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f/e..,. ol lnt i n goata
Is iublbstied'every I'Vedneiday Itorning; b.t itoo a
• Invariably ill advance, by \ '
real, , t
COBB & VANiGELDER. ,
K. 11. cone.]
.A.T:737iztvinESllVia -
Tsm Cann OP MINION, on tins, nu= ma SQUARE.
No, of Sirrs. ilTu. 1ne,14 Ina. Dio i t x i.lo Mbar Year
Square. $l,OO $2,00 $2,50 $5, $7,00 1 - 1270115
2 Squares 2,00 3,00 4,00 8,00 12,00 18,06
11611C,01.. , ..... 10,00 15,00 1 17,00 22,00, 80,801 60,00 -
0 a Co l . L.... 18,00 20,001 30,00 40 001 0,00 1 'OO,OO
03.11n4iness Cards inserted at the sate of One Doti
;ar a line per year; but nonefor less Brim than $5,00.
ea. Special notices, lifteett'Conts per line; Editorlat
or Local Notices, Twenty Cents per line.
W. D. TERRELL Co.,
wiotissAtE Dnuctetzelt, and doaiers in
Wall Papal', Kerosene Lamps, Window Mass,'
Porfamery, Paints and clilB, dco., **•• -
Corning, N. T., Jan. 1, •
BUSINESS DIREOtORY.
W. A.NIOBOU.
mcsolis & lUTCUELL, ,
ATTORNEYS ANR bOUNSELORS AT LAW
' Office. formerly occcpied by Tames Loirey, Esci
Wit. A. NrcuoLs.; ' JOHN I. MITCHELL. ;
' . .
Wellaboro, Jan.: 1, 1866-Iy.
, .
WILLIAM 111.'. SMITH,
ATTOANEY AND • 'COVNSBLOR • AT; LAW
Insurance, Bounty and Peusion:AgeiteY, 3iin
Street Wellabofro, Pa., Jan:l, 1886 .
•
S. F. WILSON. • ; 13.6,1inm5•
WILSON ar c _ NILES,
, . . , _
ATTORNEYS -et COUNSELORS AT LAW,
(First door from Bigoney's -eri the Avenue).—
Will attend to business - -entrusted to their-care
in the counties of Tioga and Potter.
Wellsbbro, Jan. 1, 1865.
D. , ANGIILL & 'co.,
MANUFACTURERS of, and Wholesale and Re
tail Dealer in Doom, Sash, and Blinds: Aloe
Planing and Turning done to order.
Knoxville, Tioga Co.,'Fa., Jan. 18.,1887-Iy..
001;ORCHE WAGNER,
TAILOR. Shop drat d'oOr north OIL', 49..8ears'a
Shoe Shop. ..pe - catting, Fitting, and Repair
ing done proLoptly,and well. •
Welisbero, Pa.,..lAn: 1, 1866:-1y.
JOHN B. SHAHSPEAHE,,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop', oYer'l John R.
Bowen'e Store. Atr , Patting; : kna
Repairing done promptly and in best style.
Welleboro, Pa., Jan. 1,18611-1 y: • •
soupti. mvrenELL".
AGENT for thii-nollootion of bounty, - :hacqf pay
and ponslonir duo soldiers from tho Go em
inent. Aalice witlif Nichols and *lichen, Wells
boro, V- • - I ,ra3o, 'B_B
WM: CLARRETSORii:
ATTORNEY AND . COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Notary Pablo and Inenrannli Agent; Bleed,-
burg, Pa., over Oaldwell's Store.
IZA.AK_ IWALATTI DOUSE,
Dainoe,•Tiaga County; Pa. •
VERIAILYRA dc REXFORD, Puorn's.," This is
a new hotel located within easy access of the
Lest fishing 'and hunting 'grounds in North
ern Pennsylvania. No pains , will be spared
for the a6eoromiodation of pleasure aenkere and
the travtiing publlo. • [Jan. 1,1866.]
r PETROLEUM HOUSE,
WESTFIELD, PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri
etor. Anc Hotel conducte'd on the principle
of Uwe and let:live; for the(' aceomtnodation, of
the publio.—Ney. 14, 1868.41y.'
• 11 'J. •
O.
0. STRANG. 1 .
ATWORNEY AT'LAW. Any lmeintise entrust—
ell to his care wilt roolill7o prompt attention.
Knoxville, P!?.., N0y,14,18136.—tf
GEO. W. RYON,
ATTORNEY ..t; COUNSELOR AT LAW, Law•
renceville, Tioga Co., Pa. Bounty, Pension,
and Insurance Agent. Collections prOmptly
attended to. 'Office 2d door below Ford house.
Da. 12, 1866—1 y
• C. F. SWAN,
AGENTIoi the 'looming County Insurance
Company, at ?log% Pa.
June 6; 18136.—.5m. '
_ . _
FARR' , ,S 110 TEL •
TIOG ± 0 sC -13 , NTY,
Good stablinVattanbod; and, an a ttonlirehd
tier always in attendance. ,
E. S. FARR, . . . . Proprietor. ' '
•
Hairdxepsing Sliqvjng.
Saloon Ovei:Willee_a_ :. .t Barker's Store, Wells
bore, Pa. , Particular attention paid to Ladies'
Hair-cutting, ShaMpooing, Dyeing, etc. Bruids,
Pee, coila,,anti 'niches on band and made to or
der.
11. V. DORS 4 EY. • • J. JOHNSON.
GOLD reCoDied on deposite, for which oortid.
eatos will bo issued, bearing i»lerest in gold.
. E. W. °LARK & 00, J.lankors
' No 36 south Third street, Phi
DBACON, 'late of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
a nearly four years of army aervico, with a largo
experience-in field and hospital prattle°, has opened an
Aro for the practice of medicine and eurgory, in all
its branches. Pareoua from a distance can find good
boarding at the Pennsylvania Hotel when desired.—
Will visit any part of Cho- State in consultation, or to
perform surgical oporations. No 4, Union Block, up
stairs. Wollaboto, Pa., HAM/ 866 A -1 Y- .1-
PICTURE'
FRANK SPENCER'
has the•ploaanre to inform tho citizens of .Tioga
county that he has completed his
NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
and is on la . andlo take all kinds of Sun Piettires,
sich as Ambrotypes,Ferrotypes, Vignettes, Cartes
de Visite, the Surprise and Eureka Pictures; also
particular attention . paid to copying and enlarg—
ing Pictures. Instructions givcn in the Art on
reasonable terms. Elmira fit., Mansfield, Oot. 1,
1866.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS.
WM. B. SMITH, Knoiville, Tioga County,
Pa,, (U. S. licensed Agent, and Attorney
for soldiers and their friends throngheut all the
loyal States,) will p - niseento and collect with un
rivalled success;
SOLDIERS'i CLAIMS AND DUES. •
of all kinds. Also; any other kind of claim
against the Government before any of the De
partments or in Congress. Terhm moderate, All
comMenications sent to the above address will re
ceive prompt attention. Jan. 17,1860.,
11111011111r1STRY.
.
C 'N , DARTT,-
saw
WOULD say to the public - that be is pormn ,
ittently located in Wellaboro, (Office at i fis
residence,' near tho Land Office and 'Episco al
Church) where ho will continue to do all kinds of
work confided to hie care, guaranteeing complete
satisfaction where the akin of the Dentist can
avail s in the management of cases peculiar to the .
ceiling. He will furnish
ARTIFICIA L YEETII,
FS orvmy E6atoriii desired.
FILLING EG EXTRACTING TEETH,
(Mended to on shortest no too, and •done in the
best and reins! apyied style. •
TEETH, EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
by the the use of Antrosthetics which are per
fectly harmless, and will be administered in every
case *bon desired.
_Welleboro, Jan. :4 1865-Iy.
. E. SMITH, (M. D.
su.ROPpiv. -,
• • ; .
OPERATES successfully for Cataract, Stra
bilmne, (cress eye)' Removal of Tuuir.rs,
Aare Lip, Varicose Veins, Club Feet, kc I .
Partielar attention paid to diseases of. ah e Eye
and 'Con ral Surgery.
1 41
Consull tion at office free. -
References given to operations recently per
formed. • I
Office hours from 12 M. to 3 P. M.
Office et his residence,Mancfield, Tioga County,
ea. • March 27, ,1367-0.40
NORMAN STRAIT,
GENT for the National Series of Standard School
A
Books; published by A. S. Barnos & Co.lll & 113
" 11,112 , Corner of John Street, N. Y., keeps constantly
a full'huply. All orders- yromptly tilled. Call on or
arid/oils by 111211, • • • N. STRAW.
Osceola, Pa, Jnue 19, ISO—ly.r
maws &I WILLL&NS.
A TTORNEYS AT LAW. - Moo on Mato
WILLIAMS,
13, next door to Harden's Store.
0. G.L BEAC ft'
Welleboro i ltmoto 5, 1867—t1.
(1110/OR LOT OF GRAIN BAGS for salo
V cheap !at , WRIGHT Ac. BAILEY'S.
Wello°rd, Juno 41887.
irr , !mmq
J l l3
[P. O.'VAN 02
MEE
FARD
0. G. V : !
•11DriV ), 1 r
AYI purc hased the Store
_lately °eon
.3
VI pied'hy William Townsend, are, realy,tO
i supplyrisypers with ' L
PORK,, HAMS, SHOULDERS, WHITE
FISH. MACKEREL, CODFISH,
SMOKED HALIBUT,
ri Ft!
I g-
DORN MEAL, BUCKWHEAT
OUR, FEED, AND ALL
JOICS I- lIIIVHELT.
ME
FLOUR,
' WHO,
and litrtiasonable prices.
A : I ! e ;c 1 it 4
FARMERS &
Will find itlto thole advantaga , to call and look ttt
our Stock bhforo purchasing elsewhere.
ar.,4lN S
Feb. 27,
I,._t.
DRU
PATEN'
Instru
kinds, Fan
Physteie i
October .;
Q AVE
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1, r ,
as
Whore y
stock of
DOMEST
hrtinufacitti
den l
ru antral:
competition
and nn expo
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A TTORN
Havin•. r
.1
making 1.
share of
trusted 1
prompt.
, of E. S.
sopt. 2
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publi!
aeries, Co
Molasses,
clasp stook
soluble ho
Wellsbori
OU,L
.ro a
(T i red a s
to streets;
kJ & r ef •
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REPAI
to.order.'
short notic
ranted.
F.
LIFE
TH I
Insure ycl
Wollabor
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rrillE'r will net bent' or btian. tike the ainglii firing,
I but-v.ill roserve their perfect mid - graceful shape
when three or four ordcriary skirts will have becollirown
aside as uncle a. The loops are covered with double and
twisted three • , a tut the patient road - ern" Slot outy dou
ble sprieis, b 'rialto (oe dthible) tioyeted; preventing
them from wtlaring out when dragging down stoops,
stairs, &c. " • ‘e.
The wonderful flexibility and great comforti,uud
.
. pleasure to uy lady -amt Ling the, Duplex. -Elliptic
Skirt, will be experienced ~palticularly; in all crowded
assemblies, o eras, carriages, railroad cam, church pew - •
arm chaise , f r promenade and liopee dress, as the skirt
can be'folded % lieu Itruso l to occupy .ti small place as
-easily and col veniently,,as 6 silk or muslin dress, nn in.
valuable milli IY in crireelille, not , found i tl, %fly. single
spring skirt. . . , , „
A lady ha 'lig enjoyed Its 'pleasure, comfort aid
gnat courVni ince of wearing the duplex 014 M -steel
spring "skirt ore 'Single day. will iiiirer afterwards will,
'ugly disraili M ith titelt„Ope. rerthildren, Misses and
young bullet. they aro superior to ill Others.
Thu Duple. Elliptic is l adreat favorite with-all ladies,'
idyl fa mitrer ally rer*.rti 1 rled,by the illashien maga
sines, as the tfludard ski of tile fashio(labiii" world,
..-To enjoy t e following inestimable advantage» in
crinoline, viz :,• superior floality, perfeet matinfactitre,
e
I Q
ylish shape ~and Finish. ill xibillity, durability, comfort
it id economy "Inquire for .f. W. Bradley'sDuplexEllipt
t i or doublelpriug st.,l,rtituiddmantli yeitilt the:gen.
nine article.
GAL/TR/N.—To guard against imposition, to part.icti•
ler re, notice that skirts olfere'd as .duplex"" have the
1 ,3
red ink stain cis: "3. IV. Bradley's Davies( Elliptic -
Steel Springs " mum the icaistband—oohs ettierp are
, genuine. •Al notice that'every hoop will Jidlnitlil pin
tieing peens tbrOUgh the center, thus revealing' the
two (or tletib elsprings braided together therein, which
is the sectot f their tlexildlity and strength, and a com
bination net o belotrid in any other skirt: ' ' ' '
" For sale in all stores NT 1149'0 first class skirts are sold
throughout 1 e United States end elsewhere.! Manu
factured by t o solo owneni of Mel patent, ,l: .1.- .
, wESTS, BRADLEY 4 CARY,
97 Clitiinber A 179 ABl 'teeth:iota., . 's: ",Y . • '
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~ „DEALER IN . - •t is I 1:1; , ,•:% . : I
•-•
S, - ;.MEDICINES,
OKEi; 'AND STATIoidRY,
MEDICINES, Perfumery, Musical
[ Aunts And Musical Iderohandise of all
vgoods of all kinds, Sze.
* ' ivaisFlELp; PA. . .-, '• . ' -
'iPrilsoriptions carifully cOm pounded
. I, 1866.-6 m.
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11' OUR GREENBACKS 1 1
)". ' ' . . -, :: ,1 4 •
LI CALL OPI'EN AT
& Auerbach' s :
I• EAP CASH' STORE. •- . ,
1 BLCiSSEILFRG.I4:, "' ' :.
......_
,u can always 'find the hest 'assorted
•• ,
C . :: -&., FANCY , DRY , GOODS,
I ITS; :NOTIONS, !READY
NAPE C,10. 1 1:P19 - .
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bdlin:tler tbetr Op' atteriflsioia,
,i/' ft( i•liieh eadroVilvi, We1;44, ,--
• reliant tailoring erttablialithen t they defy
having the best tailors of New York city,
termed cotter, Mr. 11. P. Erwin. Efob2l6Gly
CLO
4ohn:lXr;G:noritsplf: g
Hi AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
L turned to this county with a view 'or
his permanent residence, aolicite a
public patronage. All business On
o his cure will be attendiS to :with
as and fidelity. Office 2d door south
, area hotel, Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
' •
4-
KIMBALL, •
V AND ERESTAIIRANT,
door above the Moat Market,
LSBO'RO, PENiVA,
TFULLY 'announces to tho trading
that ho haS'a-dosirable stock of .oro
prising, Teair,Oofrees,'SpiCes, Sugars,
'cups, and all that constitutes a first r .
, Oysters in pyory:.stylo sea-
JOHN SUHR,
t announce to the b Mums of Wellebo
d eurrofinding'conntry, Idiot ho has
op on the corner of Water and craf
or the purpose of inanufaeturinvall'
i )4 . l' . __
.. . ,
•
MT.. FURNITURE, -
ING' ANY' TURNINO. DONE
COFFINS . of all kinds faTniebod on
All work done promptly and - Witi- .
Wellaboro r June 27, 1866. -
-r-
H. V
G H YO.
..- • - •
. Agent for tho
. . !r.
UIT AAELL'E
IssunOcE- socirrif
' UNITED RTATES.
l ur Life ii(pjloctie l 'Agenei. .•
April 17, 1867—tf.
'EST FASHIONS" D.tIIIAND
ADLEF'S Celebrated' Ritent
t • - ...• • - k
LEX ELLIPTIC
(OR DOUBLE SPRING)
K I R = T.
''..Spking Goods
vea at KELILEY'S.
MI
iocerir ' • tind ; • Piroithsion 'Store;
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
l ' in oll , kinas of •
•, :
ORpe.ptlENititiOlgtONg,
•,; • •
t.• 72,•;:). . inp•,` 4:•ti ;.2 ,
1q or s
~,r
11;g)siVe4r1) EX - K . 5;3 1 1 4 4'!__
FOREJON - & ORE
I DittED ourrs, , ,
, • ;. 3.i
CANNED.UITS
VEGETABLE'S,
~ •
;1 . .1
I=
WOOD- &.WILLOW. ,.. WARP,, brLASS.-&
_' T
oßockgitrirAßE, ""
... yl^l,
•' Iv •I. 1 , 7 r'
;
r, a.nxtrtr. --t
'Ol l / 1 ./DREDPS - P.OARRIAGE§; r1.11A335 4,
i S Eit'AMBEtriATORS" TOYS '&o'
•-. , ? I
...A full. and ' complete _assortment
mentioned . gnede,of the best Analitv always on
band.
Ntt - 06 paid to t .,gipst 11-yeeeriek
Dealers and Consumers will find it to their in
terest to examine hie Stock before buying.
Corning,.N..r„ IV,largh 27, 1507./,
, WELLSBORO FOUNDRY :ANp
MACHINE SHOP.' "
TlLE.subscribes having propured .additional
machinery aro now ready to furniahlo order
all aorta of
SA3CII ea
PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, FIELD
ROI; LE RS, MILL GEARING,
• 'SLEIGH-SHOES,-I'P ti 0 D-- .
• ' -77 5 - ZtWING MACHINES, •1
&c., &c. - •
W40))) . tV1)4,T4: : . 4ANE4,:
foieuittom and jeli"riorlr, rut also prepared
Atf".,;KFT:F;7rI7,V.Y(4,!?."Cr-"Ti-:':94-3:V.-arig.
linving a"first-elnes eereeleuttini Lathe, we
aro prepared to make.:
CHEESE ,- PRESS ~SCREWS,
to order. Bui'dere of. Clieese Factories are re
quaked to examine our work. We manufacture
the
• • i • 3 •
-Chmpion P l ow ,,
•
one of the finest itnplemonts in the market.. ,
Oa paid ior'OLD 'IRON
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
. j. L. SEARS. '
Ikoßeboro;ifay 'l5, 18 ' 47—ff. ' •
Buffalo ,Scales,
tiaLATPORM 'A; ' COUNT SbALES, con
" stantly on hand at manufacturer's prices, at
sr—l-• - , --t'• - , '--" ~-
,'SMEAR'S; P l' 9 ' -7• ARE ItOOMS•
1 -r AlsO;jettt received, a lorge stock of
.1- fl AIR D W A.R'.
`whifoll I selected with care and am' soiling as low,
for Cash as can bo bonghtin any market, •
COMMON ' AND CHOICE TABLE AND
POCKET CUTLERY, , '
$A W ,s; ' ( 12 kinds,) "
AXES, ADZ, HATCHETS. HAMMERS,
~. LOCKS,‘ _
,KNOBS * ., LATCHES,,,
, ;lIINGES,, BBTTS,I. I 4ITZS,
SCREWS, AUG'ORS,'
' - .L iaro: i jo- dtS:i. 1f j 1 ;
L i, , '1" g -;" ~,, t - I" P.S
" I
PICKS, SPA E ~ SHOVELSe -SC,OO,
"FORKS, - R K. 13,: SCYTHES, &43:, ' e
' ' ' - NAlr,s, ‘oo plow . PINTSH-'' '
' ING_ .orp CLINCH„ , ."
-.. 14 KINDS, -
t.'il i s/ ;;1(.1 ,tJ, .1
CARRIAGE' BOLTS, er,r, tgrzte, titer* 'l.-4
''X 1 1.2 TO 1.2 X 8 trteuEs.
/ 'or furerVtirtieulars'eall sad 6041 11 'i $1 ;
i • l ijOgit; 4ii4 isc I$6T--ti, ',E:• . A. sIOAD. , ,
12
- f 1
'
' "c - lIK, CLOTHED r
TOSEPION . 6f44III do SONS, two miles east
tJ of. Knoxviio, Tioga County, Pa., are pre
pared to Manufacture wool by the yard or on
eharel,AlOnay bo desire They make , .
yg,l„l 9LoTgs,--cAssi.
MERE .ill;i6itriqs,
•
an 4 cyan promise, io ee.tieff ottetomera: tr They pity
partioular ettentlento„. „
ROLIrOAALiATG,,& pLOTH-DR_S
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red Arid old;" t
Ibbinjihii•eof itSmaplea away;'
• Theiiilis l behind are' bleak and cold
, The nind comes up and, dies:pray.
gaze intaleaoh araPtY rcelO . .
,And as I gaze , a gnalying pain ,
IS at my heart? afthought - of those
Who ne'er will•pass - the door again
...And strolling down the orchard elope,
• • (So Wide a likeness grief will. ,
crave,)•;
teach dead iefir Cecina alvitherekhope;
'`Eachinhtikhillockpriiihir a grave: '"
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r 1.117 ?they willwOt bear rireif I call; ",
-'' They rr i ill not 'set: tliesetearithat start
!Tis autu.m&—autumn with it all— -' '
And worscAan antunitn in my heart.,
lerivei, ‘Ala dead, aad sere !
roan recall some happier heirs,
.7!:mil summer's Op* , ling r eea tkter,
4. , , equiraeeta beauty toueled the flowerer
4: 4 • • " , f •
, A4Aoyrn th,0,819 e . s un der s h ape)
Panceiklightli,mith tier tlyingOurle, ,
And manhood's deeper tonal were blunt „
With thegay laugh of happy girls.
0 stolen meetings pt the gate -• ,-
•,, 0 lingerings at the open door! _ -
• 0 moonlight ramblesiong and late !
My heart elm` /foam helldve them . o'er. '
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giults4t'theitill'eniii , StrUngo - slid .1
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ho c 4 P ne ! -
"do lihe,•so lii e'a"worilout heart
I . L .,Vflieh the lait'ienant flndstoO,Folol, ;,,i
Aiukleaves foi,eyermoie, st,thpy '
lekthls,bomestetkciprscl,auri old,;;
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t.li: _,' . .. I Y - 1- - t . ! i t s ''ll • - !:1: '
~.t ?°°T R l P t i ) Plia o l . l 3 or, -- 14fle. 1 3%heax,tfiti
'There well' if bravely, sit'? )41.sidp,,, vi e s _'
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You waited till theluuld of time
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: - tEaohruln's mossy wreath supplied.
4spi,upslT . tile gate and sigh;
Porno bitter tears will force their way,
And:thin . 1 bid the place good-by
• '•tor many a long and weary day.
••.: 't. . • 1.„ • .L., ' ;
I crogs tho little ice-bound brook, , • •,:
r summer 'tis a noisy stream,).
•.' • Turn; round, to take a last fond look, "
And all'has faded like's dream: • •
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KR: AND MRS. NUDGKINS.
"John Nudgkins, if you don't stop
Arinking there'll soon. , bo a stop to
everything."' .• :t •
• "Don't fret, Polly Nudgkins, I don't
drink moro'n •I oilers did.",
"Goodness Mercy! And s'pose'n ,you
don't! Hain't - you oilers drinked
enough•to kill a hog?"
"Hogs is brutes, Polly, on' they can't
'stand•What a man-can." , .
,• "I wtuat . to know if they be? My
'gracious,- , 11- you don't come about as
near , beta' a brute • as.. anything , I ever
saw then my, eyes aradeceptive. John
Thidgkins, vontare Worsein brute. - 4
brute Vb - u111"1101 - ttes -
"Of course they wouldn't Mrs. Polly
Nudgkins, 'cause brutes don't know
nothin." ' •
Polly Nudgkins, as was her wont,
started to heapa.buse upon her husband's,
head, and he, as he had learned it • was
safest for him to do, was prepared to
bear it meekly; but somehow, then a
different spirit possessed his wife.. She
had that morning seen her cupboard
bare, she sent her children off to school
hungry and ragged, and gaunt poverty
stared her in the face upon, every band.
For the moment she felt sad and down
hearted{ and thus weighed down,
she
spoke in a tone and manner that was
strange to her Irps.•
"John, what are you coming to ? We
have nothing in the house to eat, our
children ain't half clothed, and things
are growing worse instead of •better.
What sort of an example are you settin'
to your boys?" How do you think
they'll grow up? My soul, John; if you
dorn'stop drinking we shall all go to
the poor-house together:" '
John Niidgkins • scratched his head.
tibia speech' had completely taken him
aback. He had braced himself for a tor
rent °tabus°, Wending; to: bear. it
tiently through, arid then go and get
something to 'drink, but he had no ex
cuse yet for flight, so he sat still and
mute. And the , wife, 'seeing. what a
strange effect her words had produced,
con.tinued, in thd same strain ' "
"John, only think'hoW much Metter
off We might all be if you :Would • only
stop drinking. Do you ever think of
it?"
John caught at the idea which bad
ften floated through: Ns.: mind, but
whit* he never had the courage to pre
sent to his wife.. 14caught it ? framed
it for his speech, and then, with some
shrinking, as though he expected the
pent up torrent - to: fellow its delivery
thus presented it -
!'Polly Nudgkins, Pll tell . you what
I'll - do. Just as long as you'll go 4 . ii;lth
out looking morose look , or. speaking a,
cross word, I'll go without drinking 'a
drop of rum. There 1 1 Pll stick to that
I swear I will 1" '
"John Nudgkins, you're a fool !",-
”I &pose I am.: At atly,katO `'won't
deny it!"'
And with this, 'John - piated Iv , his
riMless hat and started fo the door. ,
—" "John come back here I"
,',:"John toiPped mid 3601ted fe,
There ' , dila Anger, upon, her Tace, but
doubt and' Perplexity were., striving to
overcome it. , . With a mighty effort Pol
ly lifted herself above, 'the angry tide.
"John Nudgkins, are you in earnest?"
"Polly Nudgkins, I am,'
"And will
y - ou keSp your word ?"
"I will, as true as preachin'."
"You won't drink another drop of
ruuitia nook looks uross,look, or speak a
cross wordn v
"I,won't,,s help me Jerusalem.'!
.1 4 Give me your.hand, John—There—
now go out and leave me. alone. The
garden wants weedin,' and you might
be doing thatfiwhile I'm fixing up the
house."
Three glasses of the best old 'Jamaica
could not have brought such a 'glow tO'
John's face undid those fe*:.words, his'
wife, bad. spoken. : 'She ,": had" Spok'en to
hirn,nf his neglected - garden, and' had
&Me it kindly. • Hecouldnotremeinber
when sticks. thing had happened be
fore, _,
'Sohn . *udglans Was live'
Anil'
thirty,
years of age, and Was a house carpenter
by trade:. His father had , been a bard
drinking and profane Man, and John
had,beenbreught np without any re
gard to moral '-. 9r religious- education. -
Verrfortunatety for 'him', ' considering
the..‘ influences ' that surrounded his
hildhood 'and youth, lie wits 'naturally
kind-hearted and honest,,Fto he nearly
went clear of any vices , that - beset , -his
path, but his assOotions**ere low, and
lindid not risenNte them.'
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ii - : l `3 .l i(tiAiii ha Once ben' - PollY
11
Perkins,?: „Her. f her died when she
was quite yOungr 7 died from,the effects'
of strong, drink—and Polly ;had been
brought up , by a , hard-working, cross-.
grained mother, who #?nted her nhil
' --• , -?ir,
GONE ,AWAY.
MIM
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dren as though they Were• so-many 'anti-
Wale; lOying them . 'inhi t way, bat
never'showing that she , re ded th'ein
-48 . posaessO'of tender hear atidlimmor-.
tal souls: • if Polly had , good '<panties
of disposition they never •been
noutished by her mcither4ut her mus
cles 'were trained vigorousln ' for she
was brought up ',to work. • ! -
-The elder Nudgkins and Mr. Perkins'
had 'Once been , boympanions, and
lbus John and Polly became intimate
in childhood. Jo grew- up - to- be' a
good'lookinginan, and Polly , grew- up
to be' a buxom lass, and in time 'John
proposed and was accepted. , • '
Some - women , - said • that i rolly was.
fortunate. They said so because t John.
was - -heArted and ihandsome: They
did no o how'. -very! far- short of
making agood husbandlthese < qualities
ta r co w . • • -1 :;• •
, " he' people'had said john had•gained -
a prize in his , wife.' They judged - her ,
•as they would an "ok; -or a chorse--i3lin
was a worker. • 1 •.",1
And John and • Polly werel married.;
John was free-hearted -still,' and' Polly;
worked: But John did not make any
change ih his old: habits,. and Polly'
brought to the married • life the. same
Influence that •had surrounded her- at.
home. - As soon as the eloud - came she
became cross and petulant; -and when
things grew-worse She --went on to -be
morose and tyrannical. She 'did not,
know better because she had never been ,
taUghtle do any better. - She did • not,
strive to improve horse - because• she'
saw no occasion; and aWfor studying
the great problem of life,. it was ,, some-,
thing that had never entered her Mind.
Shiksaw her husband going dOw.i t .
going from , bad• to rlvorse-J-and She :felt,
that she Thad just cause for 'all she`' said.
and did.l • Sho still worked = early; and
latectoi•ked and fretted qindhscolded-=
worked until work seemed almost nee
leSslOsave herielf 'and children 'from.
the poor house---an &then she :faltered.
To John Nudgitiris . ' the way down
hill Wad simple' and easy enough. In
clined by all, his early' 'education • that
way; it is no wonderithat his- feet held'
to the 'downward Path. , Flobad 'never
beed'a hard-worMngman ; but he had,
been eminently a social One ; and when
he could not find social comfort at home,
he 'sought -it elsewhere.' In fact his
home had come to be a very unpleasant
one; and though in his sober moments,
hp was well aware that he was to blame
for much of the
_domestic ill, yet he
could' -not bring himself to feel that
there could be any use in trying 'to get
sunshine in where his wife was. -
And so they bad lived on, both with
good enough in them to have, made a
happy peaceful home if they could only
have found that good and plucked out
the foul weeds of bad education and
habit that checked down the better fruit.
And so we come to the time of which
we Write; when the clouds were dark
est, and When all thatwas left Ma' home
tethemisguided pair was about falling
ruin and destruction. have
heard the conversation that took! place
on that June morning after the.,childr&
had gone to school. John Nudgkins
Went - out into the garden as he had been
bidden, and Polly was left alone-in the
kitehen.
"`Goodness gracious I".
The towering Alps, with their frown?
ingbattlement of eternal snow, arose
not raore sternly in tho path of Hanni
hdtban arose the taslewhich she had
"ttiloArAmr•-• 1 -11erstriChefore -PO/33^ Nrutler -
kin%
"Goodness gracious! How in • the
the world shall•I set about it?"
And she sat • dawn , and thought the
matter over. • • .. ..
"I ain't to look. cross, or speak . cross.
It'll come hard. But I'll try it. • I be
lieve I can stand it. Lean stand it as
long as he • can. • He 'promised not to
touch a drop—not a) drop. I'm 'blessed
if I believe lie‘can do .it. I should •be
ashamed to be 'the .first one to back
down and I won't. We'll see how
long John can stick and hang."
Wily washed her dishes—they were
poor, 'cracked, mismatched things—but
she washed them .as she would have
better ones, and set them away; and
when this was done, shepeepeathrough
the window into the garden, and there
she saw John busily at work pulling up
the weeds and hoeing around the tender
plants. At eleven o'clock he came in
after a drink of water.
"By gracious 1" he muttered, 'as he
wiped the sweat from his brow. - "It
kind o'takes bold of me." .. •
•Had Polly followed. the void:• bent. of
her inclinations she.wouldhavetaonted,
him•with being lazy and•good for noth-,
ing.; and yet the left 'obliged , to r Mk"
something, because• she 'knew that.the
spirit of her promise required that, she
should be pleasant.• • 1. •
"Come in to rest, didn't you,•John ?"
"No, I just come in to get a drink, of
water, that'i „ • •
"Wouldn't a'glass'onpirits taste bet
ter?"
• "No, • • Polly—not now.. You • know
• ve made the promise; and I mean. to,
keep •it if God gives me strength.". ,
The wife's next words. were spoken
from the immpuise of het heeart
"Hold on, John, let me get a pail of
fresh water, that's ` been standing."
'"I can get it, Polly:" •
• "No,"—still from the•heart 2 -/-"younre
too tired. I'll get it'for Yott." , ; l '
, And away she ,went ; nrid very; ter ly, John had ' or: Ora' Water,
.fresh from the weir; arid•when he. 'bad
drank it he felt: t o thirst for ' anything
'stronger. • -
Was it cold 'ivater, 'Which' John had
:drank that lightened his hoe . when he
resumed his laber? it'.' as
thing tha,tihad reAeh4d down ' 'into 'lode
soul further thantlfata, kind Ward,
And for the remainilig hour of the fore
noon be ' w'orked"nway, `feeling'' that.
kindly spoken,' .We
,d§,;' lightened' his
spirit as 'a glastfruinWould neverhave
done. And ho Vas it in the braise?,
In half an honk Holly N'tidgkins was
bumming to herself a tune—an old tune'
—and it was something
,that' she had
not done before k for`nlong time. = Surely
something must have;oecurredto send,
'A ray of sunshine aeress ,her be
cause such people, do not sing 'in the
lowering gloora.•!. Q'Ould'it have been
the eilecCof her O.Wn.' 'kindly; • word 'to
her husband?' ' ' ' "
' Noon Came,' dinner was ready'. ' John
came in quite Weary, and under the ,in
littence of tlie:peW spirit ' which roll
had Galled - tip "she `keally i syniPathized
with him'. The; provision fof the"rneal
, Was very ineager,and if-she had .
lowed - .the, ,
• habit of yeaps, she would
nave pointed out ' the' Net,' and taken
oceasion' thereuptiii'' to' - 'shower' abuse
upon his head; but she could not' do
that now. Thtrhumming of the old
tune had so - softened her voles that with
out muojap•ffort shenkindly said :
"It's trpoor dinner; John, but it's the
best we have ." ,* '
• And John', ,with all Ida good nature
aroused by t,he nialc tone of kind words,,
replied': ,
•
"Never naind,',l'olly, we'll eat, what
we have , to-day, add perhaps to-morrow
we'll haVe something better. - If Idon't
• drink any more rum 'shall save in two
; shall' earn 'More, 'and I shan't
spend so much foolishly," • '
..A.s Polly Nudgkins beard these words'
She ticked beisel4 l it, she hue
band's, welfare' her, ,OWn hands?
,Aye—bad not'Only; tliat, ',hut with Ilia
welfare, the Welfare of herself and 'his .
children ?pie his
torc?Pa4eY..i‘.... .. ~...;i,• •
MEM
MIMI
And a still span voice wiiisperea
:within :
' ."Reep your promise and hope for the
best.'' I ~• . , , I
, On the following morning when john
awoke, he heard his wife at work in
- the kitchen; aultwh‘n he had dressed
himself he crept out likti a culprit, gi
&cting to be • abused for his laziness.
Hp did not think,, it within the possi
bility fcir Polly to keep her promise, but
she had been schooling herself, and
was ready for the labors of the day.. •
i .„"Well, John, how do you feel this
.indrning?" . .
`i'lle'had been feeling, to we one of his
•own expressions, "kind o' streaked,"
bittlhose kindly spoken words, and the
smile . which accompanied tliton lifted
his spirit up to a moment. 41 '
"By glory'!" lie cried, shaking him
self, "I feel first•rate."
',.He ate his breakfast and went out to
werk„hut he did not work as long as he
hild'the day before. Towards night he
Came , in looking sad and dejected' 'and
sat down with a groan. .• •• •.• :
wife
the matter, John ?" and his
wife came and sat down by his side.
''"Polly,• I'M afraid you'll have to give
up . l7 . #,t o • ' '
••The wife was startled. Sh 6 was .just
beginning to dream of peace and cora
flirt. Could it be possible that the half
formed fabric was , going to tumble to
pieces. ,•-: . • . . - • •
• "John, ain't you going to keep• your
1 , .
promise."' '
"Oh; it isn't that, Polly. 1 God knows
I want to do all I can, but , I am weak
,and faint. I can't work a I mean ,to
Work.. I have drank rum o long, and
drehk so much, that it pu Is '-me doWn
terribly to break off as ram doing now.
;It will take me two or ,three, daysi per
'haps a week, to get strong again, andin
1 that time I can't' work. i I'm' all of a
'tremble' nowy ; Oh, yOu don't know
-h.o3v weak I am."
"And you want a glasofspirits to—"
"No', no!" cried John vehemently,
"I don't want any such thing." - - •
"Then what - do you want?" asked the
wife earneatly:. "What can I do for
your , • , , ; ;•ts i ,•. . •
, The husband looked up wonderingly.
"Polly," he said tremblingly; "I'
Mean to keep my promise; but can
you keep yours if I ain't able to work ?"
Thtte was much of fear—so much of
prayMulness in the fainting man's
look as he spoke, that the wife felt her
heart' warmed as toward a suffering
child. His face was a mirror upon
.which she could read all' his thoughts
and feelings.:, He wanted to succeed—
he wanted to conquer the enemy, and
he wanted help. He knew his' weak
ness,,and he feared that In the hour of
his sore distress, his wife's kindness
would fail him. She read it all—all
this and much more as plainly as could
be spoken. At that moment she could
not, had she tried, haVe spoken harshly.
When be came to her so humbly and
beseechingly for help, she could not
cast him off, and it cost her no efforts to
put her arm around his neck and say to
him.
"John, fear not for me. I will keep
my pro - raise if you will keepyours; and
if weakness and sickness come upon
you from your drinking, I will he a
good kind nurse, and help you all I
can."
And then John let his head sink upon
his wife's shoulder, and there he :cried
:like a child. .. I
%ems wue 13 ,- no)tc- experience to Polay•
'Nudgkins; but it was a very swebt one.
How her heart seftened'and melted be
neath the influence of those tears—sofN
tened and melted never to grow hard
and callous again ! Who would have
thought that the 'woman had such a
heart? Aye, who would have thought
ilt when she herself did not know it?
',The capacities of the heart are lik ,
some of those rare capacities of min ,
which may not manifest themselv s
Imitil some wondrous. emergency calls
them to the light of day. Many and
many a poor wayfarer of earth has
plodded dark and wearily over life's
rough. and rugged road ; outcast and for
saken, degraded and denounced, . sink
ing at length into a dishonored grave,
. who had a rich mine of wealth in his
own heart—only the vein was never
,struck, and the heart wealth was never
Ibroneht to the surface. , . •
,
.Tblin Nudgkins became very weak,
and his limbs shook as though he had
the palsy ; but it did not last a great
.while. At the end of a, week fie was
quite strong, and Mr. Wainwright who .
had heard of - the reformatory move
ment, came up to 'see if he' could hire
!him to• work upon a - building that ' he*
, wished to erect as- quickly as - possible. -
,Help was very scarce, and it was almost
:impossible to obtain house carpentersat
'any price. .
ohn went - to work at once, and his
wages were more thin he had thought
of asking. The . .. summerpasse , and
lohii kept his premise, and Polly,hers.
(.1 ,
'From the keeping of John's p.otnise
came neatnessand - thrift to all outside;
.while from the keeping ofPolly'sprom
ise flowed peace and' comfort within.
. Arid it had come to ,pass that neither
kept the promise because of fear that
the other might fail. They kept ' their
-premise as the Psidinitit would keep the
statutes Of the .Lord : because. "in - the
keeping of them.therois great reward."
r , ]t ,was Christmas evening. The,cbil
dren were itwaY in'otie corner playing,
'With-the toys which hailbeen: found in
their stockings that morning, while' the .
husband and wife,sat by the cheerfully
blazing, fire. . , • _
"I deblare,' Polly," 'cried John, the
reflection of•the ruddy- blaze ,upon-',llis
plump face giving him very f tpueht the
appearance of,e, blush, "it folks shout
see u' actin' so,' theyld'think' . we ivas .
two old fOols!" , i'-• !•`-,.',- ,) ! il` Tr ''-.'" , '
1, ,:A.nd .who cares; df, , they do,'.' ex- .
exclaimed the wife in, reply, at the same
time giving her husband a hearty'Smack.
"I tell you, John, we commenced-to be
'ood, an'• lovin,' an' happy .so late in
ife that we'll have to hurry up if w 6
expeat to get "nlyrwheres near our 'full
of conifort. ' '
, '• I CALL ME GEonGE."--,Ben W. served .
in the Revolutionary War, and had been.
in the habit of repeating his long and
tough yarns so 6fteri that at last he re
ally believed them himself. , Ben would
give a personal anecdote , about• every
• battle of the war, in - which he himself
alWays, of course,ligured as' a hero.'—,
On being asked if, he WaSin the ~ battle
•of 'Momnouth; he replied : ' • ; I, '',
"t glies4 - sit as: .I'h ad n2t,ir
pocket • full' of peividell' my left-hand
pocket full ofluilets, and Thad father's
doublebarkeled ducking-gun,seven foot
long, sir! sevenlootlong ! I put in n
handful of pOwder, and a handful of
bulletS, and every time I let her off
'knocked doWil the British, sir; flirty- at a
time General Washington rode tkii to'
Me' arid said, 'Ben, do stop I; you're do
' ing 'ent too bad !' I tetiched my hat to
the General 'and 'said, 'Weil, Ueneral,
'if yeti 'say 'so ' I'll 'cease' 'tiring: but I
- think Ought to fevi;inore •of the
scoundrels.'' 'With that the ',deneral
Sprung from his horse, and throwing
his arms around me, exclaimed, 'Ben,
don'toall me Gerieral—callifieGeorge!!"
.; ,• • :
! " firth' Johp, is' youngest
!s:6ll;last Thuisdp r y, can) , go to, the
oirege?". " NO, my' • affeclon
'Ately relined Smith ;"" you are it plied
bey Ilvill,ti(ke yotk'to kiee ,kot;,
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-.Dew l on Gray was assisted carefully
into his chaise, then his wife mounted
beside him. Things were reversed since
his long illness, she took the driver's
seat and the reins. As for Do6bin, the
faithful old family horse, he was a slow
going horse at the best, such a horse as
old ladies like to driVe, and the Deacon's
wife was verging on to sixty.
"Mother's hair was really beginning
to turn now,"- Jane, the eldest daughter
said. (Jane had gray hair herself) and
so it was ; but " mother," blessed good
woman, didn'o- care. She had lived a
spotless life, and the peace of her soul
had given to her face a sweetness of ex
pression that was better than beauty.
" Deacon, are you warm enough ?"
Mrs. Gray always called her husband
deacon, but now there was a peculiar
intonation of tenderxisss in her voice,
never very musical.
" 0 yes, I'm comfortable. Dear r Alear,
how sweet the clover smells. $ I didn't
know as the scent would evercome to•
me again—Martha, when lay there in
the in the south chamber choking for
breath."
1
" Never mind, deacon, e won't talk
ofr the past now. See ncle 'Biah's
rabdder, don't it look spl ndid ? And
the corn er there, why, t's growed a
sight se a esterday. La! do see Dr.
Baird's le trees, don't they look beau
tiful ?" I
" Everything looks beautifdl, Mar
tha," said the deacon, a light ,breaking
over his rugged somewhat hard face.
" So it does," and the .good' woman's
eyes were lifted to the'sky, across which
the softest, whitest clouds were floating,
with a motion so airy that they i seemed
i
like spirits of the upper ether" taking
forms of grace and beauty: . .:
" Don't care about stopping an where,
do you, father? asked the deacon's wife,
as the old horse jogged along.
• `! Well, yes, guess we might 'as well
get' ut at old Joe's in the lane.
" Old Stie's," exclaimed Mrs. Gray,
aghast, ",aren't you afeared ht'll worry
you, now you're so weak, deacon?"
' `! Well, no, I guess not, Martha, he's
a poor critter, and—and you know I
feel different now about such things.—
Forty years of healthgoes nigh to hard
enin' a man's—heart ; Martha," and he
pighed as he spoke. - .
So Dobbin was reined in at the head
of the lane, and Mrs. Gray, making
herself a crutch for the deacon, went
towards the homely little house, over
whose door, poor and lowly though it
was, the honeysuckle wandered, full of
sweets.
"If I everdiii ! Here's deacon Gray,
a comin' !" cried Joe's maiden sister,
smoothing her hair. •
" I don't want to see him," cried
Joe, moving uneasily on his bed.
" Good morning, and how are you
all?" 1
It was Martha's cheerful voice, and
Joe could not choose but turn, and when
once his faded eyes caught sight of the
deacon's altered face, they stayed there
fastened by the new expression of pal
lor—of tenderness that rested on those
weather-beaten features. •
" Joe, I didn't know as we to of should
ever meet again," said the deacon, hold
ing out his hand. " I've thought of'
you every day since I was on my, sick
bed. How hard it'must -be for you to
stay there month after mouth*:"
Joe's lips trembled a little. These
words rooming
.from_ a man who had
more than once reproached hini with
shiftlessness and shamming, touched
his heart.
fi-r 3
" Well, yes, it's' sort o'.h " he-an
swered, "but I spore I'll ilftV to bear
it. There's them that's -- vu, off, r
• I
guess." -.
" What can I do for you, Joe?" asked
le,deacon, his voice still soft with that
strange teudei ness. "Is there anything
you'd like? Is this bed soft enough ?
Perhaps you could. use my pick chair;
it-wheels about and you might go to the
door, or even outsidein it. You're wel
come to it, Joe, only say the word. And
anything in the - way of jellies, or deli
cate things that you'd fancy to eat,• and
books or , papers lif you'd, want 'tem.—
Don't make a stranger of me, Joe, send
to me as you would to a brother."
" But you know I ain't a brother, I
ain't one o' your "kind, deacOn,
" Never mind." said DeficOn Gray, as
sedulously avoitling an argument now,
as before he had plunged into one,
" never mind what your opinions are
Hjust IletW ; the Lord ,sees, and may be
e'll Bring you , around to my way o'
thinking yet.• What I am after now, is
to make ; the body comfortable:- . And I
hst want to ask your pardon forulkany
ard ways and ungenerous speechep.
know'' . l've Clone wrong, the Mord' , for
give me. I couldn't tell what a differ
enq sickness makes in mind and body
then, but Ido know now. Come; Mar
tha, we'll be going, and Joe, I'll take it
hard if yo y don't tax me' for something. God blessyou, foe. Good morning."
. • The two had - f:vanished, but it seemed,
somehow as if the sunshine streamed
more genially over the place they had
.left. • • •
‘f Well, I never I" cried Joe's sister
Joe hiniSelf was silent a long time.
"What ailed the deacon ?" he asked,
at lust, as his sister eanie . lbaek to his
bedside, - - • •
" Diphtheria, the
"Putty sick, wan't he?" ' •
• "Thought be'd : die, folks said so."
"` Well, it's done bina more good that;
all—no ma ter," and Joe ended ab
ruptly.
"Po think how he used to fret and
fume !P 'muttered Joe's sister. "And
.what a-hkessing that chair wilkbe t and
how you've wished you could get one,
an' he coinin' and offeri&
Pll never,say Deacon Gray d(n't
a : Christian again, never !" „
Meantime thedeacon's wife was lifting
the attenuated franpe of her husband into
the carriage again, her vigorous shoulder
his main, support. There ware tears in
her eyes, but Ole bustled about, looking
thlS:way and that, tucking the big shawl
over the deacon's knees, and pressing
him, snugly , back, as if she feared a gust
Of strong spring wind might blow him
aivay.. 0 t but in her heart it seemed as
if she had never felt such a wealth of
tenderness: One thing this good but
severe , man had, lacked, was now, al
most by a miraele, it seemed; wrought
into being, and Vad taken its lodgment
in his heart. Id his facea new and ho
-1 lier.benignity shone, even on : the strong
ly seamed forehead, in the 'deep lines
thattoll and thought and ear() had worn
in his cheeks. The• eyes; the gt; , V eyes,
<that only on extra ec : easions)lo , i,liglitect
up with a human beauty, seemed. now
to have gained an almost unearthly,
softness.
" Alarthit, Christ knew, didn't he?'
Le asked in a quiet, tender voice.
"Knew what, de?"- The good wori
man started at herd gentleness—at
the tinusnal term or atfeetion.
. _
Through • sullering," and he turned•
to hiS" wife. "How to pity us; O, yes,
Midge took it all on himself."
" 4 Was put 6n me, "
thank God! I
wouldA i
ot have taken t, no, no. Hu
maultjr shrinks—Otrillii from the suf
fering', trotu the dross. , Forty years of
Martha, it is, alearful test. I—l
don't know, looking at the pashas I do
now, feeling what l have lost and what
I have gained,'L dyn't 1:now as
grace enough bi;isave Me. Xartha, it
didn't "seem to 4 - q) once as if anybody
needed to be tOk.:. Many , a time I
,thought folks give up because they were
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`JOBBWO,., : b . EPVLTMENT.
• The P roPri etore area tookad t b eeitabl.sbm en t with -
a large assortment of modernstyles . . • ,
JOB AND CARD' TYPE •
ANA FBT PREBBB8,•-• -
and are prepared to *cute fueatly,, and promptly
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TOWNSHIP 011D2103,k0,',*0. .
Deeds' Mortgage's, Leases , and a lull assortment of
Con stables' and Jasticose Wank', constantly on band.
reopleAtvlngiti a distanieean depeno onhaylnai heir
work d on e promp tlyisa d 0; 1 0 ba4 InFatnrb Mall 4
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Weak and lazy. don'ti kAow but it_
seemed a sort of sin to me to Ibe sickly
and aili'ng. ' But you see God knew
whatl. needed.' Stop Dobbin, Martha
there's poor StePhen's little lame boy
wonder if something cannot be done for
him?"
So Dobbin was stopped, and the , child
gladdened with a kind word - and a
handful of coppers that set his face to
shining with delight and surprise, bring
ing tears to the good wife's eyes, for
children had rather avoided the dea
con, isterling man though he was.
I'll see if that boy can't be helped,"
the deacon went on: "I've heardthat,
if his father could only 'afford 4, there
is a place where hr might be. cured.
He is a fine little fellow, and , it's a
shame to see him go stumping through
life!"
• "Shan'tWe turn round, now, deacon ?"
said hie •wife.
"I think I'd like.togo toTom•Blake's; .
he's another cripple, and more likely_to
be worse than better." • .
"But deacon, you hadn't heard, I
suppose. The truth 1.9,r poor Torn has
been taken to the poor 2 houße."
"Marthy, is that Bo?" cried the dea
con, the old sternness coming back to
his face.
"It is so. He grew so bad that they
couldn't find any one willing to be bur
dened with him, so they just put him
there:"
"I've heard him Say many's the time,
he'd rather die than go there. Poor
Tom !",
"Yes, it was vvy'hard."
"We'll drive tt'*re Marthy2 l
There was another refolding of the
shawl, after' the,good woman had
turned Dobbin's dull head in Ithe di
rection of the poor-house. The
arm'
went in, leaning on the - arm' of his
Wife, and was led directly to tbe room
of the old man, Tom Blake.
Tom looked askance at the' deacon,
front whom he had taken many's long
sermon—for Tom was as near an infidel
as thtit other godless' man, poor Joe—
then,.at the sight- of fps pale, mild
countenance, the old map faltered, he
put up his thin hand, tnrned aside his
face and burst into team
"TOtn, I'm sorry to see you here,"
said the deacon, placing -his withered
hand on the old man's shoulder.
"I'd rather you'd seen me .in my
grave. Deacon Gray," sobbed the old
man. "But I won't die here"—a look
of "'defiance crossed his features—' , lt
shan't be said that Tom Blake died a
pauper. No sir. I'll crawl on my hands
and knees at the last gasp, and I'll find
strength to do it, too, out of this pauper
place." •
Tom, you shan't stay here," said the
deacon, resolutely.
The old man looked up. His face was
pitiful to see, all dabbled with tears.
"No Toni, I know how you feel.— .
When I Was choking in that awful sick
rkess, I would have given worlds, if I
had them, for one breath."
"Yes, and I'm choking-in here; every
- mouthful I eat chokes me." •
"You shall come out, Torn ;• be pa
tient and bear it as well as you can, you
shall come out. If nobody else'll take
you, /'// take you myself."
"O; God bless you, Deacon Gray !
God bless•you for a true Christian, "
cried the grateful old man, tears of joy
falling from his dim eyes. "I used to
say hard thiggs about yon;7' Deacon
Gray, because you tried to make me a
better man, but the seed you sowed is
`there; deacon, and if it takes root and
ripens, it will be bedause I see your faith
and your works go together. You've
made a hew man of me. God bless you;
`Deacon Gray.
Old Dobbin took a quicker step on his
way home, oats in prospect. As for
mother Gray, the way she kept patting.
and tucking that old shawl, looking up
every now mid then into the Deacon's
gray eycs with a love that made her old
face quite angelic, was a treat to see.—
And for, the deacon, he thought to him
self that he had always held religion as
one would an ear of corn, ignorant of
its use ; but now, Christ bad taught,
him how to drip off the husks; and
taste of the sweetness, and any one
looking at him might know he . had had
a feast.— Watchman.
1.- [l.or The Agitator.]
Fioneer Histoiy of Sullivan Township
THIRD 4'APER
After a time, as the country became
t
more settled, a posteffice was estab
lished on the " State road." Hen Rue
was4pointed postmaster. He filled
the- un
office with credit to fas f, and
sati4action to all for a number of , ears.
He le still living, to enjoy the oo veni—
ences and improvements time hasirfade.
The first flour mill was built by Noah
Ruinsey and his sons. When' he first
came into Sullivan, as he had no house
built, or faim selected beforehand, he
stopped at the first plabe that 'pleased
his, or his wife's fancy. He took the
boards of his wagon box, and made
with them a temporary shelter for him
self and family. During the night there
arose a terrific thunder shower. This
completely exting, '.l. - . their fire that
they had made for prttection against
wild beasts.{ i •
The thunder and lig g thing, added to
the suite that was in. itself enough to
frightefi and dismay the most coura
geous. But they 'were not easily dis
couraged, although sickness and want
visited their humble home many times.
He built the first house in Mainsburg,
and was for ti,couple of years the only
settler there`
His wife, one afternoon, about four
o'clock, went to his brother's, who lived
a mile and a. half off, to procure some
mills for their little child. She stayed
somewhat longer Wan she intendbd, so
much so, that it was becoming quite
dark, when she Started.home. She had
proceeded but a few rods, when, turn
ing her head, she saw on one side of her
just out of the bushes, what appeared
to her to be' two large " balls of fire."
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It frightened her a d sha ran ; but still
they kept pace wi hex.' Finally be
coming 'considerably ed, she com
menced singing hymnsnd psalms.—
These she continued all the way, but
with no apparent result? as shifsaw the
" balls of fire" all of the time.
At last she came to the conclusion
that it must be a witch. At that period
of tune the people were very much ex
cited on the subject of witchcraft; and
she being an unbelieverin anything su
pernatuta4, thought that she should cer
tainly lie •'obliged, after this, to, change
her opinion. When she ~hat; nearly
reached home she had a bridge to cross.
Were the trees were chopped away, and
the moonli,ght fell on the water, illumi
nating every thing with its silvery light.
She crossed WI a bridge, and hearing
soinetliing, , SteP:on the boards, looked
around, and saw a huge' panther, who
had evidently followedilier the whole
distance jionie: She, 7 ,rnstistaking his
glistening 'eyes — , for " ballS of fire." The
panther on seeing her looking at him,
jumped from the bridge and with an
unearthly scream.fied into the woods.
Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey are both dead,
leaving a 'large family; to revere their
memory and perpetuate their name.
I BwrromAnTE.
RULE.—To find the area of a circle
when the diameter and the circumfo
reuce arc both knoirn : Multiply the
circumference by the diameter and di
vide the product by 4.