-6* gio g a ormint i ) Agitator
le Pub every Wednesdny Muni in g; Itt $2,00 a
Ve Ir. in variably In advance, by _ -
COBB & VAN GE,LDER.
cm.) [c 7 . e. VAN OP.LDIR
TYY LINES Milk:EN MAKE ONE SQUARE
I=MEIM
mn
MEC
$1,90 $9,00 $.3,50 $5,00 $7,00 $12,00
Soares. 3,00 3,00 .1,00 '3,00 19.00 18,09
'tali 0,11.4.. 70,90, 15,00 1 17.00 i 2,q,04), 60,00
Om 01 1 t 18.001 . 90.001 30.001 40.001 GO.OOI 90.00
•
ii.f.Onsiness Cards Inserted at the eats of One Dal
lar a line prr yenr; but nnnofor Irss sum tliltu $5,00.
tpl,Special latios, Fit teen Cods tier line; Editorial
l.oval Noticea, Twenty Cents por
DIRECTORY.
W. P. TER BELL t CO., ;
11'OOLINALII1 DRUGOISTS, and dealers in
IVall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glum,
Perfumery, 1 3. tints and (his, Ace., &e - .
Corning,.N. Y., Jan. 1, 1506.-Iy.
IVILLIAITI IL SMITH,
I'ORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
[nsurtnee,•Bount3; and Pimsion Agenny, Main
Street Wellsboro, Pa.. Jan. 1, 18116.
6. P.i - J. I.lt I , llt.Es.
'WILSON & NILES,
A*ORNEVS S COUNSELORS AT LAW,
(First door trout_ Digonoyis, on the Avenue)—
Will atitnid to business entrusted to their care
in tlie.eohnties of 'fioga and Potter.
Wollsborn, Jan. 1, 1868.
D. ANGELL & CO.,
)I.\•NUNACTURERS of, and Wlioleen/a and Re
} tail Dealer in Doors; Sash, and Blinds. Also
t Planiq and Turning done to order.)
) Tioga Co Pn., Jan. 16. 1567-Iy,-''
G IGO RGE WA GN En,
TAILOR. • Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
Shoe shop. ~m7P•cluttingt; Fitting, and Repair
: Sag done promptly and well.
Wellsblro, Pa., Jail. 1. 1866.—1 y. '
JOHN B. SHA.WEA_RE,
})RAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over John R
Ilewen's store. J ; — ,E" Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing done promptly and in best style.
Wellsboro, Pa.. Jan. ), 186671 y
JOHN I. MITCHELL
A GE,NT for the collection of bounty, boot pay
and pensions due soldierskfrom the Okwern
mat. 0111. Fe with Nichols and , MitcVollB
- Pa. • • - •1230, '66
GAIMETSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELpit AT LAW,
Noory Public and Insura4e, Agent, Bless
_ burg, Pa., over Caldwell's Siorot
- IZAAR II I SE
• Gainos, Tioga County, Pa. ,
V Ell NIILYEA & ItEXFOßD, i Paorit's. This is
a , new hotel located wit tin easy access of the
nest fishing and Ituntidg:gunds in North
•?ro' Penniylvania. No F[4o will be spared
for the accommodation of ..pleaSure seekers and
the traveling public. [Jan. 1, 18110.3
_
• PETROLEtfriIitiOUSE,
WESTFIELD, PA., GEORtIE CLOSE, Propri
etor. A new Hotel conduited on the principle
of live and lot live, for the accommodation of
- 14, lSra—ly.
3. t;s- STRANG. •
ATTORNEY AT TAW. Any business entrust—
t4 to hit+ o.tra will receive prompt attention.
• liuosville, Pa., Novi 14, 1861'.—if
GED. W. UPON,
AT FORNEY A-, COIINSELOR AT LAW, Law
reneerdle, Tioga":t!o„ 4)iit , -* Bounty, PoOnn,
ud In,oranee A.`glititio':Pollections promptly
attended to. Oflivo 241 dom.. below Ford lloutm
Fio
- =
C.. F. S\VAN,
A 0 EN - 1' tor_the Lyeouaing County Ineuranee
Company, at Tiogo, l'a, •
lone It, 1860.-3m'
FARWS HOTEL,
T II I; A, 'IIIOOA COUNTY, I'A. 7
tiuodbiablitig, a ttachod, utak an nitwit iye Lou
-11,1 always 11 .177011thinee.
FA it rt, . . ri•(,p,;ot.yr.
Hairdressing & Shavrng.
:doon over Bat ker's Store-, %%Toils-
Particular attottitou paid to Bodies'
', 4 Sharlipacatig. iiyei lig, etc. Braids,
coast :and saiclios ou hand Anti 111:11.10 to or
-1 IS' RS EY% .f. 3
11) 1:ACIIN, M. B.; late of the 2.1 l'a. Cal airy, attet
four year, of artay,servicc. with a large
v , ;i..ote 111 field and hospital proctice, has opened an
Ito the pi artico of tnedieino i land smgets, iti all
1!• Persons front .t dint Inca can turd good
' , wring at tho l'enavleatipt Hole! when desired.-
1 ‘l , lt any part of State in consoltation, or to
lat nm , argical operations. No 4, UniOn Block, up
.1 weii•boro, Va i , May 2, 1866.-Iy.
1 1 , 1 W PICTURE GALLERY.-
_
;PRANK SPENCER:
r the pie:l . :mire to inform tote citi7ens of Tioga
th.o ltep,as completed his
NEW PIIOTE36RANI 11ALLER7,
hand to take ali - kinds of Sun Pictures,
as A oihrotypes, Perrotypos, Vi tes l ea des
the Surprise and Eureka Pictures;
Ittterrtion paid to copying and enlurg
,n'4 Pictures. instruntions given, in the Art on
r. n. l bi e tetrad, Elmira Si., Mansfield, Oct, I,
ATTENTION SOLP,BEICS.
\V".‘ 1 1 , .. 1
H.
(Su S .
MlT i t i l e , ellsed
Knoxville,
Agent,
unitTi
A C t o t
o u t n n t e y v ,
1.,r .01.1iers and' their frionkts throngheut all the
I 'rat States,) will prosecute and collect with ttn
tr,4lled succoss,
: . OLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES • •
, f 411 kinds. Also, any other® kind of claim
thi3•Govornmonbefore , t any of the De
-I,irtments or in Congress. Terms moderate, All
• dimanications sent to the aboveaddre:.s will re
,. telt prompt attention. don. 17.1Sfifi.
•
.
"'"ia.s*
eat jam C. N. DA TT,
virouLD say to the public that he is•pt4tna-
IV neatly located in Wellsboro, (Office tit his
r.,l , leneo, near the Lund and , Episcopal
t2imr,:h) where ho will continuo to do :ill kinds of
emdided to his care, guaranteeing cOmpleie
, misfavti,n whore the skill of the Dentist can
Avail ID the monegoinent of cases peculiar to the
lie will furnish
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
set on pm , material desired.
N G & IEXTRACTI NG TEETH',
to * on shortest notice, and done in the
' ' I hest and most approved style.
'FEET 11, EXTRACTED W iTnotyr PAIN
t, the the. use of Antesthetics which arc per
f,etly h•trmless. and will be administered in every
'lQl` when desired.
e. - elkhore, thin. I, 1865-1 y.
E: SMITH, M:
BUR E 0 AV.
I(II , EnATEs „siterettsfitiis fur cataract, Stra
hi , inue, (ernes eye) 11Pincwitl of Tumors
!Lire Lip , Varico,o Veins, Club Feet, &e.
Partioular attention paid to iliseasee of thu EY(
genera) Surgery. •
l'on4oltati,in at cane tree.
Referencef git..eh to olier.itions recently per-
I rated.
(.11i •e liot re from 12 M. to 3 1' M.
fitii•le at his residence, Mansfield, 'finza County`
I't Mar s elp 27, 1:,67-1y.7.
NORMAN STRAIT,
ti ENT - tor the Nitt.i..t..ll Set ies of Stacc , l col
A 1",oks; publi iln t liy A. Li. IS. A 7 V4l Ili& It
lldhnw,l "...ea of Joh..
.4,llorciois promptly e.. 11 4al;
y mall. N. z• ri:A
1., Juno 19 - 181;7-1.
_
Ers4.Cii & WILLIAMS.
,AT LAW. t.cc Alan
Staet. next rl..ur t.. tint
I' 11. IV 11 . .1.1A 1:4, • t'
W..11-1) , .e., June - 5, 15417-if.
• • 1. G. PUTNAIYI,
A•
1 Tl'r I{ l RIG II 1 . --,1 trod, far all IF.° _ br,t
." w ' It I NI: W A 'CF: 1: Wlil EELS. Afro
far : - .1..w., re, th.eilla ring (Al ..v; ir. hit' 1.. r liniPg and
Malay ; , :nc(‘.
Ji. , ; .:. i , ik i ., Aug. 7, It, 07, I v , I
. __ ------
iliollllty mid I ) etision ilgenc\-.
I A \ 1 7 .(1 received (lefinito hist( liciimn ' • 16 i 10(1d in
I Ila , xt 1 a bannty allow (al . 1( 11. r art apiapvcd
Jo) •.!•.!, 1.. 1,, agt4 ha \ing on hand 4, lal;,r t al 41% ..r all
6,. ..-rat y 0,6111:s, lam prep,9 0 1 ty pi ~.. t lite nil pen-
H ,, 11 awl bounty claim. whirl( zna) 14 11,naal in lay
II mill l'eljoilS living - at. a distancv eat( ColllllllllliCilie
with the by letter, and [Fair cunnanairatinus will 1(r.
Prrquptly answai rd. ' IV3I. H. SA1111).
I Velleboro.October 24,1866. J
UMMMI
CLOTHED
9
C
JINOIIA SONS, two ruilmt east
JO
of .Nrroxvile, Tioga County. Pa., uro pre
pared 1, manufacture Wool ty lb° yurd or on
sbarm, al may be desired. They melte '
FLANNELS, PULL' 'CLOTHS,' CASSI
MERES I , - DOESKINS,
and can premien le elttisty cuAwners. They pay
particular attention
ROLL•CARDING
Twenty - years oxi
rants thogn in oxpec
No\shoddy cloths int
Deerfield„ June
W 0 UL anuou ce to the eitiiiens of Wellsbo
ro and surrou ding country, that , he has
opened a shop ( , n-the corner of _Water and Crof
ton streets, for the purpose of manufacturing all
kinds of.-
REPAIRING AND TURNING DONE
•
to order. COFFIN of all kinds furnished on
short notice. All work done promptly and war
radted. Wellsboro, June 27, 1866,
Agent for the -
. .
EQUITABLE
LIFE • ASSURANCE SOOIETY
OF
r TED STATES'.
•
it a Hotne Agency.
17, 1867,-..t-f.
Insuro your Life I I
Wollsborn, April
• SURGEON DENTIST,'.
CREktRY FLATTS, TIOGA CO. PA.,
OPERATES with Chloroform,. Ether, and the
celebrated Spray Producer.
Juno ID, 1667-611/
UNION HOTEL,
MINER WATKINS, PROPRIETOR.
KACM. fi tted up,i l t new hotel building ui the site
ol the old Union Hotel. Lately destroyed bkfiro,
1 atn now ieJuly to recieire and entertain guests. The
Union not el' was intended fur a Tempo -liner , House,
rind the Proprietor believes it ran' be sustained without
grog. An attentive hostler Ili attenda n ce.
Welkboro, Juno 20, 1867.
WILLIAM TO WAWA' ND, PRO PR Le Pon.
HAYIN 0 leased for a teini of yearn the popular and
well known - Hotel eluud L,tely occupied by A. 31.
itadett I am ptepaivit to tut nis:ll tho travoling and
local pnblic.with Iho bolt accolinoodations to bu•pro
enred in the country. A good hostler always in at-
Wu-lance. }ream; furniArd to partied.
WellNbuto, June 28,
r
John W. GuerntioV.
ATTORNEY AND UN,SELOII. AT LAW.
returned to this coif uty with a view of
tfiakin4 , it his permalient residence, .tiolicits a
e Imre of puhlie patronage, All business en_
trusted to hi, core will be attended to 'with
prtimptoness and fidelity. °fate 2.1 doer' . zionth
of E. S: Fares hotel ' 'riuga, Tinge c 0,., pa,
GROCERY AND RESTAURANT,
4 1.4.t0r •..3.
WELLS 11 R(), I" ENN' A,
WIPL I CIFULIS announces to tho trading•
public that he has a Jesirahle stock .11 Urn
certee, Tizzar, Coffees, Sjpires, Stilt Are,
Molasses, Syll/11., ao t AI that canstitUtes ft first •
cla'sB block. 03,ter in every style at all b(lit-
St/1)111)1(` 1/"IITS.
Wellsbut o, Jan. 2, 12117 -If.
A T the Lawrenceville lirug Store, chum you
A
will find every thing properly belonging to
the Drug Trade
and of the beet q . 4nlity fur Cash. Also, Paints,
Oile, Varnishes, Lampe, Fancy Notions, V.lnlin
Strin , e, Fishing Tackle, Window Glase,,,te.
Cash p,,id for Flax Seed,
•
C., E. LEONARD
Lawrenecyffle, May 3, IS6i7.
B. B..BOR.DEN
TIOGA,
•
LTAS just returned from the City with a large
and eesirable stack of goods consisting of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, I . •
Yankee Notions, of every deqeription. Glues and
flitted Ware. Wall Paper, Paints and Oils, Dye
Stotts', School Books. Groccricb, and finally Avery
thing that is ever kept in a Drug . find; Notion
Store l would also call the nttentionl of the
Public to our stock of G ERMAN L AM,P S, une
qualed in the • wido world, and also that I ntn
Agent fur tho ".Morton" Gold Pen, and shall al
ways keep, a,largo assortment.
Tioga, MITS. 1867-tf. B. B. BORDEN.
Glen's Falls Insurance Company,
' GLEN'S FA I, LS, N. Y. "
FARM RISES,- only, taken.
No Premium Notes required.
It is LIBERAL. It pays (linkages by Light
whether Fire ensue, or not.
It pays for 4ivo stock killed by Lightning, in
barns or in the field.
Its rates arc lower- than other Companies or
equal respansibllity, I. C. PRICE, Agent,
Farmington Centre, Tio,ga Co. Pa.
May ISti7-1 .
• SUAINE I
Mils: MITCH.
the attenti9t
generally, to call
SUMM
NETA
F,TtIiNCI-1. 1
BONS.
All t=eletol with g
I. , tlia Dlilliue
"*1
I,ATF.ST
r.4..).1
who.
N. I;
011-1.-on
hat
s I Ii IC'A L
10 1. 1 4'
lirFici.:;.t.
N. 7 Tini , ll, whey..
until the 121 h, Ith
et' eiteh teuhtill
United t , httes Hut
awl in (41v/retie()
the 26th ttit,til the
All oper:frilms
fession, whether t
coire
Hieing tin imp
henunthing the gn
tenth n•ilheut pair
the patient, set
untisea, folh;ws uh
fortde ill i.e
Arlitici,il "Teki
mo4truhst I, a
Call awl 'seo'sp,,t
Tioga, pa., May,
, . ,I,fiilC-:4: , HAP , ::"/' • ; f ' --- ••/ :, • , - '-'
: .
~.:
.. - •.. . • .
. :
': ::‘ BBINO - DEPARTIBEI
.
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. r . .*-/:
. ; ,!.'tt-• ,' _H.. : , - ' -- 7 .7 :• --
' ~t' : • , .
,' • ThoProprlcitorshaveatockedtheeetol.Bl
alargeas§ortmentorntodertttylea
. el - ,
.....\ 0
,
JOB AND CARD TIN
LI,II ,),„,..,,,,.. 1 , ,,
-
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- V.- t . . -A . \..._. Lt -ik CI ~. .._ s
. ... .. ,
. 1 4.. 1 -...\ l'
.. . AND FAST PRESSE , d
nnd are prepared to execute neatly, BA
S . rosTints;lTANDurni,oinbotAii ,oA
- . ',:.1', - ..1, , _': • 1,. , ! -,., :
~-,1,_ ~,,
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lIRAS,LIIITEIt lI.EADS,STA EM' '"• 4 7.,..._ , '•:: ; , , ,,.;.„ , ,in , . ,:., l i p
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VOL. xtv.
& CLOTII-DRESSING.
erionno in the
,ImisinoEB por
ing it generous paixonn,go.
do. ,
1567-tf.
JOHN SUHR,
CABINET' FURNITURE,
II IT G
YOUNG,
1
T .TIE U
FIEI
MERRICE.
TOWNSEND lIOUSE,
1. it: KIMBALL,
THE PLACE TO BUlt DRUGS,
CHEAP, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST,
—o—
.
Capital and Surplus $373,637,66
=I
111, MILLINERY I
'ELL would particularly
:13 of her friends and the public
and See her new colleCtion.of
ER - GOODS,
()f the latest neveltioti of ,
& JOCKEY S,
,
IFLOWERS, RIR- •
LACES, &c., •
rent enr.t . . Everything belong
i-y Tniao or the
IMPORTATIONS;
itimms Ou Ilr‘oad Strout, to
/I . o.loy rub.
Mrs. E. 1). ,MITCHELL.
uttentiun paid to Mooching
18(171.
RANDA
N 1) (111.1 Nig' A L
re idunrr on treet,
lie not) be found in.to the 11rt
I trim the 19th until the 2bth
%Vitt he iu •IllesAttrp; nt the
.I,lrow•the Chia until the
•ille •nt tiloevinen ii..tel, from
ta,tt
lily of each nniulh.
»eerie() with tllc dental p'ro
n giro' ur 'pv01;114..111, will"ri> ,
ore I liquid and 31111 , ra ' ll , r
111+', lie is prepared to extract
1 , awl in a inannei liarinleAs to
in siiipefaetioit, drewbitiefth or,
operation. .lettier or °Morn
rii,tezed it adxfsatilo when de-
I of air kinds itisOrted in the
nd Iliiutitiful ininnr.
•
eintew or twieltau lea! dentistry,
I; .181:37. ' '•
8•14?1 , '..1.v.';1;4
=ilMl
ME
Groc
lei I LAZA
WIO I I.AB§ALF, ' IIEITAIL., DEALER
„irf uYI kiiids Of • - '
GROCERIES,' illi0i1SIONS;
Wines, Liquors and:
....eiggieg.,Ao.;
FOREIGN , &:,'DomasTIC,I:IIEN:,&
CANNED ; P 4 hV,il l , AND
WOOD & WILLOW WARE, GLAS'S
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, CADS &
PERAMBULATORS, TOYS, &c , &c
, .
A full and, coniplote assortment of the above
inuntioned gooda of 'the best' quality always
hand. •
Particular attention , paid to Fine Groceries.
, Dealers and Consumers will find it to ‘hoir in
terest:to bxaiiiinei Lis Stock beforei 'buying.
Corning,
SAVINGS BA
G A It 11 N
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE)
CIL!) Paying that : a,pentur saved : is a penny
kl earned, justifios (IA ItDNEIt in naming his
extliblishmont a i Sovi»gs t 1311W: A n :y jy
\Youth!, avid 501»0 old chap %them name
,I have
forgotten; and'it is eennoinylti. traihi'ish ern the
of high pi icon in fining proyeented with vigor and
without roprieve. L edit tail Sugurg, 'Vous, Mo.'
Ittsson, .Pimia, Pork, Flour '
• Corn"; Coffees,
Canned Fruits, Spice., and orer,y thing intended
forlfatuily Use, bu',er the, iienair.,4
fall of Ilse, uwrkol.% an advantage ~duly appro
cinted, by everybudy,:oicopting way: thoso verdant
••." ; , ' ;
who prefer PROM/W-Vii 7'o PA 4` . lino hun
dred per cent lot•otits,lu :ttox poliur, to PA Y
Vet por' va,11.011 dnllt - rry LilC
good•+. I shall ollei toy Stud[ of goods at fair
priCes . ,
‘• EVERY
EVERY TUESDAY
' I
[;• F,VERY WEDNESDAY,,
1 EVERY THURSDAY,
EVERY FRIDAY,
11 , ,2 AND -,`- • •
•
,EVERY SATURDAY, - j
n d fin up 45,t0Pt,13 1 sten opt. , •
Ayelleboro,-.1e . p , 0 12,
NEW DRY' GOODS STORE.
2-`IIILES & BARKERNI
WE have just reeeided our .nesb and: very
•large stock of
DRY
strEE'rrNGs: I SFIIRTINOS, PRINTS,
CLOTHS, CA SSIMERES, ,VEST
• INGS. READY MADE CLO- •
THING, itiA rs
BOOTS At4D'simE's,
,also
,a
large and well pale'ete4 stocic of
CROCKERY, HARDWARE, WOODEN
IyARE,' STONE KER 6
SENE OIL, PAINTS & OILS,
SUGARS, TEAS; COFFEES,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES„., •
ihl •! ETC;. / P .!
I=
i able ti)'offormir customeri tho •benetlt
1!I1
DECLikE . OICES
in the New York Market, our Stook having been
parehaual elueeThe gl-eat de9liiko
TOLES ,t; BARKER
Wellhborp, 1867 1 .*! '4l './
• Real Estate Sale.
1 E Stthscriher,will Hell or rent the following
vattortille_preptrq, le 'w4't 4
Otte tavern Op t ed ip
_LawrencevilleP
, One firm, on which ho now resides, one-half
ull l e , from Ititee oliorclies, two :Idiots,' Houses,
two grog shopi;,' and cue rellrlal,•and ithent,' the
Nitta° dlitanco rpm) lho7iue of the Wellshorethd
Lawrence% illo Railroad.' the farm contains 11Th
acres good laud, 511 acres timbered, well wa•
tercel, and very predoelive. tt regeires that the
oss ed Fami l ia hu sawed and planted. however, to
etiettre a Itarvist. . . • •„.
"One farm in dackean township, 175 acres; n
first te‘Wlitlita_it Tr:fi f,
ninlldsV76 skeet),
Mock, ohonp on roaonoble terms.
1.1)W1N.1...
Lawrence, Apr. 17 t ,18i17-tf.
-•t • ,
PLATED WARE—Cake baskets, curd bask
eta; eastorsomgar howls, utc., at •
• • - • FOLEY'S.-
1.3 largest nvtorttuattt of Watches; Clacks
j_ Jewelry and PlatedlYtti,tt in 'lingo. county
nt [l9deaftj FOLEY'S.
4MM—A new kind of lamp for Kerosene- 7
JJ no breakage of chimneys—at • FOLEY'S.'"
'4" ; i f.
1 . 4; r • • ,::,• „
!') . L•f ';' , . • • 4
T. 113.0 . 41 -4-"AltablPic) 33 , • - ,cor • 33egiviatziaas . , car, , 1 0 1 173ssicicionn.. , "
_ •
INN
ry,,an4' ProtTilqop STPXei
:00RNika, ' N,
DRIED
• '•1
-VEGETABLES,
CROCKERY WARE,
liir
OTHER 1 V LS' B
ill
TrIE
SLAUGi-ITEtL
=I
INNOCENTS
L. A. UARDNINI
(NO. L, UNION BLOCK.)
' GOODS,,
MEM
EEL
such as
A, d
• AVEL.LSBORO; PA.,,,,SEPT,E3II3ER 25, '1867. .
,
' '
'Stied ! '
titirl)
~.• ~,,. , ‘,„_. ~,,,.
=I
Sweet it was in that summe'r'time
By,thelwinding river's bank to stray; '
Sweet, where the trees in their leafy prime
Checkered with shade our wandering way; •
Golden thelight of the suu'a last rays; •
. ' Perfumed.tho breath of the, summer's air;
Sweet on a downcast face to gaze— .
Stveqt it was, and'my love was fair! - •
. •
Our lioaoay pieeret.lon the river nigh . ; „
, Thit,sun jia d sitakoind the day was gone;
Mit
The. ch's jkint crescent, had climbed the sky;
'14,0 stars camo ottt.--yet we wituderedon.
The light9a4 zephyr, was hushed to slsep ; , ,
' 048 yip peace and, calm above,,below;
Our whispers scarce broke their silence deep,
AS we, walked, Y f.hp ,noiseless flow.
it pidkhd; for my hive a stray, wild flower;
ii The 'nightingale sting its strain divinq;
I gave her my heart ttiat' lig hour
9 I asked rny'dar/ing--:Snifshti was mine!
Once more ive had reaeliedour little bout ; ,
OnceJudre,, betne,en, by the tranquil tide,
Wo heard love lorn note;
And she was near niei—my'leve, my bride!
•
The summer hours!rnitY Perialiiiiitt go,
Their meniories sweet will haunt me yet ;.
As long as the river shhll onward flow, '
These evening , hearsl• shall ne'er forget- 4 •-'
These evening:hours,' that saintlier Walk •
By thb river's hank, 'neatii the fragrant limes;
Those whispers of love, that lone tow talk.
In that sweetest of all sweet•summer times !
ME
"COLLECTIN6 A BAD DEBT."
1,1 .1
i • IFY AMY RANDOLPH
. .
.1t It wag, a dingy, ill-ventilated little
cell in the topmost' stratum. of one of
those =immense dinman "beehives' that
people call ", tenement houses "—a room
Where wash tubs And children, kettles
arid.kittens; potato-Parings and clothes
pins, were scattered about in reckless
disregard - of the principles of order.—
Dr, Maynard stood still in the middle
of the ehaos,. afraid to move lest he
should step in the starch bowl, or on
'one of 'the children who swarmed about
the floor. '
Dk. 'Maynard had recently come in to
possession of this property by the death
of urelative, nor was be particularly
pleased with his new acquistikm. . The
few weekly visits lie had made, were
not accompanied by any particularly
agreedible reminiscences; in fact, hed rea
ded theni r as a civilized colonist might
dread an irruption into the savage
,juts=
files of Afrirean' wilderness! Dr. May
xrard had always' made
,human nature
study ; but this natureseemed scarce
ly human in its odd, Celtic develop
ments.
- -
"01101 people I ever stumbled across,"
said Dr. Maynard, " the Irish aro most
improvident. What is the reason I can
never get my rent on this floor? The
()erman people : down stairs are Always
ready ~and my American tenants are a
model Of punctuality. It's really a
very unaccountable thing to me!"
"Sure, sir, itisn't my fault," said
nl rs. Tooley, lilting the ,corner of her
Coarse checked apron to her eyes, partly
to check the tears that always rose read
ily to tier muddy blue ekes, and 'OW
ly tO„bide the flush of mortification
that suffused her freckled cheek ; while
?Cif IT6 WilitediriNfiTlactliC — lff
a Sort of vague apprehensiOn that some
thing was wrong, although their tiny
minds could 'hardly `take in . the "run
meaning of the catastl'ophe that was
disturbing their domestic peace.
" Not your fault, I‘lrs Tooley ?" 1 re
peated fir. Maynard, in sharp. ace :Fitts.
" But it is never your fault, according
to your own story."
• My man is sick, sir; wid the. rheu
niatiz in his knee joints," apologized
the Irish-woman, "and it's hard work
We haVe to get along, and provide the
bit and sup for• the growin' childer;
meself knows; have a little patience,
sir—"
IMMIM
"Patience—patience—patience!" ejac
lated the doctor, each word tittered inn
key somewhat higher than the last.l-:--
" One. ought to have the .patience 9f
Job to get along with such a pack of .
tenants a, I have. Why , don't you
wok P
Mrs. 'rooky glanced a little repreach
hilly at the wash4ub in the .corner- a
sort of altar; enshrined in the incense
of teaming soap-suds. • • • ••
" Include, sir, I try my best; and I had'
hoped to have the money ready for you
to-day; ,hut Mrs. , Napier put me off as
she's done many a time,
bad luck to
her. " Its the girl's new dresses cost so .
much," says she. "You're,tooinitiudent
altogether, Bridget," says she—and Me
starvin' for the money, that's. 'me 'own,
and not per's at all, at till I','
O Do you mean Mrs.: John Napierr
asked Dr. Maynard. '
" Sure I do, and its rline dollars and
sixty cents she's min' me for the siveat
`of me brow and .the wear and tear of
me hard-worked hands,", said .Bridget
Tooley,.looking down at the red and
parboiled members aforesaid.
".Anditte won't pity, you?"
Niver a red cent, sir, though I told
her how - Patrick had the, rheumatiz,
and the, children hadn't bread and salt
to be,eottifortable. She's niver paid me
since I began to wash for her five weeks
ago the very last Thursday that ever
WaS1"••• • .
lIMI
ME
," Ms a shame," said - Dr. Iklitynard, ,
laconically.
" Sure an it. is, sir," assented Bridget;
meekly; " but-what can a poor body
r .do,' sir ';'"
Dr. ; ,Maymird Murmured something
under-his breath. -Mrs. 'Dooley could
just catch hero and there a disjointed'
word Of ,the old Bible sentence having
-regard to "grinding the faces 'of the
poor!" "
" Well, Bridget, you are not so much
to blame as I thought - you were," - said
h , a milder Wile, as he' turnect ab
ruptly., On% his heel. " I'll call again
next week ;.it's more than likely you'll
have,the money by tliattinip.'" •
.of all the saints 11..
about yez and over yez," whined the
relieved 'Bridget;
But the nocei l imonfons:elosing 't
- he
door cut short Mrs. Tooley?s , shower of
blessings and - unnecessary details. 'Df.'
Maynard Wet slimly down the echo
' ,ingy uncarpet n ed staim .t with hands
in his pockets, ands broWs contrac
ted, in,a - )A•awn Study, '; ' ,
As he entered his office, several blocks
:below, the first thing that met leis eye
*Vas atiete, written on . 11, perfumed pink
paper,. and sealed with a gorgebus her
,aldlo device in rose-colored wax.
'1
',Mu , ttered the doctor,.
bettveen Ids closed lips. "Mr. Napier's
compliments ; pleasure of Dr. May
naix,Vp''cowpany to dinner on7Chuniday
evening next, at six o'clock.!" Another
of their' champagne and turbot celebra-
Lions, eft ? well- 7 -Aliese are
not much to my fancy, but I believe
I'll go this tinte;‘ believe-4-101V .
repeated the (lector, thoughttlnly strok
ing his. Chin, a habit he often had when
his mind was busy at work. -
And tlten he sat down to his desk and
wrote.,a formal alai.) of acceptance, as
stiff and short as be was himself, .
The Napier mansion—a, showy edi
fice of stucee and plate-glass, after a
rather doubtful style of architecture : —
•waS all in it blaie of light .and flowers
when Dr: Maynard arrived there on the
eventful Thursday evening, a few Win , ;
lite 4 before six o'clock. Mrs. Napier in
SUMIIIEE TIME
glisttilantous..
ZEIS
Iver-Oeen moire-antique, apdquiv-'
ming ornaments of pail, received him
with smiling urbanity, and Miss Theo
dosia' Agnes 'Napier, in 'an artless: toi
lette of .white muslin and half-opened
rosebuds, emblematic of her own youth
directed her sweetest glances toward
the stiff'' old bachdlor• 'doctor : ' whose
wealth was reputed td be considerable.
(Mier guests were also- assembled—the
elite of the city---and 'Mrs. Napier's
heart thrilled high with pride aud pleas
ure as she glanced . around upon the va
rious pemonage`' grouped abbut' her
roonis.; : ' t„.. •
apier .was a Napoleon in soi
A ”"
cial lifen , Alexander iii crinoline. If,
she had been a'dian'she would have left
an impress on the 'shores of time ; be
ing a.woman, her sphere was necessari
ly more contracted. Born a parvenu,
she had resolved, from . the very first,
to conquer the walled 'citadels of society.
Always struggling with limited means,
adverse circutustanCes;• , anti.: unlucky
combinations ,of events, -Mrs. , Napier
had yet set herself tO , 'work- to' , conquer
Fate, and she had nearly
,'achieved' h'eF
purpose. 'WOutward ,appearances Were
her forte; and as to principle,,,Mrs.,Na
pier was as uncrup,ulS , iiiS as 'any modern'
European statesman: NoW at length
She was beginning to reap the , harvest
she had watched and watered so' long,'
and her spirit roe up *ithin her exult
ant, in spite of 'The flttpercilious -inso
lence with 'which' many of her guests
treated her.
"They despise me ;its l," thought
Mrs. Napier; " but I.Wilf4 yet conquer
t ,
them."
Meanwhile br. Maynarilsaid but
; nevertheless his keed eye was tak
ing note of all the elegaht trifles and
expensive grimeracks , that were scat
tercet eo lavishly round s and at length
when' the comp* wore assembled at
the long d:intavAiibles, 'Where hot
house roses glowed iti - erystal epergnes,
and cut glass sptirkled and massive - sil
ver (who was toNiViithat it was hired
for the occasion`",) gleamed, he lifted
his eye brows - ridd compressed his thin
lips.
They need a lesson, these foolish,
aspir,i ng upstarts," he within him
s6lfil" and this is the; most fitting op
portunity for administering it."
So the tide of dinner-table talk ebbed
and flowed, and boa Mots Sparkled with
evanescent glitter, and people laughed
at they scarce knew what, and the rose
beaded elianiogne circled the board,
and Mrs. Napier thought triumphantly
to herself. -
, " It will be a success
Just then Dr. Maynard's calm, mo
notonously pitched voice broke in upon
a silence that had momentarily settled
upon the festive assemblage.
" Mrs. Napier," he said, looking full
at the hostess, " this is a very elegant
table cloth."
.Mrs. Napier smiled blandly and in
clined her head, until the peaill orna
ments tinkled softly. it was! a very
singular remark, but then eVery one
knew that, Dr. Maynard wao one of
th4Sse eccentric geniuses that I nobody
pretends to understand or criticise.
And thes,e, napkins are as white as
the driving snow,!' went on the doc
tor, critically surveying the double
damask on his lap. •
Again Mrs. Napier bowed.
" Moreover," pursued the doctor, in
the unvarying tone. "I . have
. .
muslin
‘,`Ali--yes t " simpered , the gratified
:mama, "white is very becoming to my
Theodosia's style.
And she glanced towards Theodosia,
who was playing with , her Black Ham
burg grapes in a manner eminently
calculated to display her rings.
" You must have a very good laund
ress," said the doctor; abruptly.
" I believe Mrs. 'l'ooley is quite= coth
petent to her business," answered Mrs.
•Napier, a little puzzled, but ,trying to
indicate her claims to '" our best soci
ety " by expressing no. symptoms of
surprise whatever.
"You are satisfied with her, then,
madam?"
" Quite."
"rirpn why don't you pay her for
her - wOrk?" '
The elite dropped its silver forks and
set down its glasses of champagne,
quite uncertain ''hither this singular
investigation was about to lead. Mrs.
Napier turned scarlet:
' ".Dr. Maypail,, Ido not understand
O.
you not, itia s darn i ? Then I will
endeavor to speak a little more plainly.
'Mrs. Tooleyeis one .of my tepants—she
• can pec ber rent, "because Mrs.. Na-'
pier has not paid hera cent for the five
:weeks'.Washing she has done. As I
.cannot for an instant suppose that Mrs.'
Napier would withhold the wages of
her laundress on any , ether ground than
that of inability to pay,-I can only sup
pose her to , poor-to discharge her right
ful duties.'
He was silent a moment. Mrs.' Na
pier strove to speak, but something rose
up in her throbbing throat and seemed
to choke her. Mr: Napier sat at his
end of the table aghast.
" Under these •melancholy'circum
stances," resumed the ruthless Doctor,
begleave to suggest taking up a col
lection at this table for the benefit of
Mrs. Napier's distressed washerwoman,
whose bills have net,been'paid I , I put
in a quarter myself—will homebody be
kind enough to pass the china-plate?"
The china-plate went round the table
in perfect silence, and returned rto its
original .source Thd elite,
maliciously alive to all the weak spots
in Mrs. 'Ntipietls armor,' appeared to en
joy the thing. Mr. Napier, smiling
faintly, endeavored to regard it as a
joke ; but his wife know that this one
evening had undone the work of years,
"and sat pale and silent: She could
cheerfully have murdered Dr. Maynard
• at that moment; andlins. - Tooley tool
L! Ten dollars I" said the doctor, de
liberately counting the change. " Just
fifty cents more than we need ; but it
will not come, amiss to Mrs. Tooley !-
I.4adies and
you
: I have the hon
or to bid you a 'v4ry good eVening
But' the party
,broke, up simultaneous
ly somehow,,no one cared to: prolong,
his stay after Dr. Maynard's awkward
little exposition."
It was Mrs. Napier's last dinner-par
ty., Socially, she was " extinguished."
Furthermore, Mrs. Tooley lost tier 'cus
tomer. " Small' loss to the pocket
me'!' she truly commented, while , Pr.
Maynard smiled sagely in his sleeve.
TB It: USE OP AtEPUPATION.---Accol-4
Ails'. 41 , Arreggo a celebrated lawyer Of
the 15th century, perloined several
pieces Of meat from a neighboring
i
'butcher's Sim : " Two of his scholars,
of doubtful' atraeter were put in pris
on as author • of the theft.. AceoltuS in
Vain accuse himself ; it was thought
he did so • eseue the young men.—
When the atlitir was blown over, iiiid
the students set at liberty by paying 'a
certain' - sum, Aceoltus brought plain
.proof that he had been the 'thief. 'On
being' is4ed Why he had eounnitted an
actionSo Unlike himself, and Of which`
no one eduld have,suSpeeted hip, he re
plied, that he did it. to set in a - strong
light the advantage of a well-establish
edcharacter. . . , ,'.. . .
,-
, Thenlan in Jail wbo looked out alba
window of his cell and .exclaimed :
" Tbis is a' great Country l';' is now gen
era 4 admitted to have spoken N'yithia
bounds. •
BIOGRAPHY OF JUDGE HENRY W.
WILLIAMS.
•
The following biographical sketch of
our candidate for Supreme Judge bits
been carefully prepared, and was dolly
.ereil at a public meeting held in Pins
burg a few days sineeby C. B. M. Sniith,
"Esq. It will be a gratification for every.
Union voter to have the pleasure of
supporting such an able and pure mind
ed gentleman. Read the biography :
Mr. Smith was received with raptur
ous 'applause, and proceeded to deliver
the following biographical sketch of
our•worthy,eandidate. He said,:
,come here to-night my fellw citi
zens to perform what is to me a pleas
ant duty-to join with you in giving
our acjhbrenee to the platform of prin
eipfes adopted by the great Union Re
publican party of this Stiate at the
Convention lately held inWilliams
port,. and. in znanifesting our satisfaction
and,pigOure iii the nomination by that
Convention, of our fellow citizen; 'Hon.
henry' W.'Williemit; as a•candidatel for
,election to the highest judicial iiOsition
of this Commonwealth. ,
While I shall express-my - cordial ap
proval of the principles enunciated in
that wise, moderate and patriotic creed
of political faith, which breathes, in ev
ery line, a love for freedom and human
rights, and mixed with no demand for
vengeance ; by saying that I would har
dlradd to, or detract, one word there
from, I shall leave its discussion to those
able gentlenaen who may follow, and
devote UM brief time allotted me upon
this occasion in speaking of the personal,
moral, political and Judicial character
of our candidate; and it is, perhaps,
fitting hat I should do this, as I have
known'Judge Williams longer, and
more intimately, than any person in
this house.
My acquaintance with him com
menced in College in 1833, as class mate,
and since that time I have studied with
him,' taught with him, and practiced in
my profession with, and under him. I
have known him as student, as teacher,
as laWyer and as a Judge; and what is
more, during all that time, I have
known him is an intimate, personal
frienil. I have known him more thor
oughly than I have ever, known any
other living man, not excepting my
own brother, and I say hero to-night, in
presence of this large audience, that,
even were I so dispoSed, I' could truth
fully speak no ill of bhp..
Judge Williams 14 or the good old
revolutionary Whig stock, whi eh
achieved our national independence in
1776, and from his ancestors he has tin
herited a sturdy love of liberty, indepen
dcpce, freedom and national , union,
which has been strengthened by 'the
great events of these later times.
was boix in the beautiful valley of the
Connecticut—a State which has given
birth to such men as Henry Baldwin,
Walter Forward, Garrick Mallory and
- William Strong—and is now in the full
prime and vigor of manhood. From
the people and of them, he has been
mainly the architect of hisown fortune.
His father, •a well-to-do-farmer, held
with most New England fathers of that
day, that it was better for boys to help
themselves than to be depending upon
the paternal savings, and after having
furnished his son with the means of
acquiring an education, he sent him
fartVf.w__tho paternal home, at an
and fl i ght the battle of liteMiaiiled; - SaN
by hi own energy and talents.
In college, Judge Williams gave
promise of his future success. He be
came at once one of 'the most popular
men of his class, loved and respected by
all for his correct deportment, his kind
and social disposition, his high sense of
honor, his great regard for truth, his
strict integrity, and for his entire free
dom from envy tied jealousy. Be im
mediately took high rank as a scholar,
especially as a speaker, a writer, a deba r
ter, a logician, and a metaphysician,
which rank he maintained and in
creased during his collegiate course.
He graduated at Amherst College,
Massachusetts, in the stimmer of 1837,
and so proud has his alma mater been
of this one of her favorite sons that she
sometime since honored herself by be
stowing upon him the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws. After spending the
intervening time in teaching, he com
menced reading law in the office of Ex-
Chief Justice Lowrie, of this city, in the
spring of 1839, and was adirnitted to - the
bar 4 of this county in May, 1841. He
practiced his prdession with increasing
success from the time of his admission
to the bar, as a partner with hie precep
tor, until the latter was appointed Judge
of the District Court of this county, and
.
then with the late Wm. N. Shinn, until
elevated for the first time to his present
position in the fall of 1851.
As a lawyer, Judge 'Williams was-a
caution; safe, honest and reliable coun
sellor, and an earneSt, eloquent and
generally successful advbeate. He en
deavored to keep is clients out of the
law' instead of g tting them in, but
1
when in, with a god cause, all his en-r
ergies and abihtie were bentto bring
ing
matters to a favorable issue. His
dealings with his clients were ever
characterized by justice and faithful
ness. While he would never knowingly
take.a bad case for the sake of fee, he
never gave up agood one because his
clipt , was unable to pay him. His
iffrdrcourse with his professional breth
ren was always kind, courteous and'
honorable, never resorting: tg what is
termed "sharp'practice" to gain an ad
vantage over his opponent.l Had he re
mained at the bar, few wotld have met
with, greater success in thatmost diffi
cult, laborious and honorable profession.
At a large and respectable Convention
iir.the old Whig party, of this county,
held on the 4th of June, 1851, Judge
Williams, then young in . years-and in
his profession, and without judicial ex
perience, without solicitation on his
part, was nominated by acclamation,
for I,tie, responsible position which he
now 12olds, and was placed I upon the
judicial ticket of that party with the
Hon. Walter Forward, as the candidate
l President Judge of the District
Court, and Hon. William B. McClure
[Lathe candidate for President Judge of
the Courts of Common . Pleas, eze. His
opponent at the election in the fall was
Judge Shaler, a lawyer of eminent
ability and learning, Who added to his
other qualifications for the position an
experience of several years upon the
Bench, to which. the Democratic party
sought to elevate him. The re
su ltof the election showed that theaction
of the Convention in. nom hniting Judge
- Williams, without a dissenting voice,
was peculiarly acceptable to the people.
•He ran ahead of his ticket in the ward
In which he lived, in "thelold Demo
cratie.Third Ward," and in the county,
beating his able opponent 2,245, while
Judge Forward's majority over Judge
Heiduirli was only 1,228, and Judge
Me(lure's over Jas. S. Craft only 1,117.
So faithfully, impartially and
satisfactorily did Judge Williams dis
charge the duties of his office, and so
learned, upright and useful a Judge did
be prove himself to be, in the estimation
of all men, that at the end of his first
judicial term of ten years, in 1867; he
was .nominated by acclamation by 'the
two, great parties of. the country, and
was re-elected without opposition from
any quarter. Such renewed evidences
of popularity rind appreciation in one's
ownNneighborhood, 'and among men. of
till parties, are very rare, and most
clearly foreshadow the very flattering
veto which the Judge.will receive from
the people of this comity on the , second
Tuesday of October
,
• i Judge Williams's manners and bear
ing are always pleasing. In social in
tercourse, he is the life of the circle in
which he mingles. Cheerful,-, lively
and witty, never by look or word, in
tentionally wounding the . feelings, or
speaking ill of any one, he makes
friends of all.. His extensive reading
and large informatien upon all subjects,
make his society sought for by the,
learned and scientific. In history, in
the classics and in the natural and met
aphysical sciences, there are few more
thorough and extensive students 'than
Judge Williams.
.-
Judge Williams's moral and religious
charactera is beyond reproach. Temper
ate and chaste in all things, truthful in
his words and honest and upright in all
his dealings, neither by word nor by
act doers he ever offend public decency,
or bring the cause of Sound morals and
true religion into •reproach. Religious
without Phariseeism or bigotry, 'wh ile
he*selects and cherishes his own church
Connections, iii which he has Over been
a contistent, acting and leadingprofess
or, he cheerfully, and as .' a matter of
principle, concedes the right of judging
and determining for themselves to oth
er men. No one ever 'heard him de
nounce any man,* any sect, for differ
ing with him upcfni theological dogmas.
In politics, Judge' Williams was at
the first a Wh• cif fhe Clay and Web
sterr school, h Wing', with the former
that protectior Ito some extent was nec
essary to enco rage and foster the gin
dustrial interests of Pennsylvania and
with the latter that there NI7 as \po object
in our politics so much to be constantly
kept in mind and maintained, in every
event, as the perpetual union of these
States. When the exigencies of the
times gave birth to the Republican par
ty, his far-seeing partriotism, and his
long cherished love of the Union, led
him to cast his votes and give his influ
ence, so far as it was consistentwith hi. 4
official station, in favor of the, princi
ples and candidates of that party. Dur
ing the rebellion he supported the Gov-.
ernmeni, and the armies of the Union
by eNl'ery means in his power, uphold
ing the credit ‘,and authority of the
former, and enCouraging by . constant
faith the glorious success of the latter.
Those intimate with him will not read
ily forget. his energetic utterance against
treason and traitors, - and the strong anil
emphatie Manner with which he was
wont to declare that the Union must
and should, al all hazards, be preserved.
While no partisan or ultraist in politics
he is in favor of improvement and re
form, when the changes of the time
and wants of the people demand them.
The judicial position ,vliich Judge'
Williams has held for over fifteen years
is as important and responsible as any
in the State. It has been adorned by
sonic of the best legal minds, and it is
not saying too much of him to say that
he has proved himself in ! every respect
the equal of any of th . eml During the
time that he has been upon the bench
he'has probably tried as many and ' as.
important commercial, land and con
stitutional cases as any other Judge of
li s years in the State, and as a conimer
cial an d consti t ut lanai lawyerandJudge,
he has no ' suPerior . on the benCh.----
quick to see the real point in the cause
twei•apte,CheihriA him, and proinpt to
rules of law anti evideii&Ohell i a n dNAVii
•liimself a sound, clear and praetical
.Judge, whose opinions and decisions
have been - as seldom •reversed by theSii
preme ( 'on rt us those ot; ally other Judge
of any other inferior COurt in the State.
These
. opinions, ninny et' 'which have
found place in our legal reports, are
sound and lucid expositions of the law
of the case-before him. They always
possess the merit of adhesion - to the
queStion at issue, of clearness and brev
ity. lie never wanders from the point
involld, amftnever secks'to inject his
own tgitions 'of . law or ethics into the
decisans of the Courts which ought ev
er to lby faithful interpretations of con
stitutions and laws as they are. lie is
not a judicial lawlmaker, many of
whom, to the grief of the profession,
we haNie, but a judicial law expounder,
leavinur b the making of the laws to those
whose business it is. In his charges to
the jury, he lays down*the law,of the
case with great clearness and leates all
questions of fact fairly to their Ateterm-
I
Mallon. . ~ . --
Judge Williams is emphatically an
honest, impartial and just Judge. He
cannot be turned a hair's
. breadth by
prejudice, by favor, or by interest, from
what he believes to be the justice of the
cause before him. So well is his stern
integrity as a Judge understood in this
community, that no counsel or suitor
ever Undertook to influence him in the
decision of a cause pending before him,
save by legal testimony and sound legAl
argument.
Judge Williams is a christian gentle
man,
a ripe scholar, a sound 'and well
read lawyer, and a just Judge. '
With such a candidate and in a cause
so worthy, our own and the other coun
ties of the Western part of the State
will vie with Philadelphia and her sis
ter counties of the East in raising the
bannerof Freedom and the Union still
higher, and in inaugurating a campaign
for free principles and a united, peace
ful and \happy country, which shall cul
minate in the glorious Victories orlB6B,
under the leadership 'of a Thomas, a
Sheridan, a Sherman, or a Grant
A. LAUGHING DEACON
Beecher, in. his now• novel, th s de
lineates the character of a la t hint ,
Deacon. tiome iteimine model doubt
less sits for the perfrait:
" How they eveViinule a Deacon out
of Jerry Marble - X never could imagine!
His was the kindest heart that ever
bubbled and run over. He was tough,
elastic, incessantly active, and a pro
digiOns -worker. He seemed not to tire,
but after the,longest day's toil he sprang
up the moment, he had done work, as if
he was a line steel spring: A few hours
sleep sufficed him, ii.nd he saw the
morning stars the year round ? His
weazened face was leather color, but for
ever dimpling and changing to keep
some sort of cogonit* between itself anti'
bis eyes that sink id and blinked and
Split all over with merry good nature.
He always seemed afflicted when-oblig
ed to keep sober. He had been known
to laugh in meeting on several occa
sions, although he ran his face belweint
his handkerchief and eonglied,4 as if
I hat was lie matter, yet nobody
ed . it,. On •e, on a hot, summer-day, ; he
saw Deacon Trowbridge—a •sober
tat man of- great sobrioty---gradually7as
minting from the bodily state into that
spiritual condition entitled sleep. He
was blameless of the act. De had
struggled against the temptation with
the whole virtue of a deacon. He hail'
stirred himself up and fixed his eyes
on the minster wif.h intense firmness
only 'to have them grow gradually nar
rower and milder. If he 1101(1 his head
up firmly, it would, with a sudden
lapse, fall away over backward. If he
leaned it a little forwanl ; it would sud
denly drop on his bosom. At each nod,
recovering himself, he would nod again
with his rr res . wide open to impress p
on the boys that lie did it on puri.fose at
both tunes.
In,whnt other painfol events of life
has ki good limn so little sjtnp•tithy its
NO. 39.
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Constables' and Justices' Blanks, constantly on hand.
Pooplellving at'n dletanceegn depend onhavlngt belt
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OFFICE—ROrtbIOCk.SeCOAdVOOr.'
when-overcome with sleep in meeting
time? Against this itistdiens seduction
he arrays every conceivabi) resistame.
He stands up a while; ifeliinches him
self aor pricks himself With pins. He
looks up helplessly to the pulpit, as •if
succor might possibly come from thence. •
He crosses his legs - uncomfortably, and
attempts to recite catechism or the mul
tiplication table. He seizes a languid
fan, which treacherously leaves him in
a calm. He tries to 'reason, to notice
the phenomena. Oh,' that one could
carry his pew to bed with him ! What
tossing wakefulness! what fiery chage
after somnolency ! In his lawful bell
a man cannot sleep, and irr his pets he
cannot keep awake! Happy man who
does not sleep in chiirch ! Deacon Trow
bridge was not that man. Deacon Alar 7•
ble was!
-Deacon Marble n witnessed the conflict
we have sketched 'above, and When
i
good Mr. T •owbridge gave }pis next
lurch„recov ring himself with a snort, ,
and then dr w out a red handkerchief
and blew hi. nose walla loud imitation,
as if to le t le boys know that he ha
iiot be e r) r sleep, , poor Deacon Marble ,
was bro ig it to a sore strait. But I have
reason to think that he would bate
weathered the stress if it luid•not been
or a sweet faced little boy in frorif" 6f
the gallery.
1
. The lad had been innocently , wateh-
ing the same scene,-; and at its loll
max laughed out loud, With a frank
andanusical explosion, and then sud
denly disappeared into his mother's lap."
That laugh was just too much, and Dea
con Marble could no more conceal it.
Though he coughed, and put up his
handkerchief and hemmed—it was a
laugh, Deacon !—and every boy in the
house knew it, and, liked you better for
it—so inergperienced were they! i
An 010. Story.
•
Many years ab t
o a celebrated Italian
artist was' walking along the streets of
his native, city, perplexed and despond
ing in consequence of some irritati t rig
circumstance or misfortune, ..when the
beheld a little boy of so surpassingbeanty
that he forgot his own trouble and jzloom
in looking upon the almost angel face
before him.
" That faee I must have," said the
artist; "for my studio. Will 'you come
to my room and sit for a picture, my lit
tle man r
The little boy was glad to ro and see
the pictures and pencils aid curious
things in the artist's room ; Ind he was'
1,
still more pleased when he.'i saw what
seemed to he another boy looking just
like himself siniliiig froth the artist's
canvass.
The artist took greta pleasure in look
ing at that sweet face. When he was
troubled, or irritated, or perplexed-, he
lifted his eyes to that lovely image on
the wall, and its beautiful features and
expression calmed his heart and made
him happy again. Many a visitor to
that studio wished to buy that lovely
face; but though poor, and often, in
want of money to buy food and clothes;
would not sellidsg(ind -angel; as he
'ailed this portrait. Scipio gears went
Ai ; -011entimes as lie lobited up tip.s the'
ace (in the glowing eant!ass he wonder-,
st what, had become of - that boy.
" l low I should like to see how he
know hilll ? is he a good man and true
.or wicked and abandoned ? Or hay
ore
,to a better land?"
One day the artist wns - twr012.1. 1 --.._
one of the tine walks - of the Oty, s-1 hill
he beheld a Malt whose face and novo
were so ViciOliti i so deprilVt!d, so alim.st
fiend-like, that he involuntarily Fl. l ---
poi anti gazed at hint..
" What a spectiele! I should lilt n
paint. that figure, and hang it in itt,‘,.
studio opposite the angel boy," •
the artist to himself..
The young man asked the paintvr
for money, for he was a beggar as well
as a thief.
" Come to my, room and let tae paint
your portrait and.l will give you all yi.ti
as.);," said the artist.
rhe yoilpg man followed the .paintur
1.1(1 sat for a sketch. When it was
iShed, and he had received a few coins
for his trouble. he turned to go; hot
his eye rested upon the picture of , the
boy ; he looked at it, turned pale, and
then burst into tears.
" What troubles you young maw:"
said the painter. It was long benne
the young man could speak ; he sobbed
aloud and seemed pierced with agohy.
At last he pointed up to the pieta:,•
on the wall, and in broken tones.wfdelb
seemed to come from a broken heatt.
said:
" Twent,}', years ago y6ti asked• me
sit for a picture, and that angel-ace
the portrait. Behold me now, a ruined
man ; so bloated so hideous, that wool
en and children turn away their faces
from me; so fiend-like that you want
my picture to show how ugly a num
could look. Ah ! I see now what vice
and crime have clone for me."'
The artist. was amazed. He could
scarcely belieVe his own eyes and ears.
"How did this happen lie asked.
The young man told his sad and
dreadful story ; how being an only soil
and very beautiful, his parents petted
and siwiled him ; how he went with
bad boys, and learned their bad habits
and vices and came to love them; how
having plenty of Money, he was enticed
to wicked places till all was lost, and
then, unable to work and ashamed to
beg, he began to steal, and was caught
and imprisoned with the worst crimi
nals; came out still more deprayed to
commit worse crimes than before;' how
every bad deed lie performed seemed to
drive hint to commit:a worse one, till it
seemed to him that, he could not stop
till broughtto the gallows.
11, was a fearful tale, and brought
tears into the artist's, eyes. He be
sought the young man to stop, offered'
to help• him, and tried his best to save
him. But. alas! 11 was too. late. Dis
ease contracted by• dissipation soon
prostrated the young malt and he died
before he could. reform. The - painter
hung his portrait opposite that of the
beautiful-boy ; and when visitors asked
him why he allowed such- a hideous
looking hive to he there, he told thorn
the story, saying as he clos - ed: " Be
tween the angel and the demon there is
, -
only twenty years of vice."
The lesson of this talc the thleit,•:
self. 'You who read it can - tell what it
is. Think of it often, and heed at
way's.
Honer KiNo- oI I'ltEAclttsG.-1)r.
tlillv related Ihp tollowing anecdote,
whi,ll was 101 l :( well known , Trish.
Thadden.: Connolly, who
used . I 0 spend of tinge vibiting
(hi..poorer ill ' Ireland, and in
st net them 11 hei r oat velainpage
"1 wevi,"4lli(l lie, "one Bunday Into a
eilikt,•ll-(f‘vhiell a new inetnid / ent had
been 1:11ely unnoinied. The (tongrega
lion did not. exeeed hot/ • a dotwri, but
the pre . T•lier delivered himself With ay'
1 11(1 4-11 aiergy and atfeetion w; v i he were,
iquficitee 'After
the sepviee, f expressiztl-tly w(nider that
he shin preach so terVently to' such a
small now bev.of peopliv. — 'Weye r there
said the prenell6r. 'iny anxiety
for his irin;rovement would make me
el/tinily energetic." The followin year
Uounclly went into the same church;
• thecongregation was molt iplied twenty
fold; the third• year the church was
full.
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tbment wkth
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promptly
iRDS,BILL
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