2e Rio Qriount -Agitator
U Published every
We
Morning, at ss,oo
rmr, lo rariably ill Adiratite • by
COBB & VAN GELDER.
%. a ,oaa.]
g DVERTIBX .T RATES.
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Aciuunistrators and Ezectuora Nstlces $2,00 each.
Buslnees Caine of five lines $5,00 per yea;.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
D. TERBELL &
WROLESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils, &0., /sc.
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1,1868.—1 y.
•
R. A. NICIACTLS
riscaoLs & MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY d.NO COUNSELORS kr_Lpiri
Office formerly occupied by James Lowrey, Esq,
Wit. A. NICHOLS. JOHN I. Aimee Lt...
welleboro, Jan. LAB66-11y.
- WILLIAM H. SMITH - ,
ATTORNEY AND CaNSELOR At' LASS 4
Insurance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main
Street Welisboro, Pu., Jan. 1, 1866,
S. F. Virtheex. J. B. Nxi,ze.
- WILSON MILES,I - -
ATTORNEYB A.; COUNSELORS , AT , LAW,
f'(rst door from Bigoney's, on the Avitnue).--
Will attend to business entrusted to their care
the - encmties of 'ftoga and Potter.
Welleboro, Jan. 1, 1868.
F. W. CLARK, _
ArroRNEY AT Law—Mansfield, Tioga Co, Pa
May 9, 1866—1 y
GEORGE • WAGNER,
TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Seara'a
EnoeShop. jarentting, Fitting, and Repair
la7, done promptly and well.
W.:ll,sboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.-Iy.
JOHN H. SHAIENPJEAHE,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over Bowen's
StOre, Second floor. ;Olt-Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing done promptly and in best style. -
Well:Moro, Pa.. Jan. 1, 1856--ly
JOHN I. MITCHELL.
A G ENT for the collection of bounty, back pay
A
and pensions due coldiera from the Govern-
Office with Nichols and Mitchell, Welts
vro, Pa. m30,'66
WM, GAURETSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ILIA Insurance. Agent, Mossburg, .Pe., over
Caldwell's Store.
Z A Ali WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
H C VERMILYEA, PROPRIETOR. This is a
bsw hotel lucated within easy access of the
beet fishing and hunting grounds in North
ern Penitsylvania. No pains will bo spared
1.. r the acootumodation of pleasure Seekers sod
the traveling public. [Tan. 1, 18fit1.1
Pennsylvania House,
AMA RIAH .11.AZ,LLTT PROPRIETOR.
THIS populiir hotel Lae beet] lately renovated nod re.
tun: Milled, an sio Patna a iIJ Le spared to render ite
uilceplable tr liatrotin,
Weltabor°, May. U, ISto.
T. 'HERVEY
„EWING,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
No. 11 Law Building,--Bt. Paul St., Baltimore.
avaitestis.—Levin Gale, Attoroey at Law,
?Award Israel, A tt'y at Law, Rev. J. WE.
lifer, U D., Rev. Maury Slicer, D. D., Coti
nod, Bro. ,t Co., F. Grove udwig
Nic.ir.erry, John F. Meditton, Eeq., Co.,Lbert Law-
Esq ,S. Sutherland, Eeq. [Mr. Lwow ie
authorized to trauntict . any liueinese appertain.
mg to this paper in Baltimore.]
Jan. 1, 1866-ty.
D. BACiVC, 4. P. ; late of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, alter
coarly Your years of army service,' wittt a large
iiiistisuce in field and hospital practice. has opened an
silks for the practice of inedii ine and surgrry, In all
to branches. Parboils from a distance can find good
'warding at the Pennsylvania hotel when dashed.=
lz tit risit our part of the State in consultation, or' to
inform surgical operations. No 4, Union Block, up
W. Welishoro. Pa., May 2,
VEW PICTURE GALLERY.— • •
FRANK SPENCER
tau the pleasure to inform the citizens of Tioga
county that he has completed his
NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
and is on hand to take ail kinds of Sun Pictures,-
luch us Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes, Viznettes,Cartes
de Visite, the Surprise and Eureka. Pictures; also
particular attention paid to copying and enlarg
uz Pictures. Instructions given in the Art on
reasanable terms. Elmira St.', Mansfield, Oct. 1,
DENTISTRY.
asa - a C. N. DART T,
Ivo ut,i, say to the public that be is pernaa
ly ueutly located in Welleboro, (Office at hie
u•I ienee, near the Land Office and Epiecopai
L: , ureu) where he will oontinue to do all blade oi
F , k nillitied in his care, guaranteeing complete
na:-Licti,,n mere the skill of the Dentist cat
the tuanageutient, of caees peculiar to the
lie will furnish
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
set on any material desired.
FILLING & EXTRACTING TEETH,
weeded to on shortest/notice, and lone in the
best and most ftpprosedstyle.
TEETH EXTRACT, I) WITHOUT PAIN
the the use of andestlictice which are per
tdc'tly harmless, and will be administered In ever)
t,la when desired.
VtilEboro, .lan. 1, 1885-Iy.
ITTENTION SOLDIERS.
Ykr.ll. B. SMITE!, Ifnoxville; Tiogn County,
IT fU. S. lieensed Agout,and Attorney
Adiers aid their friends tbrongheut all the
Statoe,) will prosecute and collect with un-
Tilt:Uri success,
EOLDIERS' CLAIM AND DUBS
,1 1 Rinds Also, any other kind of claim
le;ct.tt the government before any of the De
f.rtotenth or to. Congress. Terms moderate, All
e 'draiutocations sent to the above addrore will re
eelre prompt attention. ' 'Jen: 17,1866.
UNI ICED STATES HOTEL.
Main Street, Welisboro, Pa.
B. G. HITTER, PROPRIETOR:
Having iesSed this popular hotel property,
' l4 ltly occupied by Ni. Noloon AustiO) Lawn
en , li,vor to snake it truly the traveler's home.—
/ ' e re ,, leal attention will be given to the table,
'lf the Comfort of guests will be a prime object
the etables will be under the care of an experi
enced heftier.
Well,boro, Jon. 1,1888-4 y.
U p S e l n e r A L
dealer S
in ll D M e E ei r r S k „-1.
r( R .t . h. S r ha n ic in s ,i
11, au,s & Brothers pianos, Mason Sc Hamlin mai
,ho organs, Trent, Linsey 4k Co. melodeons, and
, t " B. Shoninger melodeons. Room over J. R.
tjr.,isen's ft Will. Sept. 12, 1866.
PTIOTOGRA.PH GALLERY.
SHELDON OCORR, respectfully informs the
citizens of Oceola and ricirity - that ho has
' , Puled a
PHOTOGRAIIII GALLERY
(I,.e‘•llt, Lug:, Co. Pa, where hells prepared to ing
c,,Te
PHO TOGRAPHS. GEMS k A MBROTYPES.
ic beet style end at reasonable pirieet. Please
can and examine specimens.
,ieeela, Sept. 26, 1866.—tf.
V /OL/N STRINGS at
WEBB'S DRUG STORE
[P.O.VAAGnMJL.
VOL. XIII.
Q. F. SWAN,
-
AGENT for the-Lycoming
.County Iriktranc , i
Company, at TiOga, Pa. - - -
June 5, 1866.-3m*
FARW_S _
TIGGA,,TIOGA,_OOI7:NTT,
Good Stabling, attached, and
,an attentive boa r
tier always in atteidanca: - •
S. PARR; .-. .- Proprietor.--
I=l
MINOH WATICIIsIeI, _Proprietor., This house
situated on Main Street,in Wellsboro,and ja
surrounded with beautiful shade irees, and,,has
_ all the necessary accommodations for man and
beast.—augi. 22, ly
ATTORNEY . AND COUNSELOR„' AT
Tinian returned to this county with a vitae*
tnaking.i.t his permanent residenbe; - sotaltsli"
share or 'pnblie - patronage. All business en.
trusted to his care will be attended to with
promptness and fidelity. °See I.d door eolith
of S. Fares hotel. Tioga, Tina. ,
sept. 26. '6o.—tf. „.
WEELSI3OIIO."HtIT.L.`.I
(Corner: Maim Street and the Avenue.) • ••
HIS is one of the -- taost'pePtilaritouies•in
T
the county, This..llotel is,..tho principal
Stage-house in Well46oro.
as follows :
For Tioga, at 10 a. .1. ; Fur Troy, at 8 a. in";
For Jersey Shore every Tuesday. and Fridii at
2 p. m.; For - Coudersport, ovary . Monday and
Thursday at 2 p. m.
SIOLG ES ARRIVE—Fro niTiogs, at 12 1-2 &Clock .
p. in.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p..m. : From Jer
sey' Shore, Tuesday and Friday II a. m. : Froio
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday Ii a. m. •
N. B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-known host
ler, will be found on hand.
. Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
THE THIRD LOT
New Spring Goods,
JUST RECEIVED AT
VAN MU & WICKED,
AITE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW
- II" and well selected stock of goods, which
We are selling %try
•LOW FOR GASH . OR READY PAY.
•
G it ood yard wide sheeting for 20ots
Heavy yard wide sheeting lot . 25 "
Delidos,.
Standard ftbrn
OTHER 000' Pk)P,Oßil'io)STt4
We also .keep constantly on band a choice.
stook of
GROCERIES, FLOUR. PORK, &e.,
At very low figures.
TO SOLDIERS.
ALL -persouri having , 'knowledge 441 . facts concerning
killed nod wounded soldiers from Tioga county,
are respectfully . reguested to furnish Col-Id. L. Clark . ,
of Mansfield, Pa., with the following statistics :
Names of soldiers, placif of residence_ date of enlist
ment and muster into the United States service, letter
company, number of tegiment, - when wounded, and:,
vrliat engagement, date and place of death, and cause •
same- M. L. CLARE... „'
L.-b. SEIZE,
J.11..911A1V,
, 7 f, Where Ton oan always ,
-find •tir best' assertedW. D. MATTESON,
TIICS-.1. DAVIES, :4-10took of
Committee on 4iatis,Acp4 .44 1•t. . A
r STIC , & FANCY `DRY 'GOODS;
, I
August L . /886.
NTOTICB.—Notice is. hereby given, that Xtoto=•
ert Custard, Senior,, has been placed in
CuuTOS,._ NQTIONS,,
BEADY
harge.of 15410,-and those parts of trict.4. 7 .
Yo, 1.589, in the vicinity of Babb's creek, belong
lug to the heirs of Luke Vir.lforrls . ; and all per
sona me forbid trespaseing thereon, under penalty
prosecution.
ELLISTON P. - MORRIS,
•-80.5-Mariat k;
July 4, .1866.-6 m
11. RUSSES.—" Seeley'zs Hard Rubber Truss'
cures rupture, frees the cord from all press
e will never rust, break, limber,ehafe, or be-,
come filthy, (the fine _steel spring being Coated
with hard rubber); spring made any power re
quired; used in bathing, fitted to tom; requires
no strapping; cleanest, lightest, easiest, and best
ruin known. Send for pamphlet.
I. B. SEELEY, Sole Proprietor,
ap11.68• E 147 Chesnut at,. Phila'a, Pa.
GROYER&BAKER'S
Elastit and Locli=Stitch SettfiAg Ma-
chines•
GENERAL AGENCY, 28 Lake street, Elmira.
Local agents .applied at factory prices, and
pew agents wanted fur unoccupied districtS.
Also, a largo stock of machine finding's. For
circular, address THOS. JOHNSON, -
General Agent of G. & B. Sewing Machines,
Juno 13, 1886-tf 2.8" Lake et., Elroire,N Y.
PORTABLE - LEMONADE is the
I . only preparation of the kind made' from
f.ho fruit- As an article of economy, purity, and
lelicionsoees,itcanoot hesurpassed, and is recom..
inmended by physicians for - invalids and family
use. It will , keep fur years in any climate, while
its condenso - torto renders it especially conven
ient for travelers . All who ago leinons are ro
gue:led to give it a trial. Entertainments nt
home, parties, and picnics should not ho without
it. - For sale by all Druggists and 'first-class -
Grocers. Manufactured only by,
LOUIS F. METZGER,
Jan. 1, 1866-1 • No. 54.9 Pearl St., N. Y.
DOLLAR tt SOL tifeersthrinin ruitzinfis4l4l7
rers, 692 Broadway, near Fourth street, N,
Y. W liolesale, and retell at reduced rates. pipes
:Ind tiO l d 6 ra chtliirader and repeiret,
SAI
w.trranted- genuine. 'Send stamp for eirent ---
Pii,e4,1 , 6 to „SRO en , ql. apt 1 !fifi..?-i`
Q PEA IVS FRUIT PRE - SERVING SO:ft:
kj TION - --for pre.4erriuir 'all kinds of fruits
withular the expense of Air-tigbruans—cold at
ROY'S, DRUG STORE. •
GOLD received on deposits, for which cortia
carets will be issued, batwing interest in gold,
E. W. CLARK A CO, Bankers,
No 35 month Third street, Phila.
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gurmerly
John W. Guernsey,
WsLLspoao,
B.' B. HOLIDAY, P;oprietQr
OF
710qA, PA.
, _ ,
Mai 30, 1866
SPECIAL
READY .-_MADE CLOT fila
FOIL -VRE •MITLITIMDR.
0 4E,, C;O l 4T§ I ONE t it COATS'!
ELEAVY-RUSINESS SUITS, 'FINE BL'K
• SUITS DRESS :SUITS OF
zuR4S.A.ING:O9 I ?:4II , t Mr 44 PA
I§,fuljy , .efeeked t•tejthtiti. Aihoiceet :and .newest
itiorlee.oflerocomtp, espial: in etylo,,wptAteeeehip
d material to the best custom ffOrly bothfpr:,
BEAUTy :OF FIT, QUALITY &:EOON
, Oki' 1N PRICE
NEW STYLES CONTINUALLY= RE
. .
CEIVED
•2:: •
en Galls will bip . sOldlitthe
LOWEST C ArSEI PRIOEk
,mider.the Agitator Printing oE6oe, mat , door So
Roy's. Drag Store. - • : ; -
Wellsborti, - Sept. 26, 1866.
WHOLESALE DRUG STORE,
,CORNING, N. Y.
• - -
,
DRUGS :AND MEDiCTINES, PAINTS
AND OILS; •i" -• •
THADE;EUS D4VIDS'
TRiTEi)
- r . :.C,INII
,7 , iyo.,AND
BRANDY, WIIIT
BM
KEROSENE IiA.MPS.;' PATENT' MEDI=
~ ~ , _ put„
,tio ..) - ack up the horses and waited
ftielly. Presently she came tripping
11164, with her aprori,fullofsomethiiig
r7 "liere," l said- - She,
,!`hold - your hat”.
IShe,poured the--beaus into it, ..end he
t went Wade. - = •'-
i ',Next day Jack took a - spade, and
iworked away diligently for two - hours.
„"What's come to thge,ilad ?” said the
willow, as he came in, all flushed and
hungry, to his dinner.
. •‘`. - Nelly Gile-is-a. good "lass,"- quoth
Jack ; "and it ever I get rich I'll marry
• her."
•'-'•!Thee get rich !" 'Mid the Widow
Bligh, and she held tip her hands de
, precatingly.
. ','tStrangetbingsbappesometinies,".
'returnerl; ,, ,lack t• , and.- he -"reunited.; his
with -.renewed ' energy. All
that afternoon be dug away Its , though
.his life depended on it.
+ The next clay he zplantetk his beans.
He evidently turn6.l 'Over-.:a new leaf,
'and the widow and her neighbors
- thought the lad was bewitched, as per
-harisiternight have been;' At any rate
,he had 'set to work in earnest,_ and. he
- semi found plenty - to do, the farmers
Living nothing loth to give employment
to one who, despite ills idleness, was a
general favorite. -
•-.;Nelly' alone held aloof. Jack was
•ge WOO:wand herliatronage ; -he had'
-sudtlettir , beerime- . rnere' , rnanly, - - and
seeritit i tatif he liad'grciWrehalf rithead
'taller all at once ; and Nelly turnedshk,
:and it was all he could do to get stray
Words from her nowrarid ; then.
,It was clear that . she would have
'nothing to say to him, which Jack
.thought ratherba4 after. all the-trouble
he had: taken . - -ril, pleilie, her ,- and the
-!more he pondered i over -it the let..he
could understand it—Nelly used to be
so,friendly. Perhaps if there a rich
. than she migliteesie/altheugielo me,
- said Jack ; and so be deterimed to go
elsewhere, to seek his fortune, and re
turitlnid make Nelly 1414 wife: .; ' '• •
1.,,,. Nirlie*nrheWentrte stitGbod-bY,to her,
he did it In rather' a blitridering way.
"Maybe I shall find you married
when 1 come home - again, Nelly," raid
the poor lad, looking- wistfully at her.
- "Maybe you will,' retorted Nelly, "if
I' fintl any one ~.1. like whilst you . are
away." „ •
- And so they parted, and both repented
their speeches when it, . was too late to
.recall them. .; , i •
' Well what is to be is to be, soliloquiz
'ed Jack endeavoring to find consolation
;therein; - but Nelly's - the only ' woman
that shall ever be my wife.
When 'Jack • was gone,. Nelly went
; vel'y often to'see the Widow }High and
1 -was a great, comfort to her; and their
conversation alwaysturned upon Jack.
A year past away, and no tidings came
• Of him. Then another, and the two
; ;;women did hot talk,so much now, but
-• •they sat quietly at their: work when
'-_-,Nelly could stare time from the dairy,
'and it was a eousolation to them to be
- .together; ' ;'
-) At' the beginning of the next ,) , ,dr
'.. r .Nelly was summoned to her home in a'
f distant country. Her'mother wastlyin,g,
- and, as she did not (-mite:back, the Wid
ow Bligh was Lit to bear the trouble
alone; and. through the spring and into '
the summer she watched and. watched;
and every morning, as she opened. her
shutters and let in daylight, she won- ;
dered whether, that day would bring
her son home, and everyevettingas the
day light faded away, she said, He may.'
come to-morrow. '
, And at length the to-morrow •came,'
and a handsome sailor walked' up the
village,street into his mother's cottage;
- and soon the news spread 'abroad ' that
. .
Jack Blini, had come home Withrbags of
TIATENT MEDICINES, Perfumery, Nidi,icaP. .,,, ,„
1 :limarutceots and ; Musical Morckandisc . ..if all . g old guine"'-
kinds, Saucy Goods of all kinds, its:- .
, - .
.. 1 . But that was not of-course true, The
- , , 1. , . • :-. t first person'that Jack asked :after oy,es
MANSPIELD,,,PA.: ;:. ,•, „ i Nelly Giles, but he Could'-hear nothing
'Physician's Presiriptions carefully conipoinded 1 of her.
October 31,1863 .- 6 m. "Never mind her, Jack," saidt he wid-
PETROLEUM
ROCIIESTER PERI
- FIIMERY
AND FLAVORING EXTR.AOTS, WALL
Eli
PAPtIi.,4.Ig72DIV , r6LAS - S,
14 to 20"
• ,=-11N - 1): DYE COLORS,
Sold at, Wholosnlo Panes. Boynp arerequvonla .
to caltsmd-'get quotations ..before - going forintk*
4 TERBELL 8c C4: 4 '
Corning; N. Y., Jao.:l,4BWly: '•-•! • • • •
SAYE YOIJE GREgisIBAURSII"
AND S 'CALL 'AT
NastAz; ikia - eibiteli9
CHEAP_ qAsti STORE.,
MADE CLOTHING;
Manulloturedctmler their own superyllin
Also
,Gentslurrif#A frig zEd:; do
In their merchant tailoring establialiinetl
competition hivingibilreit tailors of- New YorlCrity,
and au'Experienced cutiltr,l7lr. 11. P. Erwin. treir2l6Bly
NEW WiNnit:V/111911S
REDLTCED PRICES.
Great Inducements to the PubM!
XTOTlhaving a big stook of, OLD GOODS i
IA • Awls off at.auctiOU J l sin enabled W' 4104
:utvanlage of the present leir prices, and rea
dy to supply the public with &splendid !Hoek
NEW SPRING DRY GdODS, ;; LATEST
Styles, purehasedtoAcootistno4te this mar
ket.
Pattioularnttentiora-iti directed to tny de.
' sirable 'stack of. Ladies! DRpS§,,I39ODS;
Alpaceas, Poplina;P.rinto, De!eines, &e., &e.
" Added to which. I am, offering a large'
1 and splendid stock of ,
GROCERIES, iio67l"—and
and CAPS. &c., &c.,
at piioes•to suit thed,000,900,. IliggYad's
old's:tan& , •'
April 4,1866
W.- D. LANG;
DRUGS, MEDICINES‘
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
WELLSI3OItO, PA I; NOVEMBER: 1,1866
itiaiEbe Einsarpaized
ASTIER.
WASH LIME,
1118111 ME
lIMMEI
i .
BLOOBB:13-
C. IL KELLEL
=Man
~zs-t~11~~e.0~~.~
A EtATFFLL OF BEANS
- BrJUI44 - 6bDDARD:'S
"Who is Squire Bligh?" I asked.
"Who was 6quire'Bligh, - yOu mean?"
I returned my friend. "Bit down, and I
will tell:4olLn stnrY.iii . .•
• - f .!'l
So 1- Satkdoviti,;find be told' tree, as. iiil•
lows i and I have been thinking of it
pVer since, • and :.weaving.• into -my
thoughts with the memory of those tiny
i children intent upon their picture-books.
.-_"Nigh: forty years' two:, there, was'.e.
I , Avidow living in this place who had an
only. son, named Jack." _ .....,,; -
.- , '
f:- •" f es," I interrupted, "and he was an
idle, good-for-nothing -lad, always - in
Mischief, and an anxiety to his mother:" -
1 ' ;Who told you so?" asked my friend.
I - "No one," Said , 1 ; V.go.--sm.. YvAtkii.tiae.
Story." -- `• `• .r
lie went on doing little or liithitig,;'
i. .
until he was a great fellow of seventeen_
,_,Or eighteen,- his- ehlefAvork: being =to=
take the horses down. to- ate farmers'
round-7-this he did not object to, as he
could - ride down to the river, and ride
-up again— One. fine ,
evening in the
spring he was returning with the horses
'as- usual, when as he passed a certain
-stile, he heard some one call to him--..'
"':"Jack !" .. _
-. - " Here I be,' said Jack, stopping -the
'horses, and loOked in thedirection from ,
Wlience the voice came. 'Hoy,' he ejac
rilated, in a tone oCiiStoniibruent ; and
gratification as his eye -fell - upon the
neat little tignte - --of , the - girl. who, had
I been taken.:to:helpimtlie daity.
-•'' "What be you doing- here Nelly?"
- "Waiting to see - you, Jack."' -- - •
"'That's kind at any , ritte; 'and - it's Wit •
Many wonld•do it ;;but - I'm but - I'm a ne'er- - d - o•
wel l','aild no one need trouble about me,",
said - lie - , soinewhat bitterly: ', .
o ,"That's jot what I enure t0:411,3'0u,"
I 'returned tile littlermilden. , -, ;
"'rhea yon don't care .about- .me ?"
isaid he, with a little vexation in :his
lone.- • , • -, 3 , J - . - , . -
-: • `,Care! why should I, for a lazy fel
low like you? - 1 should - think not."
- "But-you might, Nelly.", ,
- - "-Might, indeed! I-mightn't do any
thing of the sort. Athny rate-I don't."
,"Then What - did, you come here for?" -
"To tell you you ought to
. b ' e asham -• e
d
of : your self.
“,Tlieres.pleirlyto,,do that," — elul ieli
-
_the lad.. ,-1
(I ,4 `Yes-;--liat-you aoult-them,-them --an
ybu miglitreed Inef'ilackv,W,:milciyou,
begin.4l) lidrilt 'a' liii9u,l , - " i -3:1 i."
' '*"l don't know what-to-begin at."
.• ' ' ',Your motheriagutra nice bit of gar
_ . _
den,,Tack." -; ~ ,„,,* -,. -..„-... • , ; .:- I
'''"l'Ne nothing to put in,it " answered
, _,_
''ask; despondingly. _ F ,
"Nonsense," said Nelly : "what -- 'a
'-faint-heart you have.- I'll give you -a
lot ofbeWs to begin - with; -,-• You' put - up
the l'll'. be 'back in i.min-
Itil
=II
,
was
- quite contented,now 'that
- she had her son.- and indeed-did' not
flitch care for a rival, "she's not: - worth
thinkity _ , -
But ,Jack was not of his mother's opin •
-ion. and he 'Was scarcely sorry to go
away again, for the old place - seemed
very dreary without Welly. , •
This time he was ablelo - write to his
motheroccasionally, for he had brushed
Mithis writing, - and 4 c :was a proud day
4(4 the \lib:l6w - Whett_the 'schoolmaster
came in to read her son's fetters.
A second time Jack Bligh - camehonte,
and -this, time ft . ,' carriage,. 'laden with
boxes-, and papkages, stopped at the
widow's door, for Jack Was prospering:
But' nothing - had - been h eard" of Nelly.
and Jack 'could- not bear the sight of the
fine things he had brought, for he had
intended the, most of them for her.
It's all through those beans, thought'
poor Jack; 'that a came - to go away. '
_ Yet 'would he have been- nearer had
he stayed at home in idleriesa?;
Fifteen years had
,passed-away, and
Jack had_prospered,so well that he de- 7 '
aided upon giving up his sealife and set-:
tling - in his native village - So' he- took
the jolly-old farm and filled it with for
eign 'curiosities, and the .Widow Bligh
presided, over, it in great state.
"And did Jack marry ?" I asked. -
".17'bii!t interitpt me;" 'said mY friend.
- "For 'a long time he-did-not, although
his mother pointed out more than one
girl ..iit•tite J - leighborhood
.who would
--make 4fin a, good wife—at last he did."
"Oh r,sWith a kindotsigh.
"Wait," continued my friend. r
Oneinorninga .pale,4hin woman ela
te) edAbe.,village, , .andi mho) she- was
oppqsite.t he old black-timbered house,
she asked of a wagoner whir 'vu;' pass
ing, - whlethfq' fhe . WidoW Bligh was still
living? -
".AyiVi replied the ;man, "sliehe."
has...ltick come home?"
"Jackintleedl " said the Man. "Squire
Thigli's eonie liVes in that
house there:"
The poor wonmwlooked upat - the.sub. ,
stantialdwelling of,the man to whoin
she had ,given the hatftill el beans, .and
her heart died Within her.
He'lf not care for the likeS of me, said
to herself, as she turned to go away
again. - „
1:lot the shock had been too great for
her tbil'arid travel-Worn'frame, and she
had not taken many steps before she
• , nk down-on the ground.
4 The wagoner' ran to her 'assistance.
ne raised her 'head, pushed back her
bonnet,' and shouted to the astonished
Squire, who happened,to be returning
from his morning's stroll.
"Master master! if here bean'tNelly
Giles?"
This was on Saturday, and how it all
wne- to be arranged so soon, or whether
the squire even asked Nelly, I don't
know ; but the nest Sunday - at church
the banns - were put up, and in lessthan
three weeks the Squire and Nelly were
married., And they live at the old
farm-house' to this day, -and the Squire
changed the name to the Bean Farm ;
and so it's been called ever since. And
thWYe.one daughter, as bright a. lass
as need be. She does not wear little
white
-linen caps and short petticoats,
as her - mother used to do ; but for all
that,lhe Squire says she's the very im
age of what Nelly Giles was when she
gave him the hathill of beans.
"And where had Nell 3, been ail these
yethis?"saicl 1..
her
father.
far away in the north" with her
father. He - was a pow' weak body, and
she coukinit leaVe him till he diet ,and
then she-travelled down: to see if Jack
had come:home; for, of course, she knew
that Jack liked her, and would never
'marry any one else. - Only, yon see: she
never expected' him to propose as- he
bad - -
And this was the story-my friend told
me, anti somehow it wove itselfinto my
mind in connection with the fairy leg
end with the little ones in their fair
haven were pouring over:and I mingled
fiction and fact until I brought myself
almost to believe that I had seen the
hero of bean-stalk celebrity. For did
he not owe his prosperity to a hatfull of
beans ?Antl bad he not left hls widowed
mother in her little cottage whilst he
went into far off lands to bring home
gold and treasuze? And did not they
end, their days in affluence, just like
jack and his mother in the time-hon
ored story ?:
BraGER, BILLY."—One day a
gentleman saw two boys going, along
the streets of a great city.. TAgy were
bare-footed. Their clothes were ragged
and dirty, and tied together by pieces
of string. One of the boys was perfect
ly happy over a half withei•ed bunch of
flowers which he-had pi betup in the
street.
say, said he to his com
panion, "wasn't somebody very kind
to drop, these'ere promises where I could
lind,theni--rand they are so pooty and
nice? Look sharp, Billy, webby you'll
find Something bimeby."
PresghtlY ,the gentleman heard the
merry voice again, ;saying, "Oh! jolly,
Billy, if here ain't - niost half a peach,
and taint much dirty neither; , 'cause
you han't found nothin,.' you may bite
first."
Billy was going to take a very tittle
taste of it; when - his companion said :
"Bite Bigger, Billy; mebby we'll rind
another 'fore long." -
What a noble heart that *hely had in
spite of his rags and dirt! He Was "doing
good,"
Tlare was nobody for him to be kind
'to but his companion in poverty—the
poor raved boy at his side. But he
was shoving him all the kinduesS in
his powo when he said, "Bite bigger,
Billy." . There was nothing greedy,
nothing , selfish about the boy. His
conduct shows us how even a poor,
:ragged beggar boy can do good, by
showing kindness.
Bite bigger, Billy; mebby we'll find
another ,'Core long." Who . can help
admiring the noble heart of that poor
boy? I would rather . have that boy's
kind and generous' , spirit than have a
merchant's crown without it.
"Bite bigger, Billy." Think of these
words if your are ever tempted to be
unkind or selfish to your companions.
A conceited young fellow, calling upon
an old lady friend previous to his de
parture for China; was taken somewhat
by surprise when the good-natured lady
advised him to be .careful of himself
in the "flowery kingdom," as she under
stood the Chinese feaSted on puppies."
"Did the minister put a stamp ouyou
when you were married, Mary!"
"A' stamp, Charlie! What for, pray?"
"Why, Watches ain'tlegal without. a
stamp, you know."
-541ert tTigetqc
A WALK IN A, OENSCEE-YAND.- ;
We - walked within the church-yard bonntiS-•-
Lly)ittle boy and I
He laughing, funning happy rounds,
I pacing mournfully.
"Nay, child, it is not well," I said,
""-Among the graves to shout, ' •
•' To laugh and play among the dead, . ,
And make thie noisy rout. '
A moment to my side he clung,
Leaving his merry , play ;
A moment stilled:l:kis merry torluiii,
Alizio'st as husiked as they:
Then; quite forgetting the command,
In life's exalting burst
Of - early glee; let'go my hand,
Joyous as at the first.
And now L did. not check_bitn more ;
' Fur,,taugbt by nature's face,
Phut' grown wiser than before,'
-
- ;, itt tklat utOglent's space._
She spread no funeral pall above"
parch
Ciretierch-yaiii &hired;
But . the same azure-vault
As hung
And white clouds o'er that spot would pass
' As• fiCety-ry elseirhere; -
The sunshine on no other-grass
A richer flue might wear. - _
And, tuurth from - out - the very-mould
In which the dead did, lie, -
The daisy, with its eye,rd_gold,
Lupl!eu uo,into
. The - rook iwari wheeling overhead, -
' ' Nor hastened, to he
The ;4'1411 hit d did its glad notat shod,
•E'un on u ;leo headstiato.
And Goa, I ;Mill. VlO-0111.1 Deter girl
his light apon lhu earth,
Nor hid in rhibllrood's heart to liNe
, These aprii)gs of gushing ruirtbii
If our nWn'sviMiari were to mourn
And linger with the deed
To nurse forever thoughts forlorn ,
Of worm and earthly bed.
ono the glory earth puth on,
The child's unchecked delight,
13,,th witnet.s to a triumph won,
If we but read aright—
triumph won o'er sin and denth
Frimr est: the Saviour :ayes ;
And like, puppy -infant, - Faith
Can p . . .y among the 'graves._
A RELIC OF BARBARISM
[The following last will and testament was
picked, up ,by J. B. 4owe, , is Prince George
Court House, Va., daring the war. Mr. Bowe
resides in 'uriningt"n, this county, sod was a
soldier. We received this document a year or
more ago, hut it was mislaid, and only chine to
light within a short tine past. E'D. AGITATOR.]
In the Name of God An - ten:
I William Bonner of the County of
Prince George being weak in Body but
of a perfect mind and Disposeing Mem
ory thanks be to God for the , same but
koowing, that it is appointed unto all
men once to die do make this my last
Will and Testament in manner as fol
lows first I bequeath my soul to almigh
ty God whogave it me hopeingforEter
nal salvation through the merits of
Jesus Christ my Body I commit to the
Earth from whence it came to be de
cently Buryed at the Expense of my
Estate by my Executors here after men
tioned and as touching my temporal
Estate which it hath pleased. God to
bless me with I Give and Dispose,of the
same as followetb,
- IteM I Give and bequeath th my be
loved wife Sarah Bonner one feather
bed and boulster the best. Blue Rugg one
blue Bed quilt one pillow all the Sheets
that she call her own two Cows and
Calves if I have so" manyln my Stock
Six young hoggs oue horse Called Porn
py one Side Saddle three pewter dishes
three fiat pewter plats and Six barrels
of corn and the third part of the meat
that is in the house four Rush Bottom
Chairs her Choice Excepting two one
pot & hooks She takeing her choice of
all the potts also five pounds of Such
Money as is passing one Iron Skillet
Also I give to my wife one Negro Girl
named filly to her and her Heirs for
ever one Lomb & all the Slaies and har
ness Excepting the one flay and harness
that my Shirts is wove in also my Cart
& Wheels I leave to my wife the use of
two negroes namely Peter the Elder &
patt dureing her widowhood but not to
to be carried out of the Colony Virginia
the two above Lent negros to Return
after her widow I _,ood as I shall here
after mention also T give 'my wife one
Stone fatt pott one pewter Eason.
Item I Uti l e and bequeath to my son
Jesse Bonner the tise of my land hing
in the County of Dinwiddie by Estima
tion two
_hundred - acres and if he ever
has an heir or heirs lawfully begotten
of his own, body, then to Remain to 'him
•and his heirs - forever otherwis if •he dies•
without- heir lawfully begotton then
the above land to be Equally Divided
between .my sen Williatn Bonnets
Chil
dren toThem and their heirs Talso leave
my 'son Jesse - the use of three negros
Namely Ned'. Selah & David dureing
his life and if he should have au heir
or heirs lawfully' begotten of his body
then the three above said Negros and
their increase to Remain to him and his
heirs forever otherwis after his Death to
be Equally Devided among my Son
William's Children to them and their
heirs I alsogive tQ my son Jesse one
featlieCbed Rug and Blankit one Small
Round Table three Leather Chairs & one
Rush Bottom one & one Copper Kittle
also one Bedstead also I leave the use of
my Negro woman Jude and her increace
to my Son .Tesse in the Manner as I
leave the three fore said Negros'
Item I Give & bequath to my Son
William Bonner the land and plantation
Whereon I now live to him, and his
heirs forever also three Negros Namely
Ede, George and my boy Peter and their
ineretiee after this date to him and his
heirs one large Round Table three Lea
ther chairs one Rush bottom Chair one
Bed; Rugg and Blahki t one bed stead
also 1_ give to my Son William My fel
low Peter after the widow hood of my
wife to him and his heirs
Item I give and bequeath to my.
Grand son Williamson Bonner one Ne
gro woman named Patt and her increace
from this date one Calee° Cover lid one
pine Chest with two draws '
• Item • I Give and bequeath to my
Grandson James Bonner my Negro. boy
named Tom Son s of Patt to him and his
heirs
Item I Give and bequeath to my
Grand son William Daniel one Negro
Girl named Phebe to him and his heirs
forever
Item I give to my Sou in Law John
Weeks one_ negro Girl daughter of Ju
dah Named Lucy which Girl I Give to
John Weeks in Consideration for write
ing this my last will & Testainen the
Girl to him and his heirs ,
• Item I Give to my Daughter in Law
Elizabeth Bratton one Negro boy named
hall to her and her heirs
JOBBING DEPARTSENT.
The Proprietors lave stocked the establbduzsea t vitt;
s lane esaortasent of Modern styles
JOB' AND MD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES,
and aro prepared to execute neatly, and - ,ironeptly
POSTRES, HANDBILLS, CIRMLA:g3, 11ILL•
HEADS, LETTER. HEADS, STA-MI.IINT%
TOWNSHIP oitzzu 3 , Sc ., se.
Deed., Mortgages, Leases, and a full assortroent o
Constables' and destines' Blanks, constantly on band.
People living at a distance can depend on having their
work done promptly, and sent Peck in morn =IL
ANH:thlsi—Borablock,Socond
NO. 47.
I also leave my old :Negro woman Lu
g to be Maintained by my T wo s ons
Jesse & William Bonner
All the Rest and Residue of my Es
tate as is not mentioned to be Zqu e uy
devided between my two Sons J esse and
William Bonner at their own Discretion
'that my Estate nor no part thereof be
sold So If they Cant agree they must
C4ose two men to divid for them and
my will is -that my Estate be not ap
praised
and Lastly I Constitute and a.ppoint
my two Sons Jesse and William Bonner
Executors to this rny s last will and Tee.
tament and I do herby utterly Revoake
- disalovr and make Void all former wills
made•, by me before the date hereof
Ratefying and Confirming this and no
other to be my last will and Testament
In Witness where of I have hereunto
Set' my hand and fixed my Seal this
Eighteenth day of December one thou-
Sand Seven hundred and Eighty one
, his
WILLIAM X BOYNE - RS
mark
After inspecting shops, and elbOwing
and being elbowed in the crowd, till
after noon, when I was ready to drop
with heat and fatigue, my pilot steered
me to a smallsquarejlagged with stone,
on which the sun shone fiercely. He
called it Beggar Square, and told me
that all the destitute and abandoned
sick •in the city, crawled, if they could,
to this spot, because those who died
there received burial at the expense of
the government. Whole heaps of dirty,
clothes were lying upon the ground,
which presently began to move, and 1.
discovered to my horror three miserable
creatures, lean and covered with odious
filth, lying in the different stages of
their last agony, on the hare stones,
exposed to the burning rays of the sun.
They came here to die, and - o one
heeded them, or gave then a crop of
water or a-morsel of food, or even a little
shelter from the noontide glare. I had
seen shocking things of this kind in
India, but nothing so horrible.
To insure a climax of disgusts, my
guide led me straight to a dog-butcher's
-shop, where several of the nasty, fat,
oily - carcasses of those animals were
hanging for sale. _They had not been
flayed, but dangled with -their smooth,
shiny skins, which had been scalded
and scraped clean of hair, so that at first
I took them for sucking pigs. There
were joints of dog, ready roasted, on the
counter, and in the back of the show
were several cages, in which live dogs
were quietly sitting, lolling their
tongues out, and appearing very uncon
cerned.
I saw several cats, also in cages, look- 4
ing very demure ; and moreover, I .savt
customers, decorous and substantial
looking house holders, Inspect and feel
the dogs and cats, and buy those which
they deemed suitable for the table. The
cats did not like being handled, and
mewed loudly. "What Cappen think
o' that ?" said my guide. "Cappen,
s'pose, never eat dog?—number one din
ner is dog!" "And are cats as good ?"
I ask. "Oh, Chinamen chowchow
every thing. Chowchow plenty o'cat.
Chinamen nasty beasts, Ithink, cappen,
eh?" My cicerone had been so long
mixed up with European and American
ship captains and missionaries, that .he
had learned to suit his ideas to his com
pany, if his ideas had not actually un
dergone great modification, as in the
ease in India with those educated na
tives of the present day, known to us as
specimens of Young Bengal.—Travels
in the East.
Judge Ray, the Temperance lecturer,
in one of his efforts, got off the follow
ing :
AU those who in youth acquire a
habit for drinking whiskey, at forty
years of age will be total abstainers or
drunkards. No one can use whiskey
for years in moderation. If there is a
person in the audience before me whose
own experience disputes this let him
make it known: I will account for it,
or acknowledge that I am mistaken."
A tall, large man arose, and folding
his arms in a dignified manner across
his breast, said :
" I offer myself as one of whose ex
perience contradicts your statement."
" Are you a moderate drinker?" said
the Judge.
{t
" How long have you drank In mod
eration r
" Forty years."
" And were never intoxicated?"
" Never." •
" Well," remarked the Judge, scan
ning his subject closely from' head to
foot, " yours is a singular case; yet I
think it is easily accounted for, I am
reminded by it of a little incident. -
" A colored man, with a loaf of bread
and a flask of whiskey, sat down to dine
by the bank of a clear stream. In break
ing bread some of the crumbs dropped
into the water. These were eagerly
seized and eaten by the fish. That cir
cumstance suggested to the darkey the
idea of dipping the bread in the whis
key and feeding it to them. He tried it
It worked well. Some of the fish ate of
it, became drunk, and floated helplessly
on the water. In this way he easily
caught a great number. But in the
stream was a large fish very unlike the
rest. It paatook freely of the bread and
whiskey, but with no perceptible effect.
It was shy of every effort of the darkey
to take it. He resolved to have it at all
hazards, that he might leafn its name
and nature. Ile procured, a net, and
after much effort might it, carried it to
a colored neighbor, and asked his opin
ion of the matter. The other surveyed
the wonder a moment, and then said :
" Clem, I un'erstans dis case. Dat tish
is a mullet-head; it 'mint,rrot any
brains!" In other words," added the
Judge, " alcohol affects only the brain,
and of course those having none may
drink without injury!"
The storm of laughter that followed
drove the moderate drinker suddenly
from-the house.
A coarse, ill-natured fellow died one
day, and his friends assembled at his
funeral, but no one had a good word to
say about the deceased. Even at the
grave all was silent. At length a good
hearted German as he turned to go
home,.said, "Veil, he vas a good schmo
ker."
A hard-shell Baptist preached in
Washington city lately, and took his
text, "God made man in his own im
age." He thus commenced, "An hon
est man is the noblest work of God."
Then he made a long pause and looked
searchingly about the audience, and
then exclaimed, "But God Almighty
hasn't had a job in this city for nigh on
fifty years.
SIGMA'S IN come,