
I am selling
Good Madder Prints, 22
Beat " 25
Extra Wide, English, 80
Best Muslin DeLaines, 36
Bleached Sheen*, 20 to 80
Unbleached " 28 to 30
Extra Heavy, 85
Best quality French Merino, 10 shillings
Double width Plaid Poplins, 62i
Yard wide, Rep, 60
Best (high colosad),WoolDeLainO, 60
Single width Pfain4eitliire; 40
Yard wide Paramatta, 40
A Large Stock of
FLANNELS, BALMORAL - SKIRTS,
HOOP SKIRTS, mops, FURS,
NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, &c.,
A good assortment
GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, &o.
Also, %Inge Idtd/lt of
FEED, FLOUR & PORK, always on hand.
In fact.
ALL THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE.
Customers.* want, of Goodswili [ save money
by calling It' the New Stoticalui.examine Goode
and Prioes before buying elsewhere.
Tioga, Jan. 1, 1866. H. R. FISH.
LhkuALcol.awaH
WE gave reduced the price - of Flour $l. per
15 , Jarrel, Feed and meal +5O cents per cwt,
and shall sell, FOR CASH ONLYr
C. yrsiouT
BAILEY'S BEST WHITE
WHEAT FLOUR,
SPRING WHEAT FLOUR, BUCK
WHEAT FLOUR, -GROUND
FEED', ~ CORN MEAL,
BRAN, &c., &g.
CASH PAID FOR. ALL RINDS OF
• '
• f il i ttiGHT At BAILEY
WeMbar°, Jan. 24, 1888.
F lax WHEELS,
•
WOOL - W HEELS,.... WHEEL - HEADS,
SNAP-REELS, FLIERS, &C., &C..
„ .
THE UNDERSIGNED - wont respectfully an.
nounce to the
MERCHANTS di DEALERS
•
of 7.ipga and_adjoining cottnties, that they are
now engaged irPthe Maiffacture of-the above .
named articles, and are prepared to furndsh them at
WHOLESALE PRICES,
Employing none but Experienced Woad's%
atid'using only the best :materials, we , are con
fident wet, can forMah. Jou : vrith,gooda that will
suit your customers.
Every article warranted to give entire satisfac
tion. All Goods. whod in shipping, order and
sent by rail or otherwise. •
Please eddies.”' by mail, -when list of prices,
" Card Samples," Ac., will be forwarded.
C. M. CRANDALL A CO.
Montrose, Pa. Dec. 27,15.3 m..
N. B. Ours is the only establishment that
manufactures the Celebrated
Crandall Wheel - Head. ,
Warranted to last- TWENTY-YEARE; if well
WELLSBOEO, PA, APRIL 18, 1866.
MEI
GRAIN
tlEcx or. tr .
SVAVERY
A PROPHECY
By 888. E. W. BOATII
The followinf lines were written in Swope,
tyrant) , years ago, in answer to a slaveholder's
family, who incited-the authereas fo travel iu the
Southern States• They were first published many
Yeitig ago
Yon tell me of a bright lend far ova the sear..—
But, ah can you call it the land of the free—
Where the image of Gad. fur a handful of gold,
Like a beast of ths field', in the market is sold ?
Where the child from the mother's fond bosom is
torn
White .the father is chained, le . aving orphans
`ifariorn ;• - -
Where the maiden is bartered,: like-ineretatidise
ware—
Then doomed to the lash and the groan of despair.
iCrop, woe, to thee,
fair land far over the main !
iFe
For thiniter ofdeathdark slavery's stain—
Shall gnaw to,tby vitals, while every sigh
From the victims who writhe, mounts fur justice
on high,
And Hz, the Great Lord of the 1C! nii-erse wide,
Shall Smite to earth, in thy strength and thy
pride ;
For yengeanee must fall for foul erueltie., done
On the beings redeemed by Ills Own belor'.l Son !
The sound of the war drum shall thrill thee at night
As thy song and thy brothers are borne to the fight.
The alaveand the cotton shall stab thee with pain,
And the Nut lb and the South Lv divided in twain;
And brother 'gainst brother shall strike la the fight,
And battles be fought in the dead of the night,
And the white maid and widow in sorrow shiAl
mown,
And ; tbe . flag of thy freedon.in tatters be torn.
The North ill her might like a whirlwind shall rise,
And the hates of the canton be liorneto the skies;
And though the warm blood of her heroes be shed,
The light of her freedom shall never be dead!
The Stare nod the Stripes in Excelsior shall be
Proudidberty's banner, from land and by :ea;
And the Union, though spurned by the sltivebold
er'a scorn.
Shall be guarded by Northmen for ages unborn.
isttitanetats.
TWILIGIIT WOOING
ItTs an awful thin* to lose a friend by
marriage. , To see him drop into your
room occasionally, always with a paper
parcel under his atm, suggestive of lace
and ribbons, instead of having him all
to ydurself, day in and day out. To
knofr that the blue-breathed evening
cigar will inevitably be abbreviated by
" Oh, my wife will be anxious if I'm
net, at home by eight o'clock." To tell
hira.about the pretty girl with the pink
bonnet that you met in the stage yester
day, and the generally confidential, and
then find your tongue suddenly palsied
bythe conviction that he will tell his
wife every word you have been saying.
There is no use talking about the thing
—it's actually indescribable.
Do you suppose I didn't feel jealous
when Jaa 'MareVile get married?' Do
you suppwie the green-eyed Monster
did not inspire me'with all sorts of un
am iable feelings toward the little brow n
eyed beauty who had cut me out so com
pletely? It took sometime to reconcile
,me to_the new state of things. But
When I found out that she did not ob
ject 113 niy - sitting on the balcony and
speaking .with Jack—nay, that she ac
tually !lighted our cigais for us, and
then, brought her little footstool and sat
down by the side of us—that she laughed
like a-peal of merry bells at our bache
lor.ehances and mishaps, and that she
liked-to have me come to dinner on
Sunday s,—then I thought Jack's wife
•wastet so.had an institution after all.—
And one day, when she brought out her
tiny wicker•vv - ork basket / and stood on
tip-toe to seiv the loose buttons on my
coat, I capitulated in good earnest.
" jack," said I, " your wife
not exactly an 'angel, for I don't believe
in angels about the house—but the swee
test little woman I ever set my eyes up
on. You won't be jealous, old fellow ?"
"Jealous—no!" said Jack, stretching
his neek-so as to lookafter the light dis
'tip-Peering figure: "But I'll tell yea
'what.Arthur, you ought to see Mary's
sister:"
Sure enot,gh, about two weeks after
ward, as l - came in at the sweet-brier
shadowed gate, and paused to look at
the crimson clover pinks just opening
their fringed petals, the silver tones of
another voice sounded in the low-eaVed
pit a, and almost before I knew it
Jack illarclyfre's arm was through mine,
anal he was introducing me to a dupli
cateidition of his wife—a scarlet-lipped,
arch-eyed girl, in white muslin, with a
coral bracelet on herarm.
From, that moment I was gone—l did
nci - CknOW `whether I sat in-Jack'svelvet
easy chair, or on top of the rail fence.—
I said; No, I thank you," when Mrs.
Jack asked me how I was. I stirred
Ply cup of chocolate with a penknife,
and tried to putthe table cloth in my
pOcket, - instead of a handkerchief, and
Axially disgraced myself irrevocably by
Putting the match box in the cradle,
and depositing the baby on the marble
mantelpiece.
" Good: gracious, Mr. Arden !" ,ex
claimed•Marclyffe, " what' sthe matter?"
• "I believe—l think—l've got a cold
in my head I" faltered I, looking at the
thrie.straight at Agnes, who was play
ing With her coral bracelet, and preten
ding not to laugh.
"Jack;" said I, that evening as he
Went out to the gate with me, " there's
no use trying to mince natters—if
can't NViti Miss Agnes, I shall take ar
senic."-
Jack squeezed my hand ; he had been
throughthe mill himself. , •
4Ytku think she cares for me,
aideri-- - 1 asked,- plaintively, about a
montkatterward. I declare, honest
ly, Iti - e'the greiftest mind fn - the world
to 'finap - of the pier, or hang myself
peaceably, Now what does she mean
by flirting with that red-whiskered
Ca
rew,? Oh, Jack, do be merciful—tell
.me what-you really think."
Poor inarclyffe ! It was about the
thirtieth time he had been asked the
same question.
"Why,, how can I tell, Arthur? You
might as well ask me to read the Hin
doo alphabet as to decipher the znyste
ries - of. a woman's heart. ' \Why- don't
you ask her yourself r
.2 3 11. e ask her!" and the cold chilli
ran through me like ice. . " Jack, I dare
not, for my life !"
. Jack burst into a laugh.
+` Well, I can't give any better ad
vice,",. said he ; " only remember, my
boy; faint heart never won fair lady.' "
lie turned away and left me stand
ing in the amber hush of the twilight,
among the crimson cluster of cinnamon
roses, and the tall coronals of gleaming
t lilies. Up in the rosy sky the new moon !
hung, a curved thread of silver, and one '
i bright star bore its lance of pearl against I
1 the radiant horizon. I looked silently
up at the fair atmosphere—down at the
blossoming garden of flowers, thinking,
in the midst of my perplexity, how like]
the blue heavens was Agnes's eyes, and
marveling that the pink roses were so
near akin to the dainty color that came
and.went upon her silk-soft cheek.
Beside the low French window that
opened upon the piazza floor, I saw the
flow of muslin drapery through the fra
grant gloom—it was where Mrs. Mar
clyffe was wont to sit with her baby. I
caught the refrain of the low, delicious
cradle song, warbled in the tiny sleep
er's ear. A bright thought struck me—
I would take woman's wit into my
counsel.
" Mary," said I, sitting down on the
piazza step,and leaning my . head against
the rose-wreathed pillar just opposite
the - window, " I wish you'd tell me
what to do—l'm desperately in love
with your sister Agnes, and—don't
laugh now—l have not the courage to
tell her so."
I paused an instant, and then went
on:
" I love her better than life. No, that
is not saying enough. I would die to
make her happy. Oh, Mary, can't you
give me a word of encouragement? I
dare not tell her my love, pecause my
'heart sinks so in dread from the one lit
tle word, ' No!' Will she speak it, do
you think ?"
There was no answer.
" Mary, will she break my heart?"
I spoke with trembling accents, fresh
from the deepest recesses of my soul—
the very air seemed to sob around me
as I ceased. One instant of silence, in
the soft pulsing fragrance of the mid
summer twilight, and then there was a
fluttering of light, azure robes, the fall
of a fairy footstep, Ere I could look up,
a soft, white arm, gleaming with the
clasp of a blood-red bracelet, was around
my neck—a shower of brown curls nes
tled on my breast. , _
`' She will not—she never will!"
'the voice was that of Agnes Day ; I
held the coy, coquettish trembler to my
heart.
Life has been brimming with sweets
ever since. Many 'a golden moment has
paused to sprinkle its chalice of joy
around my footsteps, as it passed into
the world of the by-gone ; but in all my
existence, there never came a second
time like that.
I bad been pleading to Agnes herself;
and Mary stood smiling in the back
ground, the veriest spice of roguery
gleaming in her hazel eyes, through a
dim quiver of joyous tears.
" So -I'm really to have a brother-in
law," she said, putting aside the roses
and coming forward just as the wicket
fastening clicked under Jack's_ band,
1
and the fiery spark of his cigar flash d
through the purple gloaming, slow y
traveling up the garden walk. ,
"Hallo?"' said he, pausing abruptl
as Agnes tried vainly to escape from n y
detaining arm. " Oh, I see now ! Well
—up—on—my—word! fbr such a bash
ful young gentleman, you've been re
markably expeditions ! Accept my con
gratulations, A.ggie—ditto, Arthur."
"SOME FOLKS' FAILINGS."
" Mercy knovis," said Aunt Jerusha,
as she settled herself in her small rock
ing chair, and wiped her steel-bowed
specs on her apron before placing them
astride her nose,-" mercy knows I never.
slander my neighbors. I've enough to
do to take care of my own affairs. Now
there is Dorothy Ann—she knows al
ways., just what every one has on at
church. The idea of looking at people's
dress:hi church ! But that is some folks'
failings. We all have our failings, I
s'pose ;" and a sigh finished the sen
tence,
Whether this harangue was addressed
to the world in general, or was for the
especial benefit of a tall young lady sea
ted at a table near by, inserting, a sharp
par of shears into a piece of cloth, we
do not know. The young lady made
n o !reply, but a mischievous smile Bitted
over her face, and a silence followed,
unbroken save by the vengeful snap of
the shears, as they closed over the cloth,
and the loud tick of the clock in the
corner. - Suddenly Aunt Jerusha peered
out of the window.
" Look, Minerva Jane—ain't them the
Carpenter girls going by?"
" Yes," was the laconic answer.
"Do see how they are dressed! They
came sailing into church during prayer
time last Sunday, looking like peacocks.
I watched them down the aisles clear to
their seats- They wore green silks, vel
vet cloaks, and their bonnets looked like
flower gardens. I noticed their furs in
particular, they were new and fashion
able. Much cause they have to be proud!
I should think a glance at home would
lower their feathers some. But there
comes Mrs. Baker ! Oh dear ! She is a
regular gossip, and we shall have to lis
ten to her long yarns all the afternoon.
What a bore she is!"
A vigorous knock at the door was fol
lowed by the entrance of the lady in
question. Aunt Jerusha rose - with "a
beaming face to greet her.
My dear Mrs. Baker, how do you do 2
I was just thinking about you. Lay
aside your things and spend the after
noon., 'Minerva Jane, bring out the
rocking chair for Mrs. Baker."
The two ladies were soon seated with
their Sewing, and Aunt Jerusha asked
" Have you seen Mrs. Nash recently
I wonder if her husband is as bad as ev
er? I declare, that woman has. a time
of it. Is' pose you know he stole the
pork from Mr. Brien's cellar a few weeks
ago 2"
"Yes, I heard of it."
" Have you seen Mrs. Slocum riding
with the young doctor ?"
"To be sure. Some folks say he's her
cousin, but I don't believe it."
"Well, now, I do say," replied Aunt
Jerusha, "I don't slander my neigh
bors; but that's pretty doings, anyhow.
Did you ever hear what a wild girl she
as before she was married ? My sis
ter's husband's cousin used to know
her, and she said she was perfectly inde
pendent—didn't care what folks said
about her. But I suppose you liave
heard of Mr. Este's failure? For my
part I don't wonder at it, his wife, was
so-extravagant; you've no idea how
much waste there was in that house.—
I don't slander my neighbors, but I do
say I'm not surprised that her husband
has failed. They say ,he drinks. I
should think Mrs. Smith would feel
dreadful b'ad to have Susan marry him ;
they're engaged, lam told. I wouldn't
have him courting Minerva Jane for
anything; but then Susan ain't any
better than she should be. I don'telan
der my neighbors, but I must say I
siziould.not want adaughter of mine do
ing as she does. Why, Mrs. Baker, you
ain't putting up your work? Do stay
till after tea. Well, if you can't, good
bye. Come again soon," continued
Au% t Jerusha.
" There ! if I aint relieved. Did you
ever hear a woman go on so about her
neighbors? The idea of slandering ev
erybody as she does! To be sure, I have
to talk with her when she's here; but
mercy knows I don't slander my neigh
bors !"
Mr. Mashy Suggests a Plan for the Up
building of the Deniocracy.
CONFEDERIT X ROADS,
(in the Stait of Kentucky,)
January 21, 1866.
gy ! I Halleloo
see a l gy
ite Halleloogybeams onto Halleloo-
I It me !
It penetrates me! It fills me! Joy to
the world!
I hey diskivered the cause of the de
cline of the Dimocrisy. I seed it yis
terday. I wuz a wunderin on the neigh
borlit hills, a musin onto the depthmty
uv humanity ez exemplified in the per
son uv the grocery keeper at the Corn
ers, who unanimously refoosed to give
me further credit for corn whiskey,
which is the article they use in this
country to pizen themselves with. He
assoored me that he had the utmost re
gard for my many virtues, but he dis
kivered that the one he prized the most
I hedn't so many uv, to 'wit: that uv
payin for my Ticker. Therefore the ac
count might be considered closed. Then
for the first time in my.life I believed in
total depravity. I
While musiir in a majairikoly mood on
this dark cloud which fell across the
Dimocratic party, I came onto a party
uv men borm for ile. Then the trobth
flashed over me—their operations show' d
me the way to success—the shoor path
to triumph.
"When," said I to myself, "when
men seek to gain ile they bore for it.—
They go down—never up. Even so with
the Dimocrisy. We dug downward 1
downard ! through all the strata uv soci
ety. We went through all the groce
ries—this stratum was the most ignorant
poor
whites uv the South, then below t em
the heft uv the poor of Nooiersv—t en
southern Illinoi and Indiana, then the
Pike county of Missouri, and so On !
We never went upwards for konverts,
cause ' twant no use---had to come down.
We got lots uv konverts.
There was a regular sliding scale with
the heft uv Dimocrats who wasn't born
in the party, to wit:
Quarter dollar smiles.
15 cent nips.
10 cent drinks.
5 cent sucks.
A flat flask couceeled.
A bottle openly.
•
Dimocrisy.
We lost our holds for two reasons.—
First, the poor licker we hey no.w kills
off our voters too fast, and the tax on
whisky forced two-thirds uv our people
to quit suekin, and ez soon ez they be
gin to get on• their feet they lined the
Abolishunists. Secondly, our leaden
supposed there wuz no lower stratum to
dig into, and they gave up in disgust.
But I have diskivered that lower strai
tum—l have found it; and when the
idee flashed over my Websterian intel
lect I shouted Halleloogy ! .The nigger
is the lower stratum—and 'if we bore
down to it, and work it thoroughly, we
hey at least a twenty years' lease uv
power.
We musticultivate the nigger. He
must hey the suffrage! It is a burnish
shame, that in this Nineteenth Sentry,
in the full blaze uv intelligence, living
under a Declarashun which declares all
men "free and ekal," that a large body
uv men shood be denied the glorious
privilege of being taken up to the poles
and voted. Is not the Afrikin a man ?
Is he not taxed ez we are and most uv
the Dimocrisy,
.for many uv them hey
property; is he not amenable to all the
laws even as we is? Then why, I tri
umphantly ask, is he not entitled to a
vote? ,And why not, indeed!
" But this is Abolishun I" methinks I
hear an obtuse Diihocrisy observe in
horror—" and why I, give them votes,
who will use them agin us?"
My gentle friend, will they use their
ballots agin us? Ef I know myself I
think not. Kin they read? Kin they
ght ? Aint the bulk of them rather
degraded and low than otheryvise? Me
thinks. Aint that the kind of stock we
want, and the kind which alluz set us
up ? Readin has alluz been agin us—
every scoolmaster is an engine of Abo
lishunism—every noospaper is a cuss.—
General Wise, of Virginny, when he
thanked God there wuznt a noospaper
in his district, had reason to ; for do you
spose a readin constitgency would have
kept such a blatherskite ez him in Con
gress year after year?
Then agin, the Constitoshunal Mend
meat will pass, givin representashun to
voters alone. The Dimocratic States
will hey more members uv Congress,
and more electoral votes, than afore the
war, and them States we depend on.
-But my skgem is still more compre
hensive. Them niggers aint needed in
the South. We'll send them North. A
few thousand will' overbalance the Ab
olishun majority in Noo Jersey ; fifty
thousand will bring Ohio back to the
fold, the same number will do for Noo
York and Pennsylvania, and the coun
try is saved—we will be able to elect the
President. Thus the pit the Abolishun
-Ist dug for us he'll fall in hisself—the
club he cut for us will break his own
head.
Honey hez cum out T` the carcass.—
The nigger smells sweeter to me now
than nite-bloomin Serious—he is more
precious to me than gold or silver or
precious stones.. He is the way, and I
shall walk in it.' He shall lift me into
a Post Offis. We must give our Afrikin
. brother—for is he not a man and a bro
ther?—not only the suffrage, but he
must have laud, and_the Dimocrisy- must
give it to him. I want Garret Davis to
instantly interdoose a bill to give him a
section of land, a pair uv mules and a
cook stove, and each female Afrikin
brother two Sarin calico dresses and a
red bonnet. I want him to advocate the
bill in a speech uv not more than two
hours, so that it will stand some chance
of passin. On second thought, I think
some other man had better interdoose
the bill, as the Ben - nit hez got such a
habit of votin down everything he pro
poses that they'd slawter this without
considerin it, on jineral prineiple3.
Then we've got 'em. Work ez hard
ez they may at it, it'll take twenty years
afore the Aboli#uaists can edecate em
up to the standard of votin their tickit,
and even that time wont do it, if we can
git the tax taken off uv whiskey, so that
JOBBING DEPARTIM.
Thu prowrletors have stacked the establishment with
a large assortment of modern styles
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES,
and are prepared to execute neatly, and promptly,
POSTRRS, HANDBELLS, CIRCULARS, CARDS, BILL
MUDS, LETTER =ADS, STMACERITS,
TOWNSHIP ORDHRS, to., dc.
.Deeds, Mortgages, Leans, and a full assortment
Constables' and Justices' Blanks, constantly on band.
Peoplelleing at a distance ean depend on hvingthair
work done promptly, and not back in rot= reen.
AtirOsinen—Boy's block, Second Vicar.
NO. 16.
we can afford to use it ez hi the happy
days uv yore.
Joyously I went home to lay the foun
dation uv the new temple uv Ditnocri
sy. 'I slept that' nits atween two nig
gers, and hey been shakin hands ;And
enquirin after the health uv the families
uv all I hey met. That is hard for an
orthodox Dimocrat—such suddin shifts
is rather, wrenchin on the conshence,—
but what uv that? The Dimocrat who
has follered the party closely for thirty
years, ought not to balk at rich a train
change as this, particularly when it
promises such glorious results.
Noßritrizi,i), Jackson co.. Wis.,
I March SI, 1888.
Friend oo6b —Perhaps a short de
scription of this part of the West may
be of interest to those who contemplate
a removal here in search of homes.
Under the Homestead law, passed by
Congress in 1860, any person who is, or
declares his intention of becor=.
American citizen, can, by sinaply t
the oath of allegiance, enter claim to
160.s,cres of any of the unseated govern
ment land in any of the States or Terri
tories. The land thus entered must be
improved and occupied for a period of
five years, during which time is- tree
from all land itaxes ; and then, if the
settler has not been off from the land
more than six Months at any one time,
a deed is given; after which the land is
subject to all customary taxes.
By this wise policy of our generous
Government, a person can in a few
years secure a home, without other coat
than that of having his claim registered
and recorded—about fifteen dollars. If
the settler prefers, he can pay the gov
ernment price, $1 25 per acre, and secure
a deed at once. He can also take out a
pre-emption, which will hold the land
for one year; and many take advantage
of this privilege, when looking for a de
sirable place to locate, knowing they
will in that time have leisure to remove
there with their families from the East.
The land is divided into sections of 640
acres each, and these in turn are divided
into quarter sections, and one of these
quarters is the amount allowed one per
son under the Homestead law. Every
alternate section is known as " railroad
land," and is deeded to the company or
companies that may construct a road ;
the amount being limited to a distance
of six miles on either side of the road,
and none to be claimed until twenty
miles of the road shall have been built ;
and in like sections for the rest of the
road.
This land is then brought into mar
ket, and sells for different prices in dif
ferent localities. Here, it will probably
bring but three or four dollars. In Illi
nois, on the line of the 'lllinois Central,
it brings from ten to twenty- dollars per
acre.
With this material assistance in de
fraying the expenses of building roads,
and being sure of large freights of grain,
companies, mostly from the East, are
rapidly pushing their lines in all settled
portions of the West ; and the farmer
generally finds a ready market for the
surplus products of his fertile soil.
More than a dozen roads lead to Chi
cago, the New York of the West ; and
the evidence of her vast trade is found
in her rapidly increasing population and
in the millions of bushels of grain ship
ped every year to the East and to for
eign ports. Without these lines of com
munication to get the products to mar
ket, there would be but little induce
ment for the farmer to raise the grain
now produced ; and even as it is, it often
brings, seemingly, so small a price, that
it does not pay to raise it. Wheat here
is but seventy cents per bushel ; and,
when carried by teams fifty, and often
a hundred miles to the railroad, brings
but one dollar. Corn and oats are cor
respondingly cheap; and in northern
Illinois and southern Wisconsin, I saw
oats sell for ten cents per bathe', and
corn for fifteen. Many farmers use corn
for fuel, and find it much cheaper than
to purchase firewood at eight donaraper
cord, and draw it, often, a distance of
eight or ten miles.
Wood is more plenty here, the locality
being on the border of the great prairies,
and near the heavy forest-covered and
nearly unsettled northern portion of the
State. As the land is improved, the fire,
which formerly annually swept overthe
prairies, is restrained, and the quantity
of timber is rapidly increasing. In many
of the valleys, and in the marshes,
groves of oak and poplar are found ; and
here the posts and rails are often pro
cured to inclose the ground redeemed
from its wild state. Much of the timber
is found on government land, but it is
all free in the eyes of the settlers, and
they help themselves accordingly. The
soil is generally a sandy loam, three or
four feet deep, and often resting on a
formation of yellow sand, mingled with
pebbles worn round by the action of
water. And the absence of 'shells, both
in rock and soil, leads to the belief that
the valley of the Mississippi was once
covered with the ocean, but became dry
land before any animate object was cre
ated, and that the rich soil found on the
surface, and increasing in depth as we
approach the Gulf, is a sediment left
there by the action of waters during un
numbered ages of the past.
The suface of the country here is gen
erally rolling, often rising into ranges
of hills, here called bleaftS, but seldom
more than three or four hundred feet
high, and often can be tilled to their
tops.
The prairie plough is certainly quite
a curiosity. It is about ten feet in length,
and weighs over three hundred pounds.
They, like all other ploughs in the
West, are made of steel, and, when
used, are drawn by four fine yoke of ox
en, and turn a furrow twenty inches
wide and four deep. The second year
after the ground is broke, it is ready for
the reaper.
Owing to the scarcity of lumber, the
houses of even the wealthy are gene
rally small, and very few are so extrav
agant as to build a barn. The grain is
stacked and threshed in the field where
it grew. About twenty miles to the
northward, we find the border of the
pine forest which extends up towards
lake Superior, and in which immense
bodies of pine are annually cut and
floated down the Black and Chippeway
rivers, on its way to the southern mar
ket.
In the marshes generally found in the
valleys of the smaller creeks, are found
the natural meadows of the West, and
there a kind of grasa called blue-joint
grass, often attaining a hight of six feQt.
There's a lite about to gleam,
There's a fount about to stream, 4.
Wait a little longer I
gorrtspatatre.
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