• • goffit &Andy 1 : 411 „ a to r : ,„,,,, every Wednesday Morning, at $2,00 a ;, Invariably tu advanco, by COBB & VAN GELDER. coml) IP• O.SAN GELDER. pa)V32:IIITISIINT C 3. 12...A1:rm5. •S fans OP Minion, on LESS, FIEF ONE :SQUARE, 1 0 Moe 1 I -1211.r \3lns.\4lne. B Aloe. Year 11,00 $2,00 $2,501 $6,00 qra: 1..1'370 131 14713 B'oo 12,00 8 1;' °U IA 18,00\ 'O Ol 30'001 2 30,30 $0,43000 40,00100,00 90,00 'JAB!! Cards ierted at the nate of One Doi pee rear; but none for less sum titan $5,00. sena voile's, Fifteen Cents per line; Editorial Tk ot ko, Twenty Cents per line. B ug'\TESS DIRECTORY. W i . p. TERRELL & CO , 'ESALE DRUGGISTS, and deal rs in ,I 1 Paper. Naomi) Lamps, Window Glass, lamory, Paints and Oils, <to., /cc. ning , N. Y., Jan. 1,1868.—1 y. WILLIAM, H. SMITH, /RINEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW l oans°, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main eet We llsbnro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1868. WicsoN. J. B. Nnis. WILSON AG NILES, )11NBIS I COUNSELORS - AT LAW, ire door from Bigoney's, on the Avenne)— ill attend to business entrusted to their care the counties of Tioga and Potter. Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1868. D. ANGELL & NUFACTURERS of, and Wholesale and Re d Dealer in Doors, Sash, and Blinds. Also fining and Turning done to order. o vino, Tioga Co., Pa., Jan. 16. 1868-Iy, GEOUGE , WAGNER, ,OR. Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's )e Shop. ,ggf - Cutting, Fitting, and Repair done promptly and well. Isboroja., Jan. 1, 1888.—ly. JOHN B. SIIAIiSPEARE, ,ApER AND TAILOR. Shop over John R. frowetC.; Store. /A 3 -• Cutting, Fitting, and Repairing done promptly apd in 'best style. i4llsboro; Pa..-dap;: - I, 1388-U • - IX7M, GATIBIjTSON, 'TURNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Nptary Public and Insurance Agent, Bless ,arg Pa., over Caldwell's Store. ( JOHN I. 'MITCHELL rfORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Wellsboro, Tioga Cu., Pa. 'aim Agent, Notary Public, and Insurance ent. lle will attend promptly to collection of Hieni, Back Pny and Bounty. As Notary Llie he takes acknowledgements of deeds, ad '. asters of tbs, and will act as Commissioner to e testimony. 10 — Office over Roy's Drug Store, Agitator Office.—Oct, 30.136 i John .W• Guernsey, TORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. sting returned to this county with a view of ,aistng it his permanent residence, eolicits a bars of public patronage. All business on , acted to his care will be attended to with tomptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south E S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa. iept. 26.'66.-tf. 'ZIAK WALTON HOUSE, *Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. tACEI C. VERMILYEA, PROP'It. This is new 'iota located within easy access of the t Fishing and hunting grounds in North- Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared the accommodation of pleasure seekers and traveling public. [Jan. 1, I SM.] _ PETROLEUM HOUSE, STFIELD, PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri tor. A now Hotel conducted on the principle f live and let live, for the accommodation of e public.—Nov. 14, 1866.-Iy. GEO. W. RYON, TORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Law enceville, Tioga Co., Pa. Bounty, Pension, nd Insurance Agent. Collections promptly ttendeti to. Office 2d door below Ford House. Dac. 12. ISfiirly R. E. OLNEY, ALER in CLACKS & JEWELRY, SILVER PLATED IVARE, Speetaolve,Yiolin Strings, llantO.old, Watches and Jew 'ay neatly repaired. Engraving done 4n plain 'nglish and German. ilsopt6T-ly. ~~ FARM'S HOTEI f - , OGA, TfosaA COUNIthr, PA., uud szaLling, attached, and an attentive hos always in atteudanco E. S. FARR, • Hairdressing & Shaving. aloon ovor Willcox k Barker's Store, Wells o, Pa. Particular attention paid to Ladies' , r-cutting, Shampooing, Dyeing, ete. Braids, and ,biviclies on Band and made to or- V. DORSEY BACdN, NI. D., fate of the 2d ra. Cavalry, after . nearly. four years of army service, with a large ,lerice field and hospital praotice,i,as opened au fur the praltice of medicine and enr , gery, in all ranches. Persons from a distance Coin find good ding et the Pennsylvania Motel tslLen deeited.— t.s,t any part of tile State In eon nitation, or to its inrgical operations. No 4, Union Mock, np Welial.toro, Pa., May 2,1.866.—1 y. • 12W PICTURE GALLERY.- FRANK SPENCEAL pleaduro to inform the citizene of Tiogn that he hoe completed his ' NEW PIIOTOGRkPII GALLERY, • 91. hand to take all kinds of Sun Pictures, • 3 Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes, Vignettes, Cartes zite, the Surprise and Eureka Pictures; also :alar attention paid to copying and enlarg— 'iztures. Instructions given in the Art on table terms. Elmira St., Mansfield, Oct. 1, TTENTION ' S OLDIERS. M. 13. SMITH, Knozyille, Tioga County, l'u , (U. 8. licensed Agent, and Attorney idlers and their friends thronglieut all the itateti,) will prosecute and collect with un ed,uccoss, 'I.DIERS'' CLAIMS AND DUES - - it &Inds. Also, iany other kind of claim c•t the (3 orcrnuient. before any of the De : iLent4or in Congress. Terme modelate, All nuntedli,,ns 4rtt to the above addrees will re 'e prompt attention. Jan. 17, 186 S. S. CLIAIM AGENCY, For the Collection of Army and Navy Claims and, Pensions. E SUN* BOUNTY LAW paesecl July 28,1866,01 w I tau and three years' aohilers extra bounty. fiend Cr 7 1ischargen. OFFICERS' EXTRA PAY. • •! Ile months' extra pay proper to volunteer ofticere etre in service March 3, 11165. PENSIONS INCREASED II «tio ILAN( , IOBt a thal, rind Who have been pet nut tly and totally dinabled. II other Gotertallellt claims proFecutetl. JEII1: T 3. NILES. eitsl.tro,OCtober 10, 1686—tt E. SMITH, M. D. - ,sURGEON-. PERATES successfully for Cataract, Stra bismus, (cross eye) Removal of Tumors, e Lip, Varicose Veins, Club Feet, &c. articular attention paid to diseases of the Eye General Surgery. on , iltation at office free. eferenveg given to operations recently per m hours from 12 M. to 3 P. M. 0e at his residence, Mansfield, Tioga County, March 27, .136'1-150' NORMAN STRAIT, ANT for 'the National Series of Standard Seltol & Co. 111 & 3 sks: published by A. S. Barnes lam. turner of John Street, N. Y.. keeps con.tan y supply. All orders promptly tilled. Call on or .‘!1 Ity turd', N. sTitArr. Jnne 19,181:17-1y. p, B; KELLY S _ ‘;ENT nir MARVIN &PO'S. 'FIRE AND .BURGLAR PROOF SAFES. eilsbnro, September 25', IS&7. J. G. PUTNAM, 11,E, WRIGHT—Agent for 01l the 'best TURBI:s.3E WATER WHEELS. Also tewart's Oscillating Movement for Gang and ay Saws. ir.g:t. Pa., Aug. 7, 1867, Bounty and Pension Agency. all NO received definite instractitins in regard to the extra, bounty allowed by the act approved 25, 15 %,intl Laving on band a large supply of nil "arY bla ks, I tre prepared to prosecute all pan ned hourty claim; which may be placed in my '• Persons living at a distance can communicate ptlme by letter, and ;their communications Will Lecommunications env:rated. 1 i i ll ;oro.dctober 24,1888. WM.H. SMITE!. VOL. XV.'‘ TOSEPII INGHAM & SONS, two tn! (ft of Knoxvile, Tioga County, Pa., pared to manufacture wool by the ye shares, us may be desired. They tnako FLANNELS, yul.4. CLOTHS, MERES . , DOESKINS, and can promise to satisfy customers: . particular attention to . • ROLL-CARbING & CLOTII-DRE" Twenty years experience in the Inutiv rants them in expecting generoUs No shoddy cloths made. " Deerfield, Juno 12, 18G7—tf. ar t ' WOULD announce to the citizens of ellsho ro and surrounding country, that be has opened a shop oil tife,nottihr.of Water"Ceraf.± ton streets, for the riut.posb• of nittnufactu int; air kinds of - CABINET REPAIRING AND TUANI/IG to order. COVFINS of all ICincls firm short notice. All work done promptly a ranted, . „ , Welleboroi.Tune27-,1 • 2 -•"`' UNION HOTEL. - MINER WATKIN, PRomilErn. AVING fitted up a new hot'el building on the site JEJL of the old Union Hotel, lately destroycdi by lite, 1 Rut now ready to receive and entertain , guefis. 'the, Union lintel was intended for a Temperas e If unite, and the Proprietor believes it can be saline 111 , 111 grog. Au attentive hostler in attendance. IVelistican, Jame,26,181./7. - TOWNSEND ROUSE; 41' IL LLA M TO iswsEND, PROPR f HAVING leased for a tom of years the pop well known lintel stand lately occupied' Hazlett '1 ens prepared in furnish the travel local publiciwith the .best accommodations t cured in the - country. A good hostler Own} temience, Teams tarnished to fishing parties Wellsbero, June 26,1867 • E.`'R. KiMBALt, GROCERY -AND RESTAUR Ono door above the Meat Marks' WEIALSBORO, PENN RESPECTFULLY announces to the public that he has a desirable stock caries, comprising, Teas,Coffees, Spices, Molasses, Syrups, and al that constitute ll class stock. Oysters in every style nt• sonable hours. Wel!short), Jan. 2, 1867-tf. THE PLACE: TO BUY DR A T the Lawrenceville Drug Store, NVII will find every thing properly beim the Drug Trade CIIEAP, 'CHEAPER, CIIEAP and of the best quality for Cash. AlztO. Oils, Varnishes, Lamps,. Fancy Notions Strings, Fishing Tackle, Window 01n5..• Cash paid for Flax Seed. C. P. LEON Lawrenceville, May 8, 1867. • Glen's Falls /Insurance Com .GLEN'S FALLS, 'N. Y.„ --o Capital and Surplus $373,637, FARM RISKS, only, takes. pIo Premium Notes required. It is LIBERAL .1 It pays damages by ning, whether Fire ensues or not It pays for live stook killed bg LigM, ! barns or in the field. Its rates are lower than other Comp: equal fOponsibility. I. C. PRICE, .A gel Farmington Centre, Tioga Co May 29, 1867-Iy, WALRER & LATHROP, DEALERS . HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL N STOVES, TIN-WAR E PHLTING SANS, CUTE& WATER, LIME, AGRICULTURAL IS!PLFAIOICT. Carriage and 'rlfarzieis HARNESSES, SADDLES, .te. arning; N. F., Jan. 2, 1867-Iy. Proprietor J. JOHNSON SAVINGS -BA GROCERY AND PROVISION S 'VALI) saying that-n. •Ttetirly kJ earned, juytitios GARDNER in taunting hi establishment a Savings Bank. Evonomy Wealth, said smile old chap whore name . I hake forgotten ; anal it is - economy to tr.h.lc Where the of high in ices,is being proeecuted with vigor and without reprieve. 1 can sell Sugars, Teas, Mo lasses, Fish, Pork, Flour, Curu Altal, l o,lfeee, Canned Fruits, Spieee, and evorythiug Onternted for family use, giving the buyer the !wilt:tit • fall of the markets, an advantage dilly • appre• elated by everybody,oxcepting only tlio,:o verdant INNOCENTS - •,- who pref O r. PROMISING TO PA Y one hun dred per cont. profits to the seller, to PAYING twenty-five per pent. cash on diiiivery of the goods, I tifiull offer my stock of gooaq a t- fair prices, EVERY MONDAY, EVE RY :EUESDAY;. • • EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERY THURSDAY, EVERY NRIDAY; - " EVERY SATURDAY,' and till up as fast as I sell ont t __ L. A. ~1 3 .A11,1);IER Wollsborn, Juno 17,18157. ; ,ss7* HemovedtivAM SOMA DR. A. B. EASTMAN has removed from the old stand to his new office, No. 12, Main.st Wellsboro, Pa., (two — doers below lloy's mock) where he will perform air - Operation , connected with the profossion of Dental Siitgety in a F gym rior manner—having fitted up snitatl, rooms :10 prepared I,itNelf with all the impt , .vements of the day. In addition t l t the NARCOTIC SPRAY. Ether and Chloroform, which he has still in he cl• ten; to the public the NITROUS OXIDE \l4 which is perfectly sal ' the- •nvalid. hc ing free from all after wing no uurcits ant taste or scent, and •mterable Any thing before offered. nease cnf Mtri,_cs.ainine specimens of Mechanical { Dentistry. January 8,1868. F. a RITTER, DI ? D.. PHYSICIAN dr.10:1/IOXON, tfrtiduxt)ei - p the: University of Buffalb; NI Y., Class of IZIBI Having located in Wellsboro, offers his sarvic es to the sick and afllictid: Having had touch experience in Surgery, he will perferm• all op. orations entrusted to his• skill, in ,u saliafay tory manner. Office at his resideacc.on 'Pearl street, two doors below the residence of Will iam Bache. C4ll be found .byleaquiring at ei ther Drug Store. „ • [Jan. 8, 1888-3m] . ~. 0 , , ..' ' ra . . . , _ . . .._ , . . . „s,. ~x,.,5-. , , . ~, • .... • .!---,--7--- . . , , . , . . . , . , . = ! 7 --------2 ~yi 0,,,t , „ e s:, „ 7 .i.l r • '' ” ~• 4 .. , ... . , 7'rr 1 ,:,. '•',. ; •. , ,• ‘ -': ..- •- - • ' , • . . - + . • ._, t •il ^:....1 , - i . , . . , . . . . .. . . . , . ~• . . ..- 7 . , . • i . .., , , . , , - • . , , . :,, . I _o ,:i(L-„,,• t,„.. ~,,, ;:. '.:'. , . „------‘. Altai oi t..., , , . . . , ..._. :,„,;,..,..,••,,.,::„....0.„ : , ._., . .. . ; . ...• , . . El \~ BE ,Cl6oluip JOHN,' SUWZ, 0 THP;RIVISE GARDNER ''S • f THE SLAUGHTER - OF , THE AND EEO EN ~: , CITY iIOOK BINDERY BM ND • BLANK BOOK itANUFACTOitf 9 ft/10140p' SATCI 9 4 '; OAF TILEBIG BOCK, 2L) ELMIRA,' N: Y. bizrit. oi;r46 - . GOOp AS THE BEST, CAEAP AS THE CHEAPEST. lea east .TO pro d or on CM Ihey pay BLANK BOOKS BIM Of every description, in all styles of itittd as low, for quality of Stock, as any 'Bindery in , - the State. Volumes of every description thu best wanner and in any style or dered: 9 ••t I ' A LLi Ki Ekeented in the best- tnenner, I bind ;aid made good.fl:3 new.. 11/&o4t. Vt.!: tiU3S ee!' war ironagd. I au' prepared to fdrnixli back nurntiers of all k fteviews or illitgailne.9 ,published hi the United `State: or fireat Britain, at a ht's.' 14, A N 1C.3001C. - & OTIIPIt PAPER ; Of t;,,4 all size, and qualities, on bauil, ruled or plain. 1111 lii ONE shed an d trar -1666. LI I LL liF. A Of quality ur size, on hand and eut up ready fo'r:printinit' • Also, DILL PAPER, and 'CARD BOARD of all colors and quality;, in boards or out to a'ny • ' STATIONERY, Cali,. Letter, Note Paper, Envelopes, Pens, 'pencils, dr.c. Prof. SHEPARD'S NON-CORROSIVE STEEL, PENS:, or'vAutons arias, FOR LAUIRS • ' ANTI oeNTI.gMEII, • I Which , 1 - w• ) ran ‘...titin o Q ens. The • t (4 P - Met In iisftr"iind The abovp stock I wilt Et•if 111 the Lowest. lin tes at till times, uk, n nulnli 1111V41 0 on Now York Briers. and in quantities le su t. purchasers. All work /wwl otdeli witrreoted as r presumed, . I respectfully solicit a sherd of public patron': age. Orders -by mail promptly attended Address, LOUIS DIES, Advertiser Building, Elmira, N. Y. ME SEM lur stud ly A. M, In um! lu In iw iu litr BEM EU 'Grocery and Provision Store,, r,. trading of Oro fing.nr4, o ill t 101 l sea- 11.11. a, IEI2 VTIIOI,ESALE AND RETAIL DEALER in all kinds of l .1c 3 toi GROCERIES ; PROVISIONS, EMI 'itlntq Wines, Liquors _and • - Cigars, =I FOREIGN' & DOMESTIC, GREEN & ME CA N I E D FI? Ul I'S AND ng, id ZEE WOOD & WILLOWS ''WARE, GLASS & CHILDREN'S CA MIT/ICES, CABS & ill PERAMBULATORS, TOYS, &c, &c A full and complete i,bot !meta of the above :tuentiotle.l,qoodi of the brat quality alwaYi on hand. UM Particuhn• uttentit.ii paid to Fine Groceries Dealers and Cou.umern will rind it to their in terest to eirnmine his Stock before buying. Corning, N. Y., Ninrch 27, 1807. NEW' DRY GoODS STORE. TOLES & BARKER, ORE WEs have just received ;Air new end very large stook ei DRY GOODS, SIIEET I NG 8,-• PRINTS, C ASS! M ERES, vEsT. I NOS. READY MA DE CLO• THING, MA FS & CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, ' . Itlern' ; it large and welt selected stock or CROOKE RA% II ARDW A RE, WOODEN WARE, STONE W.4.4E, E OIL. PAINTS & OILS, . A- Z. 4, TEAS, COFFEES,: • *SI - 11U PS, MOLASSES, We are nblo to offer 'our eustomets the beneftt of the ,• • • • LAST DECLINE OF PRICES 117 - 017:New York Marko, our Stock having been pumlivilse4.l sine* the-giont-lieeline in. , l4oeds. . - Weliztlmio 'July 3 1867. - - tiARICTESS & lULEY, B.OOT AND SHOE-MAIERS, Over. i ralkenbury's Store, in the rrmyst !otely bectipied by Benj. Seeley. • , I[l . l adTS ANI) SHOES of all kinds made to j 110) order and in the hest manner. REI , ( 1III.ING of all•kinds done promptly and good. .40iie us a call. ' JOHN HARKNESS,' IVAL RILE'Y. Wellitbero,Jan. 2, 1867 ly. 1 ! NEW GROCERY SUBSCt 1131.111 'has opened a new onocimiy & PROVISION STORE AL the above nawieti Once, whore ho proposes to, furnish.Coade in his line cheifp: Market pricia paid for Farm liroilue:e, either iu cash or trade. The patronage of The public is respectfully solicited. ALBERT -TIPPLE.' Charleston, Dee. 11, 1867..-tf. "1 1 13. e• -‘ Thought " its Cis.° Mgeogrimsam.licas , of IXTlisscilcwria." ISM 1' WORK ; Id Pookb COMPLETE YOUR SETS! 1 atn.mile agent for. 28, 181,7 -ly: 7- r ' l_ I • CORNING,' Y DCUED `FRUiTS: VEGETABLES, CROCKERY WARE ( NO. 5, UN/ON BLOCK.) such as ETC,. DTC., ETD. TOLES & BARKER At Dartt Settlement WELLSBORO S PA., JANUARY 29 5 . 1868. Stied Vintrß. . MIDWINTER. I • ,The fr st-work shined about the pines, Themerry belli aro chitting,• The h ppy'ways of happy days i l Xea not turn to rhyming. Who leaccA ; life's care and labor's Wear, And acts a merry part, May find midwinter in,the sir, Midsummer in the beak. Yet while Springs flush and Summers blush, And Autumns color, deeper, ! ' While Winters Pale, still some must yield Their treasures to the reapci. Mittwititr'v bells ring out liko knells Upon their startled bearing ; llow,vainly swells tho song that tells Their loss of joys endearing ! dad pity those borne down by woes het 'fierldest pert— , • Who filia l Midwinter in the air, Midwinter in, the heart: ~~zsz.£ZZ~lte~a~s. A LEGENED OF VEHITY'S' COURT i • - You know Vehity's Court? Every one knows that. It- is not 'large but' central. And - then the Half Moon, ,tanding half in half out of 'the_ passage, b . ngs it into notice, or did in Ned Rid ley's time.. Poor, Ned! the Half Moon will never be in better hand S• and ho might have been there till this time, might have lived and died there, &they hadn't roasted him out of it. j . 1 • No, no, I Won't mean roasted in its literal sense; chaffed is the better word. Ned Was fairly chaffed' out oflhouse and home, if man ever was. They'd say, Ned ! how•abotit the tragedy?" or, "well; Ned my boy, anybody been and poisoned theirselves up 1 the court lately?"—all that way. Ned Would laugh; of course, but he didn't like it for all 'that; and when his chance came he left the Half Moon, and took himself V off miles away from ehity's Court. The story about Ned was thisj: One winter evening he stood in his little bar, that had a view of the street a long way down: He could see all the shops; and among others, he could see Bradley the chemist's shop; almost facing old Gullies, thesurgeon's. Their red lights were opposite, and the neigh bors used to joke about their; playing into one another's hands. They had a secret Understanding, it was said, and went shares in the dead bodied and left off wooden legs; but that was all fun. Well, as• Ned looked out of his little window, over the wire-blind with, "Wines" on it, he saw a woriin stew very softly out of Bradley's sh p, and down his steps, and LIMNS the road. Ned's first thought wasthatshe'' stolen il i something ; but her manner wa n't like thieving—it was more like desperation ; and, as she emir along down the street, he began to wondbr who she Was, and What ailed her. She was tall, but stooped. Her dress was black, and he noticed that it was rusty, and china about her in a poor way. She had a thick veil over her lace r sn that he could See nothing of it: Still he felt there was somethibg singular in the woman, and kept his eyes on her. When she got opposite Vehity Court, she stopped and hesitated, went back a few steps, then returned. Then , she suddenly stooped, and darted up the passage into the court. ~ But shifting his position a bit, I Ned' Ridley had a capital view of her now. He could see clear into the court ; and he noticed particularly that when she entered It she dragged herself along as if with pain, and kept furtively looking round from time to time, as if dreadiiig to be observed. If you, know Vehity's Court, You'll know that its great ornament is the fountainin it. 'Twas the gift of old Vehity'a s maiden aunt who was mighty proud of him and his court—though neither was much to ,boast about; and NO she gave the fountain, which used to be admired for the chaste simplicity of its design. It was chaste, indeed, con sisting of a few incheasOf brass pipe It serted in masonry, with the inscription : `;Drink, and be thankful." Owing to the inconvenience of the whole court being often thirsty at thesame time, the severity of the original design has been deptirted. from. A ladle with a great iron bowl had been added by public subseription—Ned Ridley's name head ing the list. ' It was towards this fountain that the unknown slowly and silently made her way. when she got there she stretched outu thin, quivering hand, and made a snatch at the ladle, which she heldtrem ulously under the trickling stream of water; then, having first gazed round heriwith guilty apprehension she' drew front her beksom a paper. It contained a White powder.. The sight of it caused her to turn her head aside. She hesita ted ; then with rash haste slid the con tents of the paper into the ladle: At this point the WOMfill again hesita ted, and gazed curiously at On powder, now rapidly dissolving, as if doubtful how to acts ~ Had remorse already seized her mind, or wasshemeditating wheth er there was sufficient of the deadly ,drug for her fell purpose? • The latter.would)appear to have been the cause of her hesitation ; for sudden ly graspingut a second paper, she dashed the contents of that also into the bowl, and raised it to her lips. The deadly potion hissed and seethed, but she heeded it not; her grasp was tirni : and,•with the determination of despair, she gulped 'down the fatal .draught then, dropping the bowl from her quivering finger,' she moaned feebly •and tottered from the fountain's side. . It - was ,fortunate that she had not been unobserved. Ned had•watched with a face of horror each step in the desperate act. It had fascinated him so, that all was. over before he had the power to interfere. But now half incredulous' at •what hail happened, lie' rushed ' forth into, the court. • I lean instant& he Was at:her side, and heriirm Was seized in his firm clutch. "Miserable.woMan !" he exclaimed,' "what have you done?" "I—l—sir!" she faintly gurgled; that was all. . 1 ' ' 'Choked with emotion, she could only raise an attenuated hand to her throat, that bad already begun to contract spas modically from the effects of what she swallowed. "You will live to repent this,," cried ,Ned indignantly. ; • Then, seizing her in his arms, despite her struggles and efforts to escape, he bore her from the court. Gruffies' red light gleamed in his eyes us. he emerged andhe did not stop until he had con veyed•his unwieldly burden thus far, rushed into, the house, and dropped it into the surgery flair. Gruffies was at tea. If there was anything Gruffies dested, it was being interrupted at his tea ; but what did Ned care for that ? A stentorian shout brought the old man forth and Ned hurriedly explained the nature of what had happened. ' "poisoning at thedrinking fduntain ?" saidigraffies. "What new form will crime'assume?.' I gun some of you; let • • • the ladle be secured ; It row prove fatal to others." This command addressed to a few stragglers who had followed the patient in, was eagerly obeyed. "But I assure you," pleaded • the trembling an eeply agitated woman— "l assure yot "Not awo !" criedGruffies;peremp torily ; kee your mouth closed till I am ready." "But—" He had dissappeared into an inner room, but almost instantly dashed out again. • "Now, 'Now, quick P' Withn ruthless hand he tore open her rigid jaws. Then, before she could utter a syllable, the instrument on which lie relied on to her ,to save her life was at 'Work. It was not a pleasant thing, that stomach pump, to which humanity owes so much • and the des perate woman did not take to it kindly, 'She strove with her arms, and kicked out fiercely with her feet; but Ned held her, and the surgeon was inflexible.. He had n duty to perform, anal persisted in it. That is up to a certain point he per sisted. Then the action of his arm sud denly ceased. "Why, woman, what is this?" he fiercely demanded ; "not poison ?" "No-o!" she gasped. "Then, what is the name of fortune, brought you here?" , "He did, sir," she gasped, pointing savegely at Ned. "But why not open your mouth ?" "I did, sir:" • "Did ? Nonsense!" "But I did; sir—and—then.lyou put this 'ere into it." She pointed disconsolately to the mouth of the stomach pump with one hand, while the other wandered sooth ingly over her racked chest. Her piteous look mi 'ht have brought a smile into the surge° is filed, but it didn't; he was angry. "But, hang it, woma i!" he exclaim ed, "what does it allmean? You haVe tried to poison yourself, haven't you?" "I haven't, sir," sfie returned ; I'm innocent as a child unborn." "But were you at the fountain ?" ' - "You were in a state of alarm and trepidation." "Which I were." "And you were seen to put a white powder into the drinking bowl?" "Yes, sir, I was! I will confess all." "That's right." "It was what the chemist gave me, I come straight from his shop and feeling a hollow pain in my inside— " You determined on selfdestruction ?" "Lor' no, "No?" "Not as I'm a lone widdey in a Chris tians,Vind, sir." "But your terror—younfear of being detected—" The agitated woman glanced hurried ly round, as if that fear was still strong upon her. Then, lowering her voice, and bespeaking Gruffies' special atten tion, she replied "Which it were only becos there's them as might objett—being partio'ler —to seidlitz powders being took in pub lic ladles." "What . !".erieCi the disgusted surgeon, "do you mean to say that you were tak ing a sei - dlitz poivder in the drinking fountain ladle? was that all?" sir, - .as I'ita--_alaite_ wjdder In • n unris— "Here, get out, woman, 'get out!" As to you, Ned Ridley, you—you're a fool, sir!" And the irate Gruffles turned on his' heel, and disappeared in the region sa cred to tea. Ned Kidley, too, saw the wisdom of decamping, but the nature of his phil anthropic exertions had become known, and the crowd assembled round the sur gery door insisted of givingthree cheers each—one for the widow, one for (ruf fles, and a right hearty oneforNed, who howeer, did not appear to derive from that attention the amount of satisfact ion which might have been expected. HE HAD ill3l THERE.—Some years ago, in a town not far from Lake Erie, in the State of Ohio, lived a shoemakef named A., and aj ship carpenter named B. The shoemaker was a knowing man. He knew so much more ahout everybody's that he didn't attend prop erly to his own, and was often a witness at court. It was his custom to promise faithfully the completion of work a stated times only to disappoint his cus tourers when the day came around. The carpenter B. ordered a pair o' boots, with the usual promise from A that they would be done on a certai day. The day came and with it cam B. He didn't'get the boots, but instead received another geed promise. The next and vepeated visits brought a rep etition of the worths° but no boots. Finally, one day the carpenter happen ed in at the court room just as• the lun reliable shoemaker was being sworn as a witness in some ease. The magistrate had barely propounded the words "you solemnly swell): that you will testify the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so,help you God." - when the carpenter sang out at the top of his voice: "Now, old fellow, I have got you where I, want you. Now, sir, tell me when my boots will be done." His boots were done the next time he called. PLAYING BOR A MAN'S HEAD.—Dur ing "the. terror" few came to play at the Cafe de la • Regence. People had not the heart, and it was not pleasant to see through the panes the cars bear ing the condemned through the Rue St. Honore to execution. ROBESPIERRE often took a seat, but few had wish to play with him, finch terror did the ; in significant little man strike into every one's Weart. One day a very-handsome young man sat opposite him, and made a move as a signal for a game ; Robes pierre responded, and the stranger won. A second game was played and won, and then Robespierre asked what was the stake. " The head of a young man," was the answer, " who would _be exe cuted to-morrow. Here is the order for his release, wanting only your signa ture ;- and be quick—the executioner will give no delay." It was the young Count B. that was thus saved. The pa per was signed and then the great man, asked, " But •who are you, citizen ?" "Say citizetiess, monsieur ; I am the count's betrothed. Thanks and adieu 1" A - modern Amazon on her way to a convention, asked for a seat in acrowded car. An old gentleman with keen eyes inquired: "Be you one of the woman righters?" "I be," answered the undaunted hero ine. "Do you believe that woman has the same rights as a man?" "kdo I" (emphatically.) "Well, then, stand up and enjoy' em like a man l" LEAP YEAR DIALOGUE.- yod take my arm 2" "Yes, sir, and you too." "Can't spare but the arm," replied the old bachelor. - "Then," replied she, "shan't take it, as my motto is, go lle whole hog or nothing. f. "Forgive u's our,debta f r is the prayer of every selfish man; but he makes ev erybody who owes him pay to the ut termost farthing. [For the Agitaforj • UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. ' In the autumn of the year 1828, I was liVing, as a hoarder, at the house of Col. Ambrose Millard, in the village of Tio gd, 'then called Willardsburg. , One Morning, (I think it was in the early ; part of No ember,) I was informed that f9ur colore men, who wele standing In the street, lesired te speak with me. I 'Went to th in, and one of them deliver ed me ale er from Dr. Webster Lewis, of Lewisb rg, in York Co. Pa., which ififornied me that the bearers were old acquaintances of mine, from • York county, and requested that I should as sist them to find employment. I bad ,resided at or near Lewisburg, most of the time, from the fall of 1821 to the summer of 1825. During that time, -many fugitive slaves were passed thro' the neighborhood. I have no doubt tha the "emancipation society" had a pret ty strong organization there. I was not a regular member ; but had, on several occasions,'aided in their work. , There was a hiding place in the Mountain, not far from Lewisburg, which could be reached by a footpath in a short time, and considerably sooner than by any route on horseback. In this harbor the fugitives occasionally rested to give time for the pursuer to play out and relinquish the chase. At last, the retreat became known to many who sympathized with the unfortunate loser of human chattels. These were a large majority, in York county. Ignor ant stolid beings who valued their horses nearly as high as their children, and voted, for years, against common schools. It was they who welcomed the rebels, until they 'discovered that the rebels wanted:their horses ; and some of this class became notorious for want of hospitality to wounded and needy Union Soldiers, after the battle of Get tysburg: Occasionally a constable, from to wards thelMaryland line, would come into the neighborhood of Lewisburg. Generally ihe was in company with one or more strangers. It seemed impossi ble for men in pursuit of slaves to dis guise their business. They carried its mark in their faces, and seldom passed undiscovered. If, on their arrival, there were any ~ fugitives at the " liar or," a party of young men would go b the short cut, and give them warnin - •, and when the constable and his frie ids arrived, no colored persons would be visible—only a party of young whi e men, looking very ipocent. The constable, and his frie ds, would condescend to rave and threaten in the most chivalrous style of profanity. ' One of the young men .. . . . Would begin a philosophical sermon up on the fleeting nature of certain kinds of ear by possessions ' • nit the audience won not remain" to 11 ar. Generally t d th 'wo parties returne by the same ro to—the longer one, and their inter c se, by the way, was notcordial. Notwithstanding my experience : letter froin Dr. Lewis,. was the first nderground Railroad ,ticket I ever i r saw. I scanned my " Old acquaintan ces," but did not,' remember having seen one of them in - York county, or anywhere else. lii my simplicity, I inquired what part of York county they had resided in. The question seemed to puzzle them, and the only answer was a display of ivory. I be gan to understand that I was "sold," and forbore inquiring. ' Indeed, I did not care to be burdened with the knowl edge that they were fugitives from "service or labor," and thus be fully responsible to the penal law in that case made and provided for knowingly . giving aid and comfort. I .told them, that if they had runaway from slavery, they were not safe this side of Canada. They all affirmed that they were free, and said they come " over the menu fain " in search of work. After fully informing them of their hypothetical danger, I proseeded to put them in the way of finding employment. One, a rough fellow, was hired by Col. Will ard to do farm work ; two went to Wellsborough and were employed by Judge Morris, and the fourth stayed awhile with Capt. Goodrich, who kept a hotel in Tioga ; but, after'a few weeks went to Bath, in Steuben Co. N. Y.— They all remained at these several places till somebody "over the line," in the State of New York, had put the bloodhounds on their track. I will not name this somebody, nor describe him, for obvious reasons. I believe he .re peuted long ago, to the full extent of his moral sensibility, and would not do the like again even if' it were possible, as, thank God, it is not. About the 6th of March 1829, two travelers dame to Lawrenceville and put up at the Slosson Tavern, then kept by Henry H. Potter. Tlky sirnames were Boyd and Freanor, and they came from Hagerstown Md. They professed to be desirous of purchasing lumber, and spent sonic ti me in that neighborhood, taking lumber, and preparing for their real business. They, at last, hired a two-horse sleigh and went to Wells borough. On the ninth, they-went LlP fore B. B. Smith, Esq., made'the nec essary affidavits and procured warrants for the arrest of the two negroes who were with Judge Mc 'Tis, and also; I believe, for him in tl 0 employ of Col. Millard. This was dot e under an Apt of Assembly, passed in the year 1826, at the instigation of a Committee from the Legislature'of Maryland. It provided for a thorough hearing before a Judge, and was about as fair, for all parties, as a law for the return of fugitiVe slaves could well be. . The warrants were placed in the hands of Chauncey Alford, (deputy of Robert Tubbs, High Sheriff,) and Car , lisle Atherton, Constable. Somehow, the negroes had notice of danger, and tied, but their tracks in the snow be trayed them, and they were captured. Judge Morris declined-to hear the case, and the offleers, with the prisoners, and Boyd and Freanor, started for--Law renceville, to bring them for hearing, before Judge Ira Kilburn. , They were followed by Judge Morris, Dr. 0. T. Bundy, and others, who meant - to see , fair play for the prisoners at least. 'The first notice I had of these pro ceedings .was from Col. Millard, Iwho came running out of breath to his house, where I was, and informed" me that the boys were in custody at -Good rich's Tavern, and that Judge MOrris wished•to engage me as their attorl ey. Our first concern was to look out for the negro who was in Millard's;em ploy. We 'Soon learned that ho lhad gone to an Universalist Meeting at the Lamb school house. Immediately Col. Millard was on horseback, moving qui etly up the road. He afterward told me that when he arrived at the woods above Berry's ford his horse broke into a fast gait, which was continued till the . school house was reached. Elder Nehemiah H. Ripley was the preacher, and he took the negro to his home, in Sullivan, where he boarded and lodged him in safety • until the danger was past. Universalism saved one poor felow from something like what Hell is suppdsed to be.ch In• all probability it prevented a manslaughter for the ne gro was armed and I believed would have preferred death to slavery. His experience as a slave had been miser/V. ble. One of the other negroes told me that this man's owner worked him her and kept him at the point of star "Miss, will C'APTURE AND ESCAPE vation. All but he had what they call ed good masters, and had a comfortable life as slaves ; but a vague • notion of liberty for its own sake had, shall we say, deluded theni. I will finish my story of this man.— Some nine or ten days afterward, he returned to us in the night, was fed and pioyisioned, and about midnight he wandered away toward the North Star. (To be continued.) l The Promise that was gept. , ...._ , u 0 ,i e evening four German students at a i f iversity, were enjoying themselves in tempper room a a little hotel.— Th y had four instruments, and were em loying themselves in making mus ic after the hardships of the day. There was a pause in their music, but no soon- - er had they ceasedplaying than. they heard an old man praying a violin be neath their window in the street. They went to the window and looked out, watching him until he had ceased play ing. One of them threw out a little piece of money, and said to him, laugh ing : "Here, poor Peter, this is all we have now ; come again some other time." "Yes," said anotheli, "come again a year from now." "Then we will give you a little house for a present," said the third. "Yes, in the middle of a gar Ten," said the fourth. The old man was struck with won der at such a promise. His long white hair shone brightly in the light of the lanterns which hung over a neighbor ing restaurant. He looked up to the window and said, after a moments re flection " Young people, are (you in earnest in what you :say to me? I hope you are not making light of an old man." " indeed we are in earnest," replied a Ernest, in n excited voice ; and his three companions called upon God to witness their seriousness. " Farewell, then," replied the old man ; I take my leave of you. One year from to-day, at this same hour, ex pect me to come aid L play a tune be neath this window. , Farewell ; may the Almighty Qne,'whose name you have called upon, bless you in your kindness !" The old man went off after invoking this blessing upon them. Tlie students closed the window, took their instru ments again in their hands, find after playing three or four lively tunes se_em ed to -forget all that had occurred.= Ernest said to them, however, after' the, space of half an hour : " You seem to be very quiet. I cannot be, for I hnve . made a promise that I would give some thing which I had not got." " What promise ?" answered one of the light-hearted companions. " The promise of a house and a gar den." A loud laugh was the response that he met with, and the students separat ed. They met again on the following '3vening, and during their interview Ernest called to mind the premise of he night before. They made light of hinl, and told him that he was fooliSh to pay attention to it. Then said he ; " I don't see where your consciences are if you can make a promise aiu break your word." "'How can we fulfill any promise of that kind ?" said Christopher. " Our parents are all poor, and have more than they can do to send us to the uni versity. ; How then can they help us to buy a house and a garden for a foolish old man? IGood night, comrades, I wish you as pleasant a sleep as I shall have P'• But this 'llcind of argument did not af fect Ernest much, for he could not helP thinking that he was'compelled to keep his bargain. He was the poorest of the group, for his mother was a plain wid ow, and shrmade her living by wash ing. The promise he made deeply af fected him, and he left the university for a week,„So that he might go home and tell his notber the pledge he had made the'old musician. After he hid told her in 'y replied : "Keep it, v son ; keep it if it cost you your life." • ''" That is what I will try to do, moth er, and I hope I shall - have your prayers." Ernest returned tic) the university and told his friends they must, seriously think . of buying the old man a house and garden. He went into a neighbor ing village one day, and foupd that he could get a neat little house and garden for two thousand guilders. That was a large sum for those poor students -to thinic.of paying, but through the in fluence of the other three be came convinced that it was their duty to keep their promise. The four resolv ed that, in one year from the time 'the pledge was made, the old man should have his house and garden if it was in their power to get them for him. 'They -must leave the university—a sig proceoding for them. They came ft tin ? conclusion to go through the country, andgive little concerts ; for ready this appeared the only way possible to gain any money. Even by pursuing this course there appeared to be a poor pros pectjo get a large sum. Still they re solved to do •their best. They closed theif books, and put their instruments into littlebags, and set out on foot to give concerts, in the villages through which they might pass. Ernest, before leaving, exacted a promise of the man who owned the Ipuse and lot which he had looked at, 11 at he Avould not sell it under six month to anybody, and that if lie would pro rise to 'take it at the ei!id of that ti i i e he might have it, vi t though the mciney need not be paidun der a year. Week after week passed by, and the students slowly proceeded on their way. Their expenses were l s , not heavy, but their income was cert inly very small too. Nine Mouths and a half paSsed by, and still they had but little above seven hundred guilders.— It was a question 'with them _ how' the remaining thirteen hundred could be could be raised. They *ere sper ding one day' at a country town, and a noble man living in a large castle a few miles distant, was seeking musicians to at tend the wedding of his daughter who wraS to„be married in three or four days. Fortunately enough for the students, the nobleman employed them for the occasion. The marriage ceremony took place, and by and by it was time for the 'music to begin. The students II a d trained themselves very carefully for. that svening, and their selections were certainly of a very high order. Dur ing the course of the festivities, it Was noticed that the nobleman became very sadi His face wore a melancholy ap pearance, and thoSe who stood nearest to (din saw hint weeping. What-could haye caused him to be melancholy at such a time as that ? One of the pie ces those musicians played was his mother's favorite melody. She had of ten sung it to him many years ago, and he had not heard it since, until the stu dents played it. It was enough .to make hird sorrowful, and It drew those students to his heart in such a way that he could express his feelings. They had recalled to.his mind a piece of mus ic which he had never been able to find in any music store, and which -it was now worth a fortune for him to,hear. I must now make my story !short.— The nobleman kept the four students in his castle two weeks, became tiequaint ed with them fully, and learned their object in leaving the university to give concerts. He supplied them with thrke thousand guilders, and told them thtt ' ' 3 ~ a NO. 4. 111 JOBBING DEPtiRTIENT. Thees4ristorshavestocke theestablAment wtth a large ixe4 ortmont of inodeltlyee JOB - AND: CARD TYPE I - = AND BAIT PRESSES,— , -- and aro prepared to execute neatly, and promptly POST / 31113 , 1 14NDBILiB i p CIRCULARS, Chinn, BILL HEADS ,LETTER IYEADS,STATERIENTS, • TOWNSHIP ORDER 8, ac Deeds, Mortgages, Loaves, and a full asSortment of Constables' and Jnstices"Blanks,constantly on hand. Peopleliving at» dlitancecandepagdonhavingt helr work donepromptly,anasebt back inreturn snail. WOMoz—Roy'Fblo,,SecondFloos they might have the privilege of mak ing drafts on hini at any time. On the evening of the day when the old man promised to appear, he stood below the windoW, playing on his old violin. He was true to his word, and expected theproMise to be kept. The young men went 'down to invite him up and told him all they had done.— They showed him the deed for his place and ga.velt to him. On the .following day he formally took possesSion of it, And they supplied it with furniture and with groceries fcirlhousekeeping. The young men, felt that they were amply repaid for 'their. faithfulness to their•word by thegratitude and joy of the old .man. But they were not only repaid in feelings ; they were more than repaid even in money. Fourteen years after that time that pliiXe was taken into their possession ; for the old man hid died and bequeath ed it to them in his will. That part of the town rosetuddenly in value. Many things contributed - to its increased val ue which I will not enumerate. It is enoughto say, that in seventeen years front the time the, four students gave tile deed of that house and garden to the old musician, the same property whidh had cost two thousand guilders was Worth eighty!, thousand. The stu dents were not only repaid in heart, but also in money. They had kept their word, and even - to y the !poor old man who had no power to cempel them to be true to it, was a pleasant memory as icing as they liveth—lifethodist. . A GAME DlNNER.—Shortly after the war with Great Britian, an aristocratic English gentleman built a residence in the vicinity of Fort George, on the Niagra frontier, and in accordance with the old country idea of exclusiveness, he enclosed his grounds with a high, tight board fence. Here he lived, like au old English gentleman one, of the olden times, with the exception that none but the chic of the province and the officers of the neighboring garrisons, were permitted to pass his gate. There was a very good understanding between the American ofticer6 at Fort George, and the men were permitted occasion ally to.-Visit hack and forth. Among the American soldiers was a tfueerehap, who stuttered terribly, was fond of hun thug, and was alwayssetthig into mis chief. 0 , O.) - ~ne. day this cliap,..ooh Joat that lay moored'at the.foot-of the walls of the fort, and crOssed over to the Ca nadian shore to have a hunt. He wan dered over several miles in the rear of rortGeorge, without Meeting anyganter; and on his return; seeing a crown within the enclosure of the aristocratic English man, he sealed the high fence, tired and brought down his game. The Colonel witnessed the transaction, and advanced while our soldier was reloading. He was very angry, but seeing the Yankee standing with a loaded gun in his handS, he gulped down hls anger fora moment, and merely asked him if he had killed his crow. "I am sorry," said the Colonel, "for he was a pet. By, the by,•that is a very pretty gun—will you be so •kind as, to let me look at it The soldier co • plied with the request, The Englishma took the gun,•stepped back a few pac .., and then broke forth in a tirade of a use, concluding with an order to stoop c own and take a bit of the crow, or would blow his brains out. The solder explained, apologized and entreated. ,It was of no use. The Colonel kept .is finger on the trigger and sternly T speai . ed his command. There was'. hoot in the Englishman's eye ; there wis no help•for it, and the stuttering sol ierStooped down and took iti bite of the '''but swallow it he could not. 'p came his breakfast, and it appeared s ifyhe would throw lip his toe-nails. 'flee i Englishman gloated over the in'vry Of his victim and smiled corn placen ly at every additional heave. When he 'had got through vomiting and had wiped his `eyes, the Colonel handed hi a his igun with, the remark,_ "Now, u rascal that will teah you -how to poach oy a gentleman's (twins-- ure.". The Yankee soldier took his gun and the Colonel might have seen the devil in his eye iiihe had looked close. Step ping hack, lie took deliberate aim at the heart of his host and ordered him' iu stoutly to finish the crow. Expost&la tions, prayers and, entreaties were use less. There was a shoot hi the 'Yan kee's eye then. There was no hOp at hand, and hQtook a bit of the rerow. One bite was enough to send all tliegood dinner he bad lately eaten on theft same journey with the garrison fare -of the soldier, and while the Englishman was in agony of sickness, Jonathan escaped to the American shore. The next morning early, the coMMan dant NNhomilt was sitting in his quar ters when Col. was annoftli_ceg. "sir," said he "I come to demand the punj►shntent of one of your men, who yesterday entered my premises and committed a great outrage."- "We have three hundred men here, and it would be difficult for me to know whom you mean,".said the officer. yhe Englishman described him as a. dangling, stoop-shoWdered stut tering devil. ! I know who you mean," eaid the officer. "He is always gettingl T 4into mischief. Orderly, call Tom." In a few minutes Tom entered and stood as straight as his natural build .would allow while not,a trace of emo tion was visible in his countenance. "Tom," said thekAlicer, this gentleman ?" "Ye-ye-ye-yes, sir:" "Where did youjsee him before "I d-d dined with him ye-Ye-: day." . _ ( STRIKE 1' ir E ii. - NOT.---" Stri knot !" •liit.l a gentleman to hi who, tired and Weary,- was leans' his axe over a log which he had i Vicen trying to cleave. `Then tool the log, the gentleman sat , / how t had hacked and chipped all arou knot without hitting it. Takii axe he struck a few sharp blows knot, and split the log without e ty. Smiling, he handed the axe , son, saying : " Always strike the knot P' That Ntas good advice. It is good for you, children, as it was for the boy to i s whom it was given. It is acapital maxim to follow when you are in troub le. Have you a hard sum to do at school ? Are you leaving how o live for the first time'? Strike tIA knot ! Look your trouble in the eye; the bold lion hunter looks in the - face of a lion. Never shrink from a painful du- , ty, but step right up to it and do it.- - Yes, strike the knot ! Strike the knot, boys and ; 118. " will always conquer y " Who is lie?" said a. passer-by to a policeman Who was endeavoring to raise an intoxicated individual who hal fall en Into the gutter. ;' Can't say si plied the policeman, "he can't i !jive any account of himself." "Of course not," said the other; "how can you expect an account from a man who has lost, his balance." A little three-year old girl on being told that she was too little-tohave a muff, asked indignantly; " Ain I too little to be cold." - • - Sweet are the uses of adversity 11 11 1), MI "do yo know Pig e the son, g on In wan Ing at 'he boy id the g the L 1 the iftleul to his
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