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Tf.idIAGIITON COMAIANDERY, N0..28, of ICNIGIITS TiIIIPLAR,4IIII tho appendant micro, meets at tho Bali. on the first Friday of ouch calendar month, at 7 o'clock P. Al. BUSINESS DIRECTORY . WILLIAM U. SAILtTIII, ATTORNEY AND' COUNSELOR. AT LAW insurance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main Strcut Wollsbnro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1868. WM, GARRETSON, TTOIINEY AND. COUIsISELOR, AT LAW, NotAry l'ublio 'unit rusuran4o Agora, Moss burg, PA., over Ca divan's Stpre. OEO. W. AIERRIpK, Ai ORNEY AND COUNSELLDIt AT LAW. oaks with W. 11. Bulith, Esq.,' Main Streot, , iriosito Union Blook, Wellabor°, Yu. July 15, 1808, W. D. TERBELIL tik. CO., cIIOIJESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers •in Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Ulass, Perfumery, Paints and Oils, &c., Sc. • Curning, N. Y., Jun. 1, 1808.-Iy. S. IVILsoN. J. IL NILE . WILSON flc. NILES, ~rvoRNEYS S COUNSELuItS AT LAW, First door from Iligeney's, on the . Avenue)— ] Till attend to business entrusted to theirearo ,a tie counties or 'nog:Land Potter. Wait:burn, Jan. 1, 181;5. JOHN I. MITCHELL fiORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Tiogn Co., Pa. ctiiin Agent, Notary Public, t -11SUI111C0 ) {.4011t. HO will aLtOnII promptly to 'eolleetion_of l'oe.mt , ', Rack Pay atilt Bounty. As Notary V . , lllllif LIU kak11:1 ack now ledguninnts 01 d(001,, Orths, and will act us tinninis;ionet to :Avtd , timony. 1;41.0 - 01liceoVur Drug e, I.lpining Agilattor 13417 Sohn W. Guernsey. ,ilottNEV ANL COUNSELOR AT LAW. 'returned to this county l lltl a view of it his permanent reside co, dobeits _hare or public patrotlage. All en ,ruqed to his care will be attended to nab v romptuess and tidelity. ()nice 2d door south E. S. Fares hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa. 560. 2ti.'110.-ti, T t- JOHN SHAiiSPEA RE, • 1;A PER AND-TAILOR. Shop over John 11 I:uwen'e - Store., _XIV' Cutting, Pittiug, Itep.iiring, done promptly and in hest :,tyle. Welkburo, Pa.. Jau. 1, tB6B-1y GEORGE WAGNER, I [I,O IL.-'tillop first door north of 1,. A. ;4•ari'. •lineZii p. i:143 - Cutting, Fitting, apd Ilepail • nG el.ne promptly alld Jan. I, 1868.- ly. JOHN ETHER, i AMOR AND CUT rlill, has opened :t shop on Craton street,-tear of Sears S.; Derby', ohoe Ault, where he is prepared to manufacture gar. moats to order in the most substantial manner, anti with dispatch. Partielilor attention pilot to Cuttin and Fitting. March 2t. I:WS-I,i Dr. C. H. Thompson. 1 . 1 . W1 L L. 9130 ROJO II PA. j ~ 11 4400 ProtcyFioptit egik la the tillage ‘ .l Wellsbicru rtt,i lintee alit( ReYi.klice on zitate I. 2,1 Wu right going L.liiou 21, I:,W- II tt'l . 11., lat. i 0 t:10 -.(...•LN all y..rit4.o U. 11e...1i1y fOlir 3 can:, of artily I ice, with a Inter and honpiliil pt acticu. has npcucd nu 7.. practiro of tlletilt'llltt and ,orgery, in all . l'ort-cdis from It biol good Pennsylvatipt 11.1,1 saeli dt•mited ` l,l ~ay Pitt State itt rotntailtation, or to n. lorAit 'i t 1/1,1011 Mitt 1/11 • orq Wel1,1.»o. Pa., May 2.1666.—1 y. Wm. U. Smith, NuX.VII,LE,, pa. Pentiop, 1:0unly, t o ol Lt owe Agont• entinnunieatiun:: :cut to the ii,,te:J.l(lisei.B will reeeive prompt attention ;Cries moderate. h, 171.13rvden. I ItVEYI.At ‘t DitAFFSMAN.—Oidels left al r”.itu, 'Townsend Hotel, Wollsi,olo, Milt wed with prompt tatention. It,. R. E. OLNEY, IJEAL.EII -(;Luch:S .IEIVELI:r, ER PLIcEI) WA It Spectaelvs, Yiuliu String,, 11'at , lieq and Jew repairvd. Engraving done in plain 1'u..!11:11 and liertnan. 11,sept07 ly liairdrth4sing (.V . Shaving over Itarker':, Store, Wells- Pariieuhir attention paid to Stannnhuowg, Dyeing. etc. Druids, hand :toil made to or- II ',V IJORSEY 3. C• PUTIVAIVI, xi ILI. IV 11 1(1 trr —Agent. tor all t hest rultutNx ! WATER W !\lovunu•ui for ILI g :11,41 ‘lulay l'a., Aug. 7, I SISA, I 1•. C. L. \VI LC()X, ,Miniti of all inds:f 11. •.I„ alu .1) t tiltt4ll. iti lur;a• pro:v. t tow. 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Trust us till Lilo is ended ; Pity, through Thy ;peat tenderneEs; And love us tenfold rather, Because, unfinished thoughts, we press ,\ r "From the wisdp of Ahtqather. _ 41115tellantin15 A STORY FOR. RAE LITTLE FOLKS. THE SNAKE 1N i}E SWAMP The whortleberries were full ripe when one pliassant. l morning Philip Alien harnessed tip the strong young horse, Pritwo, and invited his sisters, A lank and flessi, his cousin Shelly, and a young neighbor, Alice Neal, to sentt Itetuselves in the large, light buggy and take a ride oot to Lee Swamp.— Tbey \vete all delighted at the prospect, 1 and gathered up twae as many baskets and buckets as they could till in one Clay. Primp was as gay :18 the rest, and b.okeo around tuica.vitly every few min tti es, as if 'he wished`ithey wouhln't be :0 tiatg,getting really to start, but at last to his satisfaetion, Philip sprang in and gave the word ' go,' and he trotted oil, with his mane and tail Hying merrily in the wind. The young people laughed and talked constantly for the tempi, of two or three miles, then the broken country they were riding over gave a now direction to their thoughts. The road grew lonely look ing, and present ly Bessie remarked, playfully, ' what if a hig flohnh should itimP from behind a tree, aial throw tomahawk Lis?' ' What an idea!' returned Shelly, laughing. ' But girls are always afraid of the w•oods—and of being - alone after dark !' .. '.No - 'l'm tto''coivaril,l.''' SHILL Imsie, ' but the idea is not so wild as you sup• pose, for there have been Indians in t hese - yery : )% - 'ootla !' '' Well, if there,are any here stow, let them come'otit if they ware,' said Shel ly, in a hauler tone, as if he intended ED be beard . 1.1.7, , " Try - finch-(3Giuty elliarito ±....- ,that, - might possibly be prowling, around. 1 There was a brief silence among the little party asthey ascended a hill, then p:e-sco down through a deep ravine' N.% bole Mood the retnaios of a log cabin by the toad. Mere. was a Wild eat killed here seeraryears ago, they say,' remarked Ali( . .t. .I\eal, as site gazed round at the pah,i 1. The man that killed it lived t her ~ and his mune was J acksonJones. Ileid it kept: . binif awake ti,niglits by 'its dying anWode iiightili,e g - OVtik and went out mid 4hot it'? s 'i: ";il, r . ,. , But,' said XhiliP, smiling In ifi:. chievotwly, ' he bigot to say that when the neighbors - scoured the woods - to t - Ind the animal, it preyed to he a bea l uttfill ,spotted . tame eat, belonging - to'one of Ilion, Who tooft. it Itome anti nursed the leg that was broken by the shot till it, ,grd, well !' Alice blushed t.quisitierably . at, the tame sequel to leer wild statement, and admitted she had not heardthis before. Sheliywas thinking of Jackson Jones and laughing at his mistake, and said, ' I should have found out what it was before raising the neighborhood, I think p,ind alter so mauy bold expres shins, the girls began to rather look to hint :is brave, boy, who would certain ly be their protector if anything hap pened that they should need one.. The overhanging trees of the dense wood through which they now.,passed almost obscured the sky from view, and under pretense of needing -help to hold till` baskets, Alice and Bessie proposed that Shelly should sit on the back seat with them, whilo Annie moved for ; ward and sat with Philip. They now felt a little safer, and Philip smilingly ‘vhispeted to Annie - that, Shelly no (hinbt• felt ; hy was safe, at least, ler he ~ . rte i tk i rlyin the center, and if a wild cat or an liulian sprang out, it wonkl take some - one else before it would hint. Annie replied _by. remarking the • cool silence of the fOrest, Md' how plainly eavh faint twitter of a bird sounded ; and when 1“;e1)0 out from heh l ilijad - a•hig,• with ids 'funny >Black 'tiyes'all in a laid.her hand on .4,llo'l'oom and softly, said • to Prince, "Who Immediately stopped. What is ? what is the leatt4s . ? ? cried Alice and "Bessie; in terror, 'and the squirrel popped out of sight at - the noise. ° 'Nott foolish children,' replfed Annie, goodwill) redly, 'you've frightened away the (limn i ngest, little squirrel I ever laid eyes on. (io un- trinee.' Site)lyAilso:ituNiis head from( among the basketsand exclaimed, I• "Fraid of a squirrel ! ha! hal!' „Philip felt ealledmpo,n• tleeend thp girls,-who had not nuticetl Shelly's ac- Und , turning, he looked him.stend ily in the face,.saying, - `Who? You?' , .: l ':Shelly'sl,aCe, gi',e4 very red', hut he 'Made no'reply: , -: . '•-• ' • 'Platy 'now 'rode qiiCiif' i he' forest , and ' soon came to 'a large (rate which opened Into, Lee Swamp. , Tlie girls had forgot ten their flight, and gathering up• the baskets they rushed in among the bush es, where the berries hung in tempting clusters over their heads. In order that Prince should not get lonesome during their absence, Philip poured out . some oats for him to amuse himself with, and then sought the rest of the party nniong!tlie toaies: i But they Were ant' of sight and hear ing, and he reSolved not to hunt for kHems for lie felt sure they would all now the way out, if' they hecalte tired of, picking berries and wished to go and Sit in the buggy. It takes a good deal of time to pick bi(t a sn l iall quantity of,these berries, and before he had a quart he heard fIJ ierchig cry'alittle way frem,where he stood. Thilip .-list ened and soon he 1 earn' it again, and lie was SW* it was Bessie's voice; so he 'ran through the bushes as fast as he could in,the direction the voice seemed ' to' be: ' 'The' cries grew fainter and 'faints er, and even the brave Philip felt his heart beat fast at the fear of spine seri ous'danger'to hiS loved'elster. - ' Phil! Phil! don't go - that way any ;„> _5 , wA EXALTATION. =III ;i)Vrp;I: 4 ,811,01 . -1#; . ',..P4..; .SEPTOIngR 1 5 1869. fu rth er—you'll _be bit- oreaten up . if you .; . ;This voice seemed Lobe over his head, and looking up he saw Shelly safely en. sconced in.a tree, while at• the foot of it was his I,losket, overturned, and all the berries ,01.'the ,Wet_'grottrid and leaveSs. _ - What's ,w)iere are tbe girls?'; asked Philip, angrily. , there was danger why didn't you stay and protect them, you coward?' and without waiting or a reply,!he hurried forward, where he found Bessie fallen in a di tef),q 44v*r - Od.; WtlVrititil; and nets' nearly 'dead filth r t 4-16 lifted her out, and dipping some water up,in his lint :pourVir -it over her face'.', JuSt • as sheceuld Speak ;She exclaimed; catching his nriin.. . ( IVe "Must go from here, 0105.1 .rYlicre's•tt make--the awfulest k bigsn aka ye' ever'sietV !'" \Morel', said Philip, looking quiek4 ly around.' "There on that log. o,'dear, 0, dear!! He went a little nearer, and there; peacefully , reclining on a log, was—a harmless branch of a tree, grown black with age, and certainly,'ftlittle way'olf, looking not very unlike a reptile; but a brave boy ;would not have been very much afraid'of ti Mack= snake taking his noon nap on a log, and a few stops nearer would have shown hint what it really was. Alice now came from hehind a stump, and Annie, }retiring the noise, J,lfut just feadhed erici34 e ;• 8 h eptc,lllo'w 1,y3 d s'&l - dektAlid flee; 'very' Much ashamed of himself. He was the ono that raised the alarm, but they didn't. say much to him, and filially resolved they had all better go home, and next time lake some boy who had more eon rage.—Littic COrporat. Killed by a Dog The Augusta (Georgia) Liiii.ofiLe/c of a late gate„ contains ,tire .following ae *Count of . a' fearful tragedy in that Strife: 'ln one of the mountain_ counties of Georgia, there live two families, each before the N,LII: 'noted for its wealtlLand refinement. Since the war the fami lies, (whan we shall respectively call It. and L.,) though they had, like near ly everybody else, lost everything 'by the conflict, still retained the high po sition in society which they had for so long a time filled. One of them—the t.'s—lost, several of its members, as well as its fortune, by the Nvarould at the cOnnenceinept 'Our story!Con sifited `of - Mt L., a gentlenian' of fifty live years of age, his wife, nearly the satire age, and an unmarried daughter of about twentyLlive. Within about a quarter of a mile of their house lived one of the.,B,'s, a young man who :h ad Fecetitly'rnarried a vCry beautiful young lady of, the comity, and, having; left the paternal mansion, was farming h lor him self on a small tract of gound., The two fainllieS, lived seine distance from the emnity town, in a sparsely inhabi ted section of country, and, being each the nearest neighbor of the other, were, of course, on terms of, great intimacy. Between the young wife and the daugh ter of Mr. L. a fast friendship was soon formed.. A few days.ging°, Mr. IL informed his wife that e had received a letter which would compel infmediate 111 All ax%:_whelyw wottlitb-I to' renlitin forseVerar days, min zis l ib would he inconvenient for him to take her with him to that city, advised that she Hhould ask her young neighbor to stay with her during his absence. The ne.o 'Morning ke seti out in bi 4, buggy for , and 'cintlnk morning went over to LA house for the purpose of inviting- her young friend to stay with her. The young lady, af ter consultation with her mother, read= thy assented to the proposition, and promised to eome - over during the after " • noon. - • . ' • , - About 9 o'cloek•Mrs. It. began to feel a little uneasy, as Miss L. had not yet come, vheit a servant came up to the house and ,htioUglit a not frolu her ex pected hlend; kitting that she would ho unable to spend the night with her, as she h:u promised, for her falter, front some cause or other, had positively re fused to give his consent to the arrange ment,. Auer ,the i ncite the servant look', Lis 'departure, "and' the bravo woman prepared to spend the night,by herself. Feeling that site had a protector in a large and 'very fierce dog belonging to her husband, site took him into her bedroom, and, after se curing the house, lay down and re signed herself to sleep. About twelve o'clock, she was awak ened fi:om her slumbers by a noise in the house 'and the 'angry growling Of the dog, and' ` discovered' that the 'llan door had been forced, and that someone was star ling at her:rooin 'door seeking an entrance. Speaking as loudly as her fright would let her, Mrs. IL asked, " Who is there'?"' A. man's voice, which she did not recognize, replied by telling her to-" open the door." Again she asked the same question, and.again received the same reply; the stranger adding .-that-if she, he, would break the ilobr`dOwn. During tills di alogue the dog, still growling, crouched upon, Me -'lloorp as If ready tee-spring,— Thinking to, intlmidate" the man, who sought her ruin, _Mrs. R. cried out to hint' that forced the dour she would shoot hiM. - • . ' Laughing scornfully, the runian th re*lJ n the nil% tdeo r, htinitit ° 'open, and' 6nter&E' the' room, when, quick as thought, the SilVtlgbdog sprang forward and, fastened on his neck. The nimi, astonished at the sud den attack, attempted to kill the dog with a knife which he held in his hand, but unsuccessfully, and the powerful animal dragged him to the floor, still retaining his hold upon his throat.— Stunned•at first by this unlooked Tor ddAsi,eianee, , iivonatin, TOW Bee• onds, regaining - her presence of mind somewhat, ran screaming from' the house, never stopping until she arrived 'at-the-place of the L.'s where her cries soon aroused the family: • Her tale "ryas rapidly told, and the servants were pre paring to go to the scene of danger, when suddenly Mr. L. was missed / and his : wife;:alm i est & the -1141 . 3tarit,..,as if struck'' by a " - sudden — presen t in en t, screamed, " Merciful God ! it must be ,my husband !" With a cry, of horror the party set 'forth, and ram: as fast to the house of Mrs,' It. as the latter had run away from it a feW thements her fore. Arrived there they found the mnju Still on.theOcier, andthe flog 'still gimping his threats. 'Beating him away from his prey, they found the suspic ions of Nlrs. L. but too correct ; it was her husband; but the teeth of the dog 1111(1 done their work, and he was dead. At a religious meeting among the blacks a colored preacher requested that some brother should pray. A half witted fellow commenced a string of words without waning. At this the pastor raised his • head and inquired, • Who dat prayin' ? Dat you brother Mose ? You let somebody 13ra)v dat's better acqUainted:wid de Lord. ) 2-- A little boy, in giving, {►n 'account, to his brother of the Garden of r t den, , said : "The Lord made a garden, and put him 'in the garden to take care of it, and to see that nobody, hurt anything or pasted bills on the trees." The Experience of a . Chicago Lawyer I think _I remarked In rimy last letter that I onto met a Chicago .lawyer who .warmly Advocated . ' Marriage, and who explained to me his reason for so doing.l For such, a man to,advocatesuch a thing was, tO Saitice least, surprising"; and I listened with breathlessinterest while hegave me a brief history of his exper.; ience in that celebrated city. ' Said he: "I first came to Chicago fifteen years ago. Then I was young and innocent, which it is hardly neces sary for, rue, to say t that I tun not at preS ent. I had a friend living here whom I had known while be.resided , hi New York, and conducted hiniself like a civilized man in a civilized cbtninunity: As lie had written to me to visit' him self and his wife, when I came. to Chi- Cage, I remembered the invitation when I did visit that city, and immediately on my arrival proceeded to' his house. He was not at home at the moment, and so I asked to see his wife, whom' I had known only a year before in NeWYork. In answer to my inquiry for Mrs. lie Verse, a pretty, black-eyed girl came into the drawing-room, and received me quite warmly. "Well, we chatted very pleasantly together until my friend came in, and really felt myself beginning to exper ience a very affectionate impulse to ward her ; supposing of' courSe that i it was his niece, or" causin,:er• uncle, or something of that sort. But in the course of the evening. I asked him whether his wife was athome, and it so wh t en he proposed to let mo see her ? ‘,!To my astonishment, he replied, 'This lady is Mrs. 1)e - Vorse I thought yell were already aware or the feet . • " Of course I blushed and felt horribly uncomfortable, and 'said that I Was not aware that he had lost Door Emily. "'t),' said he, 'Emily is very well, and has married a partner amine. We were divorced you know, about six months ago, and I married my present wite only last week.' - " Well, 1 didn't feel quite so affec tionate toward her, after that, for I had been warmly attached to Emily; but we said no more about the matter, and f went away, - vowing never to get my self into o uch a scrape :wain by a:dant; alter anybody's wife.. I ' did not see my friend's new wife for about a month afterwards, until I one day met her , in the house of a mutual acquaintance, and, in the pours() or conversation, said to her : 'lly the way, might I ask you to say to your husband that I *want hint to come to my oftice . some day ; next week.' " I don't think yottknow my husband', she replied, smilingly., " 'What do you myan said I, getting rather nervous. ,- '"Why iliy new husband is rained Smith, she answered. 'I was separated from Mr. De \Torso yesterday morning, and married Air. Smith last night.' " 1 left that house pretty rapidly, and registered a seeon(l vow 'to the etibet that I would r.ever, to my dying day, ask a Chicago lady about her husband agate. "The two mistakes I had already made, as 'to Chidago wives and hus bands, made Inc decidedly shy of them. But the very next day I went into De Vorse's store (corn, pork and provis ions,) and found him mimed in con versation-`with a terribly anVlar female, England old maid, a - Western Woman's rights leettirer; and an Arkansas squat ter's wife. - Of course I pitied my friend, and when the torii,ble feuiale had de parted, remarked, `I congratulate you on your ,escape; ,that. horrible female would have eKlutiuSled any *mates pa tience in ten moment's conversation.' What was my horror when: he 'rep-lied : '1 must beg you to speak more respect fit lly 'of that lady ; she is at present my wife—a fact of which yeti are, of course unaware as we were married very pri vately last night." " 1 never said a ward, but lied ab ruptly from his presence. Once more I swore—and 1 went before a Nohiry, who had the biggest kind of a Bible, so as to make the oath more binding—that never, neAler would I speak disparaging ly of any Chicago woman to any Chi cago man. After that' I felt bdtter, and, for two weeks, avoided making any more mistakes. A t the end of that time, however, I t met the new and angular (Mrs. 1)e Vorse, to whom I had, in the meantime, been introduced, having the liveliest kind of a quarrel with a big, prize-fighting looking fellow, wh9 was apparently on the point of knoelting her down. 01 cimrse 1 new to helves cue, and demanded to know of the fellow 1 what, he meant; also if he was not aware who that lady was, and who her husband was? To which he briefly, sententiously, but, as it struck me, i i rreverently remarked, 'Hell !' • " l paid no further attention to him, but turning to Mrs. De Verse, said: 'Madam ! permit ate - to protect you front that rullian's insolence'.' " I nstead ofthanklug ale, she actually ,lappeil my facie and said : "1111 teach you to interfere -bet Ween mini and wire. That's niy husband, and we've wen married three' days..: Its a pretty lard thing if a \vire can't stop in the •Irect, to :Teak to her husband :without, nixing some idiot come and,.make nussAhout it.' "Now," continued the lawyer, "this is notlonly a true story, but it is• a. fair example ()I' the continued trouble aman gets into who lives hi •Chieago, and doesn't know how to hold his tongue. Von now understand why 1 hate the Chicago customs, and why I go in for indissoluble marriages. 1 never made a mistake in asking a man about his wife, tl►e whole time I lived in New York, but here I have got into More awkward places, and more fights, than 1 Can count, just 'because no man •or woman stays married more than a month at furthest." W drank weak lemonade together in solemn thoughtftiluess, and I parted from him with the feeling that bad as , it is to be indissolubly connected with an unpleasant mother-in-law, is i 8 bet ter than to - be constantly bothered by a change of wife. SHORT RULE TO MEASURE Au exchange says : "-It is convenient to farmers and purchasers to have an easy and correct rule by which to meas ure corn in cribs. Here is one : Hav ing leveled the corn in the crib, meas ure the length, breadth; and depth, and multiply them together, and deduct from the prodnet one-fifth . ; and you have the number of bushels in the ear; fOr shelled °corn take' , one-half. To be strictly comet, add half a' bushel for every one hundred. Persons who are fond of eipering can test the correctness of this rule by talangl;B7Bsolidinches for a foot, and, 2,150 inches in a bushel; and see that the latter is nearly one-fifth larger than the former." "Papa," said a. Little urchin to his father the othei day, "I saw- an editor go down the, street,,,just now." "Did you, sonny? ..How 'do you know the person Was an editor ?'! "Because I do, papa." I "But he -Might have been a carpent. a blacksmith or a shoema ker."• !'Oh, no,.papa, he wasan editor_ for he'ws gnawing a bone, and had -no stockings on. The crown was out of hie hat and his coat was all torn. lam certain he was an editor." A Minister Wanted. Thriftyville wants a minister. They are looking far and. near to find one i • but they want the " right man." Thriftyville is none of your old, effete, wernout places. HIFI a plaCagrown up quickly on Rapid River; iii,the-beauti ful valley, of Eureka. It is ti very im portant place ' standing directly over the centre of the earth. It haS a grow ing population, and boasts of "a circle of very intelligent people." Moreover, it seems to be " the centre of a great moral' inihience;" and - now it wants a minister second to none. They want to get the society out of debt, to repair the house, to gather in the young, to " draw a full Louse," and to make the concern every way prosperous - and re spectable, and easy to support. Now for the qualifications desired.— They are so few and simple, that " the 'right man" probably stands at your elbow. Fruit—He must be a man, mature in intellect, and ripe in experience; and yet so young that all the young people will rush after ITEM—He 'must have power to awak en and arouse the church ; and yet must let theni be' quiet' and look on, while he does all that is done for Christ. ITEM—lie must be strong and origi nal in the pulpit, and bring none but beaten oil there; and yet be at leisure to receive any call, any interruption, be prepared for every occasion, and like the town . pump, never sucking for wa ter or giving out dry. r ' ' ItrEm—He must have health, so that his body never weara.s, his nerves nev er quiver—a real specimen of , muscular Christianity—and yet a hard, severe thinker, a close reasoner, and a most diligent student, getting his books from any quarter. ITEA-1 - 1t: must be poor in this world's goods to show that money is not his object, and so that he can symp athize with the poor, and so that he can't help feeling human and depend ant; and yet his family In LIS t be the most hospitable and entertain more company than ally other. in town, his children must be second to none in ed ucation and training; he must be re / w re spectably d •essed ; ho must give aay more, and core cheerfully, than any man in the place, not even excepting kiquirc Iticl, himself; and his family must all be iUodels, in all respects, for 'the community. .. PrEm—lle must be able to live in a glass house, always acting in public, coining in contact with all sorts of men and prejudices., sp original that uII will respect and fear hiul ; and yet never odd, eccentric, morose, repulsive or awing in manner. He should have the lofty attributes of au angel, with the sympathies ' the gentleness and softness of the child. ITEM—The minister must be sound in doctrine, able to lay his hand on the naked foundations of truth, to fortify and defend the hill of Zion ; and yet must never preach the oldfashioned doctrines. They are not spicy. They are lot taking. They will never " draw" a full house. •' Prim—lt is rather desirable that he should be a pious man, and one who loves his , Master; and yet, as this ar ticle, piety, has not acquired great value in Tbriftyville, it would be well for him nit to n take. that too obtrusive: r - Jrwr -- xi - 171 iV IM" all models. She must he young and handsome, but not indiscreet or vain. She must be worthy of the admiration of all the people, and yet think she the humblest of them all. She must watch and discipjine, and prune and lead, and make her husband the em bodiment or all excellence, but she must never be aware of her power, lest she become overbearing. She must be Lhe model of a lady, have a fair face and white hands, though compelled to do 411, the work of the family. She must, be ready to meet everybody with a smile, take her hands from the flour at any moment, wear a checked apron, and still he dressed like a' lady. Her faee must never be , otherwise titan cheerful ; her bead must do its aching secret, and site must give none oc casion to call her extravagant, or to call her mean.- She must be able to alter the same dress four. tunes, turning it thrice. l and titling it to a small child each, time. She will be expected to be the r ‘ ery life of the Dorcas Society, the very backbone of the Maternal Associ ation,,,the warm leader of the .Female Prayer Meeting, the head and mover of the Reading Circle, and the Visitor General. of the poor. She will be ex pected to be at the prayer meeting's, awl, let how many sever brethren be present, be looked to set the tune for each hymn. As she receives no salary, of course her .qualilications are not so hnportant, though the above are essen tial. Such, in few words,,is the man they want for Thriftyville. 'lf they can light on hint they will pay him live hundeed dollars annually, and not let it run be hind unreasonably. This is not, to be sure, half what their •clerks receive; but they think that the minister, it' he be only the .` 1 right" man, can " man 'age' ''to live on it. Who Is ready? N: 13.+—A II applications mast put an extra postage stamp on the letter or it will receive no attention. _ TELE SToiti• OF A PHYSIciAN.—An Cali tiCll I pilySiCiall ill ire:tall and Home 'contributes the following exquisite ar ticle for the benefit of young mothers. He says: An intelligent young' mother inquired SOILIC days Since how she could be 1,11 preserve her - child's linen clean and sweet when changed frequently tlini l ig the day. I directed her never to'dy it by the lire, but in the sun and °poi air if the weather permitted.— You thus not only avoid saturating the air - of your roomswith the volatile and poisonous gases driven outof the linen, but the sun's- rays have powers of cleansing and disinfecting which arti ficial heat has tkpt, awl Nvill purify and preserve the Ii n. She followed my directions, but, as is too often the prac tice, dried and aired it in the nurseu window. Her fastidious husband re monstrated in vain against this un seemly exposure. Believing that if she saw her practice as other saw it, she would desist, he so directed their after noon walk as to bring the'nursery win dow in full view from a central part of tile town. Stopping abruptly, he point ed to the oft - butting linen flapping don .spieuously in the breeze, and asked sarcastically : "My dear, what is that displayed from our window ?" ' Wily,' she proudly replied, " that is the flag of our Union !". .Conquered by this pungent retort, he saluted the flag with a swing of his hat, and pressing his wife's arm closer within his own,said, as-they'walked homeward—" And long may it wave." , The hat was passed around. in a cer tain congregation for the purpose of taking up a collection. After it had made.the circuit of the ohurch, it was handed back, to the minister; who, by the way, had exchanged pulpits with the regular minister, and he found wit a penny in it. He inverted the hat over the pulpit cushions and shook it, that its emptiness might be known,. then raising his eyes towards the cell-, inn, he exclaimed with great fervor. "I thank God that I got my hat bank from this congregation. • The Removal of the County Buildings Correspondence of the Agitator. Tioga County was separated from Lycoming by the Act of March 25, 1804, when the new county, contained less than 300 inhabitants. In 1800, the seat of Justio was es tablished at Wellsboro, that being near ly a central locality of territory in the new county when it was all, a wilder ness, without regard to the streams, natural advantagesorsurrounding coun try. The location was made by resi dents of the city or Philadelphia who owned large tracts of wild land at Wellsboro, on Pine Creek, and in the western - part of the county—most of which was rough, and of little value, except for its pine timber, which has since been taken from them. Thecouti ty Is large, embracing 36 miles in length, and 31 miles in breadth, and containing 1,108 square miles, with a population of about 10,000, having Rail roads and tell °graph wires, bringingilife and activity to the business in the :towns through which they pass. The commercial business ofa county circulates from all distant points to the .railroad centre, operating on the same principluras blood.circalating from the extremities to the heart. - In this progressive age the substitu tion of rapid, railway travel for slow post coaches, over rough mountain roads far away from the facilities of telegraph wires, is a deprivation too far behind the times for the spirit ami en- terprise of Young America; and there has long been an undercurrent of dis satisfaction, which has finally culmina ted in a clamorous demand for a change. At a glance over the County map the location may be seen of each town in the county, turd one can readily learn the population and vote of each on reference to the table prepared for that purpose, which demonstrates plainly that Wellsboro has abythis day-no valid claim to the county buildings, and that they must be removed at no very, dis tant,