b o t oya-taittii.-441itittor
,
hll,le,lied every %yetiutgiday Morning, at 0,00 a
TMi , i e:uriably iu adYnuesi, .
COBB & VAN 'GELDER.
(P. C. VAN GELDER.
jt , D - C.T..I3,'I'XS /MSG. ItA.T.V..S.
1310. 13 1110. 1 6 ruo. 9 tie,. I Iyr
... 42.5 u s.i.iii 7,50 10;00, 12,00
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'• ' - , 3 ...... . u.I 0 9.00 12.00 15.00 18,00
tii' 1 1 ,„,,,,..., 7,00 lO,OO 15.00 1 20.00 25.00
r4 , , ,- . ' ,.l, j iain ...... 12 00 20.00 30.00 38,00- 45.00
i; ~,
.....'21.00 85,00 45,00 05.00 90,00
1 5..0,1 , 1 irour'n $l,OO-50 cts.ectell week thereafter.
',,,,,,i..traliirs paid Executors Nutieees2.oo eeth.
' , ,, 5 ,.,,,, card.: of Ore lines $5,00 per year.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
g r g iv. D. TEMBELL & CO:,
IfE r i i,EsALEI DRUGG.ESTS, and dealers in
I ti it Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
p e rlainery. P.l.llltii and Oils, &C., &c.
C:MiLig, N. Y., Jan. 1, IM.-Iy.
MIESE
mono Ls-& rarrearaz, •
, Ti fiENEYS AN]) COUNSELORS AT LAW
brmerly occupied by James Lowrey, Esq
A. NICHOLS. JOHN I. MITCHELL.
Well5l.lOTO, .3 , 11. 1, 1566-Iy.
WILLIAM 11.
ATIo RNEY AND COUNSELOR AT „LAW
I , s ,race, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main
f, ,,..„l,Wellstioro, Pa., Jim. 1, 1868.
s. F. VtilLsoi
WILSON &
tT ioRNEYs 16 COUNSELORS AT LAW,
,brEt door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue)—
T i i attend to business entrusted to their care
cbe counties of 'rioga and Potter.
IS',llsboro, Jan. I, 1866.
F. W, CLAM
k77OI'NE I AT LAW—MfillYfiei.d, Tioga CO., Pa.
May ‘.l, ISGG—Iy
GEORGE' :WAGNER -
ItILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Bears's
Shoe Shop. Cutting, 'Fitting, and Repair
ing dose promptly and veil..
ICellsboro, Pa., Jan. I, 1866.—1 y.
JOHN B. SHAESPEARE,
DP.APER AND TAILOR. Shop aver 'Bowen's
Nnre, second fluor. 'Cutting, Fitting, kind
LeNaring done promptly and in best style. t
icellsboro, Pa.. Jan. 1, IStiet—ly
JOHN I. MITCHELL,
GENT for the collection of bounty, back pay
and pensions due soldiers from the Govern-
Mee with Nichols and Mitchell. Wells
.: . Pa. m3O, '66
VA.A.K 'WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, PA.
E C VERMILYE A, PROPRIETOR. This is a
:ex hotel located within easy access of the
east fishing and hunting grounds in North
rt. Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared
:,rcheACCOMmodation of pleasure seekers and
:Lc traveling public. - [Jan. 1, 1866.]
Pennsylvania House.
A1.1_ , ..E.TA11. HAZLETT PROPRIETOR.
phalar hotel has been lately renovated and ro.
wrath, d. and no paint will be epared to rendp.,ita
q,bb; acct ',table to patrons.
, it, tw5,...11.1y 9.199 C, • •
J. HERVEY EWING, •!-
.Trop.NEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
No. 11 Law Building,—St. Paul St , Baltimore.
I:EfrEEENCES.—Lerin Gale, Attorney at Law,
14ard Att'y at Lair, Rev. J.: MoE.
Pot cc, D. D., Rev. henry Slicer. D. D., Can
field, Bro. 1 Co., F. Grove d: Co., Ludwig &-
Mac:berry, John F. McJilton, Esq., Robert Law
oat. Ecq ,S. Sutherland. Esq. [Mr. EWING iP
authorized to transact any business appertain
oc. to this paper in Baltimore.]
inn. 1, 1866-Iy.
kAci I:`,, M. IL, late of the hi Pa. Cm airy,• after
it „
early four 3 ears of it rtny service, with a large
in field and hospital lia-nct ice, has opened an
I,r the practice of tuedioinel and surgery. in all
Pereone from a distance can find good
adm: nt the Pennsylvania Hotel when desired
a Kai part of the State in consultation, or to
:argl,tl operations. No 4, Union Block, up
o Wilktioro. Pa 4 Stay 2.1.866-Iy. -
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIY.-
.
FRANK SPENCER
I,:•.:,pleanure to inform the eitiiens of Tioga
c ccrctl.at they have the beat , opportunity ever
Zerei them, to procure Ambrotypea, Ferrotypes,
Cartes de Visite, Via:nettes, ctrl kinds
~.ucy and popular car& and colored picture=,
Gallery ad Elmira Street.
I!l,rAeld, Nov. 15, '6s—tf. P. M. SPENCER.
18. EASTMAN, SURGICAL AND MD
. CHANICAL
tS - TA
Would inform the citizens of Wellsbero :and
thet he has fitted up a desirable suite of
r-tr, , over :folio It. Bowen's store, No. I. Ern
', hack, where he is prepared to execute all
in hit Trofession. with a promptness and
'le that will enable huo to offer superior induce-.
to those requiring dental operatiom):. All
q. warranted, and at reationable rates:.' Please
t.'l and examine specimens.
Wel6boro. March 21, 1868.—tf
DENTIS '
C. `N. DARTT,
OULD say to the public that he is perma
nently located in li'ellpboro,. (Office at his
•..ence, near the Land Office and Episcopal
:achy where he will oontinucto do all kinds nt
confided to his care,. guaranteeing complete
, action where the skill of the Dentist can
;o the management of cases peculiar to the
"g. lie will furnish
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
set ou any material desired,
FILLING & FXTRACTING TEETH,
at , teded to on shortest notice, and done in the
beet and most approved style.
" EK'rRACTED WITH.O.U_T.PAIN
the the use of AiiiintbeticEl rife per
tctly hartnle,s, and will be administered in every
case when desired. . .
Well,hor o , Jan. 1,18.65-1 Y•
.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS.
A TM. B. Knoxville, Tiogn County.
Pa; (U. S. licensediAgent, and -; ttLttorn
Fuldiers and their friends thrimghlWan the
YalStates,) Will prosecute and collect üb
r,alled ,nreesr,
r . tGaGERS' CLAIMS ARM SUSS'
r . f ail kinds. Also, any other kind of claim
.ait , .t. the Government before any of the De-
I:runent r or in Congress. Terms moderate, All
'" , zinunications snot to the above address will re
prompt attention. " 17, 186 d.
UNITED STATE,, MOTEL.
Main F l treet, liiirepsbaro, Pa.
U. RITTER, PROPRIETOR.
feasei this poptilan betel property,
lately "e , apied by Mr Nelarp AA,trtl4) 1 ehelt
cclearor to make it truly the' frtrii'elei'e : tionie.—
Pcrional attention will be•giveri to the -
,table;
"d the comfort of guests will be a prime object,
the etahlee Will he under the care of an experi
.teed ho‘tler.
WellA,lro, Jan. 1,1886-1 y: •
Nov Shavi
---
ng.aad Hair-Dressing Saloon.
'NE tub scribers take pleasure in announcing to the
of Well:dam+ and vicinity that they have
, „ . Cht out F. Shaiblin, into barber and hair.
Wellsburo. and }inv.. fitted up a neat and
'''an room over C. L. WillcoN's store. where they
be on hand to malt on tlp-ir cu,tomersE
t "
they will spare on pains to please, they. hope to
the ratronlge of the community.
,I‘,,
^LPO on e
attention paid to hair-cutting, sham
-4."
hand, Lad or made to ordies' braids. peaer,., em cori
s
Idons E r .
April Joinows.
il 25, 1686.-17
VOL. XIII.
WELESBORO HOTEL
• (Cirrner.Main Street and the Avenue.)
THIS is one of the most popular Houses in
THIS
the county. This Hotel is the principal
Stage-house in Welimber°. Stages leave ,daily
as fellows :
1011 N I. MITCHELL
F . or Tioga. at 9 a. m.; For Troy, at 8 a. in.;
For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday at
2 p. For Coudersport, every Monday and
Thursday at 2 p. m.
STAGES ARRIVE—From Tioga, at 12 1-2 o'clock
p.m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. From
sey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 13 a. : From
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday Ila, m.:,„
N. B. Jimmy Cowden, the well-known host
ler, will be found on hand.
Wellabor°, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy. -•--
- t 'C. F. SWAN' -
i t GENT for the Lycoming -County Insurance
Company, at Tioga, Pa.
June .6, 1566.-3m 4, - „
J. B. Nmes
N EW DEEIG STORE
Dr. W. W. WEBB & BRO.
Have opened a .Drug and Chemical, Store, on
Main Street, let door below Hastings, where they
intend to keep a full assortment of . .
•
DRUGS AND ,NEDIONES.:
4S. good article of Medicinal Liquors and Wines.
Prescriptions carefully prepared.
Mac:Beal advice given free of .cliistige.
Wellabor°, Nov. 8-Iy,
NEW FIRM, ; ,NEW GOODS AT TIOGA
BORDEN PRO'S
Would respectfully .announce to "all whom it
may concern," that they heeticupitantlY oziland
a large and well Pelected assortment of ' -
-
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
GLASS AND. WALL PATER;
DYE STUFFS, FAMILY DyES, LAMPS,
GLASS WARE, PLATED_ WARE,_'
, s WAITANG sPAPER, J- 1 .
-.XNVELOPES, SCHOOL BOOKS,
- •
PATENT •AIEDICINES
Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gi n
;ter, Sralerains, Starch,
•
TOIiET AND WARING' SOAPS-
and an milers variety of
- Vet NK E.E. NOTIONS: -
-,-•• -fs
"TiOga, Pa., Oct. 4, 1865—1y35
A. 3. SO - Ik has just returned from New
J_ lurk with a' fall assortment of ladles' fancygoods
and millinery in every style. Toilet articles..of the pa
test'and best quality. MADAME DEMORESTI3 perfumes,
powders, de.. *lnch no lady will ,lo without atter once
using.
A nice variety of white goods. consisiing of hosiery
corsets. handlterchiefsinollare, cuffs. LO,
A ilew 'Style of Garibaldi cloth, which is most demi
MEM
fiead.dresses and dress caps. infant caps and bats
Bonnets and hats repaired to order
Sofield Irill continua to receive goods from N.
York during the season, and hopes to please all her cus
tomers. Wellsboro, May 9.1.5fai,
'GROYERBcBAKER'S
Elastic and Locli-Stitch Scaring Ma-
chines
QENERAL AGENCY, 28 Labm :.treet, Elmira."
Local agents supplied at factory prices, and
new agents wanted for unoccupied .districts.,
Also, a large stock of machine 'findings.;_ For
circular, address THOS., JOHNSON,
General Agent of G. & B. Sewing Machines,
_June 13, 1888-tf -28 Lake st„., Elmira, N Y.
New Drug Store.
RICH h GILDERT,have opened a,Drugand
Chemical Store on Main Street, one door be
low Dr. Mattison's Hotel, in the Borougli of
Knoxville, where,thetkeep 011.118nd a full ea-,
sortment of
DRUGS AND' MEDIOWES,
a good article of medicinal Winos and Liqubrs.—
,7 , Ek - Prescriptions carefully prepared.
Knoxville, March 26, 1866-3 m.
fIPRUSSES.-L"Reeley's Rubber" ) Titis's'
11 cures rupture, frees the cord from all press
ure: will never rust, break, limber, chafe; or -be
come filthy, (the Sue steel spring being coated
with hard rtibter) ; spring made any power-re
quired; used in bathing„fitted to form ; requires
no strapping; cleanest, tightest. easiest, and;best
Truss known. Send for pamphlet.
LB. SEELEY, Sole Proprietor„
spit 6n 1347 Chesnut st., Phila'a;'Pn.
A GENTS WANTED—For our new and beau
-1•1_ tifttl work, the pictorial book of; Anecdotes
and Incidents of the Rebellion: heictic, patriotic,
political, romantic, humorous and tragical; splen
didly illustrated with over 300 fine portraits and
beautiful engravings. Thin work, for genial hu
mor, tender pathos; startling inherest„,and:attrau
tire beauty, stands peerless and alone among all
its competitors. The valiant and brave hearted,
the , pictnresque and drauiatic, the •witty and-mar
yellow, the tender and pathetic ; the roll of fame
and story, cathp, picket, spy;iseout, ddequac and
siege, startling, surprises, wonderful escapes; fa'
mous words and deeds of woman, and the whole
"panorama of the war, are here thrillingly •and
startlingly portrayed in a masterly manner, at
once historical and romantic, rende'ring it the
mast ample, brilliant and readable' book that the
war has citlled forth ' " '
Disabled officers and soldiers, teachers, ener
getic yonng men, and all in want of profitable
employment, wilt find thin the best chance to make
money ever yet offered. Send Tor circulara and
see our terms: -Address:
NATIONAL PUBLISHING C0.,-., •
J 13.-111 1 4" No, 507 31 inor r st..,Phila.. Pa.
TtiE Undersigned. agent for . the celehrateti Ro
chester Trout Fie's, keeps constantly on linEl_
li,hing tackle. consisth% of N. Y: trout fliir,aiii
sey & Limerick Looks, on snells, siTE7Fraided;
hair, seagrass and linen linen; leaders, gut : .
strands, hooks, fly hooks, rods. reels, trout basloi --
pn., tips. landing nets, &c. Shop in the rear of
Gunn th Tucker stove store. T L. A. SEARS.
Welkboro, May.l6, 1866. ,
D ISSOLCTION.—Notice is hereby - given that
-the partnership heretofore existing between
the subsmihers. is -dinsolved, by. mums! consent.
JOB WILLCOX,
CIARK.L. WILLCOX.
WellAnro, June 8, 1866.-31.3
AN A s sortme n t of TABLE GLASSWARE
will be found et DRUG .STOILE:
,
k(kL
•.„:...
'WE BORO, PA.
B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor
PAINTS: 9 . 114- (f -;;
sad) as CASTORS, SPbONS,
TEA & TABLE, FORKS,
CAKE DISHES, &c.
- Wellsboto marble Works: -
STOWELL, JR.., having purchased_ the
interest of P. C. Hoig, the businesswill
now be conducted under the name of 11„ Stowell,
Jr. Jr. Co.
All descriptions of marble work ,oxecnted tq
-
the entire satisfaction of customers. -
MONUMENTS OBELISKS AND tiEAD
•
of the latest, and moat ,
fippi.oved styles. We will
also furnish to Order,
MANTELS, TAELEI TOPS, SODA
FOUNTAINS - -
and all kinds Aaf work pertaining ; to the business
,• , ,
We intend to do our, work manses` that wil
defy:competition.. - •
H. ,STOWELL, JR., CO.
Welisboro, April 2, 1866.
WHOLESALE DRUG STORE,
CORNINq, - _, IsT;::*,..:
T
TOTNtS 'PA NTS AP,IIGS AND h/F-frt
-1- I, AND OILS, --
4 1,
THADDED . S-DAVIDSP INES, CONCEN
: 3
- 1 1hATED MEDICINES; ,EIN
CINNATI WINES AND
BRANDY WHITE.
wAstr,lagt
DEE
KEROSENE LAMPS, PATENT ALERT
CL S,. PETRI:2EI3M OIL,
ROCHESTER PER-
_
ITMERY
AND FLAVORING ' .. . I ,I I RACTS i WALL
"-' PAPER, WWQW 9LASS; -
, , AND DYE COLORS,
Sold at Wholesale:l4)cm: Ifhji,erk r it*Fequfsted;
to call end get quotations before going further
East. , 7 7 • I
W. D.
ti Coming, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1866:1y
Hand Tower Loom !-Patentetfig6s.
- •
LL persons interested in the production od t•• ``."
inv e sti gat e the m"ejr-rsTiur !)ulltrisa_Le_truttested to
RENDERSON'BAviv POWER LOOM
This loom will do all kinds of hand weaving..
t will weave jeans. blankets, plain cloth. satinet,
kersey, - flannel. seamless Back, double width blankets.
or any Itlnd of cotton, wool., oriflas cloth. treads the
treadles, throws the shuttle, lets off the web, and takes
up the cloth. It makes the upper shed as the batten
comes forward. and beats tip the filling after the cross
is made. making bettor cloth and better selvage than
can be Made in any other way.
It is the only. hand loop that is,suitablf
for wearing wool, -
an uo loom that makaA all the shed as the batten goes
back. will weave wool satirfactorily.
It has no strings to stretch and set out oronler ; has,
treadles at both sides of the loom, making the shed
complete at both sides. - • , .
This loom FS malie 'to "%vett the • different kW* Of
cloth, by simply changing the pins that make the up
per shed. , • , " , ie
Township rights for sale. Call at Mainsburg,ltoga
county, Pa., and see a full sized loom in operation. -Or
ders fur looms solicited. LEWIS WETMORE,
Mainsburg, May .24 A.,F. PACKA4D,
SATE YOUR GREENBACKS! I
u AND c L 0 FirE N d T
Nast & Auerbach's
CHEAP CASH STORE.
k ;i,;siAlict;
.12, ?
Where you can alwaygr And, the best assorted
stoat of _
DOMESTIC & FANCY . - DRY GOODS,
CLOTHS, NOTIONS, READY
211 ADEL CLOTHING, ''`
Manufactured ander, their own sup' arvision. " 11-
Also Vents' furviskiog goods;
In thesenzerctiant tailoring eetablieliutent theY defy
competition ;. haring the Lest tailors - or rim York city,
and an experienced cutter, Mr:u. I'. Erwin. [feb2l6Bly
NEW SPRING GOODS
dT `EEDacED-;.pluc4s
Great Inducements to the Public!
NOT having. Ekligsto4 of,PLD GOOPS to
shove Or at naction; I ariv'enahleul to take
advantage of the present low prices, and Ain rea-f
dy to supply the public with a splendid clock of
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS, .14-TEST.
Styles, purchased to accomodate this mar
ket.
Particolar.aftention,is directed to my de
sirable stock .of Ladies' DRESS GOODS,
.Alpaccas;P - oplins,Prints, Delaines,
Added, to which
. 1 ,am
_offering large
and ariTeied iithek of ' 4 ' 4:-
GROCERIES; BOOTSand SHOES, HA,TS
and CAPS." &0., &c., Sas., '&c., 80.;
at prices to suit the 1,000,000; -, at Osgood'a
oldBorid,,Welleboro, Pa..
C. B. KELLEY.
- April 4,186,6:
,
_ARM FOR SALE.—A farm of 125, acres or
. ..12 thereabouts is offered for sale, situate two
miles from WelMoro, the county seat of this
county, and on the direct road to the lumbering
districts of Pine Creek. There is about sixty
acres improved, with a good house and barn, and
a number of good springs of water. The timber
land is covered with saluable limber, andlthe
cation for one that wishes a good
,form near a
thriving and enterprising village ,cannot be
passed. For further partkulare„ as to price;
I terms, &c., apply::,tt; C. E.,Brewster, Wellshoro, or
to the subscriber at Corning, Steulusu Co., N. Y.
March 7,1866—tf.
.4, qtrEANS4Y.
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WELLSBORO, PA., MN 4, 1868
STONES,
MIME
Pisrtilaiittrus.
Report of the Superintendent .of Com
reon Schools of Tioga co. for 1865.
BY N.. L. REYNOLDS
School Howes.--LHitTli, taxes is "plea
which will compel many a; little 'one to
shiver,in an old dilapidated school house
for years to 'conic. Yet - some of the
townships have so much spirit, that
even this plea is unavailing. Charles
ton, and Delmar, and Liberty, and Bul
- as usual, take the lead. Charles
ton has erect4A one of the best houses
in the county. Those townships here=
tofore doing least in this line, of course
now do nothins•. , •
- Apparatus.—Tioga township, always
noted for • good- schools, has this year
added to its school apparatus the mag
netic,
globe. This is . a" Wise investment.'
The pupils already evince a better an
.derstanding-of the first principles of ge
ography.
Schools:—There has .been very little
change during the year u the matter of
classifying and grading the Selidols'.=
Suitable tiobses are - wanting. Those
heretofore graded have given .excellent
satisradion..
,Tenche).B.—Three hundred and thirty
six teachers, have been examined.. Over
sixty of these had never taught. 'Twen
ty-five male Sonly have been employed ;
nearly one hundred less than in 18.60.
All'the:fbmale.teachers with reasonable
qualifications were employed then; yet
the schefii formerly taught by these one
hundred young Men, have to be taught
now by females: -The number of qual
ified female teachers has increased so as
to supply= about one-half of this defi
ciency. - The , others are from the " not
some females - think teach
mg is easie/ . lan house work. They - go
,tosehool jUst-enough to get the poorest
certificate, and then think.to make tea
ching a ,business., We shall not, how
ever, be, troubled with them much long
er. 01,4 4iornial school will - soon make
the supply - of!Well qualified teachers in
some degree commensurate with the de
mand. =Laboris well paid.- Schooling
is eheap.; With diligence and deternu
nation the poorest may be the wisest.
:I Pieta t ion s.—The number of visits, by
Mr. Elliott and myself, is greater than
the nutiTher of schools in the county;
but on' account' of the hasty change in
114 e middle of the school some
were-visited twice, and others not at all.
tit is to he reg'rett'ed that any should have
been cniiitfed ; for when a school is not
visited;it has lost the most valuable
part of the Superintendent's labor. I
realized, ithis L in 'my recent-visits more
than ey,er - before. I found manv - ptipils
in schools- whicli I' had visited 'seven
years liSfore : , -- ferriembering, .almost eve
rything Ith6n did- and said. \Vhztt an,
sppcirtunity:to plant in these ,receptive
tninds, - *editruths, which shall by and
4y , sp4l4g : up and bring forth a bounti
l'ulliarvesi,!
T;„,,T. , 'Visited the
- Set - OrsOf eJOit 1v ,
the names of over six . thousainipupirs,-i
-marking-the :degree of their advance
ment in each- hraneh which they stud
ied. In-my visitations I ha'Ve carried
this boOl - i and when about- to
leave ) the school called - the names of
those fOrMer pupils, asking thOse pres
ent to tell what had Lipp:nue of them.—
This - was -intensely interesting - to the
:
seholays ; 1 1 s well 'as to myself. I elici
ted"sol4 v!:.‘ry Curious uric instinctive
- Of three thousand five hun
dred and fifty-four male and female pu
pils, whosarnames I thus calk.!, five
hundred and Alty-nine had been in the"
aboht -one-sixth of all, or one
third of the'inales, or two out of three
Who were: old enough to go. Of the five
! hundred and:fifty-nine who went to the
army, one hundred, and twentY4!ight
only are dead, or about one in five ; feW
.l4 propertion to the number, but enough
tti bring sorrow and weeping into nearly
every •schOor These noble
toys are embalmed in the memories. of
their kind and loving school Mates: Of
the two thousand nine hundred and
ninety-live remaining at home, one hun
dred and ithirty-two are dead. ,or only
one in twenty-three. Thus we see the
risk 1K ! losing one's lite in the army was
hb9idt fold greater than remaining
at' home: Of the three thousand five
hundred and 1141 y-four, five hundred.
madfifty- - nineare.paarried. The pupils
have 4ecoule the parents. ,
- soon.the results of school train
ing affect, the Charaeter of the citizen
and the - State: "The truths taught in the
schools-only t;even:years ago', are now
I.being actedmpon, , arld instan
ces vpted,npop„py, multitudes.
X)f the three thousand tiVe - bundled
Mad fifty-four, only rive hundred and
VseVenty-pne -- are'tiow•attending school.
'The answers giVen for others werevari
ous. Of - many it •was- said, "living at
home;',' of s ome, " atwork out ;" again
of others, "ran away frinn the draft,"
"deseited," - "tone to Canada," - &e: I
noticed dim bright- little- boy weeping
"bitterly, while I was calling the itiotfll,
and after school I inquired of the teach
er the cause.. He'said one of the names
belonged to his" brother, and he had fled
the draft, and - this boY, a younger--bro
ther,--was weeping for shame. .He fear,
ed that some one would tell.. How dif
ferent:these. tears from those wept over
the _grave of the fallen here, who'has
nobly died - in the defence of - his Coun
try., - -- -'
• ' liremarks.'—f coo not suppose the duties
of ,this'office have been performed with_
as Much - .profit to the county as they
would have been, had Mr. Elliott served
his whole term. No man could step in
to his tracks, without a moment's no
tice, and carry out his plans as effectu
ally as he would have done. He felt it
his ditty, iii thd dark days of the'repub
lic,-th'lra.sten'thits defence, to See to it
that we had a country wherein common
schools were possible. I do not regret
that Lte.andthousands like him respon
ded to .their , , country's call, but Ido re
gret that the, sebools should have suf
fered thereby. , ,
, ,
,
:The Cincinnati Commercial ..
suites
that in 1843, when Henry Clay , was - in
that city on his way to .an ox-roast in
Dayton ? he was called out at his hotel
by a crowd and - said : •
My fellow'citizens, for many years
My mon - th - ha's been like a public hp;
drant; flouring Out for the people, and..l
have now concluded to turn the cock."
Upon which .he retired. The Com:-
mereial, wlticli is a ConserVative sheet,'
:pertinently adds:
-
"If-we could reach the ear of, the
President, we would beg-him to follow
the. example , •-of•Heury Clay, and-for
once - `• Linn the-cook."'
=I
THE MARRED rtiorimv,„
A -STORY OF LOVE A:S;D,LANA
John Gordon kept the "Village Tav
ern." Gordon was a hard-headed, stout-.
bodied, red-faced, jolly, humorous Scots
man. He was liberal, with an eye to
the main chance. He was proud of his
position as landlord, proud that hishouse
should be known and spoken of in the
great city of 'London, and particularly
proud that so many connoisseurs tho't
it well worth their Nwhile to drive out to
the " Village Tavern," that they might
drink Gordon's inimitable punch, made
from the peculiar whiskey of, which the
landlord had trace from the moment it
came from the still, just close by the
foot of Ben Nevis, to the hour it went
gurgling down the drinker's throat.
Gf, all these things was John Gordon
proud. This was the pride of his pro
fession. But there' was one thing more
of which he was proud, and to, which
alt6ther things were but as accessories.
This WAS his daughter Lefty. - Letty
Gordon was the landlord's only child.
He had married an English wife, and
ten years after this marriage there came
to John Gordon this one child. On the
day that little Letty could count eight
years, Mrs. Letty Gordon, senidr, was
called to another and a better world,
leaving little Letty heiress of all the
goods, chattels - and real estate of which
.she 'died possessed, the last item being
" The Village Tavern," with its furni
ture.and belongings ; a comfortable lit
tle setting out, which, with true Scot
tish thrift, her good father had settled
upon her the day she was married, and
from which John Gordon had garnered
some solid wealth, which lay stretched
out in various farms in the country a
round.
Letty Gordon, had great blue eyes,
very blue, very large, and sparkling
with suppressed mischief. Letty Gor
don had light, - brown hair, that danced
about her head, laughing all combs to
scorn, and almost repudiating a ribbon.
tihe had. the whitest skin, and the whit
est teeth, and the—oh! 'this - !Sounds too
much like an auctioneer's - summary.—
I shall end it bY saying that 'she was
just the merriest, sweetest, arid most en
ticing little fairy I ,have ever' seen, and
lam not. alone in so believing. There
were a few of the favored guests of "The
Village Tavern" who could occasionally
see Letty Gordon ; but to the mass, who
came and went like shadows,
Letty was
herself a shadow. They had heard of
the landlord's beautiful daughter; once
in a long while, some - one - more fortu
nate than the rest,would catch a glimpse
of the little maiden •, but from whence
she came, or whither she Went, the
glimpser,cOhld never tell. They drank
the health - quietly of the mysterious
beauty of 'whom they heard-so - much ; of
,whom tney knew that she breathed the
same atmosphere as themselves, and yet
to them was a sealed boOk.
This WaS the treasure that John Got.-
don watched and guarded—she who, al
ready an heiress ill her own right, was
to inherit all the acres that' he had been .
addlnv .year by - ear faint 'the overilow
TeivvrDLLlet Nira`'
not on, r as
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who came Mal the city, but ahe
was the ambition of every rustic beau,
who looked, with covetous eyes upon
the fair lace and the' broad acres of the
-landlord's daughter. They looked, but
:they looked in, vain; for John. Gordon
had long ,resolved that whoever came
wooing to his Letty, should be no coin
: mon man, but should out-double her in
wealth.
Letty Gordon was not the only fair at
traction- that brought the, , gallants to
k` The Village Tavern." There was an
other bright face, another comely shape,
in the person of Martha Field. Martha
and Letty were of an age—both eight
een. Martha was an orphan,,an.l had
been taken when a child by the late
Mrs. Letty Gordon to, " care fof."—
'Martha was the right hand of "The
Village Tavern ;" she was here, there,
and everywhere, John Gordon ex,
pressed it. . .If eaftra company came,
and , aid was - wanted the kitchen,
ATartha was able and willing. Whether
Martha's hand was wanted in th , e- bed
rooms,' in the parlors to ; wait on the
guests, or to attend - in the bar, it was
always the same—she was there. What
ever she did was well done. Many a
stu - arefarmer's son, who came as suitor
to the mistress, made a desperate effort
to amend the hopelessness' of the case
by falling in love with the maid, only
to find - out that his fate was the same in
either quarter.
• Martha Field had already dislposed of
the little beating heart that-lay beneath
her trim, well-fitting bodice. - She had
given' it, subject to certain conditions,
into the keeping of David Bigelow, a
smart and promisiug carpenter, who,
by some special art lurking under his
t-ingue,' had managed to secure the little
girl to himself, in the face of the most
startling opposition. :Under these cir
cumstances, there can be no wonder
that Priartha'shiild be given to reading
romances, and sympathizing generally
with lovers, particularly with those in
distress.
There were some, who said that when
Martha Field married, "John. Gordon
would come down "Warne" with a tri
he for' the couple to start with ; but
those who knew the landlord better, de
dared that as long as life was in John
Gordon's body he would not part with a
pound of all he had so carefully hoard
ed, and now so strictly watched. In
proof of this, they pointed to Letty and
Martha, - upon whom he never lavished
a. penny, putting oil their. desires for
showy dress, so inherent in the sex, by
tellingtherii that thcit faces would-make
their fortunes withdut ribbons and silk.
This was John Gordon's household,
save only Aunt Judy, who reigned su
preme in the kitchen department. 'One
bright day in .Tune, when the leaves
_fluttered with more than'ordinary glad
ness, and the sun glanced over the wat
ers of the river, lending its light to the
clear, gravelly bottom, till it showed the
lazy fish in their very homes, the Pat
terson stage rattled through the village,
and dropped one passenger at " The
Village.TaVern." He Was a tall, dark
complexioned man, somewhere about
thirty, with a quiet, assured manner,
that told the crowd of idlers who stood
always ready. to stare at the stage pas
sengers, if they were capable of receiv
ing any LinpreSsion, that the new comer
was not •one easily stared down, and
well accustomed to 'all the attentions
that could be thrust upon him.
He told John Gordon, who stood rea
dy to receive him, that his name was
Philip, Conger, and his intention was to
spend a week with - him, and to try his
' hand atthe fish. John was pleased at
the announcement, and told his guest
so;- more_ pleased, as he noticed that the
young man's luggage bespoke that ma-
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ney was plentiful; and - still more pleas
ed when hefound Oita"his liberal or
ders' did full justice to his looks. Phil
ip Conger fished until the venerabinold
, trout and pickerel trembled in their wa
tery beds. He shot with such success
that he awakened . the jealousy of the
Stereotyped sportsmen of the place. He
walked, he rode, and drove, and so the
week passed away, and yet heremained
a guest of "The Village Tavern."
Another week, and Philip Conger was
still there; but he no longer fished, no
longer hunted, his walks and rides were
'shorter, and the house had more attrac
tion. In a few words, he had seen Let
ty Gordon, and spoke with her, and
from that moment all things that carried
hint away from where he could feel that
she was near, had lost their charm.—
And stranger still than this, ,Letty, who
had been so invisible to alllother eyes,
now went flitting uneasily, about - the
house. If Philip sat upon the settle,
there were large chances but he would
see her within the hour. If he walked
roamingly about the garden, Letty had
a boquet to make up, some berries to
pick, or something to do which he al
ways could take :f hand in. Those about
the village who always see everything,
told John Gordon occasionally that Let
ty was at that moment under the charge
of the stranger, being paddled leisurely
along the river bank in a skiff, or had
been seen at some past time walking
with the stranger in some near lane, or
sitting in some half-secluded place, ear
nestly talking. They could see that the
landlord's face grew dark, whenever
such intelligence was brought him, and
those who were most about the house
could observe that he no longer treated
his guest with the same attention as for
merly ; there was a lack of that welcome
and greeting that John Gordon had al
ways for well-paying guests ; and then
the gossips foretold a storm. They said
that when John Gordon's face darkened,
there would be lightning flashes which
would strike somewhere. There were
other signs besides these foretelling this
storm. Letty was seen once, twice, per
haps three times, in tears, and Martha
Field had been heard openly to declare
all fathers tyrants.
One day John Gordon, with -a redder
face than usual, and quicker step, went
from bar to stable, from parlor to cellar.
Something there was in the wind more
than common. The busy-bodies looked
around and abroad for the cause, and
were not long in finding out. There,
almost opposite the house, and in full
view, lay the little skiff fast at anchor,
-while Philip Conger, with Letty Gor
don a- his pupil, was hack at his old em
ployment of fishing. Now they said
the long gathering -storm would burst ;
but they were to be wofully mistaken
when they believed it would break with
- violence over the head of Philip Con
ger.
In their own good time the couple
came back ; they were too happy to has
ten much; and then John Gordon, with
his vials of wrath all Charged, sought
Philip. Pot an hour they were together
in the mom of Philip ; but those who
listened for the thunder of the storm
heard nothing. There was, only the
of the two voices, some
then as idsrStfix.yk?d-ek,=•...k. r ., ,, ,-.:,
the mesmerism was that held, the usu
ally violent man, was a mystery: but at
the end of the hour John , Gordon came
forth, pale and silent, and in another
hour Philip Conger had turned his back
on " The Village Tavern," never to be
its guest again
It was for his daughter all his harsh
ness was reserved ; and poor Letty had
now not only to bear with her father's
dark looks and stern words. but, what
\i'as worse, with a curtailment of her
liberty. How she would have borne
this it would be hard to tell, but that
Martha had brought to her a letter from
Philip, written within that hour before
he lett the house, filled with his promis
es of love, and his declarations that he
would not depart from the vicinity, and
would find means to communicate with
her. How well these declarations were
kept she knew the 'next day, When Mar
tha brought her intelligence that Philip
Conger was within a mile, having found
quarters at a farm house scarcely that
distance away, on the opposite side of
the river. It may be held as a certainty
that John Gordon was not long in know
ing this ; and further, he knew that
many days would not elapse ere the lov
em would find means of correspondence.
Nor was John Gordon wrong in this.—
To Martha Field Letty had confided ev
erything, and Martha was now the Mer
cury that man: it she did not carry
the corresPondence between Letty Gor
den and Philip Conger; and David
Bigelow, the worker, at the bidding of
Martha, performed the postman. With
out actually knowing this, John Gor
don suspected, and with him z-uspicion
generated active measures. David Big
elow, was at once forbidden the house,
and the full weight of his displeasure
rained down upon the head of Martha.
' For weeks things remained in this un
certain state. hatevermeasures John
Gordon intended to take, were locked
within his own breast. There was a
mystery in progress,' through which
none could fathom, and to which Betty
I Gordon lent her ear seriously and trem
blingly, when Martha Field brought
her the gossip she had heard stirring.
John Gordon had been known to have
several private interviews with the tvil
lage constable, old Brown. . The old
man had been seen lurking around the
village suspiciously, as if smelling out
some trouble. He spent a great deal of
time at the tavern in talks with the
landlord, or sitting watching everybody
and everythingunder hislowered
The gossips were busy again. They de
clared that between John Gordon and
old Brown there was something that
would bring trouble to Philip Conger or
David Bigelow. They had heard the
landlord declare his intention of driv
ing them both out of the village, and of
turning Martha Field into the road to
seek a home where she could.
• Perhaps he would not go so far but
every one who knew Jonn (Jordon,
knew that he would not stop half way
in Ids efforts to reach any end upon
which he started. Of late hediad talked
much about ingratitude—about those
he had fed turning from him—about
conspiracy—about nursing vipers in his
bosom, that turned and stung him ; and
for a long time these pickers up of un
considered domestic trifles were divided
in opinion as to whether the old man
made allusion to his daughter or to Mar
tha Field. They were soon satisfied,
when they perceived that lie ceased to
speak to Martha, unless forced by ne
cessity to do so, and then only with an
expression that betrayed his unwilling
ness. Martha laughed at the threats of
John Gordon to expel her from his
house. She knew that she was essen-
JOBBING bEPAIITIIENT.
Thd Propristor4 have stocked tilt, establishment with
a large assortment of modern 3 tyW9
and are plopared to execute neatly, and promptly
POSTERS, lIANDBLI,Lii, CIRCULARS, CARD:3, BILL
HEADS.. LETTER HEADS, STATEMENTS.
TOWNSHIP ORDER:3, ,titc., c.
Deeds, Ifortgage.l, Leases, and a full sasorunant of
Constabiea' and Justices' Blanlu, constantly on band.
Pooplo thing at a distance can doperid on haying their
work done promptly, and Sent hark is ratant
4airOaaict—floy's block, Second Zloor.
NO. 27.
tial to the success of " The Village Tav
ern," and that if its landlord did not
understand when he had a good and
faithful servitor, she knew enough that
would, and to these she would go. Mar
tha Field set him at defiance, and still
continued, with the aid of David Bige
low, to carry the letters of the lovers.
It was one evening in the early au
tumn, following a day that John Gor
don and old Brown had been engaged
in numberless consultations. The plot
seemed to thicken, and those who had
been peering about until they knew
more of the matter than the actors them
selves, said that it was near its catastro
phe.
The habitual redness had deserted
John Gordon's face ; it was pale instead
—very pale 3 for John Gordon. He step
ped more quickly that night than was
his custom from the bar to the parlor,
and so up stairs to where Letty and
Martha sat. Those who spoke of it af
terwards, said that many things passed
that evening that were strange, but were
not thought of in that way until the
next day. They said that soon after
dark a rower in a skiff; looking very
like the one Philip Conger wa.s some
times seen in, came slowly up the river,
and lay for some minutes under the
great willow that grew at the foot of the
garden ; and one of these gossips, living
on the opposite side, says he saw this
single rower leave his skiff, and' stand
under the willow, where in a few mo
ments he was joined by one in a light
dress ; that they stood together for a
short space, and parted—the skiff and
its single rower returning the same way
that it came.
Another equally as veritable, two
hours later say,- a carriage and horses,
entirely unknown in that part of the
country, traveling at great speed on the
road towards London, and declared this
carriage to contain a lady and gentle
man, who, with corroborating ciroum
stances, were believed to be Philip Con
ger and Letty Gordon.
Those who were nearer home saw that
same evening a cart drawn up in front
of " The Village Tavern," with old con
stable Brown as its driver. They saw
him and John Gordon go together to
the vacant parlor, where, after a talk,
Martha Field was sent for. Within a
few minutes the more inquiring, twho
pressed out of the bar room for thatipur
pose, saw Martha Field, John Gordon
and old Brown drive away together
from " The Village Tavern ;" Martha
without bonnet or shawl, and.with
calm, scornful look ; John Gordon with
white face, and pale, tight shut lips;
and old Brown with a complacent ex
pression of face, that would leave the
impression with all who did not knot-
him, that he had just performed one of
the most benevolent and praiseworthy
of actions.
The next day the village was startled
from its sleep with the intelligence that
Philip Conger had carried away Letty
Gordon, and they were believed to be in
London ; that Martha Field, at almost
ithe same moment that the runaway
couple were commencing their flight,
had Leen arrt,ted on a charge of steal
ing money at various times from John
Gordon, and was now in the county
that
ced to her Lky a plan of John Gordon ana
old Brown, the different coins having
been marked to lead to detection, and
spent by Martha Field at different pla
ces in the village; and that John Gor
don. upon his return from the squire's
Where Martha was committed, and find
ing that Letty had fled, started in pur
suit, and was brought in half an hour
afterwards with a broken arm, having
been thrown from his cart.
This was news indeed for the gossips,
and great capital they made of it. The
stories that flew from mouth to mouth
did not lose in telling. Some had it
that Martha had robbed John Gordon
of many hundreds of pounds, in revenge
for his refusal to bestow a marriage por
tion on herself and David Bigelow ;
others, that Martha was thrown into
prison by the landlord in revenge for
assisting Letty in a marriage that would
surely throw him out or the tavern
stand. These cried shame, and asked
each other if John Gordon was not rich
enough to give Letty her little property,
and if he was not old enough to give np
to younger men. It was strange then
how many had seen and foretold all
these things to theniselves long ago;
how many knew it would be so, and
were not surprised in the least ; and
how many were ready with the charita
ble hope that it would be a lesson to
John Gordon, and lead him to see that
there was an instability in wealth, and
nothing really true but their advice.
A week rolled by, and John Gordon
left his room, with his broken limb, in
splints, hanging by a sling. He had al
tered, people said, in that week, to beat
least ten years older. His face was
drawn and haggard, and the rosy, heal
thy hue had gone out of his cheeks.—
His eyes were dim, and there was no
loud hearty laugh ringing through the
house as in the old days. The loungers
and gossips watched the old man as he
went vacantly about the place, with
something like awe. They watched
him as he was
which
in his own
bar, that spot which one short week be
fore was his stronghold, by another face
as pale and haggard rs his own, who
asked for justice on behalf of Martha
Field, and was refused•
Then this man, who was none other
than David Bigelow, stood up before the
landlord and the curious crowd, and
told how Martha Field was guiltless,
and that John Gordon knew it, when
in his base anger and desire to remove
the means of communication between
his daughter and Philip Conger, he sent
an innocent girl, who should have been
as dear to him as his own child, to a
criminal prison.
John Gordon trembled with the rage
he was obliged to suppress, and David
Bigelow went on. Yes! ho knew that
the money which he had marked as a
trap was taken by his daughter Letty,
as she had a perfect right to do; for, was
not the house and all within it—aye,
and all its profits, even to the last penny,
even the lands he had bought with those
profits—hers? Yes and he, John Gor
don, knew this, and more. He knew
that Letty Gordon had taken this mon
ey as she would take any other thing
that was her own, and had given it to
Martha Field to purchase such articles
as her father wrongfully denied her—
paper, pens and ink, that she might
write to the man to whom she had ha
trothed her:,elf, and such things.as were
necessary to have when she fled from
the homeivhere she was a prisoner.
This he said. and more. That Martha
Field had refused M say anything on.
• the night' of her arrest, knowing that
Letty would step forward for her pro-
I
teetion at the proper time ; that it Wad
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND PAST PRESSES,