01,4 t &lia gottnig Aptattir
IP '
rabliShed every Wednesday Morning, at $2,00 a
Inrariably in advance, by
COBB & VAN GELDER.
, a. coati.] - IP. C. van Grimm.
A.z,v'.Z - 12"1"ISISTGI. Irt..A.2Z.S.
Lino. S mo. too. t 9 rno.l Iyr
1 Sqnare $2,50 5.00 7,50 10.00 12,00
squ.les 3,75 8,00 12.00 15,00 18.00
1.4 , jo i nt ria.. ... 7,00 i 10,00 1 15,00 20,00 I 25,00
I_2 Column 12,00 20.00 30,00 38,00 45,00
i Column "0.00 35;00 45,00 65,00 60,00
1 iqualo 1 i user'n $1,00.-50 ete.eaeh weektbereafter.
kandni , trators and Executors Notices $2,00 each.
'Business Cards of Ate lines $5,00 per year.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
W. D. TERRELL ilk CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
perfumery, Paints and Oils, to., tie.
Cerntng, N. T., Jan. 1, 1866.-Iy.
=MEM
NICHOLS ,& MITCHELL,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
(Zee formerly occupied by Jame's Lowrey, Esq
Wm. A. NicuoLß. Jogs( I. Itfircucmi.,
Wencher°, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
WILLIAM- H. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Insurance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main
Street Welleborn, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.
S. F. WiLsoN
WILSON ific NILES,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW,
(First door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue)--
Wlll attend to busitiess entrusted to their care
in the counties of Tioga and ,Potter.
Weitsboro, Jau. 1, 1566.
F. W. CLARK,
.ATToRNEY AT Latc—Mansfield, Tioga co., Pa
May 9,1886-1 y
GEORGE WAGNER,
I &MOP.. Shop first door north of-L. A. Sears's
Shoo shop...4".Cutting, Fitting, and Repair
ing doris promptly and well.
Wellsboro, Jan. It 1866.—]y.
JOHN B. SHAKBPEARE,
•
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over Bowen's
store, second floor., 'Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing done promptly and in best style.
Welleboro, Pa.. Jan. 1,18811-1 y
JOHN I. MITCHELL
4 GENT for the collection of bounty, hack pay
11 . and pensione due eoldicre from tho Govern
u,ut. Office with Nichols and Mitchell ? Wells-
Lure, Pa. m3O, 'GE
dZAAK WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
H. C. VERMILYEA, PROPRIETOR. This is a
new betel locnted within easy access of the
best fishing and hunting' grounds in North
ern Peoulylvonia,. No pains will be spared
for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and
the traveling public. [Jan. 1, 1866.3
Pennsylvania House.
AMARTAR HAZLETT PROPRIETOR
rr'HIS popular hotel has been lately onorated and re•
j. turnished. and no pains will be spared to render Its
luspitahties acceptable to patrons.
- Wellabo6, 'lay Ci, VAX,
J. HERVEY EWING,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
No. Ii Law Building,—St. Paul St , Baltimore.
HEFERENCES.—Levin Gale, Attorney at Law,
Edward tercel, Att'y at Law, Rev. J. Alcß.
Bilev. D. D., Rev. Fleury Slicer, D D.. Con
lield, Bro. 4: Co., F. Grove Cu., Ludwig &
MeSherry, John F. McJilton, Esq., Robert Law
son, Esq., S. Sutherland, Esq. [Mr. EWING is
authorized to tranisacto any business appertain
ing to this paper in Baltimore.)
Jan. I. 1868-I.y.
DBACON. D.. late of the 2,1 Pa. Cavalry, after
„ nearly four years of army service. t ith a large
expenence in field and hospital practice. has opened an
lAice for the practice of medicine and surgery, in all
it• branches. Persona from a distance can Sod good
boarding at the Pennsylvania Hotel when desired—
win visit any part of the State in consultatibm, or to
perform .urgzcal operations. No 4, Union Block, up
.tole. Wellsboro. Pa., Slay 2.1660 —lv.
N EW PICTURE
FRANK SPENCER
ha! the pleasure tu infoni the citizens of Tioga
enmity tiro be has completed his
NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
and is on hand to take aii kinds of Sun Pictures,
each es Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes, Vignettes, Cartes
de Visite, the Surprise and Eureka Pictures; also
particular attention paid to copying and enlarg—
ing Pictdres. Instructions given in the Art on
reasonable terms. Elmira bt., Mansfield, Oct. 1,
A 13. EASTMAN, SURGICAL AND ME
CHANICALL
Would inform the citizens of Weilsboro and vi_
tinny, that he has fitted up a desirable suite of
room• over John R. Bowen's store, No. 1, Un
ion. Block, where he is prepared to execute all
wok in his profession: with a protnptue4s and
tl,-Ie that will enable hint to offer superior induce
ments to those requirin_g, dental operations. All
work warranted, ared_at reasonable rates. Please
tail and examine specimens.
Wellpboro, March 21, 1366.—tt
4.400-e- DENTISTRY.
C. N. DA R
WrinijeaLtply7oycat‘tietdhien irplubellilcabtobraot ;)E ce at
i S sPerm ht
rtsidenee, near this Land Office and Episcopal
Church) where he will continue to do-all kinds of
work confided to his care, guaranteeing complete
eatistaetion Ns here the skill of the -Dentist can
siail in the management of eases peculiar to the
exiling. Ho will furnish
ARTIFICIAL TEETH;
set on any material desired:
FILLING & EXTRACTING TEETH,
sitended to on shortest notice, and done in the
best and most approved style.
TEETEI EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
Ly the the use of Amestlietics which are per
fectly harmless, and iviti be administered in every
0.00 when desired.,
Welishoro„iin.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS.
U. H. SMITH. Knoxville, Tioga County,
, S. licensed Agent, and Attorney
fur eoldiers and their friends throngheut all the
1?yal States,) will prosecute end collect with no
m-ailed PUCCeSP,
:::OLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES
of all k:ndit. Aho, any other kind of claim
qain , t the Gorerntnent before any of the De
rtaler) tt or in CongrePs. Tense moderate, 4,11
o , rninunientiom, imnt to the above addrefe will re
teive prompt attention. Jan. 17, liil6.
(MUM° %TATE* HOTEL.
Main Street, Welleboro, Pa.
D. G. RITTER, PROPRIETOR.
Hating lea•ed this popular hotel property,
(Intely occupied by Mr. Nelson Austin) I shall
euieiror to make it truly the traveler's home.—
Personal attention will be given to the table,
and the comfort of guests will he a prime object.
The stables will be under the care of an experi
enced hustler.
We.Usher°, Jan. I, 1666-ly.
AirIISIC AL INSTRUMENTS.—J. &bilks
pear, dealer in Decker k Brotber 614
k Brothers pianos, Mason k Ilamlin cab—
inet organs, Trent, Linsey k Co. melodeons, and
th e B. Shoninger melodeons. Boom over J. R.
store. Sept. 12, 1866.
'UHF, TIOGA CORNET BAND Sri in good blowing or
det . and arm play for picnic'', celebrations, &c.., for
a reasonable compensation. H. H. Ad Dader,
D. GREETBON ams ,
Secretary.
Tioga, An 1,1866.-2 m. , t
VOL. XIII.
C. F. SWAN,
AGENT for the Lyooming County Inonrance
Company, at Tina, Pa.
June 5,1866.-3 ms
FARR'S HOTEL,
TIO4 J A, TIOGA COUNTY, PA.,
I
Good Stabling. attaobod, and an attentive twi
tter always in attendance.,
E. E. PARR, Proprietor.
=I
MINOR WATKINS, Proprietor. This - house
is situated on Main Street, in WelMboro, and is
surrounded' with beautiful shade trees, and has
all the necessary accommodations for man and
beast.—ang. 22, ly
J. B. N/LES
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. AT
,LAW.
Ile yin_ returned to this county with a view of
making it his permanent residence, solicits a
share of public patronage. All business en
trusted to his care wilt be attended to with
promptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south
of E. S. Fares hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
Sept. 26. '66.—tf.
WELLSBORO HOTEL
(Corner Main Street and the Avenue.)
TRIG .is one of the most popular Houses in
the county. This Hotel is the principal
Stage-house in Welleboro. Stages leave daily
as foilOws : -
For Tioga, at 10 a. tn. ; For Troy, at 8 a. tn.;
For Jersey Shore;evory Tuesday and Friday at
2 p. in.; For Coudersport, every Monday and
Thursday at 2 p. in.
STAGES Au-Ewa—From Tioga, atl.2 1-2 o'clock
p. m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. in.: From Jer
sey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. in.: From
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday .11 a. in.
N. 11.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-known host
ler, will be found on hand.
Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
THE THIRD LOT
Ne - iirr Spring Goods,
JUST RECEIVED AT
VAN NAME & WICKENS,
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW
and well selected stock of goods, which
e are selling '.cry
LOW FOR OASH OR READY PAY.
Good yard wide sheeting for
Heavy yard wide sheeting for
Delaine.,
Standard prints from
OTHER GOODS IN PROPORTION
i
We also keep constantly on hand a choice
a toek of
GROCERIES, FLOUR, PORK, &c.,
At very low figures
ALL persons hating knowledge of facts concerning
killed and wounded soldiers from 'flogs county,
are respectfully requested to fern Mb Col. M. L. Clark,
of Alansileld, Pa.. with the following statistics :
Names of soldiers. place 01 residence, date of
ent and muster into the United States service, letter
M company, number of iegimeut, when wounded, and
what engagement, date and place of death, and canoe
came. 51. L. CLAIM.
August 1.1.866
NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given,,thaktrob
ertt Custard, Senior, has been piaci* in
charge of tract No, 1590, and those parte 9rienct
No. 1589, in the vicinity of Babb's cieek, belong
ing to the heirs of Luke W. Morris; and till per
sons are forbid trespassing thereon, under penalty
of prosecution
July 4,1866.-6 m
TRIISSES.—" Seeley's Hard 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); spring made any power re
quired; used in bathing, fitted to form : requires
no strapping; cleanest, lightest, easiest, and best
Truss known. Send for pamphlet.
I. B. SEELEY, Sole Proprietor,
1347 Chesnut it,, Phila'a, Pa.
apll 66
' I I.fiROYER:-&BAKIR'S
Elastic and Lock-Stitch Sewing Ma-
chines
GENERAL AGENCY, 28 Lake street, 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. ct, B. Sewing Machines,
June 13, 1866—tf 23 Lake st., Elmira, N Y.
VINO'S PORTABLE LEMONADE Li the
I only preparation of the kind made from
the fruit. As an article of economy, purity, and
delicintisness,it cannot be surpassed, and is recom
°amended - by physicians for invalids and family
use. It will keep for years in any climate,-while
its condensed form venders it especially conven
ient for travelers. All who use lemons are re
quested to give it a trial. Entertainments at
home. parties. and picnics should not be without
it. For sale by nil Druggists and first-class
Gr - ocers. Manufactured only by
LOUIS F. METZGER..
Jran. 1, 11366-Iy. No. 54.9 Pear) St.. N.Y.
DOLLAR' & SON. Meerschaum manufactu
rers, 692 Broadway. near Fourth street. N.
Y. Wholesale and retail at reduced rates: Pipes
and Holders cut to order and repaired. AB goods
mtrranted genuine. Send stamp for circular.—
Pines st; to 4 , 60 each. 411 '66
SP g A R'S FRUIT • - :PRESERVING SOLD_
TlON—for preserving all kinds of fruits
without the expense of air-tight cans—sold at
ROY'S DRUG STORE.
OLD received on deporiro, for which certifi
cates will he issued, bearing interest in gold.
• E. W. CLARK Jr. CO, Bankers,
No 85, south Third street, blis.
7 ifiga, .i' . (T,t-Irtnitpt :)kgitattr+
ANION 11017311.
tFurinerly Earea Hotel.]
John W. Guernsey,
WBLLSDOBO, PA.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor
OF
TIOGA, PA
May 30, 1866
TO SOLDIERS.
L. D. SEELY,
.7. lI.SIIAW.
W. D. MATTESON,
TIICS J. DAVIES.
Committee ou Statistics
ELLISTON P. MORRIS,
8115 Market et., Philadelphia
LINES OF TRAVEL.-
ERIE RAILWAY
On and after Monday, July 19,1866, train will leave
Corning at the following boors:
WESTWARD BOUND. •
7:05 a m Night Express, Drondays excepted, for Ench
anter, Buffalo, Salamanca, and Dunkirk, making di,
rect connection with trains of the Atlantic & Great
. . . .
Western, Lake Shore, and Grand Trunk Railways, fm
all points West.
i:26 a. m., Lightning Express, Daily, for Rochester Buf.
fate, Salamanca; Dunkirk and the West. -
10:23 a. m.. Mail Train, Sundays excepted, for Buffalo
and Dunkirk. i
5:05 p. m., Emigrant train, Daily, for the West.
6:45 p. m.. Day Eiprees, Sundays excepted, for Roche,
ter, Buffalo, Salamanca and the West. connecting at
Salamanca with the Atlantic &G. W. Railway, Ann
at Buffalo with the Lake Shcre and Grand Trunk
Railways for points west and south.
12:23 a. In, Express Mail, Sundays excepted, for Buffa
lo, Salamanca, and Dunkirk, connecting with 'trains
for the West.-
3:44 a. m., Cincinnati Express. Mondays excepted, con
necting at Elmira fbr , Ilarrieburg, Philadelphia, and
South ; at Owego for Ithaca; at Binghamton for Sy-,
mouse; at Great Bend for Scranton and Philadelphia:
at Lackawasen for Hawley, and at Graycourt for
Newhnrg aria Warwick.
10:14 a. In., Day Express, Sundays excepted, counectthe
at Great hand for Scranton, Philadelphia, and South
4:15 p. m., New York and Baltimore Mail, Sundays ex
cepted, connecting at Elmira for Harriaburgh,Phila
delptda, and South.
7:10 p. in., Lightning Express, Sundays excepted.
12:12 a. in., Night Express, Daily, connecting at Gray
court for Warwick.
12:25 p. in. way Freight, Sundays excepted,
WM. R. BARR, RIDDLE,
Getel Pass. Agent.
Gen'! Sup't.
losobusg & Corning, & Tioga R. R.
Leave Corning., Arrive.
Mall 800amlMail, 515 p m
Accommodation, 530 p ml Accommodation,lo 15 ain
L. H. SHATTUCK ? Suet-.
Philadelphia & Erie R. R
Trains will arr. and depart at Williamsport as follows
Eastward Westward '
Erie Mail Train...o 55 p m Erie Mall Tra1i....7 20 ain
E. Express Train.. 4 20 ain Erie Bless Train.. 9 -00 pis
Elmira Mail Train 845 a m Elmira Mail Train 880 p tu
A. L. Trua., Gen'l Sept.
Elmira & Williamsport IL IL
Trains will Arrive and Depart from Troy as follows
Moving South., Moving North.
Express, 6:45 P sr i Express, 10:23 P at
Mail, 5:58 ear I Mail, 9:30 P ia
ay Freight, 838 AXI Way Freight, 4: P m
Coal Train, 9;18 A st Coal Train, 4:25 P ni
Troy, May 16, 1865. , D. S. STOVER, Sup't.
WHOLESALE DRUG STORE,
CORNING, N. Y.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS
AND OILS,
THADDEUS DAVIDS' INKS, COMM-
TRATED MEDICINES, CIN-
CINNATI WINES AND
BRANDY, WRITE-
20cts
' WASH LIME,
EEC
IMO
KEROSENE LAMPS, PATENT MEDI
14 to 20 '
CINES, PETROLEUM OIL,
ROCHESTER PER-
AND FLAVORING EXTRACTS, WALL
PAPER, WINDOW GLASS,
AND DYE COLORS;
Sold at Wholesale Prices. Buyers are requested
to call and get quotations before going further
East.
Corning. N. Y.,4an:1,1860-ly
"I AVE YOUR GREENBAOKS 1 I
AND CALL OFTEN AT
Nast & Auerbach's
CHEAP CASH STORE
Where you can always find the beat assorted
stock of
DOMESTIC & FANCY DRY , </POW,
CLOTHS, LOTIONS, READY-
MADE CLOTHING,
Manufactured under their own supervision
Aleo Gents' furnishing g,ods,
In their merchant tailoring establishment they defy
competttlen; having the hest tailors of New York city.
and an experienced mater, Mr. H. P. Erwin. [feb2K.l3
NEW SPRING GOODS TY.
AP REDUCED PRICES
Great Inducements to the Pul;oiic!
NOT having a big stock of OLD " GOODS to
shove off at auction, I am enabled to take
advantage of the present low prices, and am I ea
dy to supply the public with a splendid. stock of
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS,: LATEST
Style's, purchased to accommodate this mar•
kes.
•
Particular attention is directed to iny de
, sirable stock of Ladies' 'DRESS' GOODS,
I Alpaccas, Poplins, Prints, Delaines, &c.
Added to'which am offering a- InTge
i and splendid stock of ,
GROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS
and CAPS. a„ &c., &c., &e.;
at prides to suit the 1,000,60 O; at: Osgood's
old stand, Wellsboro, Pa.
April 4,1866
FRUIT -JARS-3 SI7FS, EST
and latest patent, for canning and presergine- 1 -
no wax or rosin required—at
P. B. WILLXAMS'S•
June 27, '6B. ,
WELLSBORO, PA. I OCTOBER 17, 1866.
EASTWARD BOUUD
FUMERY
W. D. TERBELL & CO
BLOSSBUEG. P..,
C. B. KELLEY
Atistettautous.
THE VOW AT THE BARS.
EY REV. W. ➢I. BLACKBURN
The village tavern was full of carous
ing. Every tippler_ must have his rev
els on election day. The barpom was
black with the sins of drunkenness. '
"Where is Hartley ?" was the fre
quent question. Many a penniless to
per wanted a dram at his expense. One
ady had beet) quietly glancinm t' into the
rooms in search of him. All knew the
anxiety of Mrs. Hartley for her hus
band. One minister -afterward looked
within, as he passed thrice two and fro.
Many knew that Parson Blake would
come the fourth time, and then, per
haps, make a closer search.
It is strange'," muttered one dry
man, who was quite as anxious for Hart
ley to appear, that these women
their preachers cannot let a man have
his liberty."
Indoors and out on the porch were
men whose ey es were staring in every
direction for Hartley. A step was heard
up the street, but it was too firm and
elastic for that of their much desired
friend. Then the man was seen on the
other side of the way ; Hartley was not
expected to he there. Itt was not his
side of the street. Then be seemed to
be passing rapidly by; that was not. like
Hartley. But the light gleamed across
the street.; the man was indeed Hart
ley. What could possess him.
" Hartley, Hartley !" was the cry, but
he paid no more attention to it than if
he were the deafest man that ever lived.
" Say, Hartley, what are you playing
the fool for?" cried one of the oldest
sort of grog-bruisers; " won't you give
us a little of your wit to-night?"
" Come, Hartley, have we offended
you ?" said another dry-throated friend ;
" come, let us have a drink together—it
is not late."
:Hartley had got past the taverb when
he stopped short, turned end said, with
a clear voice:
" Farewell to your drinking. Fare
well to dram-drinking. Farewell to
taverns. Farewell to bad company.—
Farewell to the ditch. Farewell to de
lirium tremens. Farewell to a. drunk
ard's woes, and a drunkard's grave?"
He turned and walked on as erect as
an Indian, and as straightforward as a
bee line," with his eye on the light in
the window.
Is this Mr. Hartley ?" inquired a
gentle voice, as he was turning the cor
ner.
`` It is ; and this is — Mr Blake. lam
glad to meet you here. DC& you hear
what I said to those tempters?"
" I did, and with joy I cannot ex
press."
" Come on home with me ; I want to
tell my wife about it."
"No, that will be too sacred and joy=
ful a meeting for my presence," said the
(pastor, still holding the hand that had
grasped his own with eagerness.
"Certainly, I need advice. Oh that I
had taken it long ago!"
" 1 only want to say, begin with God.
Ilegin with Him who has said, Him
that eometh unto me I will in nowise
cast out.'"
" God has begun with me; I felt it in
my soul. It has seemed•to me, for the
past hour, thatall my friends were pray
ing for me, and that God was determin
ed to answer my prayers, in spite of my
wickedness and my hard heart. Dea
con-Watson knelt down with me, in the
woods, this side of the bars; and he
prayed, and I prayed, for I could not
help but.pray. And there's my wife—
God bleSs her—God forgive me—she is
praying—"
Mr. Hartley was broken down. He
silently pressed the hand of the pastor,
and went on his way weeping. How
like a rainbow of promise gleamed the
light in the window, as he saw it thro'
his tears!
" I'll not go to the front door," he said
to himself, and then she will know
that the parson is not bringing,me home
drunk to-night. She will hear my-so
ber step, and that will prepare her for
the surprising news."
He then opened the side gate, and
walked •on with a firm, elastic step,
when the dog muttered his caution.
" Why, Prince, don't you know me?"
Qtddmucb affected because of the
, he,
watcher's s.uspicien. The dog was at
puce assured, and leaped for joy in the
path. "Pour fellow;' said Mr.. Hartley
.10r his wife's benefit; "didn't know
your master. Been so long si nee I cable
home sober, that you didn't know Me,
because I wasn't staggering along, and
talking like a fool. That's right—be as
happy as I am." 7
Mrs. Hartley was sitting in her room,
with a foot'on the, rocker of a cradle in
which an infant N{ , ilS sleeping, and with
au ear intent upon eVety sound in the
street.
"0, mother! there's a robber com
ing," emdaimed her daughter Ellen,
who had persisted in st cying up until
her father mole home.
"Be calm, my child," replied her ino- j
.ther, rising up; " chi Prince will fright- I
en him away. You rock the baby while I
I see the doors are safe."
Slit; went t , the side door, listened,
and recognized her husband's voice.—
Instantly the key was turned, and they
met in tears of gladness. And shall we
! intrude upon the scene, and tell to the
world. how John Hartley told the bap
piest tidings that she had ever heard f
concerning himself ? Shall we tell how
they prayed together that he might have,
GOd's grace to keep his vow at the bars?
Early the next morning the sheriff
entered the office of lawyer Edson, and ,
laid upon, the table a paper headed,;
" Sheriff's Sale," saying, " Please look !
it over and see' if the property is cor
rectly descri bed."
The lawyer began to run oft' such''
phrases as these: "To be sold on the"
premises two large lots"—" a two-story
house"—" a barn and carriage house"—
"other improvements"—" the garden
well:planted_ with choice fruit trees"—
taken as the property of John Hartley,.;
at the suit of Pitt Edson, Esq."
The sheriff stood thinking of what
disagreeable duties his office imposed
upon him, and eeemed to be in no haste
to perform them.
• " It is hard to turn John Hartley out
of house and home," said the lawyer,
" for he is one of the cleverest men liv
ing, when he is sober. But drink will
drive Mm to the wall, and I must have
my money. Those who have mortga
ges Oil his mill will take alarm, and you
may soon have to sell that under the
hammer. Take this to the printer, and
have it posted up by noon to-day. I
Must find some business to take me. out
Of town, or 'his wife, and-the parson,
and the deacons, will all be here to beg
the merciei, of the law . . They overcome
me once, but now the law must have its
course." -
It was a favorite notion of Mr. Edson
that he was the • most merciful lawyer
who ever gave work to a sheriff. In the
present case he had the justice of the
law on his side. John Hartley had
brought himself to the verge of finan
cial ruin. The lawyer's eye kindled
with a bright idea, and he said to him
self : "I'll ride into the country and
persuade my friend Allen to make the
highest bid for the property. He wants
to move into town."
"Would you believe it?" exclaimed a
neighbor, as he hastened into the office,
"John Hartley has reformed ! That is
all the talk up'street."
" Too much for me to believe," replied
the lawyer. "Can't take hearsay evi
dence in this court."
•-- • .
"John Hartley has quit drinking?"
said another, 'happy over the event.
" Quit until he gets over the present
disgust," said Mr. Edson. "Such ref
orniation-s• ire quite common; after an
election day." .
" Perhaps you would have more con
fidence if you had passed by his house
last night as I did, and heard him pray
ing like one grasping for the last hope;"
Drunken men often like a religious
turn ; you would think them models of
piety, if it were not for the odors of
rum."
"It was never so with Hartley. He
became humorous, then coarse in song
and anecdote."
" But never profane," said the law
yer. "We must give him credit for
that. When most drunk, he would
lash a man with the keenest rebukes for
profane swearing."
Thus ran the conversation upon John
Hartley's virtues and vices, until Par
son Blake and Deacon Watson came and
drew the lawyer into another room.—
They talked half au hour right earn
estly.
"Just try him," entreated Mr. Wat
son.
" Spare him—spare his wife and chil
dren. Give him time. You know his
business talents. If you ask it, I will
be his security for every dollar than he
owes you."-*-
" Good security," said the lawyer.—
"I'll take it; I lik-e to be merciful, you
know."
" Bring the papers, and I will, endorse
thew at once." •
"It is' not necessary. Your word,
Deacon, is as good as your bond. But
will you hurry after the sheriff and tell
him that all further process is to be stop
ped ?"
The Deacon never went on a grander
errand. And Parson Blake hastened to
tell Mrs. Hartley of the happy results
in the matters of law.
" I was just writing to Edward," said
Mrs. Hartley, so happy that she could
scarcely keep a secret. Edward was the
eldest child, eighteen years of age, who
could not bear ;his , father's treatment,
nor the taunts thaehe was a drunkard's
son. Seeing that his father was likely
to squander all the property, he had
gone from home, with his mother's con
sent, to earn something for her and -her
children, " against the day of adversi
ty." Right manfully had he struggled
on ; often writing her to be full of hope,
for she had a son on earth and a Father
in Heaven to provide for the evil day.
"" And he will come home now." said
she, " when I-tell him the good news.
I was saying that his father had gone to
the mill this morning before breakfast,
broken every jug and demijohn, arid ad
vised every man who works for him to
sign the pledge. They all did it when
he asked them to do it for his sake, least
their example should prove to him a
fearful temptation. Edward never liked
Mr. Edson, but his heart will change
when he learns the mercy of the law."
And the mercy of God," added the
pastor, as he p,toodin the beautiful home
and thought how nearly the fires of in
temperance had consumed it. It was
saved to the family by the vow at the
bars.
Edward's welcome a few days' after
was like the meeting of the prodigal son
and his father, except that the father
was now the penitent prodigal, and the
son the rejoicing Christian. " Was not
the father also a Christian ? He had
begun a new life at the right point, that
of his oWn heart, and with a new power
—that of God.
Over the door of the mill was a new
sign: "John Hartley & Son." In the
mill was a new order of things : no more
tipplers lounging there, no more drams,
no more - drunkards staggering forth at
night, no more thieving and wasting.
, And the workmen who boarded at the
house of their employers, found it a
house of prayer. Edward ed the wor
ship in the morning, and his father in
the evening.
The fences , were repaired, the shrub
bery trimmed, the walkput in order,
and the garden made to blossom as the
rose.
" Edward, I have this to say to you,"
said Mr. Hartley one evening, when the
son was about to start to a social enter
tainment; " any first glass was given me
at a wedding in the house of a member
of the church. - We were at the table,
where the blessing of God was implored
by the minister. The mother of the
bride asked me to take one glass of wine
just for her sake, as she had made the
wine. The bride protested with her en
treating eyes and a shake of the head,
but I drank the wine. That bride was
your mother. I never took another glass
in her presence. - But I was easily temp
ted to take my second glass at a public
dinner given to the newly elected Gov
ernor. After that day I needed no temp
tation ; my only difficulty was to find
an excuse. The argument which made
me a drunkard was learned from the
lips of a man in the pulpit. It was this:
' it is - not a sin in itself to drink wine.'
Grant the statement, yet it made me a
sinner in drinking of death. I bless
God that our pulpit now rings with a
more certain sound.
•" My last glass was taken in the bar
room of a disreputable tavern. There
was no wealth, nor elegance, nor fash
ion, nor purity around me, as at first.—
There was no moan of ,God there to en
gage our respect and reverence. A curse
was uttered over the decanter by the
landlord. The air reeked with the vil
est utterances.'. And we talked of our
liberty ! We drank it away. We stag
gered forth the slave of the destroyer.
" At the wedding I saw intemperance
in his infancy. He was the gleeful child _
of the social circle. I took him to my
heart. He won me by his apparent in
nocence. preSsed his lips to mine,
and smiled at your mother's jealousy.
" But at the tavern I saw intempe
rance as a giant in his strength—repul-•
- sive to the sight, disgusting in his hab
its, yet a tyrant over me. ll'ashionable
society sPurned'him from its • doors, to
where_ he found his slaves crouching for
his smile. Be gave it, and then cast
them into the ditch. What murders he
commits! What hearts he breaks!—
What graves he digs! What souls he
sends to hell! Widows have wailed
over his cruelties to them ; and orphans .
bear his disgraceful mark upon their
brows. I know his tyranny. Your
mother knows the horrors of his coun
tenance."
" Father, he has been driverifrom us.
Mother sees him no more. The Good
Master has come to our house, and she
will entertain him like Mary and Mar
tha of old."
"And he will remain our guest! But
if I could reach the social circle, I would
say to those who wish to see this fright
ful monster destroyed, slay him in his
infancy! I had to fight with him at
the bars in the woods. Tell your young
friends to crush him in his childhood,
when so many call him innocent."
Whoever may sojourn a week in No
bleton, will hear the noise of the mill
Which
. paid off' every debt that 'John
Hartley had incurred, and gave him the
means for large generosities to the
church, of which he became au honored
member, and to the poor, for whom he
"devised liberal things." He will hear
none speak evil of the man who has
lived to prove that regeneration of heart
works the surest reformation of life,
who came to "a full age, like as a shock
of corn cometh in his season," and who
was so recently buried that the grass is
scarcely green over his grave. He has
gone up on high to celebrate the victory
which he won when he made his vow
at the bars.
EZECt Vottrg,
ALONE BY THE HEARTH
=
Here, in my snug little fire.lit chamber,
Sit I :done.
And, as I gaze in the coals, I remember
Days long agone.
Saddening it is when the night has descended,
Thus to sit here,
Pensivelylrnoving on episodes ended
Many a year.
Still in my vi.ions a golden-haired glory
Flits to and fro ;
She whom I loved—bet 'tis jest the old story,
bead, long ago!
Ms but the wrath of a love; yet I linger
(Thus passion errs,)
Foolishly kissing the ring on my finger—
Once it was here.
Nothing has changed since her spirit departed
- Here in this room—
Save I, who, weary, and half broken-hearted,
Sit in the gloom.
Load 'gainst the window the winter rain dashes,
Dreary and cold:
Over the floor the red fire-light flashes
Just as of old.
Just as of old—but the embers are scattered,
Whose ruddy blaze
Flashed o'er thf floor where her fairy feet pattered
In other days!
Then, her dear voice, like a silver-chime ringing,
Melted away :
Often these wells have re—echoed her singing,
Now hwhed for aye'.
Why should love bring naught but ierrotv4l
wonder!
Everything dies !
Time and Death, sooner or later, must sunder
Holiest ties. _
Years have rolled by ; I am wiser and older—
Wiser. bn t yet
Not till my heart and its feelings grow colder,
Can I forget.
So, in my snu; little fire-lit chamber,
bit I, alone ;
And, as I gat in the coals. I remember
Day long atone !
A YOUTH WHO NEVER SAW A Wo-
MAN.—Meadow's History of the Chi
nese, lately published in London, in a
ehapteson Love has the following:
" A Chinese, who had been disap
pointed in marriage, and had grievous
ly suffered through women in many
other ways, retired with his infant son
to the peaks of a mountain range in
Kweichoo, to a spot quite inaccessible
to the little-footed Chinese women. He
trained the boy to worship the gods,
And stand in awe and abhorrence of the
devils ; but he never mentioned woman
to him, always descending the moun
tain alone to buy them food. At last,
however, the infirmities of age com
pelled him to take the young man with
him to carry the heavy bag of rice: As
they Were leaving the market town to
gether, the son suddenly stopped short,
and, pointing to three approaching ob
jects, cried, ' Father, what are these
things? Look ! look! what are they ?"
The father instantly answered with the
peremptory order, ' Turn away your
head; they are devils!'' The son, in
some alarm, turned away, noticing that
the evil things were gazing at him with
surprise from behind their fans. He
walked to the mountain in silence, ate
no supper, and froth that day lost his
appetite and was afflicted, with melan
choly. For some time, his puzzled and
anxious parent could get no satisfactory
answer to his inquiries; but at length
the young man burst out, crying with
inexplicable pain, ' Oh, father, that tall
est devil! that tallest devil ! father.'"
Accidental Insurance
Between Kenosha and Milwaukie, an
agent of the Traveler's Insiurance Com
pany, of Hartford, entered' the car, and
having issued tickets to several passen
gers, approached an elderly lady, who,
it afterwards appeared, was deaf.
" Madam, would you like to insure
against accidents?" inquired the agent,
at the same time exhibiting his tickets
" I got my ticket down pit Kenosha."
"Not a railroad ticket, madam; I
want to know if you wOuld like to in
sure your life against accident."
"I'm going to Oshkosh, to visit my
darling darter, who's married up there
and has just got a baby."
The agent raised his voice alittle.
" Would you like to insure your life
against accident ?"
' She's been married two years and
a half, and that's the first child. It's a
gal.'
" Agent, still louder;
"I am an insurance a i gebt, madam.
Don't yo tr want to insure your life a
gainsti ac idents?"
"She g t along first-rate, and is doing
as well could be expected."
Agent, at the top of his voice:
" I am an insurance, agent, madam ;
can't I insure your life against acci
dent?" - . r
"0, I didn't iinderstand you," said
the old lady. "No, her name is John
! son; my name is Evans, and I lire five
mileVrom Kenosha."
JOBBING DEPARTMENT,
The p roprietors have stocked the establishment with
a large assortment of modern styles
JOB AID CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES,
and ate prepared to execute neatly, and promptly
POSTERS, HANDBILLS,OIRCUARS, CARDS, BILL
HEADS, LETTER READS, STATEMENTS,
TOWNSHIP ORDERS, Sc.,
Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, and a full assortment o
Constables' and Justices' Blanks, constantly an band.
Peop tion lel e iv p i r n o g m a p t tl a y di , and sent 1 1:% 1 c 8 k P L n le o t n urn atahaling- their
workil.
4611 - 077rtz—Boy'sblock, Seconibloor.
NO. 42.
MR. NASBY AT ROME-BOW HIS PEOPLE
I found my flock in a terrible state of
depression, at which, when I was told
the cause, I didn't wonder. There was,
back of the Corners on the side hill,
over towards Garretstown, about three
quarters of a mile this side of Abbot's
grocery, (we estiniatO distance here from
one grocery to another,) five or six fam
ilies of niggers. The males of this set
tlement had all been in the federal ar
my as soldiers, and bad saved pay and
bounty and rich, and had bought of a
disgusted Confedrit, who proposed to
find in Mexico that freedom which was
denied him here, and who had deter
mined to leave the country, didn't care
who he sold his plantat:lon to, so as he
got greenbacks, three hundred acres,
which they had divided up and built
cabins onto em; and was a cultivatin it.
There was a storekeeper at the Corners
who came here from Illinoy, and who
had been so greedy of gain and so gras
pin as to buy their prodoose of em, and
sell em such supplies as they needed.—
These accursed sons and daughters of
Ham was a livin there in eomfort.—
They come to the Corners dressed in
clothes without patches, and with white
shirts and hats on, and the females with
dresses and hoops under em ;)n short,
these apes had assoomed so much of the
style of people, that if it hadn't been
for their black faces they would have
passed for folks.
Our people became indignant, and as
soon as I returned I was requested to
call a meetin to consider the matter,
which I, of course, did.
The horn was tooted, and the entire
Corners was assembled, excepting the
Illinois storekeeper, who didn't attend
to us much. I stated briefly and elo
quently, (I have improved in public
speakin since I heard His Serene High
ness, Androo the I, all the way from
Washington to Louisville,) and asked
the brethren to ease their minds.
Squire Gavitt had observed the pro
gress of them niggers with the most
profoundest alarm. He had noticed ern
eoznin to the Corners dressed better nor
his family dressed, and sellin the pro
duce of their land to that wretch—
At this point the Illinoy storekeeper
came in, and the Squire proceeded.
—he should say Mr. Pollock ; and he
had made inquiries and found that one
family had sold ~,375worth of truck this
season, of which they had laid out for
clothes and books $2OO, leavin em 3175
in cash, which 'was more money than
he had made since the accursed Linkiu
passed the emancipashun proclama
shun. And what had driv the iron into
his soul was the fact that one of them
niggers was his nigger. " The money
they have," pursood the Squire, "is my
money, and that man worth $lOO is my
man ; his wife is my woman ; her chil
dren are my children—"
" That's a literal fact," shouted Joe
Bigler, ',a drunken returned Confedrit
soldier ; " they have your nose exactly,
and they're the meanest yaller brats in
the settlement."
This unhappy remark ended in a
slight unpleasantness, which resulted
in the Squire's bein carried off, minus
one ear, and his nose smashed. Joseph
remarked that he'd wanted to git at him
ever since he wooldn't lend him a half
dollar two months ago. He was now
satisfied, and hoped this little episode
woodn't mar the harmony of the meet
in.
Elder Smathers observed that he'd no
ticed with pain that theta Riggers alluz
had money, and was alluz dressed well,
while we, their sooperiors, had no mon
ey and nothin to boast of in the way of
cloze. He wood say—
Ppllock, the Illinoy storekeeper, put
in. If the Elder would work as them
niggers was workin, and not loaf over
half the time at Bascom's grocery, he
might possibly have a whole suit of
cline, and now and then a dollar or two
of money. It was here as in all strictly
Dimokratic communities. the grocery
keepers absorb all the floatin capital.
and—
He WaS not allowed to proceed. Bas
com flung a chair at him, and four of
his constituents fell on him. He was
carried out for dead.
Bascom remarked that'he was for the
utmost freedom of speech, but in the
discussion of a great constitushunal
question no Illinoy Ablishnist should
put in his yawp. The patriotic remark
was cheered ; but when Bascom asked
the whole meetin out to drink, the ap
plause was uproarious. Bascom alluz
gets applause—lie knows how to move
an audienee.
DeekinVogram said he'd bore with
them nigglers till his pashenee was gin
out. He endured it till last Sunday.—
After service he feltpensive, ruther, and
walked out towards Garrettstown, med-
Rath' as he went on the sermon he had
listened to that mornin, of the necessity
of the spread of the gospel. Mournin
in spirit over the condishun of the hea
then, he didn't notis where he was till
he found hisself in the nigger settle
ment, mid in the front avenue of their
house. There he saw a site which par
alyzed him. There was a nigger, which
was wunst his nigger, which Linkin
deprived him of, settin under his porch
and prolamin the Holy Bible by teachin
hiS child to read it! Kin this be endu
red ?
,the Deekin asked.
Deekin Parkins said he must bear his
unworthy testimony agin these disturb
ers. They had—he knowd whereby he
spoke—hired a female woman from Mas
sachoosits to teach their children ! He
had been in their skuleroom, and with
his own eyes witnessed it.
Ittusconi, the grocery keeper, had been
shocked at their conduct. He was con
' vinced Unit a nigger was a beast. They
cum to the Corners to sell the produce
of their lauds—do they leave their mo
ney at the bar? Nary! They spend
some of it.at the store of a disorganizer
from tllinuy, who is here interferin
with the bizness of true Southern men,
but-he never seed one of em inside of
his door. He had no pw,heuce w ith
ern, and believed somethin should be
duu to rid the kummunity:of these use
less inhabitants. If they ever git votes
they're agin us. No man who dodges
my bar ever votes strait Demokrasy.
General Punt moved that this Meetin
do to wunst proceed to the settlement
and clean em out. They was a reproach
to Kentucky. Of course, as they were
heathens and savages, sieh goods as they
had would fall to the righteous, of whom
we was which, and he Insist - ed upon a
fair divide. All he wanted was a bu
reau and a set of chairs he had seen.
The motion was amended to include
Pollock, the Illinoy storekeeper, and it
was at wunst acted upon.
NASBY.
WERE OUTRAGED
CONFEDRIT X ROADS, 1 .
Sept. 16, 1866. J
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