6btroTto* ga Clint Aim
, J
pabiDlied erery wi lVedu ce esda b y Morning, ta, $2,00 s
1,,,,riab1) in ran , y
' COBB & VAN GELDER.
x 2. con ]
~,,,13,, , 7- . .M14.2".151ZNTC3 - 13..e.a.'rP...5.
Imo. 3 mo. 6 zoo. 9 mo. lyr
, ..... $2,50 +5,00 7,50 10,00 12,00
'''''a rce: ..... ... 3,76 8,00 12.00 15,00 18,00
fr o,
F'qt,l a „lntun ..... 7, 00 lO, 00 15,00” I tap •
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20,00 35,00 46,00 65,00 - - 80,00
1 squire 1 hueett $l,OO-00 cts. eaeh week thereafter.
sineourratore and Executors Notices $2,00 each.
130:Tiff,. Cards of fire lines $5,00 per year.
Bu SINE S S DIRECTORY.
w. D. TERRELL & CO., •
I rip)LESALE DRUGGISTS. and dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass;
PerfumerF, Paints and Oils, &c., /se.
C o rning; N. Y., Jan. 1, 1866.—Ly.
• RCLS
NICUOLS & BECITCUELL,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAt.
office formerly occupied by Tame Lowrey, Eig
IN. A. Nicuots. JOHN I. MITCITELL...
Welislxiro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
WILLIAM H. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
4, Eati oace, Bounty and Pension Agency, main
Street NcellFboro, Pa., Tan. I, 1866. - -
S F. WILSON
WILSON I& NILES,
ITTORNETS & COUNSELORS AT LAW,
First door from Bigoney's, on the Arenne)
Will attend to business entrusted to their care
Lc Lae counties of 'Clogs and Potter. '
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1866.
•
F. W. ULRIC,
ATTORNEY AT LAW—Mansfield, Tioga co., Pa.
3lny 9,1866—1 y
GEORGE WAGNER,
TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
Shoe Shop. `Cottiag, Fitting, and Repair
mg done promptly and well.
Wellsboro r Pa., Jan. 1,1.966.—1 y.
JOHN B. SHAILSPEA.RE,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over Bovren's
Store, second floor. p Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing done promptly and in best style.
ii - elleboro, Pa.. Jan. 1,1866—1 y
JOSEPH HANLEY,
ILICKSMITH AND 8110 ER. I have rented
the shop lately occupied by Mr. P. C.Hoig, and
an prepared to shoe horses and oxen, and to
a. all kinde of work pertaining to the busi
isss in a superior wanner.
Wellshoro, Pa., Jan. 1,1866.—1 y.,
IZAAK WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
E C VERMILYEA, PROPRIETOR. This is a
ew hotel located within easy access of the
beet flailing and hunting grounds in North
ca Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared
f.r the accommodation of pleasure seekers and
tt.c traveling public. [Tan. 1, 1866.]
Pennsylvania House.
A]taRIAH rr A 7l ETT PROPRIETOR.
Iill: , popular hotel has been lately renovated and re
fcrmahed. and no pains will be spared to render its
lutpaahnee acceptable to patrons.
Welleboro, May 9, 1866,
J. HERVEY EWING,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
No. ll Law Building,—St. Paul St., Baltimore.
REFERENCES.—Levin Gale, Attoroey at Law,
ward Israel, Att'y at Lao. Rev. J. !deli.
Rile,', D. D., Rev. Henry Slicer, D. D., Con
field. Bro. Co., F. Grove J Co., Ludwig A
McSberry, John F. MeJilton, Esq., Robert Law
sun, Esq, S. Sutherland, Esq. {Mr. Evrtao
authorized to transact Any business appertain
ing to this paper in Baltimore.]
Jet. 1. 1866-Iy.
DB A CON,' H. D., late of the 2d Pa Cavalry, after
ae.irly four years of army service, with a large
.itn,hce in field and hospital practice, bas opened an
Act for the practice of medicine and surgery, in all
ne trancues. Persona from a distance canfind gdod
I,,Arding at the Pennsylvania Hotel when desired.—
, I , lt CsDT part of the State in con.nitation, or to
pe:iJrr, •nrgical operations No 4, Union Block, up
tun 11 tilshoro. Pa., May 2,1866.—1 y.
\EW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
FRANS. SPENCER
pleasure t infirm the citizens of Tiogs
eLar.tv that they have the best opportunity ever
fferea them, to procure Auibrotypes. Ferrotypes,
leau. Cartes de Visite. Vignettes, tea all kinds
•f !envy and popular card. and colored pictures,
ihlinry cm Elmira Sheet.
Xanefirdd. Nov. 15, '6s—tf. F. M. SPENCER\.
• 1
B EASTMAN, SURGICAL AND ME
CHANICAL
:~~--` v ,~~~T:
71 “ull inform the citizens of Wel'shot° and vi
tn:t). that he has fitted up a desirable suite of
t toter John R. Bowen's store, No. 1, Un
ll'ok. ohsre 'he is prepared to execute all
”t to his profession._ with a promptness ano
It?Ie that will enable him to offer superioribduce
a.„:: to those requiring dental operationii. All
starrahted, wad at reasonable rates. [ - Please
0,- tad Examine 'specimens:
Well.boro. March 21, 18845.--41
DENTISTRY.
C. N. DARTT,
WOULD say to the public, that he is perma
nently located in Wellsboro, (Office at his
atience, near the Land Office and Episcopal
Ctz•tt ; where ho will continue to do all kinds of
T.rE tided to his care, guaranteeing complete
lu•l:altim where the skill of the Dentist can
I `,‘ , t the management of cases peculiar to the
lie will furnish
I ARTIFICIAL TE E TII,
set on any material desired
FILLING & EXTRACTING TEETH,
attmka 10 on shortest notice, and done in the
beet and most approved style.
TEETLI EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
4 1 the the use of Anaesthetics which are per
fict:y harmless, and will be administered in every
CUE when desired. 5
Wellzhoro, Jan. 1, 11385-IY
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A TTENTION SOLDIERS.
r• SMITH, Knoxville, Tioga County,
f
, (U. S. licensed Agent, and Attorney
r oldiet t and their friends Oren:theca all the
l 'alStatee,) will prosecute and collect with tin
r.7alled ,uccet,s,
. I .)I.DIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES
' l4ll kiwi, Also, any other kind of `'claim
t rka...t the Government before any of the De-
F t rimeoh. o r in CrlngresB. Terms moderate, All
' E ZIlEtif atoms sent to the above addrees will re.
prompt attention. Jan. 17, 1966.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
liain Street, Welleboro, Pa
D. G. Rtl s Ttß, PROPRIETOR.
r • ri a , *iog leased this popular hotel property,
' tle -
occupied by Mr. Nelson Austin) I hull te.,eor to make it truly the traveler's home.—
114"`'Dal attention still be ven to the table,
the comfort of guests wi lt be a prime object.
e Rabies will be under the care of an experi
t,ted hostler.
Tan. 1, 1866-Iy.
•
' gel ° Shaving and Nair-Dressing Saloon.
E t obser'nors take pleasure in announcing to the
People of Weltshoro and vicinity that they have
out Mr .Shaiblm, late barber and h
iVellsboro. and have fitted up a neat and
sver Willcox's store, where they
L t d ,V,,. 4 3 - r b!, on hand ,to wait on their .enatomers;
"r"s will spare no
the
to please they hope to
.etar4. patronage of the community.
attention paid to ladies' hair-cattier
ke. Ladies' braids, pan, ~
c°ils
.."Pt on hand, or made to order,
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APril 2 uonir J. Jortmog.
Pees.-ly
.
[p. trvals , eEr.bre
VOL. XIII.
WELESBORO HOTEL
(Corner Main Street and thc .Avenue.);
irpHIS is one of the most popular Houses in
the county. This Hotel is the principal
Stage-house in Wellsboro. Stages leave daily
as follows : ,
=I
Far Tioga. at 9.a. or.; For Troy, at 8 a. m.;
For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday at
2 p. m.; For Coudersport, every Monday and
Thursday it 2 p. m.
Srs.ons ARRIVE—From Tioga, at 12 1-2 o'clock
p. m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. m.:'From Jer
sey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: From
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday Il a. in.
N. B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-known host
ler, will be found on hand.
Wellabor°, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
J. B. NILES
Of, MANSFIELD, Pa., have just received and
offer to the inhabitants of Tioga county, at the
lowest cash prices, a large and well assorted stock
of the following first class goods:
DRUGS, MEDICINES, dc, DYE STUFFS,
Paints, Oil, Putty and Glass, liowe cteStevene,
Family Dyes „ Patent Medicines, iPerfumeryi
Toilet Soapa„ -Hair Oils -'and -Pomades, 4 =
School and Miscellaneous Books,
Writing Paper,Envelopes,Blank
Books, and Blank Deeds of
all kinds, Diaries for
1866, -
Photograph and Autograph Albums, Gold Pens
.and Pocket Cutlery, All kinds of Toys,
Tobacco, Snuff & Cigars of best
brands.
1 ti
Pianoi, lifelodeons, & Oabinet Organs
VIOLINS, GUITARS, ACCORDEONS,
and all kinds olMusical Instruments and musical
merchandise. All We inost popular Sheet l!Jintie'
always on hand. '
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ill 4 i a
By special • ai 4
renglika ith fait - hist Man
ufacturing house in New York, we can furnish all
styles of
BRASS AND SILVER BANDS
Parties wishing Instruments will save ten per
cent. by communicating with us before purchas
ing elsewhere. All Instruments delivered
WARRANTED 4N EVERY RESTEPc
Pianos and Melodeons to .rent on reasonable
terms. Agents for the celebrated Florence Sew
ing Machines. LANG St WHITE.
Mansfield, Dec. 6,1865-6 m.
NEW DRUG STORE.
Dr. W. W. WEBS & BRO.
Have opened a Drug and Chemical Store, _on
Main Street, let door below Makings, where they
intend to keep a full assortment of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
A good, article of Medicinal Liquomand Wines.
Prescriptions carefully prepared.
Medical advice given fret, of charge.
Wellsboro, Noy. 8-Iy.
: N EW FIRM & NEW GOODS AT TIOGA
.
Would respectfally announce to !" all whom it
may concern," that they keep constantly on hand
a large and well selected assortment of
DRUGS AND INEDICAN
GLASS AND WALL TAPER,
DYE STUFFS, FAMILY DYES, LAMPS,
GLASS WARE, PLATED WARE,
eucb tita CASTORS, SPOONS, -
TEA & TABLE, FORKS;.-
WRITING -
ENVELOPES, SCHOOL 4150115,
PATENT MEDICIN ES,
Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gin
ger, Saleratus, Starch,
TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS,
and an endless variety of
YANKM NOTIONS.
Tioga, Pa., Oct. 4, 1865-15
IN Elk townfihip, Tioga County Pa., containing
424 acres, 40 acres improved. Said farm is
wowed by numerous springs. A small stream of
wat,dr sufficient foe churning, sawing wood, Ao.,
rune through the farm near the buildings. It is
well situatsd fora good dairy farm. A portion of
it- is good grain land. Two log houses, frame
barn and other out buildings thereon. A thrifty
young orchard of 70 or 80 apple, pear or plum
trees. A good school house on,the adjoining
farm. The aborefarm might be divided into
two email farms of ,62 acres each. Price $l2 per
acre. Terms easy. A liberal deduction made
for cash down. inquire of
C. If. KELLEY, W boro, or
WM. UPDIKE, on 11117 s premises.
Jatr- 17, 18613.—tf„
New Drug Store.
GILBERT have opened a Drug and
JR, Chemical Store on Main Street, one door
low Dr. Mattison's Rotel, in, the Borough 4if
Knoxville. where they keep on hand a full as
soitinent of
DRUGS AND MEDIeINFS,
•
4 good article of medicinal Wines and Liquors.—
oir.Preitriptions carefully prepared.
Knoxville, March 26,15"66-3m.
TRUSSES.—" Seeley's Third Rubber Truss'
cures rupture, frees the cord from all press
ure : will never rust, break, limber, chafe, or be
come filthy, (the fine steel spring being coated
with hard rubber); epring made-any power re
quired: used in bathing, fitted to form; requires
no Ara pping ; • cleanest, lightest. easiest, and best
Truss known. Send for pamphlet.
I. B. SEELEY, Sole Proprietor,
apll 66 1347 Chesnut at, Phila'a, Pa.
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B. B. ° HOLIDAY, Proprietor
LANG & WIJITI3, f
BAND INSTRUMENTS
INSTRUMENTS,
required in
FREE OF CHARGE,' AND
BORDEN BACYS
PAINTS, OILS,
CAKE DISHES; &c.
i Farm for Sale
IMEME2
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virELLI3OR'O9 PA., * tfUl4: 6; 1866.
We'labor° Marble Works.
HSTOWELL, JR., having purchased the
. interest of P. 40. Hoig, the business will
now be conducted under the name of H. Stowell,
Jr. t Co.
All descriptions pf marble work executed to
the entire satisfaction of customers. -
MONUMENTS OBELISKS AND HEAD•
STONES,
of the latest and most approved styles, We
alsoluniish to order,
MANTELS, TABLE TOES, SODA
FOUNTAINS
and a 1 kinds of work pertainiag to the busbies:,
We intend to do our work in a manner that will
defy, competition. • , , _
0
, . IL STOW.PIL, JR., A - CO.,
Wellabor°, April i . , 186 - 6. -
WHOLESALE DRUG STORE,
CORNING, N. Y.
DAI4I) MFAjietNES,'I4INTS
L L AND,O.ILS, • .
tiDDET§DAYJDT
INKS, CONCEI~T
TIiATEI);: MEDICINES , GIN-
aINI4ATI WINES AND
BRANDY, WHITE-
Wl'6l-1,111It;
K Ito ENE LAitIPS, " PATENT ME DI
,.
LINES, PETRbLEOI
ROCHESWER.PER
`I,
AND FLAVGRWG EXTRACTS, WALL
• PAPER; 'WINDOW GLASS, ,
,‘ ' AND DYE
,COLORS,
Sold at Wholesale PriCes.''Buyetiare requested_
to call and Act quotations 'before` going ftirtliei•
East. -
• -W. D. TERB.eLL &. CO.
Corning. N. - Y., Jan. 1,1866-1 y
Hand Power LOom r.-Patented 1865.
ALL persons interested in the production of practi
cal machinery into our country, are requested to
investigate the merits of
HENDERSON'S HAND POWER-LOOM
This loom, will do all kinds of land weaving.
It will weave jeans, blankets, plain cloth, satinet,
kersey, flannel, seamless sack, double width blankett.
or any kind of cotton, wool, or flax cloth. It treads the
treadles, throws the shuttle, lets off the web, and takes
up the cloth. It makes the upper shed as the batten
comes formaril, and beats up the filling after, the .cross
is made, making better cloth and,. better selvage than
can be made in any other way. - -
It is the only hand loom - that is 'suitable
for weaving wool, - _
as no loons . that pekes all the shed as the batten goes
back,will weave wool satisfactorily.
It has no strings to stretch and get out of order; has
treadles at, both, sides vf. the loom, making the shed
complete at botl . aides.
This loom is- made -to ware the different kinds of
cloth, by simply chan glng . the pine that, make the up
per shed.
Township rights for sale. Call at Malnsburg, Tioga
county, Pa, and see a full sized loom in operation- Or,-,
dare for looms solicited. LEWIS WETMORE,
Mahasborg, May 2,'66.- y A. F. PACKARD.
SAVE YOUR GREEisTRACB9.I. : I,:
AND CALL OFTEN AT
Nast & Anerba,h 9 s ---
CHEAP CASH STORE.
BLOSSIIIIRG:PA.;
Where you can always find, the best assorted
stock of
DOIAESTIO & FANCY DRY GOODS,
CLOTHS,: NOTIONS ; - .READY=
MADE — pLOTH.ING; --
hiaafacinred Under tlieir,orn superviaion.
Also Gentefurnishing goods, &c., &c. - ,!.•
.•• ; ;
In their merchant tailOring astablishment Sher defy
competition; baring the best tailors of New York city,
and an experienced cutter, Mr. H.. P. Erwin. geb2l66ly
NKW 'SPRING GOODS r I
AT REDUCED PRICES
Great Inducements to the Public!
NOT having a big stook of OLD GOODS to
t shove off at auction, I am enabled to , take
advantage of the present low prices, and am rea
dy to supply the public with a splendid stock of
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS, LATEST
Styles, purchased to accommodate this mar.
ket. . •
Particular attentionie direeted` to 'my de
sirAble stock of Linlies' DRESS GOODS,
Alpaccas, Poplins, Prints, De'eines, &c!;&e:,
Added to which I am offering a large
and splendid stock of
GROCERIES; BOOTS and SHOES, HATS
and CAPS. &a., &c., &0., &a., &a., &., &0.,
at prices to pßit Ike .). 2 000,1100, - at Osg ood's
old stan d , '
r 0. B. KELLEY.
April 4, iB4l
. 3., •
MUM FOR SALE.—A farm 0f12.5 _stores .or
thereabouts is offered for sale, situate ;two
miles from Welislioro, the county seat of this
county, and on the direct road to the lumbering
districts of Pine Creek. There is - about sixty
aoreslmproved, with a good house"and barn, and
a number of good springs of water. The timber
land is covered with valuable timber, and the lo
cation for one that wishes a
. gund farm near a
thriving and enterprising village cannot' be sur
passed. For further particulars,' as' to price,
terms, &c., apply to C. E. Brewster, WelLsboro, Or
to the subscriber at Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y.
March 7, 1886—tf. J. W. GUERNSEY.
0
Little Mary Anerleyi sitting ou4he stile.,
Why do _ on blush so red, and why so strangely
?
Somebody has been with you—Somebody I know,
Left thattunset on your cheek, left you smiling
sot
Gentle Mary Anerley, waiting by the wall,
Waiting in. the chestnut Falk, whet* the snowy
blossoms fall,
Somebody t 5 'coining there—somebody, I'm sure,
Knows your eyes are full of love, knows your
heart is:pure. . :
..
'-Sappy Mar., Anerley: looking down, so - taire -
_There'll a rin g, upon your , bausioutd. (hotter myrtle in i your h4ir!
.. . ..
- Somebody is with you oow's(imebodY, rsee,
Looks into-jinn-trusting fceit'very tenderly l' -
Quiet Mary
,Foteater, sitting by the abore, -
ItosifaceS'at your knee, rotes round the door—
Sothebody is coming home ! Somebody, 'I know,
Made you sorry when. be. sailed: are you sorry
now,
• - The half moon had risen, and hung
in the sky; the liu ge stars 'held 'Wateh
inthe 'stilly - place over the leafless trees
Which were lined out shadowly in white
Arid duck tracery;, the SUOW •lay, on the
,ground i ltere,and there broken by the
dini swell
_of little tufts of gi.ass and
: dead lieds; a ;,tone fence, with
sometimes 'iv - cleft in it, cut a long-Shad
ow in the snow ; beyond it rose many
tree stems, curving and tapering into, a
thotisand arches and embraces as they
'grew nearer heaven, pointing to it with
airy, arrowyr spires ; the low evergreens
stood moveless beneath-the - interlacing
branches. , In the midst of the trees the
Yorke dwelling threw its shadow on
the ground squarely, and its cupola
stood out against the steely blue. A
light glowed from the bay window ; it
lookedi - eerful. It -Has New :Year's
Eve. I stood at, the window of our lit
tle parlor, and tranquilly watched the
scene, W=hites breath of heart's ease
floated - over my-spirit. I was not tired
or,weary, but felt that I must take my
Weis work—to my heart with largeness
of comprehension ; the work was very
,commonplace; and I had rebelled against
It; now I was serene, because I re
belled no more, and was trying to rise,
child-like, to meet the smile of the
Overrtlin gArtist. .. Therefore, with ear
nest, breezy, faith, I said—" Oh! New
Year,,cOme tcinie with mighty breaths
from the mountains! Come with fresh
vigor from the everlaiding seas !" - and
past trials,,tielthine •Withno prisoning
gloom,. but with, soft, `rich suggestions,
as.l. looked baCk upon them. Ma` hap
they were intended as a deep ethereal
background, all dusk and shadowy, to
bring out the supernal glory of the fu
ture. do of 131 y. little cares and anxie
ties I said—" They are joyful under
neath, and-ibis year Twill search 'fot a
Divine intention in them"
Dolly, our excellent domestic, came
in to bring some -coal.
•" They .do say John .Yorke ;has come
back- from. the Sandwich Islands !!! she
exclaimed; With friendly eieltetuent.
.Dornestics - Will s tiever put on the-Mis
ter, even .whenuyou shudder -most at
their leaving it soft . I noticed this even,
`While my heart gave a wild
.leap into
my thriait. - DollYlingered 'a _moment,
and II tallted - Withher about the absent
Yorke fan They were Brien ding the
winter in- Boston.! After she had left.
the rtioin, I saw that some dread en
chanter-had taken possession of me, and
had swept all_ my tranquil philosophy
out of my reach. soul was 'hungry
and thirsty,' and fainted within me for
a dazzling splendor that bad shone a
round me in the past; the strong, pure
life of endeavor fwas so cold, so unendu
rable ; thought swam in tropical mem
ories. went np' stairs to my room,
where Iliad read and sewed contentedly
all day I took libm the bureau draw
two CoO "-,
ks . cif . poems. and opening one,.
saw a White meadow lily pressed with
grass. 'John Yorke had given ittonie
nearly eight years before, when it was
fresh an.i ii‘ :wily odorous, and around
it-the slender grasses waved airily ; and
as he hander] it'to me; a smile that
See,Medtoo ten d er to be complete hovered
lips he only Lily!" and
thought - . then he had christened me
for his own -'
- -
' I turned over the-leaves of the books
anciread the poems. fraught with rarest
passion i. which his pencil had marked.
I was untied - with an . abandon fluent in
thelife of 'other'da'f;S: I hail beehArong'
an hourago,'hutiroW I thing away eve
ry reih,' , and was :swept back helpless
into that mighty. tide. Alt !..there is an
-overleaping flood ha the heart that
breaks its bounds all the more power--
41y sometimes, because it • has been
powerfully held back I had only these
two books flint, he bad given are, and
the lily. Iliad Mimed up notes,- and
had thrown away, withered dowers, ro
seailieliotropes, 'honeysuckles. He ne
ver cared for flowers that were not hea
vy and dreamy in their odors. Once I
stood before the fire to burn those two
books—not intauger,' but for conscience
sake ; then 1 could not quite cut from
my life every trace of its wonderful and,
gorgeous dream._
,Ltook the voluthes to
the garret, and locked them in an old
trunk ; for three years I had never went
near them; . -
We lived on the outskirts of a west
ern town. John Yorke went East for a
few weeks, but he had never been back,
and I never had heard one word - from
- It, was seven years now, and Dol
ly--said he was again in-the old house.—
When he left Gpariton, a fair, golden
haired girl was placed Ander his care
for the journey.. I heard some jesting
about it—that was all. He went from
New York to the- Sandwich Islands,
and engaged in business there. Had he
found that-- young girl more alluring
than I? And had she rejected him?-
I..,dici not 'know.' But the burning, sting
ing,lan,.i7uished life within me found no
outward .expression. It was not diffi
cult to wear a light ,deineanor ; I had a
master stronger than John Yorke, and
it forbade that any. tender human eye
should ask, "Are you suffering?"
So a year went by ; it was a terrible
year, that suddenly sucked down into
its volcanic crater every dainty blossom
of my youth: 'think I could 'have
borne his death far better, for then I
-should have been softened; perhaps,
and I should have known that he wait
ed for me in the silent land. As it was,
I grew 'bitter at •human nature, and
passed away the time as best I could.—
One day I was told that I was heartless
FEEZZ
II
Stlut Vottrg.
ikY isivERLEY
ti I lit ue uS:.
JOHN - YORKE
BY MRS. SARAH A. WENTZ
, .
GI
—a coquette. Very likely I had only a
shining, agger to test hearts with, and
daggers are not merciful.
It was then that I learned how fierce
ly the forces of good and evil can con
tend, and I was under the foot .of the
adversary much of the time. But I was
to be bent and broken ; , appalling do
mestic afflictions came one after ano
ther. Perhaps they did their work
well; they crushed me into a humility
that was crushing and entire. I want
ed no longer a proud place in the world
—I was worth nothing—l wanted_ only
to hurry through life and die.
In this mood, a young lawyer, who
had studied with my father, offered me
hishand ; he had long sought me; he
had been very kind in our trouble,
bringing into the house some light from
the' outer world. I accepted him. - I
Wondered gratefully how he could care
for my drear, cheap, dead life ; I told
him how it was ; he chose me ; and then
it was that I burned John Yorke's notes,
and threw away hiS flowers, and strove
to be tender and cheerful to every crea
ture—life was so very hard for each one.
As I grew more tranquil, I learned to
look upon all things with a more just
and equal eye ; suffering distorts the
mental vision.
Carl Gunrig, for that was my friend's
'name, urged our marriage after we bad
been engaged a year; but as I receded
from my morbid state of mind, I vague
ly wished to put off the time. 1 did de
lay it ; and then the uneasy presages of
My own fears- were confirmed by oth
em. I felt that he was not noble and
whole at the center. I could not lay
my finger upon a sin4le act that was
specially wrong, but 1- heard hints of
little meannesses on his part, and these
hint's accorded with the impression that
had been growing upon me. I hesita
ted long ; he had done much for me
when I was dyin g of despair ; he had
made me feel' that some one cared for
me when all the pomp and glory of the
world said farewell. Was it in mission
to build up and elevate his life? I con
cluded that I could bear with a faulty
spirit, but not with a mean one, and
broke our engagement:
' - All this, and more, swept through my
mind as I sat by my 'table until mid
night. The lamp went out. I rose,
walked to the east .windoW, and drew
abide the curtain ; the moon had disap
peared ; the wind lifted itself. with a
swelling sound, and roved about the
house, shaking the doors and windows
a little, then rustling into a low mur
mur ; shapeless clouds drifted across the
deep blue firmament, revealing some
times a star.
There was a light in an upper room of
the Yorke house; it was John's room ;
and a shadow paced two and fro )36yond
the light muslin curtain. The town
clock struck its mellow chime, a quick
hand pushed aside the curtain, and a
face looked out—looked out long into
the night, and listened as I did to the
moaning, soaring anthem of the winds.
As I stood in the darkness, and saw
him framed in the light,. I - wondered if
he thought of the days when he said
the light iu my window seemed a holy
shrine.'
I dropped my eirtain saying-- 1 " He is
• • othing to me, and I shall do well to
'remember it!" Under the, rebuke of
self-disdain, Isuddenly shut
.out old
thoughts, feeling that I must turn with
still larger heart and hope to the needy
world. Iry the -morning I carried , the
two `volumes to their. old. place Au the
'garret, after having thrown the faded
.lily inhathe fire. I had been a slave to
- the past .the'night - before would be
sovereign Of the present now, loyal and
true to the King who had- planned my
fate,'and:l caught fast hold of the chain
of -discipline that ran through it. In
my.morning reading came these words
—" Return unto thy rest, oh, my soul,
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with
thee!" -
That was very true ; 'people bemoan
the things they posse•ssnot, and ought
not by any means to have, -- aulithey for
get to rejoice in the things they 'have,
and, ought to have, whether welcome or
otherwise. I took down " Little Dor
rit," and opened purposely to the hero's
experience with the qu'ondam ladylove
of his ytnith. Her exquisite and su
preme folly was a- tonic, and • I looked
grimly upon the meek and sentimental
side of my nature. Then. I looked in
the glass; and saw that 'I- was twenty
eight years' old, with the bloom of phy
sical youth retreating—retreating every
year; and nobody knew that there was
any spiritual youth behind it; nobody
but me; I thought so!
The morning was intensely cold and
clear, with an opaline atmosphere ; the
ground was silvered ; the sky was of
azure, seen through a dream of pearly
lustre;
,the trees lifted their serpentine
*rays of frostwork high into the soft
ether; on the evergreens lay great blos
soms of snow'; the little bushes were
slenderly. penciled above the frosty,
snowy ground,. I put on my bonnet to
,walk out, and looking round for a pre
text, saw that father had left his glasses
behind him ; therefore I went directly
to his office. As I opened his• door, he
was sitting alone at his table, holding a
paper at a graduating distance to aceom
modate his eye—now bringing it a lit
tle - nearer; now' holding it a little farther
off. " Here 'comes your deliverer!" I
exclaimed. • 4 , This is only the /third
time this week:" .
We - had a little laugh; then father
said—" My'dear, here is Mr. Yorke." •
John Yorke had been standing in a
recess behind the door, reading a docu
ment. He came forward. Without in
tention, there ran into my manner a
faint tinge of haughtiness,, as I ad
vanced and took his offered hand with
commonplace greetings. •
'" Helen, you have come in just at the
right time," said my , father. " I want
you to sign your name as a witness
Wait a moment. I will bring in some
one else." He, took his hat and, went
out. •
" Do you find Granton much changed,
Mr. Yorke?" I queried.
" Very much ; both things an &people
seem to forget what they were, or what,
I.was—that I should have . expected."
t rt
Involuntarily I s compelled to look
at him. It seem dby the somber fire
in his eyes, by .t e passionate pride on
his lips-I-he turn d and said, "Do you
ever read these d law books, Miss ,1:Ie
len ?"
" My father sometim em to
me."
"You have probably learned to rule
yourself by law, then ?" ,
I was strangely astonished by the ut
ter change of tone and manner in him.
It seemed as if he would search me with
a kind of bitterness as his right ; and I
answered, "I have' learned to rule my
self better than I once did, by some ce
lestial laws."
" Ay," he said thoughtfully, with a
EMI
CI
tone I remembered, " I wish I could
learu."
" Your friends and neighbors have
hot probably recognized you Mr. Yorke.
Seven years alter one's looks, especially
if passed among a foreign people."
I went away to become a foreigner,"
he said, taking a book from the table,
and looking at the title.
" It must be inspiring to move in
scenes so strange—where all is new H
new is a captivating word."
He shot a swift glance at me, and an
swered slowly—" Yes, the new dislodg
es the old sometimes."
"And that is often the-very charm of
living."
" YOu seem happy, Helen. Have you
been happy since we parted ?"
" Oh, I am pretty happy—often very
happy, - with a boundless- expectation
that all will be well."
" Have you been happy ?"
""ITo ! Will wine run clear before fer
tuentation? We have had much trou
ble." _ _
My father came in at this moment
with a friend for a witness. The busi
ness for which I had remained was tran
sacted, and I left. At, dinner time my
father said--:" The citizens have invited
Yorke to lecture this week."
"Will he do so?'r
" He accepted without circumlocu
tion."
" How long will he remain in town ?"
"He says it is uncertain ; business
may possibly detain him some weeks."
That evening there was a large party
in town. I went. I expected that Mr.
Yorke would be there. The old Adam
had :not wholly expired in me, and I
was not sorry that he should see the
poor undeveloped flower he had thrown
aside could lie glad in others' sunshine,
and was not unappreciated. I scarcely
looked at him once during the evening,
but I knew that he noted all my move
ments, and would have come, to me
once or twice. I eluded this, so that he
could hardly guess that it was done on
purpose. At a late hour I stood alone
by a table for an instant. He came,
'however, slowly, as if I must have been
aware of his presence before ; then tak
ing up a new book, asked if I had read
it. We talked about it a few minutes
cheerfully, and then I. asked if he would
be' kind enough to detach my father
from a group of gentlemen, with whom
he was talking politics. He did so, and
I was glad when I was leaning upon
the parental arm, and wending my.way
home.
I- had a vague feeling that it might be
safe for me to start off the next morn
ing to visit an aunt who lived twenty
miles distant, but I stayed, and attended
Mr. Yorke's lecture. During the past
seven years I had many times said to
myself—" It was my ideal that I wor
shipped, and not John Yorke. It is the
beauty of the dream that he conjured
up, that I sighed to lose. He is a man
for whose real character I had no sym
pathy." - And yet, when I ;.a.w him, he
seemed to assume over m a kind of
massive power, and every tremulous
joy of old shook and started. My father
proposed one day to invite him home to
dinner—'he never knew that he had
been more to me than some others. I
cast myself upor2 thestate of the larder,
and he did not invite him. But I felt a
curiosity to learn something ofi thestyle
of his nature, that I might see how I
had once misinterpreted it. A public
speaker cannot but show,the ruling life
of. heart . and purpose. if he represent
himself in the choice of a subject, and
is not the selected exponent of a party
or platform. I scarcely remember the
title of-the lecture, or whether it was
announced—but the thought that ran
-through it was growth„ There were
many allusions to the people among
whom he had lived—many contrasts
drawn between their simple state and a
condition ofhigher culture. There was
a vigorous and world-embracing hu
manity in his trenchant eloquence—a
scorn of false measurements, an impas
sioned adhesion to a life above external
judgments. When it was over, friends
and neighbors went to him with hearty
pleasure in their voices. My father ;
dear unconscious man, shook his hand
with generous delight. At that instant
Mr. Yorke turned a warm luminous
glance upon me for the first time. I was
lookirig at him almost dreamily, all my
thoughts fused into one melting sea of
reverie. As my father and I were walk
ing home, Mr. Yorke joined us. Ah !
saw that I had betrayed the entrance to
my hidden world, and I strove hard,
when I spoke at all, to speak with the
controlled carelessness of the two previ
ous interviews.
The next morning I left town to visit
my aunt. I knew that John Yorkewas
stronger than I—that if I stayed where
he could reach me I should grow hum
ble—if he sought me with that warm,
luminous expression. I abandoned ev-,
ery idea save that he had trifled with
me once, and I was eager only to crown
myself at any price with the dignity of
womanhood—this was a necessity more
vital than a life of happiness. I had
wished that he should see me serene,
self-sutlicient, hopeful. I had not wish
ed that he should catch a hint of that
tender girl who had stood beyond the
seven years' gulf. But he had seen her !
l 'So I went away, that my going might
utter the word—nevermore !
I had been at my aunt's about a week,
and was stringing apples to dry by the
sitting room window, while she was
making bread in the kitchen, when a
sleigh suddenly halted at the gate. A
gentleman threw down the buffalo robe,
sprang out with a look at the window,
and fastened his horse. It was John
Yorke! I started up, looked at my ap
ples, looked at my hands, and - then
bounded into the kitchen, hesitating
whether to wash my hands there, or run
.out into the meadows, and have aunt
say I was not at home. The latter idea
would savor of weakness, not dignity,
I applied the liquid element. I gath
ered up with incredible mental haste
every wound that had been inflicted up
on me, and the effect was calming and
cooling—even exhilarating to a kind of
cheerful sang-froid. I heard some one
admit the visitor, and my little cousin
entered the kitchen by the hall door,
saying there was a gentleman in the
sitting room who wished to see me. I
went in without delay, shook hands
with him, and asked if he had seen my
father before he started. He took the
chair I offered him, and I took one near
the fire, for I was shivering 'inwardly.
He did not answer my question, and I
said—
" The sleighing is very fine, is it not?"
Still he was silent, and I dared not
look at him, lest the wall of ceremonial
courtesy that I had reared should give
way: I stooped down, picked up a tur
key's wing, and brushed the hearth of
the Franklin stove. He rose and walk
ed. up and down the room. I rose also,
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and changed the position of some orna
ments on the mantelpiece
" Helen !"
I turned round. His face and lips
were white. I steadied myself against
the mantel, for I was frightened at his
emotion, and it swept through me elec
trically.
" You are pale now," said he, -coming
to me ,• " sit down."
I did so, and he leaned one hand upon
the back of my chair.
"You loved me once, Helen."
" One is apt to commit that folly once,
or twice, or thrice," I said, with a little
bitter laugh, " and one is apt to revive
after it. I think our penchant did not
prove mortal."
" If you had'esteemed me true to you,
would you be loving me now ?"
He leaned over, and looked in my
face. Such a possibility had caught me
to its welcome breast a thousand times,
but it had been disdainfully banished.
I moved impatiently in my chair, and
then went to the window. The reins of
my life wero almost surrendered to him.
What if he lvere true?
I turned :around and looked at him.—
His fiery, qave eyes drank in my look,
and he said in a very low but steady
voice—
" I have been true. Let me show you.
Here is a letter I received. yesterday."
He gave me the letter, and went to
the fire ?while I read it. It was as fol
lows :
" Sir:—l must make a humiliating
confession to you. I hated you once,
because you stood between me and He
len Somers. When you went to New
York, seven years ago, I watched the
letters you sent back, (my cousin was
postmaster,) and destroyed the two
written to Miss Somers; to the first I
sent you an answer, in her name. I
have, 'I trust in God, experienced reli
gion lately, and my conscience will not
let me rest in peace without this confes
sion. I beg your forgiveness, and wish
you. well. CARL Guvru '
" Oh, John !" I cried, dropping the
letter, and turning towards him with
passionate humility.
Swift changes went over his face, as
he came and laid my head on his breast
with burning tears.
" I heard that you were very gay that
first year," he said, " and then that you
were engaged to Carl. I supposed that
you had married him, for I never asked
about you, and my father always called
you Helen, if he mentioned you, which
he did rarely. I heard six months ago
that \ you were free, and, proud sal" was,
I cotild not resist coming home, to try
to win you once more, my Lily !"
There is a proverb which says, " Bet
ter is the enemy of well." Perhaps we
may go further, and say that " Well
sometimes makes us regret bad."
You would have confessed the truth
of this latter axiom, if you had known.
as I did, an excellent young man named
Horace Castillet, who had been gifted
by Providence with good health, pow
erful intellect, an amiable disposition,
and many 'other perfections, accompa
nied by one single drawback. He had
a distorted spine and crooked limbs, the
consciousness of which defects preven
ted him from rushing into the gaiety
and vain dissipation which so often en
snare youth. Forsaking the flowery
paths of love and pleasure, he steadily
pursued the rough up-hill road of dili
gent, persevering study. Ho wrought
with ardor, and already success crowned
his efforts. Doubtless, bitter regrets
sometimes troubled his hourS of solita
ry study—but he was amply consoled
by the prospect of fortune and well
earned fame which lay before him. So
he always appeared in society amiable
and cheerful, enlivening the social cir
cles with the sallies of his wit and ge
nius. He used sometimes to say, laugh
ing, " Fair ladies mock me, but I will
take my revenge by obliging them to
admire."
One day a surgeon of high repute met
Horace, and said to him :
" I can repair the wrong which mu
turc- has done you. Profit by the late
discoveries of science, and be at the
same time a great and a handsome man."
Horace consented. During some
months he retired from society, and
when he reappeared, his most intimate
friends could scarcely recognize him.
" Yes,'' said he, "it is myself ; this
tall, straight, well-made man, is your
friend Horace Castillet. Behold the mi
racle which science has wrought. This
metamorphosis has cost me cruel suffer
ing. For months I lay stretched on a
species of rack, enduring the tortures
of a prisoner in the Inquisition. Bat T
bore them all, and here I am, a new
creature. Now, gay comrades, lead me
whither you will •, let me taste the plea
sures of the world, without any longer
having to fear its raillery."
If the name of Horace Ca.stillet is un
spoken among those of great men, if it
is now sunk in oblivion, shall we not
blame for this the science which he so
much lauded ? Deeply did the ardent
young man drink of this world's poi
sondsprings. Farewell to study, fame
and glory ! LEsop might never have
composed his Fables, had orthopedia
been invented in his time. Horace Cas
tillet lost not only his talents, but a
large legacy destined for him by an un
cle, in order to make him amends for
his natural defects. His uncle, seeing
him no longer deformed in body and
upright in mind, chose another heir.—
After having spent the best years of his
life in idleness and dissipation, Horace
is now poor, hopeless and miserable.—
He said lately to one of his few remain
ing friends:
" I was ignorant of the treasure I pos
sessed. I have acted like the traveler
who should throw away- his property in
order to walk more lightly across a
plain !"
The surgeon had - another deformed
patient, a very clever-working mee an
ic, whose talents made him rich and
happy. - When he was perfectly cured,
and about to return to his workshop,
the conscription seized tam, finding
him fit to serve the state. He was sent
to Africa, and perished there in battle.
A gentleman who had the reputation
of being an original thinker, could not
speak without a painful stutter. A skil
ful operator restored to him the free use
of his tongue, and the world, to its as
tonishment, discovered that he was lit
tle better than a fool. Hesitation had
given a sort of originality to his dis
course. He had time to reflect before
he spoke. Stopping short in the mid
dle of a sentence had occasionally a
happy effect, and a half-spoken word
seemed to imply far more than it ex
pressed. But when the flow of his lan
guage was no longer restrained, ho be
gan to listen to his own commonplace
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES,
Leave Well Eaough_Alone.