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VOLUME XVII.
THE TIOGA I CORP AGITATOR
19 PUbLIIII4 ETERT wrbnlenLY nolonso BT
VAN GE.I.IbER 8e ) MITCHELL.
P. C. Tan Gehlei.. Jno. 1 . ! litcheU.
?ERE OP 803NRIPTION INYARIABLY IN ADVItiCE
Subreription, (per year)
RATES OE ACIVRTISING,
Torlavri or 31.rriox ort LESS, 31.11 t! oNg S4uARE
Sq'rs.... I 11n. I plus 4 Ins I 31104 I 6litot I 1 Yr
1 Square, ... I $l,OO I $2.00 I $2.50 I $5,00 I $7,00 I $12.00
Squares,. 2,00 I 3,00 1
_4,00.1 8,00 1'2;00 I 15,00
'Halt Col 110,02 j 15,00 I 17,00 30. 0 1 6 u , tX )
Otic-61 )2tcoo ii6;66 - 1 - 45 - , Wicro - ,o7)1 100,00
liG" Special Notices 15 coots per line; Editorial or
Loral 20 coots, per
Transiaut adv.:M.lsll3g MUST be pail ter in advance.
ir-R-Juatlca lllsnks, Constable Blanks, Deeds, Juag
went Notes, Marriage Certitleatea, .ic.;ori Land.
BUSINESS CARDS
'Van Gelder At M itchell
Book, Plain and ittnny Job Prinrs. All work
promptly and neatly executed.— Le
Jan. 1,, 1370.
Smith ac Merrick,
vttorneys, k Counselors at, Law. Insuranco,
;• Bounty and Pension Agency, Office on Main
• Street, Wollsboro 'Pa, opposite Union Block.
J'an. 1. 1870, W. 11. : 11ITIT.
G eo. IS . Meaning.
Seeley - , 'ales & C
BANKERS, Knoxville, Titian, County, Pa.—
Receive money on deposit, discount notes,
and sell drafts on New York City. Collect
ions promptly made.—Ace. 15, 1569-IYo
Jno. W. Ad: ‘ ms )
Attorney' and Counselor at Lavi, Mansfield, Tioga
county, Pa. Collections promptly attended
to. Jin. 1,'1870.
I. Mitchell, 1
Attorney and CounselOt : at Law, Claim, and In
surance Agent. Office over Kresa' Drug Store,
adjoining Agitator Office, Welisboro, Pa.
Jan. 1,1870. '
Wlltpn & ales,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law., Will attend
promptly to business entrusted to their care in
the counties of Tioga ana,Potter. Office on
the Avenue. Jan. 1, 1370: .
3. F .W13.50x.)
P . 13. NILES.
John 'W. Guernsey,
Attorney and Counselor at Le 4. An business
entrusted to him will be promptly attended to:
Vice 2d door outh . of Haziett's Hotel, Tioga,
Tioga County, Pa.—Jan, VISTO.
Um. B. Smith)
Pension, Bounty and Insurance Agent. Com
tonnleations sent to the above address will re
ceive prompt attention. Terms moderate,
Knoxville, Pa.--Jan.,l, 18i 0.
John C. Horton,
Attorney and' Counselor at Law, Tiogn,
0 (deo with C. U. Seymour, E. Easiness at•
tended to with promptness:—Jan. I. IS7O.
W. D. Terbell Ez Co.,
Wholesale Druggists, and dealers in,Wull Paper,
Kerosene Lampe, Window Glass, Perfumery,
Paints, Oils, dre., &e.—Corning, N. Y. Jan, I'7o.
Dr. C. K. Thompson,
Wellsbore, Pa., will attend to Prole,sional e.ills
in the village of Welhiboro, and elsewhere.—
Office and Heeidenee on State St., 2d dour to,
right going, east.--Jan. I, 1870.
D. Baconr3l. D.,
Vhytcieian and c;urgeot3. Will attend' prumptly
all calls. Office on Craton lit Net, iu rahr of
the Meat Market, Wellsbero.—Jan. 1, 1:170,
E. S. Perkins, M. P., _
Respeotfully announces to tbo citizens nl* East
Cnarleaton and vicinity, that be would be grate
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lel WI- their patronage. J. 11.1,
,1810.
A. M. Ingham, 31.
Hqmoecipattlig, Office at his llesidence on the
Avenue--Jan, 1, 1870,
George Wagi7Cr,
TAilor. Shop first door north oCHoberts & Bail-
Ly's Hada - are, Store. Cutting, l Fitting and Re
pairing done pioreptly and o fllll.-Ji 4 ll. I, ISIO,
John Etnor,
Tailor and Cutter. bhop oppoAte Darted Car
riage Shop, Main St., where ho is prepared tC,
do work promptly and neat.—Jan. 1,187 a,
Thomas D Dryden
tiurveyor and Draftnntin , Or icrs lett at hi:
room, Townsend Itonse, Weltsboro, Grill nice ,
with prompt attention.—Jen. I, 1670.
H. E. Onley,
Dealer in Clocks and Jewelry, silver and Plated
Ware, Spectacles, Vielie Strings, Sc. Watch
es and Jerre/ry neatly repaired. En2raving
done in plain English and criaan.—.llu nsfield,
Pa., Jan. 1, IS7O,
.... ~ 1 Petroleum House, ..
We.itileld, Pa., Geo. Ct.o.E, Proprietor. A nisv
Hotel conducted on the rinciple of live and
lot live, for tho accotornt dation of the public.
Jan. I, 1870.
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Hazlett's Hotel,
Tioga, Tioga County, Pa. Good stabling attach
ed, and an attentive hostler airways in attend•
anon. Heo.•W. Hazlett, Preik'r.—.fan, 1, 1870,
11111's ROA,
Westfield Borough, Tioga Co , E. G. Hill,
Proprietor. Anew and •commodious building
with all the modern imprpvemente. Within
easy driv . e of the best hunting and fishing
Grounds in Northern Penn'a. Conveyance ,
furni..beds Terms moderato—Tan. 1, 11.470.
Sutityr; Hotel,
Tinge., Pa., E. M. Smith, Proprietor. , House in
good condition to accommodate tEct traveling.
pnbliel-n a superior manner.—Jan. I, IS7a.
Keystone Uptel,
Sabinsville, Tioga Co , Pa , J. B. Bonn, Prop'r
t4ood entertainment for man and beast. Con
vvient to the best fishing groufnels. Pnrtie
,i . !euramociated n - ith conveyances. Jan. I, '7O
John Mclntosh,
Dealer in Vermont and Itolinn atrble, manu
facturer of Monuments.'Tomb•Stnnes, fie , cot
ner Market and Ceshr Sts.. Corning, N. Y. AU
orders promptly and ne,ttly , executed.' An
,irecr Van Dasen, Agont.—•lnn. 1,1 S V.
Union Hotel,
Miner Watkine, Proprietor. Tito tz.tvoling pub.
will find this a con.fort..ble and c..a.voutont
h)nsa to not, at. 00..1 ctablirsg, and an
at
tentivo hostler. Jan. 1, If.;U. 4
mmmial•
M. M. SEARS, Pitornir•rein
WHERE delicious lee Cream. Fr4.h c on .
fectionary, all kinds of fl tilts la theft
Season, a nice dish of Tea, Coffee, ur Gliveuiate
anti Oysters in their aeason—Cllll be had at ;01
hours, Berced in - the best style_ Nest door he
low oberts .t Bailey's Hardware St' 'e,
street.
Wellaboro, de"-, IS7O. •
HARKNESS d RI LEY,
BOOT ND SHOE MAK It S.
OL•er Iribron st Van e, I
^ rvo7ilarsly occqpictl Settcy.
BUOTS AND sitIOES of nit t..
order and in the host wanner. ti
ciEPAIRING of all kinds 4.ot.eprgimptic—i nd
, ;(“ , d. Give ac..• 111.
„runs LIAR 1i.1%;
WM: 11 F. 11.. EY.
Welltboro, on. 1, 1870.-13.
E t R. Li KIMEALL,
CIROCERY AND RETAIRIANT,
01:10 . door above the Meat Market,
1 WELLSBORO, PENN A ,
ESPECTFULLY announces to the tradier
public that he bas a desirable stack of qr.,-
(series, comprising, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Sugars,
Molasses, ayrups, and all that constitutes a fit-sl
ams stock. Oysters in- every style - at all sea.
aonable hours.
Welt•boro,,Taa, 1, 187O—t1.
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them) Machines execute the
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J.tn. 1, 1870-tf. "
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STATIONERY,
Cap, Letter, Note taper, Envelopes,
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I rospeotfully solicit atlutra of puhlic patron
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Address, LOUIS KIES,
Advertiser Building,
Fltuira, N . Y.
WAVRER & LATHROP%
liiIALEIN IN
HA RI/WI: 1 111E, IRON, STEEL, NAILS,
STOVE.B, TIN-.WARE,
BELTING, SAWS, CUTLERY;
WATER LIME.,
Al.llt ICU LTUIt AL IMPLEMENTS,
Cari 4 iago and Harness Trimmings,
HARNESSES, SADDLES, "cc.
Corning, N. Y., Jun. 2, 1810-1.1 - •
New Tobacco Store !
TIRE subscriber has fitted up the Store firs ,
door ear.t. Thqmas Harden's dry geode store
!.,r the ruauutacture aLd rule of
CIGAR S,(all grades), Fancy and Common
SMOKING TOBACCd,Mickigan _Fine Cut
CHEWING, and all kinds of
PLUG TOBACCO, PIPES, and the Aoi
cest Brand of CIGARS.
Call and see for yourselves.
JOHN W. PURSEL.
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1870—tf.
Jan.l,
8(10.-1y.
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Area) Tannery.
rp Ett tide raj gn ed has fitted up the old Fenn.
_EY dry building, near the Brewery, Wellsbore,
and to nos: prepared to turn out fine calf, kip,
cowhide, and harness leather in the best man
ner. Jlide9 tanned on shares. Cash paid for
bides.
Wellsh..sro, Jan. I, 1370
Great Improvement in Densistry
:----4 i;ts , HAVING pnrebased the xelu
iikk -', give right of Dr. Folsom' lin•
''SA proved patent Atmospheric entS)
Plates for Tioga County. I now take pleasure
in offering it to the public as the greaisst MS.-
eovEtta - yet made in
Mechanical Dentistry.
By the uco of which, we can overcome any any
and all difficulties which have heretofore baffled
the of the ltita praetirai Dentist in the
world. Plates constructed upon this plan re
lic:tin perfectly firm under all circumstances or
cnnditinn of the mouth, as no air, or particles of
rood coo possibly get under them. Those haring
.141 .tyles,'Gold or Rubber Plates, Can, at half
tho east, have the Improvement applied to them
anstrerir-g in every respect the same purpose as
as a new sot. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed
in every case. C. N. DA RTT Dentist.
Jan. i, 1t.;t39.
Thi is to certify that we are now using the kaput
ed nental I'lares with_ perfect satisfaction. Wiring
, ` l, / Atyle of plates for years w ith nil thetsoubles
and i”, ,, ns•Ptiterics, , known in the use of Snell plates,
ly recommend the itnpros. ed Plates as far
+trt•^tr^r t t l it, thine tet ktinv• n. li. B. KIMBALL.
(MIAS. WILLI A MS.
' TUE EMPORIUM.
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One (10(4' Likox WOO , : ri3.slin,r's I)ruc; Sibre
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rneut (.1
erROCEIES, PROVISIONS, FLOUR
AND FEED, &C., &C
jta,) prie.3 my
TEAS;SUGAES AND SYRUPS.
Before you Purchase. W. P. BIGONY
Usboro, Jan. 4, 1810-tf.
WU. U. MIMESES:4G, • • SAMUEL LIEN;
Armstrong ek '
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA*,
wILVIAISIBPORT, PENN'A.
Aug. 4, 1869-ly.
TIOGA BIM STORE, T.
BORDEN koeps constantly on
band Pato Drugs and Medicines,
F
Chamioals, Paints and Oils, Lamps,
-. 4 ,14. Stationery, Yankee Notions &a.
'EENCIti P TiONS CA DEP UFA Y COMPOUNDED.
H. 11, BORDEN.
Tioga, Jarl, 1, 18.70.-Iy.
1870._ .FOR SALE. . 1870.
BY
T. B. STONE,
(formerly D. C. Wickham's Nursery)
AT HIS NURSERY OF FRUIT AND OR
NAMENTAL TREES, IN TIOGA
60,000 Apple Trees,
..10,000 Pear Trees.
A gcod supply of PLUM, PEACH, 6TIERRY
atid ORNAMENTAL TREES,& SHRUBBERY
The Fruit trees aro composed of the choicest
varieties, good, healthy, some of them largo and
in bearing. Any one wishing to got a supply
will do well to call and see my stock before pur
chasing elsewhere.
.X - 41- Delivered at thedepot,
Wellabore, Mansfield, LaWreneecille and Blocs
burg, free of charge. - All orderipromptly filled.
Address, T. 13. STONE,
Tinge, Pa,
Tioga, Dec. 8, 18(19-1y0
PREPARE FOR WINTER!
AND don't neglect to secure
htaisigLO a first class
H. W. DARTT, has on band the latest styles
and will retake to order and warrant to suit. All
kinds of REPAIRING done at the shortest no
tice. Also,
Iron Wok and Horse-Shoeing.
Please call and examine and be convinced
that bettor ivorkmanship or material is not fur
nished elsewhere at mere reasonable prices.
Main Street, Wells , boro, Pa.
Nov. 24, 1869.-tf. 11. DATITT.
Mrs. A. J. SOFIELD, is ag,'
perior SEWING MAC UINE, the.
WILLCOX & GIBBS,
which everybody liken who tries it. It is a beau
tiful Machine, never gets out of order with fair
usage, sews rapidly and strung stitch, and is
perlectly noiseless.
gat-Machines rented by the week.
Nov. 17, 1869-tf. Mrs. A J. SOFIELD.
JEWELRY STORE:
ANDREW roLrtv,
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_•lished in the Jewelry bwi
(4: l]:i ners in IVellAoro. has al-o
it& t t. „.
1; . : c ::: : t rvas.s en FIllt), r011,..,ef.
4 , )j' ...* -- -1 01 „- 1 kinds and prices ..t
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AMERICAN WATCHES
GOLD OR SILVER CLOCKS, JEWEL-
Y.; GOLD CHAINS, KEYS. RINGS,
PINS PENCILS, CASES, GOLD d
ST EEL PENS, THIMBLES,
SEWING MACHINES,
With most other articles usually kept in such
establishment, which is sidd low for
Repairing done neatly, and protaptly,.and on
!bort NOTICE. A. FOLEY.
Janaary 5, 1870-Iy. .
.M. A. DURIF
WiCKHAM & FARR'S,
WINETR DRESS,
FANCY GOO DS,
Can save a good percentage, ay sre trapgt
room for tither
WELLSBORO, PA.; WEDNESD
R OR SLEIGH.
Get the Be
wELE.SI-30RO__ PA_
SPOONS, RAZORS, PLA
TED WARE,
&c., &c„ &c
C A ,S . H.
GREAT REDUCION
IN PRICES,
AT
Tioga, Pa.
All those wishing
AND
G 0 0 1111
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gotto' Corntr.
The sluggish smoke curls up from some deep dell,
The stiffened air exploring in the dawn, '
And making slow acquaintance with, the day,
Delaying now upon his heavenward course,,
In wreathed loiterings dallying with itsolt.
With as uncertain purpose and slqw deed
As its half-wakened master by tho hearth,
Whose mind, still slum Wring, and sluggish tho'ta
Have not yet swept into the onward current
Of the new day ; and now it streams afar,
Tho while tho chopper roes with step direct
And mind intent to wield the early ax.
First in the dusky dawn ho sends abroad
His early scout, his emissary, smoke,
Tho earliest, latest pilgrim from his roof,
To feel the frosty air, inform the day,
And, While he crouches still beside the hearth,
Nor musters courage to unbar, the door,
It has gone down the glen with the light wind,
And o'er the plain unfurled its venturous wreath,
Draped the treo tops, loitered upon the bill,
And warmed tho pinions of the early bird ;
And now, perchance, hjgh in the crispy air,
Has caught sight of the day o'er the earth's edge,
And greets its master's eye at his low dear,
As some refulgent eland in the upper air.
Vtiortitantous g i tading.
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND I.
" So you are going to marry John
Wheeler, are you, Chat, and move riglit,
into the house with the old folks?" said
my uncle Peter, as he came in sudden
ly one morning, long ago, and found
me burled in, the pretty mysteries of
lawns, and laces, and knots, and bows
of ribbons', and the glow on my cheeks
as red as the heart of the sweetest rose
in the wreath of my white silk bonnet.
'• Yes, I suppose so," said I; bending
over the heap of dainty ruffling to hide
my embarrisment.
" Well, child, I give you joy of your
future mother-in-law," said he, peep
ing round soles to see' what my busy
hands were doing; and Chatty, if you
havn't a hard life before you no cite
ever did have. I pity you—tht's s;
my heart aches for you, little niqe ; and
i t
Ido believe that if that old ter agent
does not treat you like a hymn being,
I'll slip round into the grove ack of
the cottage with my shot-gun, hunting
quails, and I'll make a mistake and
shoot her! ha! ha !" and that jolly old
uncle, Peter Whittaker, leaned back in
his chair and laughed right merrily.
I laughed, too a minute, and then,
growing serious, I said
nt for that zu
"Yon know, Uncle Peter, It is an old
kiying that ' a mother-in-law and a
daughter-in-law are natural enemies.'•
Now, do you really believe that there
is a mother-in-law in this world whose
Heart has not a tender place in it some
whE which may be found—that she
m • be touched tenderly, lovingly, if
ie can only find the right key ?"
" Well, I don't know, sis. I urn afraid
Granny Wheeler is an exception.—
When f lived on the Downing farm,
Juiutog Lic l / 4 .7.zr - a :s ilTla
saw her equal ; she thought no one
knew anything but herself. My wife
couldn't get along with her, and you
know Sofie's way is kind, and gentle,
and forbearing - . I felt sometimes as,
though it would be a real satisfaction
to make mouths at her and go yeh !
yeh ! She used to make me feel very
ugly, spiteful, and devilish, as though
I would enjoy calling her hard names.
Oh, she had au eye like an old Norway
rat-so sharp, and bright, and cunning."
" Why, that's energy, Uncle Peter,"
said I, beginning to feel that I must
stand up for John's mother.
"Fiddlesticks!" said he, shutting his
tobacco box with a click, slipping it in
to his pocket, amt rising to leave.
" Well, Uncle," said 1, "as Mrs. John
Wheeler jr., we'll be good friends, won't
we ? and u'll come and see Chatty,
and she'll visit you; and if she should
make any discoveries, she'll tell you.'
" Yes," he replied, sighing; " and if
you find out really that Granny Wheel
er has a drop of human blood' in her
veins. Jet me be advised orit."
Forewarned, forearmed. Do you
think, reader, there was a cloud no big
ger than a dove's wing even in my
beautiful summer sky'? I thought one
little minute, seriously, my hands out.:
spread midway in the air between
my heap of foamy laces and my fore
head; and something-perhaps the good
angel who had 'never deserted me for an
hour—something made me say, with a
brave smile whose twinkle I found in
my eyes, "It will be just as I make-just
as I will it
Then those grand old words came
i surging up •to me, full of hope and
strength, an anthem of exultation :
"Unto thyself be true, •
And it must follow, as the night the clay,
,Thou eanEt net then be false to any man,"
The wedding.was a quiet affair; we
were married by the gray-haired old
pastor who had handled me on his knee
in babyhood, and whose raven locks I.
had pulled to my heart's content—into
whose sharp black eyes I had thrust
my baby thumbs, and whose pockets I
had often searched to find something
good for little girls. Of all the minis
ters I had known, he alone was the one
to officiate on this importaht occasion.
We moved into the same house with
John's parents, and I tried to take the
place of a daughter. Of cprse I did
not find everything as I wo Id like to
have it, but I made due all, wance for
the manner in which wo shad been
brougt up. Alother treated to kindly
enough, but as though I had no judg
ment, and could hardly be trusted alone
with anything that required care or
thought. It seemed that she regarded
me as a child, to be looked after and
made comfortable. Sometimes, if I
felt ready to cry out, I would say, "For
his dear sake," dry up my tears and
make myself happy. Little trials,
that hukt like the little thorns of the
thistle, inet me every day, but I had
shod mi. feet in anticipationof them.
I tric li not to draw any coinparison
between my two homes but they would
come up to me.
One of the adornments with which
Mother Wheeler beautified the walls of 1
her room was a cat and kittens cut out
of black cloth and pinned on a white
beckgronnd. I grew very tired of the,
round-headed cats, and cautiously sug
gested their removal. but her "0, no,
I like to see them?" silenced me. I
did want the snow-white window cur
tains to h,e made so long that they
would just touch the floor, but she
wanted them made long enough to
reach only to the window-sills; and
starched so stiffly they rattled like
paper.
. Over the mirror in our sitting room
were long sprays of asparagus dropp-
SMOKE IN WECTER.
TIIOREAI7.
.y_7 , At9it-z;.i . IX6 pEintuA.RX ~ .3 ' -1870..
ing, that' in the tvi , liiatt looked like
'fiiintlst; while the finest gilt and
bion z a tall-feathers of slaughtered
chlekenh'interinlOgled 'Willi 'the deli
cate green; The 'side-saddle, with the
crimson Plush 'seat and bright, bramy
fixltigs;'always hung, in the best bed
reoni,,find in the night its dith outline
would look like the horned head of a
buffalo. It - Was not for me, John's
yoUng wife, Chatty, to say that its
time-honored place Should be vacated,
and that lit could hang in a closet or in
the attic, out of sight.'
erreat &inches of dried herbs hung
from the ceiling in the kitchen, while
the 'very choicest and most aromatic
depended from the walls of the sitting
room. Piles of bedclothes reared them
selves up like things of life from the
different and conspicuous corners of
the rooms.
All this, that shocked my ideas of
good taste, pleased • and - gratified poor
mother, who had been accustomed to
these regulations all her life. John
wanted to break in upon] her rules, but
I could not endure tho !thought of the
innovation—of setting aside her good
old way, and taking; as it were, her
wbrk - from her hands, just as though
she had Outlived her usefulness. It
would have been cruel and thoughtless,
'and would have given her a fatal
wound:' She 'had keen a great deal of
trouble, and had bro i ught up a large
family who were marfled and living in
homes of their own.
Death had taken from her two lovely
babies, tirere just beginning to
prattle ; and "ono son, a young man, had
met an awful death by being dragged
more thatia mile over a new road with
his foot in the stirrup. Her husband
had been security for a neighbor in the
first year of, her wedded lire, and had
the debt to pay. • Half , of the sum she
paid, little by little, with butter, cheese,
dried4ruit, and berries, that she gath
ered Wlth her nursing baby lying in the
shade near her.
• Often, while toiling thus, the dis
honest rased whose debts she was sac
rificinglerself to pay, wonld dash past
her, clean and soft-handed, and stately
and proud in hii glittering carriage.
0, could I, an interloper, come into
her home and mark out new duties,
and crowd against the wall this crowned
old heroine! . 1:4od helping me, I said
in my heart,3 will truly be a daughter
unto you.
I could spe that my music was some
thing new that she did not like—that!
her lip would; curl a little, when she!'
would touch my magazines and books
of poetry ; so • most heartily did I ping,.
sweet "old ChUrch music, and when I
would lay Pilgrim's Progress or a vol
ume of sermons, good, old well-red
books,On mine, as though intimating
a preference. It was a little thing, but,
Monier undert:tood it, and her eye 4,
would follow me, in a long questioning
look; s 'much as to say, " I wonder if
you really do love me, Chatty," sound
ing there very distinctly.
a full . border or frill all around. the face.
All the pride she had seemed to center
in her faultlessly neat, but old time
caps. Her hair was abundant, and
quite brown and pretty, but, it• was al
ways covered out of sight.
My friends, when they would visit
me, would say, "If I were you Pd soon
have those great, scary-looking, boozy
caps i tribe stove, they are so abominably
old-fashioned." ,
My thoughts wont(' fly with electrical
speed away back to the time when that
poor old mother was young and vigo
rous, and bravely bearing the trials and
sorrows that had fallen to her lot; when
her heart was wrung with anguish over
the death-beds of her beloved children,
and the dark graves closed over the
dear dead faces, taken suddenly away
from her bosom, and oh ! she would be
so dear to me, and I would he so ready
and willing to defend her that her very
faults almost seemed virtues. :
I liked to show mother oil' to the best
adi•antage; and sometimes, when my
visitors would be dressing and re-dress
ing their scant adornment of hair, and
resorting to deceptive means in making
much hair out of a little, I would say,.
'Now sit down and rest, mother, and
let me comb and brush you." Then I
would unroll and loosen her wealth of
brown hair, all down her back and
shoulders, and its waves, and ripples,
and glossiness Would bring forth the
most envious and enthusiastic exclama
tions Of delight and wonder from the
admiring visitors. -
Onetnorning early, a neighbor came
in very angry, saying that our horses
had been in his corn-field all night,
and if the like ever happened again
he'd shoot every one of them. His an
ger was contagious, and mother retorted,
"Fix your old fences, thou !"
The man said somethlng in the same
and she replied in a like manner, and
the little fire of auger was blazing up
into a flame. I - had not caught the
infection at all, and coming into the
kitchen at thatmoment, I said, "Ileigho t
good neighbors, this will never do.
Poor mother is not well this morning,
and she flashes up like powder. You
have reason to be provoked at our hor
ses, but I know you will never have
cause again ; and now don't let a little
thing like this make you angy with us ;
you'ie too good 4 neighor to lose so
I. )
easily—worth more than 11 the horses
in town. Don't, mind oor mother's
hasty words; you know' if you were
sick, or your wife and babies, she'd be
to as much trouble as though it was her
own family, and cornepittring over with
her herbs, and roots, and poultices,
and---'l
"Oh, I know it, Chatty, and I know
I have been a little too fast, that's so. I
should have waited till I was calm,. but
I came right hero from the field as fast
and as mad as I could come. You
musn't mind me, Mrs. Wheeler," said
ill
the um, with eyes that wanted to cry
as h 4 stood there, so ashamed and em
jorriissed that he'd turned his hat inside ,
out a half-dozen times, and twisted the j
rim into all sorts of shapes.
- "Why, bless you, Nathan, I'm not a
bit Mad." said mother, reaching out i
her hand : "but you took me so by sur- ,
prise, l i just said the first thing that I
thought of. I take lire just like dry
tow ; but I couldn't hold spite at ye, if
ye shot every critter on the farm."'
Just then the men came in front bun
ling the horses, and made apologies and
I said he should be well paid for all dam
ages, etc.; but Nathan wentottblushing
and saying he wouldn't take a cent ; .he
} was ashamed of himself, and that his
wife had his breakfast waiting for him ;
and away he ran with hie hat crammed
down on his head with the cotton-lin
ing on the outside..
.This little incident .showed that
Mother was a kind' hearted, reasonable
woman, anci . l begait,to think tay.uncle
Peter Whittaker was himself to blame
that he did pot lincl,hera good, 4 ?bilging
neighbor.
I often had hard work . to keep myself
under proper restraint.
dwelling
uponday my mind had been dwelling
upon my school days, and I felt in a
mood for writing. In the afternoon I
dressed up freshly, in my newest white
dress, and went away up stairs where I
could be undisturbed. I had written
two verses, and was deep in the enjoy
ment of the coming poem, "The M ad
ow Path," when I heard a great c 9a.
motion, and squabbling, and fiutte frig
among the geese, and, going down
stairs, the cause was apparent.
Mother met me at the gate in such'
outlandish attire that I did not know
her. She wore a dingy old flannel
dress, her neck bundled up with a cot
ton shawl, and a handkerchief tied
around her head, so as to cover her ears
and hair.
She said the geese were all at home
now, and she was afraid of rain, and
thought we had better pick them that
afternoon. I could write verses only
when the poetical mood was npon me,
and I did not know when that would
be again ; and I was so sorely disap
pointed I cried.
She saw my red eyes, and, divining
the reason, said, "Oh, you'll havEl to
drop a good many of your fine lady
ways if you make a farmer's wife !"
So I dressed up, after the fashion of
women who pick geese, and worried
through as long an afternoon as I ever
lived. My head ached, and my poor
arms were bitten over with blue spots,
and I was so tired and low-spirited that
I could hardly keep from crying •right
before John.
Some time in the night I was awa
kened by a low, moaning sound coming
from mother's room. I threw a shawl
over my showiders and softly drew
near her bed, when I heard her sup
pressed cries of pain. I said, "Are you
sick, mother ?"
"Oh, is that you, Chatty ?" she f
re
plied, with h sense of rellefin her ton s;
"don't let me disturb you—you are ti tied
and need your sleep. Oh, my body nd
liMbs are all cramped and cold, ut
maybe I'll get warm pretty soon nd
feel better. Go to your bed and do'nt
let me disturb you."
I laid my hand on her forehead and
it was cold and clammy, and big drops
of sweat stood upon it. 1: soon heated
water and made tea's, and had her
wrapped in warm flannels, and before
half au hour she was comfortable. As
she became easy' she closed her eyes,
and was sinking into restless slumber
when I touched my lips in blessing
upon her forehead.
` ( Oh, Chatty, child of mine," she said,
crying right out. "I've never been half
good enough to you. I should not have
taken you , from_ your writing today;
yuu
you fell into such cruel hands."
I slid my arm around her neck and
gathered her to my bosom, and cried
over the dear old broken-down mother
the woman of many sorrows, stricken
when in full leaf and blossom with a
blight that would have been death to
any one less brave, noble and true;
I crept into the bed beside her, and
just as she was sinking into a sweet and
pain less sleep, her tremulous voice said,
"Chatty, don't ever tell it, but it is the
truth, never did one of my daughters
Qin° to me in answer to my moans of
distress when t was siel: at night.
Why was it? Didn't they love mo as
much as you do?"
I soothed her by saying I had always
been the little nurse and doctor al, home,
and n►y car was twer open t, catch any
ct•y of pain. It eaimed ber, and she
rested until morning.
Little things like this drew us togeth
er, and soon we beeatue warmly attached
to each other•. Oh, we had pleasant
times together—ray mother-in : law and
When wee baby Charley came to
me, the litho pink and white flower,
his grandmother opened her arms to
him as though he was a greet blessing
sent ,Mere from heaven. He touched
her heart and filled it with a• joy she
had nev - er knpwn before. The foun
tains of my own soul were opened, and
life assumed -new realities and new
beauties, and a sweet song of newness
broke from my lips and flooded my
soul.
Crowned with motherhood, I waltzed
with feet ointed, and the glory of the
stars seemed to gather about my brows.
From the time that mother was at
tacked with sickness in the night, she
seemed to fail, and to grow more and
more lovely as she gradually faded
from earth. She would •sit for hours
and play with the baby, and laugh at
his funny little ways, and think he
looked just like her babies, who had
lain under the dasies for twenty years.
It is very pleasant to die thus- 1 111:e a
light growing dimmer and dimmer, like
the slunset tint fading from the hill-tops
into a soft twilight gray—creeping into
the dimness of darkness gradually.
The last summer we lived together
we had not much work to do, and I
look back now to that May, and June,
and October, as I would remember a
song, or poem, or a book - read by the
seaside, or something that gave me a
sweet pleasure and left me beautiful
memories.
After she;w•as confined to her bed, she
would lie and watch me, and follow my
footsteps with a tender, loving gaze—
eyes full of the light of love, and often
~ h e would shy to me: "Oh, Chatty, you
are my‘liesrehild ! I know I have been
stern and cold, but you have always
been the same dutiful daughter. You
have" overlooked . my faults, and you
have kept back the unkind reply many
a time when I was unjust to you. Yon
n ave heipe‘t to make rhea better woman
Hum l NV:r, for all thi-, `•ou know,
I bless and )pve 'your'
Oh, how much better it was f o r rue
tit: that T * had yielded my will and
wishes to hers in the few years of ply,
married life, and treated her respect
fully, too, in the appointments of her
own household ! What to me was the
praise or blan,e of my butterfly friends
now, it) eomparb-on to the good will
and earne,t love of my husband's moth-
1121
i;efitre mother flied I was her nurse
f o r veven weeks he would have no
other. I gave her medicine, and atten
d& to her wants, taking rest as hest I
could. I ebuld not have endured much
longer ; I 'Was worn and pale, and thin
61e time as te I Were &earn.'
and felt all
MEI
One morning 7 sat in -the m o ckin g .
chair beside tier; John held the baby
as he sat on the other si l de of the bed.
Her hand was in mine—her little blue
veined, wasted hand, on which was a
ring, the gift of a brother, who had died
far away from his home.
She said in a low voice, looking fond-
ly upon me: "Cbatty,_you are so tired ;
but you will not have mother to care
for to-night. I wish you would take
off this ring and` put t it on your own
1
hand, and wear it for my sake. When
ever you looked at it, ,remember what I
have hften' told you lately-40w dear
you are to me—how much I leve you."
Belpre noon of that day the strange
e. I k
silence of death came stealing over her
face. I
togetherhaitt i meant.twa
was
kl.o 17 1 e
n e d h i
n a
g d
so
grown
life from - me to part with her, and with
a cry I fell back faintly. Dying as she
was, she heard the fall, and turned her
head to look, and died with her last
long gaze fixed, oh, so tenderly anti
lovingly ! upon me.
And this is my testimony—the record
of one mother-in-law; and I tell it, be
lieving it may do good, and perhaps be
a light and a lamp to the feet of those
who may have and hold in their hearts
to dd unto others as they would have
others' do unto them.
MASHY.
Mr. Hasby . Receives a Letter from His
Old- Friend Deacon Pogram—The
Frightful .Demoralization at the Cor
ners.
[FROII TUE TOLEDO BLADS]
6erii WA ED, NOO YOUK, Jan, 10, 1870.-
- Yesterday I received the followin letter
from that old saint in trowsers, Deekin
Elkana Pogratn. It was delayed a
long time ez the Deekin directed it to
"Rev." Petroleum V. Nasby. The
letter carriers hedn't any idee that
there wuz a man in the 6th ward who
hed any title to that prefix. But I
finally got it. I need not say that after
readin it - I
closed my bar and hung
crape onto the door. Oh the demoral
izashnn \ uv this cussid age! But' it
wuz # comfort to hear from him. "Ez
in \yak:r i ffle° ansereth to face, so the
heart tiv man to man." The text shood
read, in Kentucy at least, "F.?.
&c., but I take no liberties with
sk ri ptu re. This is the Deek in's epistle
CONFEDRIT X ROADS, Kg., Dee, 2,
1809.—.111/ dear Fricnd,—l avale my
self uv the presence UV a young man
from lnjeany who kin rite, to inform
you ez to the 'condishun uv things in
your old home. Things is bad, here
and is rapidly groWing wuis. Sence
you left us it seems to.tue 'as tho kaos
lied come again, and diet confooshen
wuz bein wnss con fouti)cled. Tho first
families hew lost their grip; niggers
and abli-tinists.liev come in and hey
taken controle, and confedrit X Roads
is no : longer a place in wick a gentle
man-of refinement and kulture kin de
cently live.
"llnant. 6.. a -....... e. .N.,...-b.kca. lll4, tzie,b - r.
and that unmitigated pest, Pollock, 'is
hi partnership, at least, Joe is Selling
goods for Pollock, and his store is the
resort uv all uv their dais furl miles
around. The old settleig have nothin
whatever to do with c 04,, we wuz dis
posed to paternlze etn, but when Pol
lock refoosed to let g6ods ‘vich we lied
1
boughtgo out of the store till heywtiz
paid for, and the next mink ti ve credit
to niggers, we indignantly deNined to
deel with him. - 'flint indignity vs,••
woodent submit to. Wo iiiiloo,--;t two
ynpratilltS t'rorn Louisville to start. Liz
nis here, Wit they didn't:stay long)
They gave credit, and their trade wuz
eon , :kently brisk, hut they hed diflicul
tyTh tenooin tiler stock. When one
ov cm presented his hill to me, I told
himindignantly that of that wuz the,
5v 3, , :• he perposed to do bizness he mite
t-z \Tell (:IW-e. "Why," said 1, "I mite
EiZ we'll deel with Pollnett." •He re
mark(. implently, thatlaiwished I hed
dell with Pollock, and flung his::ielf out
of ilny ire: ( - nee. Merchants are, as a
ela-g disgirstitigly mersenary. .
r;;Lscom h rt!a t4 - .11. s to clue out, • and
leave us. lie hez alrently mortgag,is
all our lands to its full valyoo, rand
sense the oflises are all in the hands of
men' who don't drink liker at ail, ,
sez there ain't no moaey within his
reach and he can't carry us much lon
ger. He sighs for the good old times
under .Mhnson's administration, When
all the Mo t ripy reeeevea by the postmas
ter, the Collector and assess:or, poured
into his drawer. He is morose and
gloomy,Tand waters his likker fearfully,
I anus, hey to take five or six drinks
before I ei:perieneed any sensashtin.
But these thimrs is not the worst or
most giobmy uv the signs uv the times.
There's rooin ailed uv us. The chivalry
uv the Corners 'lel' lost all spirit. Only
last week there wNiz a tempranz lect4
urer advertised to Make a speech in the
hall over roliock's store. "Shea this be;
permitted".'! askt Bascom indignantly,
briugin' his fist down onto the bar till
the glasses rattled.
"Never I"shoutid Isaker, Gavitt and
others in the bar-room, who, scentid
drinks abed!
Bascom sot out the bottles. Wo all
took sin hin' end rusht toomulchu4ly to
the hail. Too remember
. with what
egernis we fotmerley mobbed obnoxyus
speekers? We wtrzn't at all ever that
We only run a rod or two;
our pace,got down to a slow walk afore
we reedit the spot, and we got into the
ball we meekly sot down and listened to
the heretiklc cuss, and went awaywith
out heavin a stun at him. When Bas
com reproached us for our lack: of Spirit,
I told him that wuz, no yoose. Alen
eouldent — inob anybody on such likker
as he furnisht. It won't do 'to diloot
w h en , von nev sieb biznis on hand.
But thnt wnz nnt k the most alarmitil
sign tiv the degonentey uv onr people.
w i t hi n a ni,onth, t Methodist preach
er.; hey in7ld forth in this villn , 4e, and
neither t;:-...cm wet c hung or shot !--
- whm, kin thc.re be where such
thiwn,neent,' An,; wnt ~,two
us ,
ou r 0 141\ lends attemied their meetins,
m
and it l itt Orly 11,c y quit - eontin'to -Bas
e/7)111's and I noti , t their ehildren yester
duy with :51hoes on. Baseom sighed ez
he zeed it. ' • ,
" mystery tome," he sez.
"Whai Is a my-ltery ?' sez,El.
Why, so low: ez them men stayed
with me all day, they hadn't no money
to spend—nOw that they don't come no
more, they have money, but they waste
it on shoes and I don't get it. Why
didn't narher make men capable uv
wor hin all day and drirdzin all trite?"
Their ain't no change in me or mine,
ceptin, that my house is 'somewhat
smeller. At the beginning uv the win-
-NUMBER, 8.
ter wain= compelled to yoose oar kitch
ftt. for firewood, ez me and Jethro, my
oldest son, cooden't pmcoor the labor to
cut the winter's fuel. The niggers won't
work for tis; Next Winter I spore the
aettin room will go, then the wing
which we yooso for a spare; - bed-room
will - follow; and of I am not gone hentz
by that time, I. don't know wat we shalt
do - for more. The coil uv fate is Mania
about me.
-The niggers up towards Garrettstown
are akkoomUlattn - property rapidly,
and they pay their taxes promptly, but
what good is that to Bascom The
offishis is all abolitionists and that
money is diverted into other than le
gitmate channels. The vandals hey
macadmized a mile uv road between
the Corners and Garretstovim, and built
a bridge over the run. Kin you blame
Bascom for wanting to leave here ?
I hey heard of yoor success and am
glad uv it. Wood that I coed glt into
sutbin uv the sort! Wood my fate waZ
di*erent. But we can't all keep grn
sery. I shel step - here and when all
the people is got? e I shel go down.—
Thank Heaven,. ,he time is. not far off.
Yoor friend. BiarAluat Porntaar. -
P. B.—Ef you coed send me a two
gallon jug uv likker which hes life in
to it I should alluz remember it grate
fully. After Basconi's wattered stuff
it Wood be a gleam uv .sunlite after a
long and tejus site. L. P.
I laid down the old man's letter af
fected to teers. Water in the whiskey.
Children with shose, while old men
laCk sustenance Macadamized roads I
Bridges! -Methodist Preachers Tem
perance lecturers! Abilishnism, there
is thy - work Thank, Sevin, I am
,ankered where none uv these , things
kin be. I shel send the old man his
fug. It will pui, him out of his misery
quicker, and smooth his pathway to the
toom. Besides when he is gone wat T
owe him is settled.
PETROLEI73I V. N.ABBY,
(wick wuz Poliitmaster.
THE MICROSCOPE
The 'first satisfactory/ults in photo
graphing microscopic ob jects, were at
tained, in this country,' and not long
since. tinder the auspices of the Sur
gical Bdreau of otir Army, at Washing
ton, the art has been carried to an ama
zing perfection, and a collection of pho
tographs made, principally relating to
surgical anatomy - , which cannot be parr
allelecl in the world. Many attempts
had been made in England, but the
first specimens of these American _pic
tures which were' sent over showed that
the true secret had been reached, and
excited unbohnded,ndmiration, as well
as astonishment inscieutific circles.— -1
It would be difficult, itadtd, to conceive
of pictures more perfect their defini
tion of the minutest ine.t4ugs known
,to microscopy. The sucCesitchorking
out of the problem is ro be credited to
several skillful experimen teraito whom -
science will give the liotior clue. The
tirst lenses and apparatus by which the
rczult -Wits reached, were devised by Mr.
Wales, of this city, Who has been well
known to microscopists for the perfec
tion of his instruments.
It is now pretty well understood by
the public, that a beam of light carripe, _
three kinds Ofrays—ifinlight rays, the •
actinic rays, and the heat rays. The
actinic rays are - those which act chemi
cally on various sensitive surfaces and.
produce pictures ; these. wilt pass thro'
hlue media, which arrest light ; while -
again light will pass through a yellow
medium, but the chemical rays will not.
Photographers, therefore, are fond of
blue glass and blue shades in the sitting
rooms, while their dark rooms have yel
low
glass only. In Microscopic pho= '
tography, where every slightest inter
feience must be prevented, to secure
perfection, a blue medium became a
first necessity, which was most skill
fully secured. Then again,. the actinic
rays come to a focits at a different point
from the rest of the beam, and this sug
gested the necessity of a new form of
lens. To attain. the end, after it had
been thought of, required an elabbrate
mathematical calculation, great inge
nuity, and a practical skill, which will
be the more appreciated if we remem
ber that the lens is itself almost a mi- '
croscopie object. But it was done, and
the new device has produced wonders
in micro-photography.
It is found, also, thail a microscope
thus constrected for using the actinic
rays, atone gives to the eye a more de-
.";
tined picture, a fact which deems to in
dicate
that the clemical reaction of
light on the retina ifiust have much to,
do-with vision. One observer, hoWev
:er, 'using a lens of this kind, came hear
destroying his eyesight. Whether this
was due tol. peculiar effect of actinism,
or only to an improper straining of his
eyes, which would have brought the
same penalty VII any case, retnainstobe
proved by ferther rash experiments in
eyes.—Chris. Union.
"My young friend," said 4 gentle
man on horseback, one day to a lad who
was standing near a well, " will y udo
me the favOr to draw a pain of wa r for
my horse, as I I find it rather dilli lt to
get off." ,
Instead of giving a gruff replk, as
many a boy would do; the boy drew the
water and gave it to the horse. His
manner was so pleasant and cheerful,
that the stranger, delighted with his
spirit, asked his name and, residence,
and then, after thanking hini, rode ou.
The good natured lad thought no more
of this act of civility l until some months
Inater he received a letter from the gen
lernan, offering him a clerkship, in his
tore. The offer was accepted., The
ad prospered, and finally becam? chief
agistrate of a large city. .
Thus you see that a little act of civil
ity to a stranger wv tilt) first round in
the ladder by which that boy climbed
to honor and wealth. 'Now I do not
say that civility will al ways lead to such
honor; but T do sny that its possessor
will al wayA be ral , :ed in the opinion of
others, and h i 1,;...“vn sel i'-respect. Be
civil, therefore, I,“y, and girls. Civilpy
i s an orname nt y,e should all posse=s.
She did," ..".od and .as
never -seen again, for she -vas burled, lit
the trees grow. "The
the ground whero
cold ground':" 7:tid the child, shudder
ing again. " the warm ground,"
returned " where the ugly little
seeds are turned into beautiful flowers,
an d where g ood p t „lfde turn into angels
and fly away to lieaveil--Dieketta.
"Why don't you ask yfiuraweetheart
to marry you ?" asked her."
"What did , she say?" "Oh, I've got
the refusal of her."
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