64e cop 4r/omit aotat.
Is Published spray Wedn
esdaye Homing; at V. -
latuxisbly In a
COBB & VAN GELDER.
x. a. coax.) IP. C. TAX on z.
.A.r.tr£11.2`213:1 , 70 . 1t..1162=113.
Trat L! or Mums, oa ins, NM on Rams
ia:l7
....uts.4 • Mos.
$ 2 , 00 S 2 A IO $ 15 , 1 :q
2,00 3,00 4,00 4,001
io,a3 15,00, 17,001 22.00
18,00 20.00 1 80.00 1 40,001
1K
Ono Col.
Enemas Csrda inserted st-the sat. of One s
Uns per year; but none tnr leo stun than PAD.
ea s Sperfal notices, Fifteen Cents per line; Editorii
or Local Hakes, Twenty Cents per line."
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
W. D. TERBELk. & CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, rind dealers In
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lampe, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils, Ito ,
Corning, N. Y., Jan 1,1868.—1 y.
W. A. PUMA' Si:WI I. IWITCIIILL.
NICHOLS & MITOUELL,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
Office formerly occupied by James Lowre, Req
li?sr. A. Nicnor.s. Jona I. ArtrcueL
W•Usboro, Jan. 1,1866—1 y.
WILLIAM H. toffirn,—
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Insnrante, Bounty and Pension Agenoy, Mein
Street Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.
S. F. WlLs?'
WILSON & NILES,
ATTORNEYS.c COUNSELORS AT LAW,
(First door from Bigoney'o, on the Avenne)—
Will attend to business entrusted to their can
in the counties of Twin and Potter.
Weßibero, Jan. 1, ma. - •
F. W. OLARIC,
TTOILSKY AT LAW—Mazutfield, Tioga co., Pa.
May 9,1866-1 y
GEORGE WAGNER,
TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
Shoe Shop. jir.Cutting, Fitting, and Repair.
ing done promptly and well.
Wellabor°, Pa., Jan. 1,1866.—1 y.
JOHN B. SHANSPEARE,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop one door above
Smith's Law Office- pair Catting, Pitting, and
Repairing done promptly and in best style.
Welleboro, Pa.. Jan. 1,1866—1 y
JOHN 1. MITCHELL
GENT for the collection of bounty, back pay
jok and pensions due soldiers from, the Govern
ment. oMco with Richole and Miiebell, Wolfe.
boro, , Pa. m3O, '66 y
GAZIEMSON7
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
sad lasulases Agent, Ebensburg, Pa., over
Caldwell's Store. •
IZAAK WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tina Oanaty, Pa.
H. C. VERAILLYEA, PROPRIETOR. This is ■
Dew hotel located within noel access of the
best fishing and bunting grounds in North.
ern Pannsylrania. No pains will be spared
for the apoommodation of pleasure meakers and
the travning publlo. [Jan. 1, 1816.]
Pennsylvitnia, House;
AMABWL FCLZLETT PROPIKIIETcat.
rp}llB poialar tWel has been lately renovated and re.
I. furnished, and no 1/41011 veil be spared to render Its
hospltalltlss eoceptable to patrons. •
Welsher°, May P. INIS.
-
PETROLEI7III 11017 SE,
WESTFIELD, PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri
etor. A new Hotel conducted on the principle
of live and let live, for the accommodation of
the public.—Nov. 14, 1131113.—1 y.
S.O. STRANG.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Any business entrust
ed to hie care will receive prompt attention.
Encrrville, Pa., 13c0v.14, 1866.—5 t
vso. w. RTON,
At9TOSNEY
, C r :IINSELOR AT Ld W, Yaw
roaorndlle Bounty, Pension,
and Inin; Tim Co., Pa.
anoe Agent. Collections promptly
attended to. Odin 9d door below Ford Boom
Doc. 12, 1886-1 y
C: F. SWAN;
AGENT for the Lycoming County' Insurance
Company, at Ttoga, Pa.
June LI, 181511.-3 m,
FARR'S HOTEL,
TIOCIA, TIOCSA' COUNTY,
Goad stabling, attached, and an attentive hos
tler always in attendance.
E. S. FARR , Proprietor.
UNION HOUSE
[Formerly Hert's Hotel ] •
MIN OR WA TKINS, Proprietor. nits house
to stunted on i Moin Street, in Wetisboro, and is
surrounded *itb beautiful shade trees, and hos
all the necessary accommodations for loan and
beast —ang. 22, ly
Blacksmith and Farrier.
JOSEPIi fI tdANLY would inform the citizens
of WeHebert, and vicinity that he has leased
the old Mack stand, on Water street, lately cm.
copied by Mr. Bluer , where be may he found
prepared to shoe horses and oxen, and do all
work pellaining to hts trade. Lie also is a prac
tical Fattier, and will treat horses for diseases
October 24. I 8615- tf
Hairdressing Jr Shaving
Saloon over Wilcox & larker's Store, Well"-
bore, Pa. Particular attention paid to Ladies
Hair-cutting, Shampooing, *sing, etc. Braid',
Pale, coils, and atrichea on blind and mod. to or
der.
Nr.'IBIINSOK.
H. W. DORSEY
GOLD reeeived op deposite. (or ar bleb
ceMiC
cetamill be Woad, gearing interert in gold.
E. W. CL/ilitK k CO, Bankers,
No lb south Third street, Phila.
De
BACON; AL a, late of Uie 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
Essay font years or army 'service, with It law .
es paaesea lE flald arid hospital practice, ima opened an
allien for the practice of sue&lne and surgery, i¢ aU
its branches. Persons fnmo a distance out And ^ood
hoartUng at the Pennsylvania note l when davir—
Will slut any part of the State in consultation or to
iarturta surgical operatiaLle. S 0 4, Unidis Shi rk-,
stairs. A - 41.0,am. Pa., May 2,1860.—1 y.
NEW PICTURE GALLERY.— -
PRANK SPENCER
has the pleasure to inform the citizens of Tiogs
connty that be has completed his
NEW pfIOTOGRAPIL GALLERY,
and is on hand to take all kinds of Sun Pictures,
such so eitsbrorypes, Ferrotypes, Vignettes,Certes
de Visite, th e Surprise end Eureka Pictures; sled
particular attention paid- to copying and enlarg
ing pictures. • Instructions given in the Arc on
reasonable terms. Elmira St., Mansfield, Oet 1,
15613.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS.
ur si. B. SMITH, Knorrille, Tinge County,
Vl' Pa, (11. S. licensed Agent, and Attorney
fur soldiers and their friends throughout all the
loyal &taw) will prosecute and collect with un
rivalled theme,
SOLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES
of all kind.. Alto, any other kind of claim
against the Government before any of the De
partments or in Congress. Terms moderate, All
commaatoation a seat to the above address will re.
calve prompt attention. Jan. 17, 18156.
114,84 a, C. N. DART T,
yirOtTLD say to the public that he i. r trmq _
needy located in Wellabore, (Of fre ,t his
residence, -cur the Land Office and Enh.,..1, 4 1
Church) where he will continue to do nil kinds or
work nodded to his care. pel•Otetting complete
sattifaction where (he chill of tie Dentist rim
evall to the management of cases peculiar to the
canonic 114 will forniAh
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
Evt on any mulerix! flrqirtel.
FILLING it EXTRACTING TERTH,
attended to on phorteit notice, and dare in the
Le.t and rowit approved ityle.
TEEIU EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAW
by tho tha woo of Aniestheties which are per
fectly harinlooe, and will be adtoinietcrod errs}
•haw dewed.
WOlobar° Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
_ _ _
MUSICAL INSTROMRNTS.—J. B. Shahs.
pit.tr, dealer in Decker & Brother and
flames & Brothers piines, Mason tr. Betel% cab
men organs, Trent, Linsey & Co. melodeons, and
ail B. Elhaninger melodeons. Room over J. R.
Bowen's store. Sept. 12, 1855.
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\';/ VOL XIV* .i VITELLSBORO, PA., JANUARY 30, 1887.
AO EI
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190 00i
90.
John W. Guerniie*,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Efavii4 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 will be attended to with
promptness and fidelity. Ol!held door south
of E. S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
sept. 26.'66.—tf.
WELLSBORO HOTEL
(Corner Main arca and the 4venue.) •
Wittesono, Pe.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor
THIS is one of the most popular Housetrin
the county. i rhis Hotel is the principal
Stage-house in We'labor°. Stages leave daily,
as follows :
For Tioga, at 10 a. m. ; For Troy, at 8 a. m.;
For Jersey Shore every Tnesday and Friday at
2 p. m.; For Coudersport, every Monday and
Thursday-it 2p. m..
STAGES ARRIO-,-Frota Tinge, at 1314 0404 .
p. From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. Fromm Je
rsey Shore; Tuesday and Friday 11 a: on. t From
Coudersport, Monday and ThandaY 11 Mm.
N. B.—Jimmy Cowden, the-well-known host.'
ler, will be found on baud.
Welbboro, JaMl; 18116-:ly.'
J. B. NiLcs
_ W. D. LANtik
.
DEALSR IY •
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
PATENT MEDICINES, Perfumery, Musical
Instruments and Musical Iderchsadistkof aD
kinds, Fancy Goods of all kinds, &c. "
MANSFIELD, PA.
Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded
October 31, 1866.-6 m.
THE THIRD LOT
New Spring Goods,
JUST RECEIVED AT
. VAN NAME & WICKHAM'S,
NIVE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW
end well selected stook of goods, which
we are selling very
LOW FOR CASH OR REJDY PAY.
Good yard wide shooting for
heavy yard wide sheeting for
Delainet,
Standard prints from
OTHER GOODS IN
We else keep coneiantly on band a choice
FM2IB
GROCERIES, FLOUR, POltii, &o„
At very low figures. - May 30, 1866
NEW WINTER 60011S1'
AT REDUCED PA7CES.
Great Indueenients to the Public!
NJT haviatt a big stock of OLD GOODS "th'
shove off at auction, I am enabled to, take
advantage of the primal, low prices, cod am rea
dy to supply the public with a splendid' stoth of
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS, LATEST
Styled, purchased to accommodate- chi,' mar
Particular *attrition 10-diin . i;ted - to my di
sit-Ale *Wilt
,tifledieit' DRESS GOODS,
Alpaccas, Ptiplititi;Ptinfs, D riioea, &c., &c.
Added to tr'hieti I tun l citriptini a large
and splendid etuek
GROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS
and CAPS. &e., &C., &z., &c..
at prices to iuit the 1,000,000, at Ongood'e
old stand, Wei Moro, Pa.
C. B. KELLEY.
April 4,1666.
LAWRENCEVILLE -DRUG. STORE.
TEE anderajwied hadpgparcl aced
vIP/Fre--Miller; will
keep a fall 'tack of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
PATENT MEDICINE'S, PAINTS, OILS,
Dye Soar. Kerosene Oil and Groceries, Was
will be sold at ax low priceasts any other earth- -
lishment in 'the - country for cash.
C. P. LEONARD.
Lawrenceville, Nov. 3,18 e -
To the Farmers of Toga County.
siLAM now building at my temnufactory in Lawrence.
ne. a sdporsOt 4 .
FANNING MILE,
which poiseuil pi* following edvantAiimonor another
1. It soweres oats, rat litter and foul seeds, and
chessand cockle, from wheat.
2. It cleans iscsaed, take. ant yellow seed, and ►lt
other semis, perfectly. - .
3, It cleans timothy sad '
It does all other saparatiog required of a mill.
This tolli Is built of the hest and most durable ttm•
bar, In good aryl*, and Is sold cheap for mask, or pro
-
dace.
I will St a patent for separating oats Cron
wbeat, to other =Ms, on reasonable terms.
J. IT MATHER.
LaterenceeMe.Octoberlo, ams-tf
AVE YOUR GREENBACKS 1
AND CALL OETEN AT
Nast & Auerbach's
CHEM..; CASH STORE.
EiLOSP,BCRO. PA,
Where you can always tied 413 llest AMAMI
*tech of
DOMESTIC et FA NOY DRY s Ajoopp6,
•
LL
CLOTHS, NOTION S : ,RE2I,DY•'
MADE CLOTRING, -
Mannflictifrodinder their uteri peivisicat. ;
Ovite fitrwiskiag good., tke., &it.
-
In thelrmarchand tailoring eitablhibutriat thiy . de w l t t
rompien ;,., W tesingTheban USW blur * of Shut all
and an experteuced cutter, 1r.3 H. P. Et ~,n. [feb2l
LADIES' SETS from $1.50 to 330, at
deel9 FOLET'S
or
TIOGA, PA
EMI!
MEM
[TEE
SPECIAL NOTICE!
READY-MADE CLOTHING
FOR THE MULTITUDE
OVER COATS! OVER COATS!
HEAVY BUSINESS SUITS; FINE BL'K
- SUITS, DRESS SUITS OF ALL
QRADES. : :
FURNISHING GOODS IN -G'RRAT VA-
RTETY.
"Z- ._.-I
Is fully stocked with the choicest and newest
styles of Garments, equal in Style, workmanship_
and material to the beet custom work, both fur '
BEAUTY OF FIT, QUALITY & ECON-
014 Y IN PRICE
ebip be antirrianted
NEW STYLE'S CONTINUALLY RE
AIL thi untie sold, at the
• 7 1X)N°4 - ST QASIi PRIDES
undertike - Agiiiitor''PriziAig Office, neat doc;rio
Roy'► Drag Store.
Patented May 29, 1866
MIMS is an article for washing without rubbing, ex.
rapt in very dirty places, which will require a very
slight rub, and unlike other preparations offered for a
Me purpose, wax Nor for mu ctorurs, but will leave
them much watrui than ordihary methods, without the
maid wear and tear.
It removes grease spots es if by magic, and softens
the dirt by soaking, so that rinsing will In ordinary
eases entirely remove it.
This powder is prepared to ACCOrtiALCO with chemical
science, and upon a process peculiar to itself, which is
secured by Letters Patent. It has been in use for more
than a year, and hue proved itself an universal favorite
wherever It has been awl.
Among the advantages claimed are the following, viz
It saves all the expense of map tumidly need on cot
ton and linen goods.
/tinsel most of tho labor of rubbing, and wear and
tear.
Also, for cleaning windows it is uniurpassed With
one quarter the labor and expense usually required, it
Imparts a beautiful glows and luster, touch superior to
any other mode. No water required except to moisten
the powder. , .
, .
Directions with each package.
- And cad be readily appreciated b'y elngle * trint The
cost of washing fora family of Dee or sic persons will
not exceed amass arms.
• . •
The manufacturers of this powder are aware that
many melees compounds hare been Introduced to the
public which hate rotted the cloth, or fulled in remov.
leg the dirt; but booting the intrtneie excellence of
this article, they contideatly proclaim it as being adapt
ed to meat a demand which has lobe existed, and Which
b.s bretotore remained onsepplied. Manufactured by
B.OVVE /c STEVENS,
280. Broadway, Boston.
Also, mantfecttEtrs Of fatally dye colors. For sale
b.O gmers and dealers evorxn-h.ro. oetl7, 'EE 3m
Clifut 'Agency.
ILI EMT SHERWOODg .1 3. HARRISON
la Any's, will collect }WONT'S% RENclonll,
and all other claims against the Government.
Under the provisions of late acts of Congress
$lOO Rxtra Bounty
will he paid fireviry three years' man who served
out hie full time, or was wounded in service, or
was discharged hy-reasoo of the termination of the
war, and to die widows] ininoe. children or pa
rents of three - yeirs Med,"
:145(ri ititraillount*-- -
will be paid to all two yearremen,and their heirs
under like circumstances, end to tbraii years' men
who served tercriiiire of their enlistment. _
. . _
no ease will any extra boubly: be paid what
niers, than;sloo has been, previously paid.
-fie claim will be entertained unless presented
under RUL111: - ASID RaDDLATIONS itrned by the
War Department e.ept. 22, 1866. -
The Department will receive claims from Oot.
1, 1966, until April 1,1867. luesee of claims by
parents under late aria of Congress for bounty,
the FATHER and hinninktetiet both join in the
IpereEisi Pinsipn.
' :sl.s'ptir month to every Invnlid Pentioner to
taper mouth for each child under /6 years of
igeof widow_ Pensioners.
rees for procurhig,Extra bounty, $6
.lnercare Pension,
Edo
"...; collection th44th or Sept, cod 4th of .
March payment+, of Pepsions,...... El •
COBBLER'S EMPORIUM
.
• `B.Rhi,JAMIN SEEI:BY, shoe
: ---
maker, over • Jostottie Smith's store
eb „, m ad on Main Street, would just say to
- - ,the Shoeleas and Bootless—that is,
, . • . that portion of them who hared°
dialed, to change their condition—that he is
now prepared to manufacture coarse gentle
men's fine Boots, or lino gentlemen's COO3OO Boots
in . astaingling a manner, and at as deas rates ea.
any other establishment this side of .Whitney's
Comma. Anything In the line of Shoemaking
or Cobbling wiU be admirably.ttotohed on the
shortest : notice. Don't -examine nly work; _it
won't, beu inspection; but "go it .blind.' Be.
member the place, next door, to Zhakspeare's
Taller Shop.' - _ :13.-_SBELEY. • .
- - - ,
.For .Sale. -
APAB4II Of :one inutdred and tlfty acres - near
Bloubarg, fifty acres cleared and the bal.
knee timber lead; about SO acres river bottom,
raiirmnA running through it, house, barn and ap
ple orchard thereon.
Also, twenty-six acres near Cherry Flatts,
about eight acres cleared_ and the balance cov
ered witti"pine and other timber, a 'house and a
few trait trees thereon..
.Also, a house and lot in Weßebore. • Apply by
letter or otherwise to E. 11. Wetmole, near Blau
berg on' the premiere, or to the subscriber at
Welisboro. ED. WETMORE.
Dee. 5, 1886—tt
PRESERVE YOUR. TEETH.
-r H. RANDALL, Surgeon Dentist,.wouldne
t/ pectf ally inform tbo citizens of Tiogti, Law
reseevilleoind vicinities that he has located per
manently at 'Siege (office over Taller's:l3)ms Store)
where he may be found the first three weeka of
each mouth, and will bo at Lawrenceville the last
week In each Month at the resident., of Chas. Van.
gorder.
. - .
Particular attention given to the treatment of
of all &senses of the Teeth, Gums, and Alveolar
procest, - -
- ,
Oleaning,Ffiling 11. Extracting Teeth
and to regulate irregular Teeth in young
persons. Also, especial attention given to Fitting
Artificial Teeth, Palates, and obdurators on any
hind of plate desired.
Ancesthetics administered and Teeth Extracted
without pain In every cave where it may be eon.
sideredadviaable.
All work will be done with promptness, and
warranted, and •tpricae consistent with the times.
. .
Let every one call who may need or with for
good looking sett of teeth. _ _
===EMI
A DMIIIISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—Letlers of
A
Isdattnlstration on the estate of Hiram
Saxton, late of Tioga, decM, hare been granted
to the subscriber, all persons itlebted_to the said
Estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment, and those having Claims or demands
against the estate of the said decedent, should
make the same known to
JNO. L MITCHELL, Adm'r.
Wellsboro, Dee. 19, 1866-6w*
Stied Vottrg.
I love the man whose honest heart
Will bravely dare and bravely do;
Who will not sia the coward's part,
' Bat, strong in right, the right pursue;
Whosp knee bends pever'at the nod
Of titled pomp or regal power,
Ifilt bows alone before his God,
With hope his crown and love hip dower
Who (tares to face a world of scorn,
And dares a brother's hand to span,
Though dark the akin and rough the form
- If gat that brother be a man ;
Who strikes where'er a wrong is found,
is = And brands a tyrant to Ills face;
'Nereourta applause, an empty sound, .
':,But firmly treads in virtue's trace.
'such are the men who've stemmed the tide,
Who clove the troy through giant wrong,
And fought triumphant, side by side,
' - 'Mid perils deep and troubles long ;
!Their martyred forms are thickly strewn
On many an ancient held of crime;
'Vtit.iieds of truth they've widely BOW;
TO blossom rich in coming time.
Amid those armies of the dead
Whose legions pale and silent. lie,
Their lives a passikfragranee shed,
• Their' names, immortal, ne'ersball die.
Disztliantous.
N. ASHER
ON DUTY AS A SPY
- "Where is Sergeants—?" I heard
a voice exclaim on the morning after
My ride with the commodore's despatch.
I was feeling very stiff, and but tittle
refreshed with my slumbers, as I open
ed my eyes and saw a head poked into
the tent Which I recognised as that
of - our- orderly sergeant. "Get up at
once," he says, "General P—has sent
for you. The bugles have sounded
hours ago, and all the camp has been
astir forsome time. I didn't know you
had returned from your trip, for we all
thought that most likely you would get
shot on the road. The orderly says that
`Old Bull Dog'—(the name by which
the commander of our corpswas known)
—is swearing like a trooper this morn
ing, and in a thundering rage, so you
had better look sharp." In a few min
utes I was on my way to headquarters--
first however, going to saddle my little
horse, but I found, to my sorrow, that
poor Punch was so stiff that he could
hardly move., So I jumped on one of
the extras, ad was soon in the Gener
al's presence.' He had a far from ami
able look, and when I was shown into
the room, was abusing a colonel of vol
unteers. It must have been a blessing
to the colonel, my arrival. "Who arc
you?" the General said, when he saw
me standing to attention.
"Sergeant R—" I replied, "wham
you sent for."
"Oh, you are, are you? Very well,
sergeant, I want you to cross the river
to-night with Lieutenant Wilkins and
a couple of men, and report to mit - ttie
number of the enemy's guns at—,
and any force that they may have col
lected there. If you do as well as you
did last night I'll remember you. Now
go, and come up here again at five 0,-
clock with two good men w hom you
can depend upon."
I went back to the camp, had in
breakfast, reported to the captain that I
was detailed for special servioi that
night, looked at my horse (who I very
much feared was crippled), walked him
about a little to loosen his joints, and
began to think whom I should select to
take with me on my expedition. A
host of names presented themselves,
but the owners thereof were either too
rash or too cautious for this risky ser
vice.. I was wondering whom to choice
when my friend Scott came up to the
picket road for his team. If he'd only
go,- hOwas the very man Yes, he 'was
right' enough for anything; and so I
booked him for one. There was an
Englishman in another company whom
I secured, and at five o'clock precisely,
the trio were all mounted, and at the
place appointed. The lieutenant, who
was waiting our arrival, sprang on his
horse and motioning us to follow, we
started on a trot down the Missouri bank
of the Mississippi. I did not like the
look of this officer at all' He rode ahead
of us as if he was too proud to speak to,
any one who bad no shoulder straps
on, and seemed to lack that manly, eon
fidetdial feeling towards us which those
who are sent on a dangerous errand
usually exhibited one to another. To
keep aloof in this way was evidence of
a mean spirit ; and this, coupled with
a peculiarly sneaking look he had about.
him, induced me to conclude he was
either a fool or a coward. Once I tried
to speak to him about our arrangements,
and he only replied b}r - sa,ying it would
be time enough for me to speak when
spoken to. "He's adonkey, said Scott,
and if he does not behave himself we
will go on our own hook I" "Cuss him,"
said Tom Robinson "I'll warrant he's
not up td the work. r , For sixteen miles
we rode along the river side, every now
and then plunging into the fields to es
cape observation from tne rebel gun
boats. At the end of that distance we
came to some heavy woods, into which
,we penetrated for about half h mile,
when wearrit-ed at a small creek, and
dismounted, hitched our horses to the
tretn - , - iiiid - Sat'dciwii - Welting for orders,
our officer keeping a long way off from
his men. It gotquite dark, and a heavy
fog Settled upon the Mississippi, so ihat
a boat could not he seen from the opposite
shore any distance from the land. A
long time we waited, until I grew so
impatient that, putting a bold face on
the matter, I went up to our commander
and asked him when we had better
cross.
. "I don't reel very well, sergeant," he
said; "I think that I hurt myself on
the ride down. We ought to be off
new l"
Looking him very hard in the faee I
saw that he was as pale as a sheet, so
said, "You are right, air; you are very
ill and unfit to cross. Perhaps you will
wait until our return. I can let you
know everything that passes,. and' you
can report from our account."
"Thank yott," he said, very humbly ;
"ram hardly equal for the work, but
still I will go with. you."
He was trembling violently, and I
knew that be was afraid; but then, if
be would go, and knew the danger and
willing to enter upon the risk, it would
be a_ triumph over himself. He is a
brave man, I thought, who feels the
danger and encounters it. So I pitied
rather than scorned him, as I had done
before, and went at once to set about
getting our canoe ready. None of us
felt very hopeful as to the success of our
trip. What a pity it was that Lieuten
ant,. Roberts was- none of our party!
Three times had the brave fellow crossed
the stream to spike - the guns, and on
the third he was shot in the attempt.
.A. gallant young soldier he was, and
worthier of a better fate. Softly weput
out of the little creek into the main
stream. How quickly. Scott used the
paddle. "Turn her bow a little up," I
said, fortunately knowing the exact po
sition of the Rebs," and not hesitating
to give orders now I saw that our lien
TRUE Obi:MARE
tenant was at a loss to know what to
do, and was every moment looking
more death-like in appearance. "Stea
' dy, Scott! What is that dark object in
front? Back for your life, my boy, and
then turn upwards again, for it is a
Confederate gunboat.' Back we go,
and then up once more just in time to
escape observation, for we were so near
to her that we could hear one of the
watch walking on deck. Now for It—
right across. The current is very strong,
and spite of our efforts it carries us down
a long way. There is the shore—the
trees come close down to the water's
edge, a capital place for us to haul our
canoe up. "Look to your revolvers,
boys; follow me; " and then we jumped
on land very quietly. Hark! there is
some one about. A challenge! It is
only the relief. The rebels had a pick
et a little way down, and are changing
guard. .."Down, every one of you, and
not a word out of your mouths !" For a
long time we lay quite still, and then,
as not a sound was to be heard, we com
menced our march on hands and knees.
A little to our left is the main road, on
which the Confederates are somewhere
stationed. So we keep close to the wa
terside. "We are lost!" whispered to
Robinson, who was close by roe, as r
touched something that moved, and felt
the body of man; but Robinson was ou
him, and his hand over his mouth in
an instant. "All right! only a nigger,
as scared as the devil," he says. "Out
with your handkerchief, for we must
save the rope for worthier game; on
over his mouth, another round his arms,
and then a third roundhis legs." "Bet
ter let us have another," says Tom;
"where's the lieutenant ?" But there is
no lieutenant to be found. "Never mind,
we will do better without the fool," says
Scott; "the nigger makes sign as though
he wants to speak ; we may as well let
him, only if he says a word above is
whisper, tell him that you will put a
ball through his thick head." Retells
us that he is a runaway, and that he
knows we are Massa Lincoln's. men,
and will show us the position. "So be
shall, but we must not trust him an.
inch out of our sight. Deep the hand
kerchief over his mouth lest he should
betray us." So he crawls along by_ my
side for some yards and then motions
me to stop—just in time too, for I heard
a sentry on the top of the bank, and I
smell the tobacco he is smoking in spite
of regulations. "Lie low a second—we
must have him, or else we can never
get rip to the fort." So Robinson creeps
to the right of him and Scott to the lett
wbilit the "nigger" and myself quiet
ly wait to see theeffect of the maneuver.
Ten minutes or so pass away. I can
hear the boys now oh either side of him.
The sentry stops ; there goes his mus
ket at a-port arms. "Whogoes there ?"
he says. 'Officer of the day," 'Robin
son answers; whilst Scott is creeping
nearer to him on the otherside. "Halt,
officer of the day, and—humph?" He
does not say any more for Scott has
stopped his mouth and the two are on
him, and in a moment he isbound down
silent. We carry him off his regular
bent, for fear of getting found out, and
leave him lyingin thebushes. "Steady,
boys ! that black line ahead is one side
of the rebel work." Now comes the
tug. "Trust the nigger," says Tom ;
but he can't do It2o any good _ nn lac talo,ra
nothing about it. Still, he has been
very quiet on the journey, and I see by
the savage glance of his eye that he is
in earnest. He has a long knife in his
belt; it may prove useful if we get into
a row. He draws it between his fingers
to feel its edge, grins horribly, and then
says, "Me give 'em this!" We get a
little closer, and then see a fire burning
about two hundred yards from the fort.
There is a sleepy-looking guard sitting
behind it. Right! he can't see us
through the flames. It had got very
dark by this time, and showed signs of
rain, so we watt to see if the weather is
likely to aid us. After some minutes
have passed away down comes 'The
storm. What a noise it makes ! it is
hail. The lazy sentry moves inside a
tent. Now is the time! Over the side
and into the.earthwork ! Robinson, you
get in among the tents, if you can, and
find out what is in them, and then back
to us !" The negro springs forward,
and is over in a moment. I hear a gur
gle, and as I slip down the caller side see
the mari, with his wild eye flashing fire,
as he is drawing his knife out of the
body of an artilleryman with ono hand,
while with the other he grasps him by
the throat. In another moment Scott
and I have a gun each spiked, and
make for another when wehear a voice,
"Turn out the guard," and then a shot
comes whizzing over our heads, and
some one comes running towards us.
'Tis only Tom. "Chuck the sentry's
body over, and they'll think we have
plunged into the river," says Scott.
"No; fling a couple of balls over—they
will do quite as well." And over they
go with a splash, and over the bastion
' we tumbled too, and along ourold route.
"Don't run ! but on hands and knees,
softly. There goes the guard into the
work." "Fire into the water," says a
voice, "the fellows can't have gone far."
And bang goes a whole volley, and an
instant after the bugles sound and the
camp is astir.
We have.got a hundred yards from
them. "Now for it—for your lives,
men, run !" Pop, pop—they have heard
us and are coming in our rear. But
the race is for the swift; and if so, I
will defy any of them to catch our ne
gro, who runs like a race-horse.
Crash! What is .that ? Why, .Scott
has had a fall ; but he is up again, and
all right. "Give them a taste of lead if
they come too close.", Here's where we
left the sentry bound: What a plague
this underbrush is—it makes such a row
as we go through it. That confounded
picket ahead is sure to heal. us. Now
he challenges. No answer. Then he
comes down the bank. The "nigger" '
rushes by him. "Tom," I say, for my
active companion is ahead of me, 'shoot
him The `Rob' does not wait to be
shot, but runs for the bushes too, and as
soon as he thinks he is safe, blazes away
with his rifle. "The heathen has
warmed my shoulder,' says Scott, who
had a piece of his blouse shot away,
"Never mind, if he has not killed you!"
I answer. But how close the rascals
are behind. "There is a great, strap
ping fellow almost up to you.' I can't
touch him," Scott says,_ . "my shoulder
is so bad." So I turnon Mr. Confederate,
and before he has time to aim, a bullet
is in his leg, and he is of no more use
in the chase. A smash in front.
What's the matter now ? "The 'nig
ger's gone tb the front over our lieuten
ant" says Tom. And so he bad, for,
sitting the same place we bad left him,
and keeping guard over the canoe, was
our commander. He gets up now, and
we make for the boat. All in, and off
we push. A flash of light, and then a
roar of musketry, tell us that our pur
suers know that we are off. We give
them a parting salute by firing our re
volvers, hoping that some of the balls
will take effect—Hiss—his-s-s! splash—
splash that gunboat has heard the
noise. Thank God for the rain and the
darkness! "Bang !" goes a cannon on
board her, and the shot flies away ou
shore. Capital! the flash showed us
where she was away on our starboard.
"Keep on at that game, my boy, _and
you will light us over to the creek."
But she does not fire again, and we
hear her paddles going. They are com
ing nearer ; she is bearing right down
upon us. "Lie to, Tom, and all of you
down and she will pass us." And
there she goes steeping by raising a
little swell that nearly upsets our frail
bark. Now for it againlHurrah,there,s
our side of the river: and soon we are
ashore! It takes some time to find our
horses but when we do we gallop otr.
They hear us on the boat, and send a
few shells across into the timber. Away
we ride, and—only pull up at our ad
vance picket line. Then Lieutenant
Wilkins comas up to me and asks me
what we have done and seen, and what
report we shall give. He thinks I had
better go to the general with him.
When we are at headquarters, "Old
Bull Dog," who is in bed, gets up and
hears what we have to say. 'Very
well,' he says, 'go to your quarters ; you
have all done your duty."
Two or three days after this I was
sent up to the adjutant-general's with
some brigade reports, and as I was going
away I asked an orderly what had be
come of Lieutenant Wilkins. "Oh ! "
he replies, " he took cold that night he
crossed the riler with you, and has
gone into the. States to join his corps."
The fellow was!afraid to face any of our
party again. None of us, however, said
a word which could deprive him of the
honor he wol i when doing duty as a
MY is
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goutspaubtart.
MINNESOTA -ITS ADVANTAGES
AND DISADVANTAGES.
E=Ei
(Last Article.)
South of the 45th parallel, Minnesota
is a capital corn-growing country, but,
although much corn is raised north of
this, it is hardly a sure crop. The corn
is all of a dent Blass, and they might
gain a couple of weeks on the season by
planting northern round varieties or
white that, but they appeared to be all
prejudiced in favor Of the dent. "It
yields more ;" " Better for eating ;"
" Just as sure a crop nine times out of
ten," are some of- the reasons used for
planting it. The summer of '66, how
ever happened to be the tenth season,
when it didn't yield just as well, but
was mostly cut off; while the few set
tlers who planted the round yellow corn
got a crop fit for grinding.
Root crops do particularly well, either
on prairie or timber soil. For beets,
carrots, turnips, onions and potatoes,
there is no better country this side of
Oregon and California, and the same.
may be said of cabbages, squashes, cu
cumbers, and pumpkins, while even
melons and tomatoes are more easily
raised than in Tioga county ; but as for
apples, cherries, peaches, and pears—l
am afraid they will always be quoted as
failures, save in a few favored locations
of the southern part of the State, near
large bodies of water, where careful cul
tivators are meeting a reasonable degree
of success with the apple. This lack of
fruit is in some degree compensated by
an abundance and excellence of wild
plums, that I have never seen equalled,
and also by an abundant supply of cran
berries; add to these, wild strawberries,
red raspberries. an& a wild grape some
what resembling the Clinton in flavor
as well as appearance, and the list of
Minnesota fruit-is complete.
A majority of the emigrants, espe
cially Germans, prefer to settle on the
prairie, and to say truth there are capi
tal reasons to be given for it. In the
first place, a decent crop may be raised
the first season if the settler can get on
his claim by the middle of April, or
even some days later, and then, the ad
vantage of unlimited pasturage and
meadow land is an immense benefit to
the beginner on a new farm. There is
no pasturage on which cattle will fatten
more quickly than on the free prairie,
and the prairie hay is not inferior to
timothy for wintering stock. I know
a German who took a free homestead
three years ago, who raised last summer
two thousand bushels of wheat, and sold
off five hundred dollars worth of stock
besides—not bad for the third year on a
new farm ; but he had abundant means,
plenty of help, and was a Teuton of un
tiring energy. Of course he goes for
prairie- farming, and to say truth, the
prairie farther has greatly the advan
tage for the first few years. If he has
the teams and necessary help he can
plough up fifty or even a hundred acres l i
the first season, and there is no waiting
for stumps to rot, no hard work hi clear
ing, but a farm ready cleared and made
fo his hand, with just as much good
grass, ready for use, as he can ask ; but,
in this climate one must have wood, not
only for fuel, but for building, and above
all for fencing. Every year there Is an
immense amount of fencing material
burned by "prairie fires," and this
must be - replaced. The timber is fast
being settled, and a railroad Is in pro
gress of construction from Mineapolis
to "Big Stone l Lake ;" this follows the
timber so far ars there is any timber to
follow, and as there is little forest aside
from the mrlin " Belt" extending from
the Mississip i to the Minisotah, it
needs no pr i m et to see that the man
who secures a claim of 160 acres of wood
land is doing well enough, and may beat
the prairie farmer at last, especially as
the timbered land is admitted on all
hands to be the strongest and most en
during soil.
The timber is composed of elm, oak,
basswood, poplar, ironwood, butternut
and cherry, with, in some sections, a
heavy growth of maple; and is on the
whole what a Pennsylvania backwoods
man would call easy clearing; also, be
ing once cleared, a plough can be work
ed close up to the stumps, as the room
make down instead of covering the
ground with an interminable network
of subterranean branches which defy
alike the plough or hoe. Nor must it
be forgotten that the " timber claims"
are well supplied with grass and hay,
by marshes which answer to the "slues"
of the prairie. I did not see a claim in
the timber which would not give from
twenty to a hundred tons of good wild
hay, while on most of them a week
spent -in ditela.lag would double the
quantity and m improve the quality
of the grass.
Most men are ready to admit the ne
cessity for an occasional relaxation from
labor and indulgence in innocent amuse
ments ; and I believe it is a fact that
most men who go to a new country as
as settlers, take into account the chan
ces for hunting and fishing ; this is
right. There is no more manly or ener
gizing recreation than is to be found in
field sports, and it does not inure the
morals of the young or old. If, while
enjoying the sport, one can easily se
cure " fish, flesh and fowl" of a most
wholesome quality and in abundance
for a family supply, and that too where
butcher's meat is scarce or not to he had
at all, I submit that it is a point of real,
substantial value, and well worth taking
into consideration by the settler. Now,
in this particular, Minnesota is hard to
beat. Her numerous lakes and rivers
are most liberally stocked with pike,
pickerel, bass, sunfish, buffalo fish and
perch, while ducks, geese and burnt are
plenty in their season, and prairie chick
' ens, partridges, and rabbits, aro so abun
dant that he must be a slouch with the
fowling piece who cannot shoot enough
in a few hours to furnish his table for a
week. The deer stalking is good enough
to satisfy any reasonable hunter, and
the settlers in the timber mainly de:
No. 5.
pond on venison for their meat during
the fall and winter; bear also, were
klenty the past season, many being
illed near the village of Hutchinson ;
wild turkeys are not to be found, how
ever, the climate being a little too rough
for them, and the same may be said of
black, gray, and fox squirrels. The red
squirrel is most abundant, as all who
raise corn there will admit, and he seems
to be hardy in any climate this side of
Hudson's Bay.
One of the most attractive features of
Minnesota is her interminable system
of lake and river, forming a " water
shed" more beautiful and interesting
than can be found elsewhere on the con
tinent, and offering attractions to the
loverof aquatics scarcely to be surpassed.
Often have I found a settler or two on
the banks of a beautiful lake, a fairy
like island or two rising from its crystal
waters, with handsomely timbered
banks,and a "site" that would set Ten
nyson raving; capital fishing, splendid
ducking, the best of canoeing or boat
ing, and—not the first thing that looked
like a boat or canoe about the lake ; not
so much as a pig trough. -
What I have written will apply pretty
correctly as a whole to Minnesota, but
more particularly to that portion of it
lying between the Minlsotah River and
the Sank Valley, and most especially to
the counties of Carver, McLeod, Lin
coln, Meeker, Monongalia , Kandlyohi,
and the south-western half of Wright.
To the emigrant who can bravely turn
up his head at mosquitoes, ticks, fleas,
pocket gophers, grasshoppers, and three
months of annuat Arctic winter, Min
nesota offers advantages not often loon I I
in a new country.
LITERARY TEADEILLOINS
MY DEAR COBB: As we turn back
ward twenty years, and reflect upon the
scenes of our childhood, we find that
time, though it has mellowed their rosy
tints, has not - efllteed one charm from
our memories. Every object of that
tender age is surrouLuled by the softest
of blandishments ant hallowed by the
very poetry of adoration. Talk not to
me of glittering wealth or of worldly
fame. All the feverish joys they bring
are mere illusions when compared with
the happy heroes of innocent youth.
Perhaps you may doubt this; yet I
presume the recent enlargement of the
Agitator will permit me to proceed.
The majestic old elm on the .village
green
with seats beneath the shade
For talking age and whispering loran 'mac"—
gracefully waves its drooping boughs
like bending plumes to each pa. ,, lng
zephyr.. The humble shop of the vil
lage cobbler rises, " painted on the eye
of memory" to the proud altitude of
one story. Thither it was at the close
of one sultry afternoon I directed my
weary footsteps for strap oil—and got it.
I arise from dreams of thee
In the first sweet sleep of night
When the winds are breathing low
And the oars are shining bright "
And I can never forget while memory
remains, the venerable old stone bridge
with its moss-covered arch, that span
ned the limpid stream that turned the
village mill that ground the corn that
fed the cow, that tossed the dog, that
worried the cat, that caught the rat that
lived in the house that Jack built. No,
never
Beautiful gurgling stream. (alt at
midsummer's day have I seen the low
ing herd seek your pure waters, and?
with satisfaction and con ten tmen t neti -
ed on each Intelligent countenance,
drop their tails on your fair bosom and
sling the water over ;heir horns.
was refreshing.
.• Yes, let tho rich deride with proud thrda.o
. • , .
These simple blel,ings of the lowly train.
To me more dear, congenial to my heart
Ono native charm than all the glow of mt.'
But of all the endearing objects to
wards which my heart yearns with un
dying affection, thd old piers bottle re
ceives au almiost eastern idolatry. It
was benignly Iperched in a niche of the
cottage where the budding promise that
indites these few lines "come M time."
That pieta bottle in dimensions emula
ted Daniel Lambert, and boasted of a
supply not even exceeded by the town
pump.
When the sun had climbed the highest
hills that surrounded our lovely 112{111-
let, and began to bless with genial lay
the toil of the husbandman, then came
in the sweetest morsel of my youthful
pleasure—for this was about piers time.
With what self-denying affection did I
refuse to take my dose of piers till my
younger brother was served, yes, on sev
eral occasions, I actually offered hill) all
my share of blessed piers, but the noble
little fellow invariably refused the moi
ler. Surely, life would be h -blank if
bereft of these little deeds of kind
ness and little words of love."
Poor fellow ! As I think of his flaxen
curls and laughing blue eyes, with a
heart as free from guile as an angel's, is
it possible to know that, disregarding
through life the pious instructions of
his heart-broken mother he is now in
New Jerssy, and moreover a member of
the Legislature?
" One more Unfortunate.
Weary of breath,
RaAly importunate,
Gone to hiedeath r
Could I have been saved butthis " we
may be happy yet." But no; misfor
tunes come not alone. For 'twas but
yestereen I met a lady friend from Berks
county who knew something of our
earlier joys, and appreciated our pris
tine sympathies ; for she was the hired
girl that helped mother give us piers
when father was absent. I addressed
her in poetic strains, thus :
"unconscious feminino—dost live,
dost survive the dear old picra bottle,
the Mecca of me eye, the day dream of
me adolesence, the..l.'sculapius of me 7-
year-old?" She answered my Inter
rogatory with a melancholy smile. mid
immediately fainted away.
I left.
Alas! with what a sad, weird pleasure
our minds revert to the objects that arc
associated with the memories of joyous,
blithesome youth. The echoes of child
hood that come down to us thrOugh the
corridors of time tell us how innocent
we were, and admonish us how pure
we should be. And until our hearts be
come weary with beating the dead
march, and are silent, we are ever turn
ing backward wishing, sighing, regret
ting!
e4T
rs, idle tears, I know not what you mean
T from the depth of some divine despair
X in the heart and gather to the eye.,
In ooking on the happy, Autumn fields,
And thinking on the days that are no more."
We are as well as can be expected in
this part of the town. The weathct
continues cool yet everything is lovely
Yours truly,
JOHN WEED EN
\VELLSBORO, Jan. 23, 1667. 0
NEURALGIA. - Somebody gives the
following cure for neuralgia: idr. sal
ammonia in an ounce of camphor wa
ter, to be taken a teaspoonful' at a do , -e,
and repeat several times, at interval-3 of
five minutes, or until the pain is relic% -
ed. Half a dozen different persons have
tried•the receipt, and in every case the
pain has yielded. In one, the sufferer
was a lady who had been affected more
than a week, and her physician was ',fin
able to relieve her sufferings, when a
solution of sal ammonia in camphor
wateit relieved her in a few minutes.
JoBBING DEPABTINZST.
The Proprietors hir4 stocked the establekrareat IN ilk
a large aesartmeit .f modernstyles
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRISSZS,
and Sr. prepared to erecete beady, cad mainly
PonittS,RXIDBILL9, cram:mess, CARDS,II/LL ,
IMAM LETTER HEADS, STAIN:VENTS,
TOWNSHIP ORDERS, Ac.,'Ac
Deeds, Mortinse, Loans, 11114 a tallimmortatant of
Constables' and hulloes' Blanks, constantly an head.
Peon!allying at a dlatancecan depend on hantngtbetr
work done promptly, and sent back in return anti
4iirOnwz—Roy'sblock, Second Yloor
(Par tL• Agitator.]
IGNORANCE
•
Ignorance has been in all ages, the
stumbling block to human Improve
ment and to the march of science. Its
withering effects are to be witnessed
from time immemorial to the present
day. On the dawn of creation's morn,
leagued with superstition, it reared its
awful head in paradise, and entailed sin
and sorrow upon the world of man. I
will give a few illustrations. It has al
ways added fuel to clescensions by keep
ing alive the flame of opposition ; it has
always established despots and tyrants
on their thrones, aud when there, main
tained them, not •40 much through the
beauty of absolute despotism, as by the
masses proclaiming their right-divine to
reign. It has always swelled the ranks.
of the conqueror, and driven the plough
share of destruction and devastation
through the nations of the earth, and
enabled them to build their palaces on
the graves of slaughtered millions, and
to.decorate them with trophies dyed In
blood. It is the only friend of the sword,
and the - only controlling power by
which men have been enabled to bring
to a consummate end their own evil
deeds, and in a degree - to banish truth
and knowledge from the world. It Is
tile only friend of Pagan idolatry and%
superstition, the only foe to Christiani
ty, and the truth of its revelations. It
has been the instigator of the courts of
Inquisition, whose histories have al
ways been written in letters of blood.—
It is the only friend of the arch-fiend in
carnate ; by it he will be enabled to pro
duce a separation of the souls of the
children of men at the judgment bar of
eternity. It is the father of every im
morality and vice, among the children
of men, which alone can produce such
a result; and is the only created power
which has maintained itself without the
aid of another. It has sent 30,000,000
of human beings by an untimely end,
unprepared to eternity—through war,
pestilence and famine.
Tt has sent 30,000,000 more on the
same road, and with the same prospect
before them, through the use of intoil
caring drinks.
It has sent 95,000,000 upon the same
broad cheerless path, through the Intern
peranee of prodigality.
It has clothed fools in the garmenti
of pride, and exalted them above their
brethren of clay, and prostrated them
to hell. It has built a castle of super
stition, a throne of presumption, and
has created a new ambition and set It
thereon, and given it the sword of flam
ing tire, that it might desolate the earth
and torture man. It has arrested the
march of science by causing dissensions
among its votaries, and that of Christi
anity by the merchandise of V anity
fair. It has caused man to be his broth
yr's foe, instead of his brother's keeper.
Ithas instituted deception for truth,
dissimulation for honesty, and created
false honor-thereby It has multiplied
mor,pies, and prisons without number,
the one to invent, the other to perpetn
nte crime. It has left the house of God
for the tents of wickedness, and the
sanctum of .cienec for the pit of infa
my. It has ever concentrated its forces
and offered battle:when science made an
assault upon its seined ranke or a break
in its moss-clad walls. In short, it has
created every crime known to man, and
the only stain upon the soul of inan is
Ignorance.
EYE-sicarr.—Milton's blindne was
the result of overwork and dyspepsia.
One of ithe most prominent American
divine; : has, for some time, been com
pelled to forego the pleasure of reading,
has spent thousands of dollars in vain,
and 1. t years of time, in consequence
of vetting up several hours before day
and wtudying by candlelight. His eyes
. NN ill never cet well.
Multitudes of men and women have
made their eyes weak for life by the too
free use of their eyes in reading small
print and doing nne sewing. In view
of there things it is well to observe the
following rules in the use of the eyes:
-.void all sudden changes between
light and darkness.
Never begin to read, or write, or sew,
for several minutes after coming from
darkness to a bright light.
Never read by twilight, or moonlight,
or on a very cloudy day.
Never read or sew directly in front of
the light of a window, or door.
It is better to have the light fall ob
liquely over the shoulder.
Never sleep so that, on first awaking,
the eyes shall open on a window.
Do not use the eyesight by light so
scant that it. requires an effort to dis
criminate.
Too much light creates a glare, and
pains and confuses the sight. The mo
ment you are sensible of an effort to dis
tinguish, that moment cease, and take
a walk or ride.
A a the sky is blue and the earth green,
it would seem that the ceiling should be
of bluish tinge, the carpet green, and
the walls of some mellow , ' tint.
The moment you are instinctively
prompted to rub the eyes, that moment
cease using them.
If the eyelids are glued together on
awaking, do not forcibly open them;—
but apply the saliva with the finger—it
is the speediest dilutent in the world;
then wash the eyes and face in warm
water.—Hall's Journal of Health.
BELIEF BUT C0M.11027 HISTO/IN.—lsaw
him at a social party. He took but a
single glass of wine, and that at the re
quest of a young lady with whom he
conversed.
I saw him next when he thought he
was unseen, taking a glass to satisfy the
slightest deetre formed by his social in
dulgence. He thought there was no
danger.
I saw him again with those of his
own age, meeting at night, to spend a
short time in convivial pleasure. He
said it was only innocent amusement.
I met him next late in the evening in
the street unable to reach home. I took
him thither. He looked ashamed when
we met.
I saw him next reeling in the street.
A. confused stare was upon his counte
nance, and words of blasphemy were
on his tongue. Shame was gone. w as
pale,
saw him yet once more. He wail
pale, cold, motionless, and' was carried
by his friends to his last resting place+
In the small procession that followed,
every head was cast down, and seemed
to shake with uncommon anguish.
His father's gray hairs were gone to
the grave in sorrow. His mother wept
to think that she had ever given birth
to such
I:.—ft is said that frozen
f at c ui be -pettily nod certainly cured
by b.u.hinic and rtiLl'itig them with ker
t,ene or coal oil, a fa; NV times at
night before rctiiiii,4 to bed. Those who
have tried it say that the feet should be
w,lll.wanned be a hot -tove during and
after the of the oil. and it
will t.Ei erte.t a -peedS cure.
Per4,.11. , suffering autu the pain of
hosted feet will 110 doubt do well to give
it a trial, for it is surely a very cheap
rottioly sal easily applied.
If a cow have a yellow and soft skin,
a yellow and striped hoof, It shows that
she will always give milk of an excel
lent-quality, though she may yield but
little of it. A cow having black hoofs
will seldom give ric milk.