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MASONIC.
LOME: NO. 317, A, M., mcotrt ut their 11,,11
Dr. Ito 1-',l,drug, tort,. on 'Tuesday e vetting, on or
,re the lull Moon, at 7 o'clock P.M.
04) k CHAPTER, Nu. 194, R. A. ineetwat thu
Thorulay evening. on or before tho Full
at 7 &dock I'. M.
i.301.1NC IL, No. 31, IL.: S.3IASTLBS, roe,t, it
(fall, on tho third Friday of each cuieudar
I 7 lock '. M.
yt„ktUIIWV CONINI A No. '24, Of El NMIITS
,-;.tIPLAII. land tho appendant orders. meet:s sit ttin
!NIL on tilt: first Friday of eat It cttlottiant month, tit
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
I‘,ILLIAIII IL SIIIITII,
,TromsEi AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
InAranco, lltrunty and Pension Agency, Main
, tieet We)l, , boro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1803.
GAIZIZETORT,
roR NEy AND COUNSELOR. AT LAW,
N ut ary Public lind insurance Agent, Moss-
PA., over Calthvoll's Store.
GEO. W. AIV,ILRICK,
kErOIiNEY AND , cOUNSELLOR AT LAW•
tides with IV. 11. Smith, Esq., Main Street,
~ppu-ito Union Block, ellsboio, Pu.
E 5, 1868.
Or. Lb. TLRBELL 6.1 e, C 0.,,
391,ESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers. f
paper, Kerosene Larlips, Window Glass,
i',.rieuieryi Paints and Oils, .l c., ale. .
N. Y., Jan. 1, 15(13.-1y .
r, WILSON. .1. B. NILES
WILSON ate. NILES
i l,ilt~ EIS COUNSELORS Al. LAW,
i'irst door from Bigoney's, on the A\ti•enuc)—
Will attend to business entrusted to their care
the counties of Tioga and Potter.
\Vollsboro, Jan. 1, 1868:
JOAN I. MITCHELL i t
FroRNEY AND COUNSELUDIAT LAW,
Tioga Co., Po.
Ilya Agent, Notary Public, and Insurance
refill attend promptly to collection of
clack Pay and Itount. An Notary
aL'ac Lc tAkcs acknowleilg,ement: ,
“rtlie, and will act as ColOtnis,ionLr to
~ ;:"A'f- O tlice over lloy'e L,ugStore,
Agitator Office.—Oct. u. 1367
Sohn W Gnornsc j ,
AND COINSI:11,011 AT LAW.
returned to this' e t tunty with a view of
..t..titig it !lb pernianent reNidelice, eolieit. ,
hire ut pubic patronage. All busine,s en
tra,ted to hm care will ho attended to •Itith
trwuptries , and fidelity. Otileo 2il door, south
t : 4 . Fareu hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co./ Pa
-.IA. 26.
.1101111 &L SFIAKSPIGA
pt: r. AND TAI LOR . Shop over Jot: o
3 `'tore. eititing, Fitting, ot
1'.../unrintt (Irmo promptly amt it, b u st -t3 lo
.I:tn. I. IStiti—ly
t. 4 raGE VI," AV.
1• , ?P" , `lll,ll ii,,rth of-1.
: 1 prk,inptly and
1, •
3'olllll ETIVEIZ,
\1.1.(01i. AND Ct"1•IElt, ha, .pi.ened a
rear ut `eat : a 1,01 tAy%
whi.re, he i rre,1,11,..dt" irre
iiriler ill !lit ,
ttn.li-patt•lt.
Cutting and 1)1 tit,g Win, I
Dr. C. E. Thoinpson.
11V1.11.1.4t101:.1. CO/1 PA.]
;!,t end to Pr0f...11:4.41a I, Ctli 111 the
1:e,r1,1,1,vc 2,i
E;I: t.
I`lt %C.)I.U.Ire of I Cat s, nil, I
j, • tily (.:119 tti :I-1111 .rVlce, WII/1 .1.444 ,
, !w in ho-ptini practieo.
r Iti pin , li,r ut 11 , 1 , 41 , 111 P and illAux.v, 1.11
zany iron) 111141
t , the Pc ittis3lvituut Hotel Vh(lI
1,,11 I a the to ,00sult.ttiot., or to
t.‘,1:11,..t1 op - A.:atolls. No 4, Coin, ItIo( h. it')
".%.11.1,0t0.
Wm. 13. Smith
hVIXVILI,E, Pa. Pon,ion,l:oonty, ob,l Io•
Att,ht. eunitnuoiratioti: t-etit •to the
reyeite
uketierate.-
rhos S.Bryden.
iiV1:1'4111 DRAPL3MAN.—Oider, lets nt
• Tt , wm , ettil Hotel, ICcllcbt. ny will
%%mil pn.inpt attention.
E, OLNEY,
,CLOCKS JEWELRY, SILVER
A I'L.\ LEI) %VARA:, '-lpeetacks, Violin
• Ala t1:41(11 , 1, Pa. NV :It' he .1 and Jew
,:t nr rtly repdirol. Engravinr done in plain
Uermwn. i hzept67 Iy.
I lairdre:isitor tL Shitrin".
ovor
Pa. Particular iittatku paid to Ladit
:ur i.uting, Slihnipoon.g, 1))eiog,
tis, an d sw i e li es o n hand acid wade to GT-
J. G. PUTNAM,
11 ILI, WRIGHT—Ageut the
TURBINE WATER IVIIERLr. AI
- - lware4 Oscillating Alnveinetit (wt. Gail; and
\141,,y saws.
Aug. 7, I S6,S, ly.
C. L. \VII.COX,
' , :tier in DRY MOODS of allhind-, Bard%Vat re
tri I 1)101:do Nolintir , . our a:sortment is hirgt,
.li I hrloes low. Skore in Rlnok' l Call
r, genrium , rn • ---may 2 1 ) I ‘-roi-ly
PETROLEUM EIOUSE,
11 , IT I EI,D, Pl ., 41E0101E CLOSE, Pi
A new HOLCI Collthleled on like ikk k kk e k ple
lot like, for the tievototooklotion
the ' , oldie —Nor. I I, 1611( '
ET'ErS rir
I 00A , I , IOOA (`
stabling. att,tolloa, ati,l au alt N o i v , h os
ilways In a tteffila two
i; %V. HA',l.l3l"l'
- -
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L ... .J . 11E1A1) Bor.)11411, Tiog3 , E
UM, Priprietor. vow' ittia
I . , tt:.lta•q with all the modern improvonii‘i,t;,.
drive.; if thebe<l btu, t ing
..\%.irtheri, Penh', l'..Dveyances
Tt , rtni+
1 y.
VI/AO/WON 12(kti!NE.
Clainos, Tioga County. Va.
I ..)RACC. C. k "
v h Fo , A th(
uhing find hunting i;rounil n North
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3,,,, 11 1 / 1 1 ,, dat iOII of r.
:I..;triiiiling public. I, 186? -1
:Arai Agunc:,.
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~Igjg gin I; 11., -1;r111 1.1
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16111,,ro.4tober34,1SUii
1 1.1RtiNESS
' I
100 T AND SHOE MAKERS,
'Ter & rtui Vcilke Shwe, i.. the
' . ""tuf'qg occupicfl 14) 1 4 1;4 44 . ; NeeLn.
.134)01'S AND SHOES of all kinds mad. It)
order and in tlio Lici•l manner.
I ' , EPAIRING of all kinds done promi.tly and
give us u cull.
at. JOHN ILAREN SS WM. REILEY.
. ,
Wellaboro Jan, 2 . , 1868 -Iy.
i P.O VAN,IT.LI}EI
VOL. XVI.
Editorial or
ICI(11 7 BOIIK BINDERY
AND
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY,
Baldwin Street,
;SION OF TILE BIG BOOK, 2D FLOOIy
ELMIRA, N. Y.
T_T MOTT O
HOut) a 5 rur DE ST, CAl.ii• AS TIM CHEAPEST
Of ivory , tosoriptivu, iu all styles ut Binding,
and as lew, fur quality of Stvelt, as any Bindety
in the State. VOi11100:1 of every description
Bound in the hest manlier and iu uny 8 tylu or
del ad.
Executed in the beet manner. Old Dunks re
bdund Ind made good as new.
,E4.04.2g1'51a M44.ZAlltTio'
I ma prepurod to furnish huel nutubere of all
Reviews or Magazine.; published in the United
States or Ureat Britain, at low pride,
13LA.1\11. BOOK & OTIIF.II. PAPER,
, .
Of all zize, and qualitics,lon hand, ruled or plain.
ILL HE S 1) )PEIt,
Orally quality orl:izo, on lianfra'n4-4.lit up ready
for printing Alpo, LILL PAPER, and CARD
BOARD of all colors and quality, in boards or
cut to Any siza.
ST ATI ONE RY , •
Cap, Letter, Note Paper, Envelopes,
Pens, Pencils, &c.
L uin sole agent for
Prof. SlIFIP.11:1);:=. NUN-CORROSEvE STEEL
PEN:3, ov vArtious Fon Lni,ms
1 AND aI:NTILEMEN,
I 1011 warrant equal to Gold Pen,. Tho
het in use and no mi,talte
The above stock I wilt :ell at the Lowest Rates
at all times, at a small advance 00 Now York
prices, and iii quantities to suit purchasers. All
work and stock warranted as rt.presented.
I respectfully solicit a shuto i•i public patron
age. orders by omit pioniptly ..ttended to,—
Address, LUUIb iiIES,
•
Advertiser gwoding,
Sept. 25, 1507.-ly. Elmira, N. Y.
AT Oh 4:01 NSELOR AT LAW, Tioga
4,111,:o %Sidi 4'. IL
attQritle , t t. , v, r.,ttil
DEALER. IN DitY GOODS. Groreries. 'Hard
warb, ISuoty. Shoee, llats, Cop :4, A' 0., (~
ner bf ;11nrIcui and tir3D.nn t•tret.‘l:,
Po. inn. 6. tens.
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d 0.0 k%., t od bv
lotrwo aI ilio
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dry huitaii.g, uu,r lire rrel , (.lL,
l• i•roroari, l n. itITT; uut bill! kip,
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for
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l; i,nui Muhl Ntilti i it ,- nllOl bit n ' l • .•utpi•tnucu
stud t!ie Proprietor'l...th v. 1.11 enn iiiirmt
Ail Iv'lltive ltu,il I; in itt
Jun, ,
GROCERY AND RESTAURANT,
one d , ,er above the Meat Market,
E LS LI Olto, I'ENN'A,
1) ESP ECTP I,IX announces to he trading
11 ) public th ,
at he has a desirable eCn, 0l Gre
en! e comprisiug, Teas, CI aces, Spices, Sugan,,
:i3riaps, and all that constitutes a first
class thick. Opters in every style at all sea
sowatak. hem-,
WeirSbure, J an. 2, 18(17-tf.
111)N, STEEL, NAILS,
:43P1TINti, SIIVN, CUTLERY,
,VVP., - It TA Al E,
it'll LT (.1; Al, INI PLENI ENTS.
Careiage anti lifirness Trimmings
II A RNE-*SES,
C .ruin;;, N. F ,
EAIt VE! HEAR. YE! HEAR YE
Kvpt eonelantl3 an,l fiirtih=lied to or
der. by
:41.‘re, 2.1 , 1c,,,r ah..rr 11"y'
()mac 10, Nrdi.)
rill II 1'..1 til ILII ~ 1",...010rin :.:ealos, all or , linary
i i
L i •••, t'it• he Ivy; a hki eitun ter tt , e, may be
toll tlll , t 1;,, , lidt. i lt:iar.; Sc.'', , fi t 11 - nti. .liohert6
Well,t 010. 1't....0 ::0:.11,s are the Fairba Ilk: , pat
ent an,l hart: 1,0 ,nperiur anywhere.—They aro
inadpin 110.• imq .. :(yle and have hiker, the pteini
utu at, nit the grc: , t tt \1111.111611,4.
Prn.ptßt~~r
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reL7.1,.11 'N11,1,1.1 NI I; otWitTs.
wdki,nro, Feb. I 2, 1965.
New Tobacco Store !
t ;111,serilier 61te 1 ei• th e routits ad
j4ei:llll:t P. it= Tin :ilore
1%.1 ih • etattuf..&ttite at.,t -ale .1
01(1,1 S, l'ancg (iwninon
sm lA' NG Tr n e: o,llirh Fine CO
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PLUti P. E,-;, um! the choi-
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Cli.1:11111.l.V .1i 11.1:1 r In: ialc
tiLir.l, in I; 1111124 I 't it to lie
(.411.A if riot to 1,i1311-4.i
David 1(010, sv, ~,,,,Ile A P Con,e
Mll Cel,h D I.; Su , un , ,ri, J Bernauer
t; 1% BarLcr A lil Sti..l; E sltr.lit
S B Dui, tilwit Ring Jobr, C Miller
JII Watro , u WII 11'.-thou:4 L L MarEh
1: M Smith 0 A Smith II M Poole
JI) StJait. P C Van C ,, lde t 3.i s)nith
Jared Davi, 31' Ztauweriwin Cl, Kin g
L L Stniih.
N. B.—Plastor always on baud at the Mill.—
I
Price SEI per ton. Nov. 4, 1868.
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5
BREAKING IT GENTLY.
/110:4 THE GERMAN UP OitlYN
The Count ho was riding home ono'dny,
But, Inciting his groom upon the way—
" Where ore you going, groom ?" said he,
" And v, hero do you come from ? answer me."
" rtu taking a walk for exercise' sake,
And beside there's a lamso I want to take."
"To take a house:" said the C . ount. "Speak.out,
What ale the folks at home abaut ?"
" Not much has happened," the servant said,
"Only your little white dog is dead."
" Ito you tell me any faithful dug is deal ?
And how did this happen ?" the master said.
" Well, your horse took flight and jumped on the
hound,
Then ran to the river, and there got drowned."
" My noble steed ! the stable's pride!
What frightened him ?'" the master cried.
""Pwas t'clien, if I remember well,
Your son from the castle window fell,"
" son ! but I hope he escaped
And is tenderly nursed by my loving viife?"
"Altie! the good Contitos liii.•! passed alvay!
For she diopped dav,n dead where her dehd sun
-Inv."
" Why, then, in a time of such trouble and grief,
Are you not taking care of the castle, you thief:"
" The castle rwopluf whin!' yoit mean !
01' yours but the,ushe'A aro now to be seen ;
As the watcher slept niihfortunellire !
In a moment her heir find her clothes took lire
"Then the ensile around lo_r blazed up in a
AIId all The household have pet ished in it
4 1 .1 0 1...1 them all. Pate itpared but Inn,
Thus gently to break the new to thee."
?At 1(01illiet1115:11 C 3 di 11 11.
STORY OF A NIGHT'S ADVEN-
TURE
An old friend of mine, Fred Stark by
name, (Old me the following story :
" You eLinnot have forgotten the routes
which you and I took in the Summer
of eighteen hundred and fifty-eight,
years'ago! Mercy, how the time flies,
doesn't it?" .Eighteen years ago you
went, with your family to Conway,
while I went, over to Harker's Corner.
I went out and sound a home, for two
or Three months I had to spend, with a
thrifty farmer, pained A lieu.
'1 At that time I was not the owner
of a horse, but Mi. Allen owned a very
Min horse, and a very respectable wag
on': and we wade that answer. •
-The chic[ use t made of Allen's
Imi,e was to \ or over to Harker's
Corner every other evening after my
matter.
" On Thur)-(lay afternoon,— that WIIS
mail-day,-1 looked up at the cloudS,
and WM1(1032(.1 Whether 1 had better go
to the Corner. Mt. Allen and his wife
away with the team. For my
simple papers, and the chance of a stray
letterer two, - t do not think I would
Ino.o dont), but I had sent a cheek of - a
thousand dollars down by the driver,
who was an authorized agent of the
Express i Company, for cash, and if the
business had been done properly txnd
promptly, Lilo mon e y would be there
this hursday night; und I did not
want it to remain there; I did not feel
easy ; so I made Up my John( to go.
I entered the office of the hotel won
dering if my chLek had been duly hon
ored ; but 1 1)11(1 no need to ask any
questions, ler my thousand dollars was
the subject of conc e lsation Its I Open
- 1 he door.
" 'Where's the harm?" I heard Bald-
Will, the stage-driver ; say.
"-\\ - by.—the harli Is blurting out be
for a whole bar-r out full of people
three-quarters of whom you do not, k now
that you've brouglitusand dollars
for Ni'. Stark, when cveorod. • knows
just where he lives,land just ttc •oad
he's got to take toget home.
" 1 smiled at the thought of harm, and
having remarked that all was right, I
left the hotel and wdnt to the post-office
and got my mail, and then drawing
my water-proof about me, I stepped
down front the broad-stone ilagging, out
in the paltering rain-drops, really
cheered and enlivened in spirit in the
prospect before ate. I had taken four
or live steps when a hand was laid upon
my arm, and a voice asked, 'ls this Mr.
Stark . .""rhat is my namd I said ; and
as 1 spoke 1 Made out that my interlo
cutor was a temale, nearly a head shor
ter than myself; certainly a woman
grown ; a dark garb ; and her head- en-
veloped in a hood she piirposely pulled
over her face. •
" You are not going lunne to- night,
in this storm'," the said to me.
'• Why not' 1 answered.
"N'o, no,' she cried, in monk eager
tones, at tho saMe time clutching my
arm with her I , ingers till I could have
groaned with pain. _Not much more
doubt ahont iter hying awoman grown,
nor about Itr being a hard-working,
that. '0 no! Don't goihome tonight!
Don't go!
" T asked her why not.
" Becafise,' she said, 'tlere's danger.
1 tell yoirij tore':; danger I Save your
self—and, 0! save others—by not going
tonight! 'member—l atn..in earnest,
else 1 wouldn't be here now. I n Ileav
en's name, tion't disregard my Warning !
And With this she turned and sped
awayinto th'e darkness.-
" The post-office was in the s:mie
building with Baleomles store, awl as
goon as my strange friend had disap
peared I went hack and entered the
-store, where I found Sanhourn, the
- eli:rk in the little counting-room, and
alone.. I did not let hint know that
any woman had spoken Nv t h ; lint
',described this woman as nearly as.
could, and asked him to tot) me who
she was.
"She was in the -I.Ore not ten min
utes ago,' he said. '; , lie came in early
in the evening and exchanged some
eggs for tea and sugar, but this last
time she stowd by the doorway until
judge she saw her husband come out,
from . the post-oillee, and she dodired
out: That's Dolly 1113re:hill, one of the
best women to work, and one of the most
willing and kind, there is in town ; but
:•;4111c's got a brute of a husband. AIf.
Burchill was once a handsome young
fellow : - but rum has cut him down.
Tito fano which he had from his father
had a item y rum mortgage elf it when
he took it ; and Alf., ai call' him--
Allred k his mime is—soon run the rest
out.
" Win re do they live how?" I asl " -1 '
"Ilave yoa ever noticed, as you pass
over the hill hy Widow Anderson's a
hut, awny 11()wn the left, where
a few :Ainitre roils have been cleared hi
the gray bireh swamp?'
" have noticed it many flute: , .;."
" ;"zanhorn thid ine there was Alt'.
home.
"Then 1 a,zl(ed if him and his wife
were (11t alone----1.0 which Sanborn re
plied, No; Bareltill had a son, Ueorge,
sixteen years of age—a huge, stout fur
low, almost as large as his father. He
was with them.
"The whole thing was now as plain
to my comprehension as though it had
been written out upon an open scroll.
This Alfred Burchill I had seen. His
misfortune bad-broken his spirit and
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ME
WELLSBORO, PA., AUGUST 4, 1869.
nnseateVhis -manhood, and, now lte
was ready to do a great crime. Ho was
poor—worse, in debt, and perhaps suf
fering for the very necessities of life.—
Far too proud to beg; unwilling to come
upon the town for help—ho preferred,
in his desperation a crime of the boldest
kind. Ho had been in the office of the
hotel when_the driver exposed my mon
ey, and he knew just exactly the road
1 must travel to get home with it.
"Did r feel frightened? Not a bit—
I was not even startled. I know I had
it in my 'power, if Alf. Burchill attack
ed me upon the highway, to overcome
him by purely moral force; hut I meant
to punish • him. I was sure that he
would be a coward under the burden of
that great crime, and as such a discom
fiture would be easy. I purchased two
ounces of Scotch :311111r—before I left the
store, half of which I carefully rolled
up in a half sheet of foolscap paper San
born tore from one of his old ledgers—
rolled it up and bound it around very
<neatly with fine twine, so twisting the
ends that I could open them in an in
stant, thus possessing an open hollow
tube tilled with snuff: My next move
vas to llaleomb's wood-pile, Where I se
lected a magnificent club—a beech stick
two feet long, by about two inches in
diameter at the largest end, and shaped
anfi_tapering just right for the use to
which I thought it might be applied.
"And now once more I set forth upon
my homeward way,: . The rain had
changed from drops to a sort of clinging
mist and the wind had gone down, This
was low uown in the village. As I as
cended Coghan's hill 1 felt the breeze
again, and found quite a comfortable
rain of pure drops., and I certainly lik
ed the pattering music far
_better than
the deceptive silence of the insinuating
mist. Over the hill—down in the vale—•
then up the steeper,l,higher -hill by Wid
ow Anderson's.then down into a thick
unbroken wood upon the shore of the
pond through which the road lay for two
and a half miles. It was here at the en
trance of the wood—tar away from the
widow's cot on top of the 11111—or very
near to this place, where I thought I
would meet lturchill, if I met him at
all so I took out my paper tube of Scotch
SI1(111; and having twisted oirone of the
ends with my teeth, 1 held it fast, with
my thumb and linger, ready to bite the
other oil at an instant's notice. i;
"I had not been mistaken. Ofeourse
I could not put back a slight throbbing
at the heart-that resulted from the pros
pect of adventure ahead ; but it was not
to continue a long time, for which I was
very thankful. I ut not gone three
rods into the Wood before two men ap
peared directly in my path—one of them
who stood a little in advance of his com
panion, holding what appeared , to be a
heavy pistol aimed at my bosom. ' •
"6tranger!" said he, iu a Oat' un
natural tone, `I know you've got money
—lots of it—more'n you heed. You had
it come in to-ink-lit—and no\ ' ‘' in yer
pocket. It ain't worth so much to you
as your life is—and to have
one of 'em quick. Will ye shell out?
desperate, an I'd put these bullets
through ye if uicker'n I'd eat !—yer
Money, or yer tile
, .
"Easy!" said 1. •' I'd much rather
giveyou my money. Don't shoot me!'!
"1 , or!: over in a hurry, and you'ije
safe !"
"The paper tube was in my left hand,
and with my thumb and finger I had
torn ofEthe other twisted end, holdin r o•
it so that "cry airy,
snuff conhl dro - Woui. The man befoile
me I knew to be Alf. Durehill. lie had
a piece of cloth of some flimsy kind
drawn up over the lower part of his
face, with apertures for his mouth and
nose; but the tone; the heaving; the
form—all exposed him to me.
''You may as well take the whole as
a»y said I ; and the next instant I clapp
ed the tube to my lips, turned it full into
his face, and blew /with all my might.
There was a leap backward ; a howl of
agony ; and then my club descended
upon his bead with a force that settled
him as though a horse had kicked him.
And th :11 with a tierce whoop, 1 sprang
toward him whom 1 supposed to ue the
'eorge; but he turned and run as
rswould curry him—ran
(Q/Itt as highwayman
ken himself
h.it and
fast a-
fax' the -wood
Ninnber 'lwo hnd Clir
out of the t‘,•ny I struck a eig"
assured iii self that it was Kure •
whom I laid knocked doWn. And I
ah-o assured myself that.his skull was
not broken ; but that he was only tem
porarily stunned. The fuse only burped
a few seconds, arid when I was left in
the gloom again I started for home. I
did not run ; but I lam tree to confess
that I did sonic pretty tall walking. I
reached Farmer Allen's safe and sound:
and the only explanatio,n I vouchsafed
touching my Into re urn was the visit at
P
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endexter's. Of u y adventure I said
not a word, even to my wife. ,
•`On the following day, towards the
middle or the forenoon, 1 made my way
to the cot of Burchill. His. ;wife met
me in the little cluttered yard, and
caught me by the arm. Ali, bow well
I remembered that event.
"What ye here for?"' she asked ex
citedly.
"Dolly Ilurchill," I said, solemnly, `I
have come here to see if I could help
you.'
"sot to harm my 1 usband I
"In God's name, no!—to help him if
I elm" '
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I fcpind Alf, upon the only framed
bed with a bandage about Ins head, and
wet rags over his eves. His eyes were
very much inflamed. But I had come
to help him. With a tiny syringe I
washed his eyes thoroughly with cold
water , --washed and rinsed until I knew
that every particle of thc snuff must
haVe been removed ; after which I ap
plied a refrigerant solution, and before
I lea he declared that he felt better in
every way.
"I repeated my visits, and, to put the
story short, won the fellow's heart, in
duced him to reform, and the fitfully is
now prosperous and happy. Blt, come
—we shan't have much more tin n time
for supper, and I've got lots of things
to say to you yet."
A 1-lUMAN Bony AND THE HOUR. OF
DAY.—Seat yourself at a table. Attach
a piece of metal (say] a shilling) to a
thread. Having placed your elbow on
a table, hold the thread between the
points of the thumb' and, fore-finger,
and allow the shilling to hang in the
center of a glass tumbler. The pulse
will immediately cause the shilling to
vibrate like a pendulum, and the vibra
tions will ineretwe until the shilling
strikes the side of the glass; and sup
pose the time of the experiment be at
the hour of 7, or half past 7, the pendu
lum will strike the glass seven times,
and then lose its momentum and return
to the centre; if you hold the thread a
sufficient length of time, the effect will
be repeated ; but not until a sufficient
length of time has elapsed to convince
you that the experiment is complete.
We need not add that the thread must
be held with a Steady hand, otherwise
the vibrating motion would be con
tracted. And whatever hour of the
day or night that the experiment is
made, the coincidence will be the same.
" - Wouldn't you call this the calf of a
leg?" asked Bob, pointing to one of his
nether limbs. "No," replied Pat,
ithotild say it was the leg of 4 calf,"
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past middle life. My busi
nelS:tu lo pursuits ilv have been varied and suc
cessful. During the pressure of my en
gagements, I felt myself at times in
need of a stimulant, and took to whisky.
The taste of it I did not enjoy. ItS ef
fects however, - were soothing, and some
time§ exhilarating. I found myself not
unfrequently under circumstances of
humiliation and disgrace, and was on
a few occasions unable to reach -my
home without assistance. Popularly
speaking I was sometimes drunk. I
do not know that I ever injured, or
abused , anybody, but w simply ine
briate. My will was sting however,
and my associations go 'd, and I re
solved to abandon the hibit of drink-.
lag, and withtlhe aid of a deliberate
judgmentand ft sense of public duty, I
was enabled to practice and continue
the habit of sobriety. - •
' But the duties of my business, and
the earnest pursuit of wealth, kept me
.in a state of wearisome excitement.—
The same sense of need for stimulants
that I realized before I was a drunkard,
came upon MQ with even increased in
tensity. What should Ido ? I said, I
will not return to my cups. I cannot
abandon my business, nor can I'regu
late it within, moderate bounds. The
sense o' languor,—unrest,— depression
—or wha . ref, you may call it, cannot
be avoidec I must take au anodyne,
not to make Inc sleep, but to steady my
nerves, ifoothet my restlessness, and
make me fit for business and society.
Laudanum was tried and answered
the purpose. It was a stitnulant to me,
but its stimulant impression •after a
while was not' satisfactory ; I desired a
narcotic ; larger doses were taken, And
I was a drunlktrd for opium. Ido not
know that I ever injured or abused any
body under the influences of my new
intoxicant, bat, I found myself as much
a slave to it, as to my first master,—l
take it daily,and have done so for years
As I look back upon the past, and com
pare my conditiOn under the dominion
of, whisky, to my present condition un
der the dominion of opipm, I tun free
to declare myself thus :ft
Whisky was taken at intervals of soy
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eral weeks or even n onths, and my
early drunkenness was periodical. Be
tween the attacks, my head \MS clear,
my hands as steady, and my power of
endurance as good as ever. An occas
ional debauch interrupted healthy and
vigorous action for a few days or weeks,
as an attack. of an ordinary acute dis
ease would; but in the interval I was
quite well. During a year I would per
haps have nix drunken spells, each of
which would last me, say ten day's,
making. aft aggregate of sixty days, or
two months out (,1' the twelve, or one
sixth of my time. For the remaining
five-sixths I was well.
I sincerely regret the foss of two
months out of each of the many years
that I was a whisky drunkard, but com
paring thi?se sad years with the latter
year of nay life, I stand in the midst of
a cloud of witnesses that testily with a
multitude of tongues, - - against me, for
entering upon the I praetice of using
opium, which enslaves me, not for two
11/011this out of twelve, but for every mo
ment of ail the coni;lleted months of
the year. I cannot be a moment' from
under the opium impression withodt
suflbring. My brains and nerves de
mand theeon.:AnAlt.s4o:nse of Its-presence.
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piee, or drowning in a stream, or being
beaten, or torn asunder. Many tor
ments are not within Ole reach of my
will ; judgment is silenced when it at
tempts to remonstrate ; my whole mor
al nature is paralyzed when it asserts
itself as an opponent to the invincible
habit. . •
What is my relation to society ? It
does not call the a drunkard, for I am
reformed. It pities me because my
nerves arc weak, and attributes my
weak nerves to my former habit of
drinking; I am considered respectable
for twelve months not., hilt was only
considered respectable he - nre, for ten,
so that I have gained in public estima'
tion while I have lost in solf-control, iii
moral po4'er, and mental vigor.
I do not practice drinking whisky at
a public bar, but do practice drinking
laudanum ill the privacy ofi my home.
My friends are mistaken - in attribu
' my weak nerves toi the use of
whisks , ey were weak before, and I
took whisky to . • et hen them ; they
' opium t.O
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are weak now, and
steady them.
Had I regulated my desires for wealiTi,
and been content with a moderate and
licalthlld attention to business, and
taken proper care of my physical con
dition, 1 probably would never have
nveded whisky or opium.
What is my relation to business? I
am incompetent to attend to it with
any degree of certainty or ;lief f-reliance.
Willi a bottle of laudanum in my pock
et, and au obscured judgment, I am
making bttd bargains, and leading oth
ers as welk as myself into dilliculty.
1 look over the past, and remember
my whisky, years, us years of financial
prosperity .while I am tormented with
remorse, thht when my business experi
ence, and judgment. and capital, ought
to yield me even more abundantly than
ever, they are all under captivity to the
juice of the poppy plant. If I bring
my philosophy -to bear upon my eXperi
ence, and ask it to explain my condi
tion, I learn that the tendency of my
constitution is to seek something to ex
h ilanite,.or at least compose. I followed
this tendency ignorantly, fluid being
blind, I fell into the ditch.
My mistake was, that I did not know
myself, and perhaps I should have con
sulted my physician, and told him of
my unrest and discomfort, under heavy
mental and physical labor, Ile would
probably have advised me to use alco
holis remedicii (for unfortunately phy
sicians do so with great carelessness of
consequences), and I might not have
avoided my mistakes, by following his
advice.
The " first step" I am teld by my
minister, was the wrong' i one, and for
that lam responsible. But it is so, if
it must; but I ask what was the " first
step?" Why was .1 born with an or
ganization that requires other stimula.-
tam besides that of ordinary food?—
When I stimulated and found myself
injured thereby, and of my own free
will, resolved to abandon the practice,
why did the same sense and need come
upon me, with the same irresistible
force as before.
The " second step" was taken ; it was
a repetition of the first, and to meet the
same demand. A worse drug was se
lected, because its use was not consid
ered disreputable, but 1 find its ell,'ects
upon Inc more tremendous than I could
have anticipated„
Am 1 to blame for even the " first ,
step lam certainly not to blame for
my being, and t:or n,y being just as 1
found myself; nor (to I think 1 am to
blame for my ignorance ; and if for
neither of these, 1 take to myself no
censure for doing the best I. could, to
relieve an uneasiness and a longing
which demanded satisfaction.
Such is my experience, and my ICLIS
on ing about it. I know that many men
never have had such sensations or temp
tations, and that they cannot feel for
those in my condition ; but I know that
I am an - unwilling victim, who was
unconsciously ensnared, and am con
tent to see the world fading from my
recollection, and all things around me
Thoughts of' an Opium User
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blurred and 'distorted by my false vis
ion ; but T protest that the world knows
me not, that' its philosophy does not
penetrate into the causes of my captiv
ity, nor does its philanthropy or science
take me by the hand and lead me into
pleasanter wa ys—Parriidt's Probe.
ADVENTURE WITH' A SHARK
Twenty years ago the West Indian
squadron consisted of sailing frigates
and brigs, not of screw vessels, as at
present. In those days officers had to
depend entirely on their seamanship.
There was no furling sails and getting
steam up if a head-Wind or a calm turn
ed up, or to go in or out of difficult
harbors ; and if the passage from one
port to another did occupy a little more
time than it does at present, yet there
was the pleasure of " beating your way
to windward," and of seeing what your
vessel could do against a foul wind.
At the time I allude to, I was serving
as a midshipman on board the a
fine sixteen-gun brig. 1_1(now no sen
sation more pleasant than being officer
of the watch on board 'a brig-of-war,
with every stitch of canvas bet, the
bowlings haulial, and as much wind as
she can stagger under, while the little
beauty knocks ()Whey nine or ten knots
close-hauled, gliding over the sea like a
swan, sometimes throwing, the spray ak,
high as her maintop,' or at others dip
ping her sharp spray right aft to her
quarter-deck, while she gives a shake
to her stern for all the world as if she
were a living creature, and enjoyed the
ducking she gave the men forward.
Jolly were the times we had in the
ll—, visiting every hole and corner
of the station ; sometimes down the
Unit' of Mexico, at others cruising
among !he sand ea3,'s of the Bahama
Channel, or knocking about the beau
tiful AN'indward Islands. We were
commanded by ib veiy smart officer
who,, by dint of constant exercise, made
US 013 Smartest vessel on the station,
but, as is nsnally the case, we were un
fortunate in ' losing, men overboard.
Being a remarkably good swimmer, I
was fortunate enough to rescue, on sev
eral occasions,
who, in performing
their duties aloft fell overboard; and it
was when so occupied that I met with
the following adventure:
We had been cruising for some_ time
for slavers, on the south coast of Cuba ;
but yellow fever having made its
appearance, we early one morning left
St. Jago de Cuba for Port Royal, Ja
macia. rl'hat evenlng at sunset, after
the usual hour's ex/cruise in reefing and
furling, alt pOssible sail was made, with
studding sails aloe; and aloft, to a tine
fre!iil breeze, the brig going a fair twelve
knots. One of the maintop men had
remained aloft, finishing some job, and
Was on his way down over the eat-harp
ing shrouds, when, by some means or
other, lie lost his hold and falling,
struck the spare topsail yard, stowed in
the main chains, and went overboard.
I NVIAS standing - on the stern gratings,
and seeing • fall, instantly sang
out, " Mau ovqrboard!" •and throwing
oil' my jacket, !jumped over the quarter
after him. The impetus of my leap
toot 1110 :,ozne distance under water, but
on regaining the surface, I saw him not
far from rue,jtist lie was gtiing down.
Exerting al my power, a few strokes
took me to the-place where he had dis
appeared, and 1, saw him slowly sinking
1 . ,,,, ar , tb me. In an ins ant I was down
after him, " . •' -1 clutching - him by the
hair, I brought 11 in to o'is,
this time the'brig, was nearly two miles
distant from us, t;or although sail had
been shortened, and the. vessel brought
to the wind as quickly as mortal hands
could do it, the rate at which she was
going at the time of the accident of
course bore her rapidly away from us.
I found the poor fellow was quite in
sensible, and froM the fact of his right
arm hanging limp, conjectured that he
had broken it in his fall, which proved
to be the ease. Supporting him with
one arm, I kept afloat with the other,
and looking round saw-the life-buoy
floating not far from us; so, taking a
good grip of his hair, I sham towards
it, and having succeeded in reaching it,
made my unfortunate shipmate faSt to
it with one of the beckets, with his
head above water.
By this time he was coming to him
self, and I knew that it• they could see
us from the brig, her boats.would soon
be along side us ; but tliis
did not ap
pear to be the ease for theboats scented
pulling in all directions but the right
ne. Suddenly I saw, but a few yards
from qu object'that in a moment
tilled 3110 wt utterable-i dread—the
back lin of a monste grk. Slowly
the brute approached, mitt
clearly distinguish that he was one of
the largest of iris kind. He evidently
intended to reconnoitre, and when only
about lieryllrek from us, began to swim
slowly ill a circle, but gradually near
ing until I could clearly distinguish the
horrid eyes that, make the shark's
countenance W hat, it is—the very im
hodiment of Satanic malignity. Half
concealed between the bony brow, the
little eyes gleam with so peculiar In
expression of hatred, such a conceit hit
thin of fiendish malice, of quiet, calm,
settled villany ' that no other counte
nana.‘ that I have ever seen at all re
sembles. Knowing that the brute is as
cowardly as he is ferocious, I commenc
ed to splash as touch a. 4 f could with
my feet. This had the desired effect,
and with a lateral Al'aVelOf his powerful
tail, he shot oti, and tor the moment
disappeared. Again I I looked for the
boats, but still oliservedi no sign that we
were seen.
ne. Suddenly SIW, but a few y
object that ip a mon
n r utterable: 4 dread—
grit. Sic
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:Night was ;11.1111114 -- there ho
light, in 1,110:70 illifilhICS—I111(1 I could see
little or no hope of escaping a horrid
death from the jaws of the brute, who,
I full well.knew, was not far oft: Sod- .
denly a cry of horror from my compan
ion, who had now quite, regained his
senses, drew my attention to: the
rapid approach of our dread enemy.
This time he seemed determined not
to be baulked, but came straight on for
us. Again threw myself on my back,
and kicked and splashed with all my
strength, which again had the effect of
alarming him, for he went right under
us, and again disappeared. Uttering a
short but fervent ejaculation of thank
fulness I again turned my attention to
the boats, and• beheld, with feelings no
pen can express, that at last we had
been made out, and that one of the
cutters was fast pulling towards us. But
even as she came Our peril increased,
for the shark was joined by
,another,
and both kept cruising but a few yards
oil, in ii circle round um. My strength
\'‘, 7 a-" rapidly leaving me, and I knew
that did 1 olleefeea'se-splash iw_Ca II
would
ho over with us. My companion was
perfectly powerless. continued
kick and splash, still the veracious
monsters continued their circular track,
sometimes diving and going under us
to reappear on the other side; but the
cutter was fast corning up, and they
suspecting what was the matter, gave
way with ail their hearts and souls.
:die neared us the bowmen laid
• their (inv.; in and began to heat thel
water with their boat-hooks. This was
the hist I saw. Nature must have given
out, for when I opened my eyes again,
I was safe in my hammock on board
the brig. A good night's rest restored
me to myself, hut though I haye seen
mtiny a shark since, I can never look
on one without feeling my flesh eileep
as it were, on rny, bones. -
Letter From Minnesota. -
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Having par-
FRIEND AGITATOR—
daiIy recovered from a severe illness,
and my time not being otherwise en.
gaged, and thinking perhaps a few lines
'from the Gopher State might be of in
terest to your readers—at least that port
(ion that contemplate settling in the
North-West—in answer to the many inf
quires which I have received from part;
ies in Tioga County with regard to the
advantages offered by Owatonia and
Steele counties, to men of different vo
cations, has induced me to write a few
words regarding the future prospects of
the city and county. First—l will
give some information regarding the
location and business of Owatonia.—
The city contains 4,000 inhabitants and
is situated in the midst of a rich ag
ricultural district, about equidistant
from St. Paul and Winona, and is the
county seat cc Steele county, being
centrally located. Owatonia 's railroad
prospects are superior toany town south
of St. Paul. We now have railroads
leading from the city in four *different
directions, being at the junction of the
Milwaukee, St. Paul, Winona and St.
Peter railroads; the '. Owatonia and
State line road will also make its north
ern term ions here, giving us direct com
cmunication with St. LOWS'. This mad
.will, in all probability he cpmpleted to
this point, inside of two years. Since
the completion of the railroads already
centering here it has become quite a
manufacturing point, since JanuarY Ist
1869, there have been manufactured 150
wagohs, 320 plows and 100 harrows;
during the past Year 2,000 seed soweli
;
have been made. Then we ha , e
two good flouring mills, a pottery, mar
ble factory, sieve factory, and an ek
tensive cheese factory, besides mat,i,
other manufactories. Phis county ha -I
ing, been considered one Of the out-of -P
the-way counties, until tapped by rail
roads two years ago, is not yet fully de
veloped, but since that time, the tide of
Immigration lets set in this direction,
and her population is now about 8,000.
Some portion of the land is marshy, but
none too much so for dairying, and un
likedinany localities, meadow-land is
abundant. Timber it; also plenty, and
goodl hard wood can be purchased for
;, 7 3,30iper cord. elood prairie lands can
be purchased for about 'i-zlO,OO per, acre,
within a radius of live miles i froiii
Ow:Ito - ilia. Wood land ranges 1 fropt
litbeei to thirty dollars, according fo
quality and location.. Of tours, inn
proved lands come higher. No county
in the Stale aphids markets stivErior to
this, there being a constant rivalrybe
tween the roads for the shipment of
graM, and produce; fanners can al
ways obtain an advanced price for their
products. There are four OtherStatiOUS
WI the meals in the county, at which
graM can be marketed, consequently all
sections are readily accommodated.—
Edueldional.faeilities have not been
overleoked. , 1 have been informed by
the board'of education 'that there are
some sixty school houses in the colunty,
beshl t tlfe magnificent brick Strncture
in this city, which was built last) year
at e rostit2o,ooo. This eoun ty 4 con
sidered Ito 0 of tho most productive
counties in the State. The average
yield oI wheat .last year was twenty
bushels per acre, oats fifty, barley forty,
corn filly. Though the have !laden un
usually cold season thus far, yet the pros
pect is for a full clop of small grain.—
No. 1 wheat is selling in this market
oe ~:e,fo, ...its soe, corn GOe, Potatoes
4oe, flour 5e.!,30, per we th e ., mea l ::,e , ,00,
butter 18e, eggs 13e.
'I hi: above is a brief statement of the
condition of the country. 1 would, ad
vise those who think of, settling in-this
State to visit this county before settling
elsewhere. C. L. KIMBALL.
OWarnia, July 1800.
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CATIV OF THE WATCH.-1. Do not
[.
make toy of it for yourself 'or the chil
dren. NeVQV Op:11 it except for neces
sary In rposes.
•2. ft should be regulated to about
mean temper:o'lrib, and always kept as
near the same temperature as possible.
i. It should not he allowed to stop.
Better than it he kept running all the
time.
4. Keep it in as uniform a position J i g
pot,sible. If in the pocket, letter Unit
the pendent ring he upright.
3.-Out of the pocket, if it bang on the
wall, let it be upon some soft surface.
_Never allow it to lay on any bare mar
ble or other hard surface. If it tie on
any surface, let it he with face up and
pc t ring' turned. under, sons to keep
the upper ptu•t. most, elevated.
O. Let your key lit .exactly, and be
11:214 perfectly clean. By the former
you may Savo breaking chains, main
springs, ratchets, clicks etc.; by the
latter, prevent introducing much dust.
7. Wind, if possible, at the same hour
each day.
• S. While wilidill2:, hold your watch
steadily ill yonr itAL litaitl. Turn only
your key, and that firmly,( evenly,
avoidin;.!, - all quick motions or jerk . s.
9. .=et your watch with a key; never
turn the hands by any other way. You
may turn the hands either` ay without
danger, if they do not mov - •yery hard.
10. On regulating a watelr, should it
he going too fast, move thefiegulator a
trifle toward the "slow," : d if going
slow, do the reverse; you cannot move
the regulator too gently at a time, and
the only inconvenience than car arise
is, that yon may have to perform that
duty more thAn ones.
11. Take note that your watch, even
if a good one, will sometimes he guilty
of sl.rregulariti(•s" in consequence of
change of teinnerature, from the effects
of iwhi e h none but a chronometer is ex
empt ; also from the jerks and jars of
travel.
12. If you tied any difficulty
on*
you do not wid,r,tand, g o at on* to a
good watch-mai:cr.—
ierpa,'pe;•'6 Guide.
Tea thanking bachelors are respect
fully informed that the best waY to get
a good cdock of7catx is to seek timesociety
of ::onie livelj• young lady. „.
OLD Trn.i: Etn:c.vrtoN.-- 7 :linty
Wte-hint2;ton, mother or George, \Vash
ington, esteemed,•and no 'iloubt
justly, as one or the first ladies or Vir
ginia, a - hundred or more years ago.
An autograph letter Nvritten by her was
sold at auelion last weel; iii Baltimore
and the following is an exact Z;opy :
I;t11111(..,
. ,
this ContA hy Capt . .Nielel , ,on you
=tout to 1,1,1t0 me .tor not writitiv, to
you lait I iloo a -Amur you it is N o t'e i"'r
Wank.. '.l a. v(a.!," great. Itet;ant for You
and th4f family into as I bunt Alii) ta
ho,c4) I 11,• Captins" Ne; or Calls hoot % ine
sho that I Never know NviP 2 lt I" "'lnv
0 • when Lira Y,uo i :, i ;eve you have gut a
't..l',\' good e q
ovrt-eer at this uater now .
(' 41 , t Now 14)11 ha, laleti a Large i)ea , ie
o r vi .„ ll 1 „1 ! ru m you which I dear say if
\ , )ii hall 1.,...'n heal' your st•II it ha i l rio t
()volt 1/011 .Mr. I!zttiicl “Ild hi,: wife and
foully i• well COZI•11 ilantitth has been
marrie4l atnt Lost her 1111,hand She has
o no child a hoy may give my loveJto
Si , ter 1.:all t.‘,.: Mr C o ‘vnin ti n t s :: hiS r,n(y
and am Dear I;rother, Cag y
Your :Loving Sister
mAL , , , , .. w.Asnisuros.
It shows that les:i attention wls paid
in those days to correct spelling, Ipune
tuatlon, etc., than now.
JOBBING DEPARTMENT,
Thoproprlotorshavoatooliedtheostabllslime
with n note a vario astiortment of
promptly
and arc prepared to execute neatly and
POSTERS, HANDBILLS, GIRCULARS, BILL
HEADS, CARDS, PAMPHLETS, ho., a-o.
Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, and a full assortment
of Constables' and Justices' Blanks on band.
People living at a distance can dependon hav
ing their work done promptly and sent back in
return mail.
NO. 31.
HoNEsTY2 . --An instance of the find
ing of money was told to us a few days
ago. A lad named Johnny Black,
twelve years old, picked up on the
street a poeket-book containing a large
amount of money. Ho put it in his
pocket and turned back to_ walk in an
opposite direction to that in which .he
was going, when he found the pocket
book, in expectation of meeting the
loser on the hunt for it. He had gone
but a block when, sure enough, he met
a man very excitedly searching the
pavement, and walking quite hurriedly.
Johnny went up to him and touched
him.
' Have you lost anything, sir?' -
' Yes.'
' What was it?'
' A pocket-book with a large amount
of money in IL' n,
'Come in here with me.'
And the two walked into the store,
where in the presence of the proprie
tor, the man named the amount of
money and gave a list of papers con
tained in the pocket-book Johnny had
found. It contained $16,000 in bills,
the amount named by the stranger, and
all papers he had mentioned ; when
the little fellow, without any apparent
emotion, handed the stranger the pock
et-book with itr contents.
said UT stranger, ' you como
with Me.'
Mid he took Johnny to a clothing
store, and titt;ed him out with a nice
warm suit of clothes - ; thence to a boot
and shoe store, where his pedal ex
tremities were adorned with au elegant
pair of- calf-skin boots ; then to a jew
eler's they went, and the boy was pre
sented with a tine gold watch and chain,
the former bearing, the inscription,
' presented to John-Black (aged 1'l) for
his honesty in returning a lost pocket
book containing $lO,OOO. By the Loser,
MM.' •
Will lint Johnny 'be happier and bet
ter all his life than if he had kept the
money?—.E:egliange.
Ati ExrEurAnox.—Some thirty-five
oi• forty. yea r rs ago, a Mr. Williams, a
clergyman of the old school, somewhat ,
eccentric, came to Salem from the
country to exchange desks with one of
his brethrenrin the ministry. During
the Sabbath noon. intermission, he said
to his daughter :
ant going to lie down. If St. Paul
himself comes, don't disturb me.'
Mr Bently, who preached in the East
piurch, who had been very intimate
;Nvitit Mr. Williams, but had not seen
him , for several years, hearing that he
was in town, hurried off, after dinner,
to make his old friend a call.
Where is brother William?' lie in
quired; as he met the daughter.
'He can't be disturbed, sir, even if
St. Pau steuld call.'
I mist see him P was the impatient
rejoinder, in the inimitable manner pe
culiar to Mr. Bentley.
Resistance to stick a nist was out of
the question. The room f the sleeper
was invaded, av i d with nci gentle shake
and a corresponding voice, Mr. 'Will
iams was aroused. He was delighted to
see his old friend Bentley, reiterating
with fervency his gratification.
' I think, brother Williams, that you
are a little inconsistent.'
How buotlaer Bentley?'
' Didn't you ttli your daughter you
were not to be' disturbed, even if St.
Paul called? yet:you seem very glad to
see me.'
' No, no, brother, not inconsistent: at
all. I was—l am glad to see you. The
- apostle Paul ! why, I hope to spend a
blessed eternity with Ilitn ; but you
brother Bentley, I never ;expect to -lee
you again.' -
WASM....tiG THE FACT.: 25:ND HANDS.-
Is performed by millions eNbery day,
and yet perhaps not a_dozen in a mil
lion will do it right. The common
practice is to take a basin of cold
handfulwater,
catch up a double handful of water,
dash if into the face and rub it vigor
orously, thus rubbing all the matters of
toe soiled bands which have accumu
lated during the night into the skin of
the thee.
It is a great luxury to wash the rands
thoroughly and well witli soap and
warm water among the last things- on
going to bed at night. The cleanest
per Son will often find a tea-cupful of
warm water will be soiled by the oper
ation, and the same will again occur!
the first thing in the morning, since in
addition to adventitious causes there is
(luring sleep an exudation of an oily
substance through the pores of the skin,
and to this floating dusVof the rooms,
furniture and clothing will adhere.
It is one of the inestimable blessings
of city life that warm and cold water
are at hand at all hours, day anicl night.
Take a tea-cupful of warm water not
more, and with soap make 4 lather,
with which wash the hands thorough
ly, not forgetting under - the ends of the
linger nails, and dabble in [hie water
until every particle of accumulation is
removed. This is better than to use a
brush,
because the hard bristles will
irritate and harden the tender skin un
der the ends of the finger-nails. Scrap
ing out the.dust with a pen-knife is an
inexcusableviolence, and an indecency,
too, in an abundance of water until the
soap is thoroughly removed. The face
may then be washed in another supply
of water, warm or cool, aceordingto the
taste of the individual. Warm water is
- better, as it dissolves more readily any
accumulation about the eyes or ears,
and then with all instantaneous rinsing
of the face in cold water, the work is
done ; and then .your hands and are
clean enough to p.it the face and kiis
the cheek of the ()lie you love best as A
morning salutation.
Too Mud 11Fmninv, NOT ENOUGH
Honsi:.—While rd•iding as a Fellow at
Wadham, Dr. White, professor of He
brew at Oxford, from 1812 to 1814, un
dertook to serve a friend's church and
to ride a friend's horse to Millington.—
The doctor, who had seldom sat in a
saddle before, managed, with quiet as
sistance from the groom ; to mount, but
after a mile or two, thought it would be
more comfortabl to walk. He accord
inly dismountet and hung the horse's
bridld upon his /rm. On his approach
ing Kidlington airupike, the gate being
closed, the follolfing short dialogue took
place between tie doctor and the gate
keeper: •
" Halloo: 11/lief gatekeeper, -why
dop't you open the t; ate for me ?" .
4 ‘ Open the /kat : why, mann, you
joust be be beside yourelf."
lull- the 2 1760
'JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES,
Open it, I say, sirrah ! immediately,
amid don't keep we and my horse wait
ing here."
Haw, haw, haw--that', a good 'un.
You and your hoi-c! donna you think
you to pass
that side-gat anti' tar
through ? And as for your lOrse '
I
can't see nothing like one, unless it be
that, there bridle oil your arm!"
" Dear nie.! how can It be? what has
happened to the laior creature? Sure
enough, here is the bridle, but what can
h; re become of the horse?"
Deep in thought about " crooked let
ter'," the doctor had not felt the grad
ual slipping oil' or the!bridle from the
head of , the animal, which was found
quietly grazing, a milelbehintl!
-
A friend of ours has a painful affec
tion of the qes, caused by trying to
read' by the light of other days,'