C.S. RUSSELLj General Insurnce and KealKstate Agent, l owanda,!'a Published by request of the Senior inmate of Bear's Den. The Knight f the Milking Pail. WRITTEN FOR THE BI.IZZARD. 'Twas break of day, and a Rummer's morn, The soft wind rustled the waving corn, The biids were singing a cheerful lay To greet the dawn of the coming day, When a drowsy youth, with a languid air, Slowly descended the attic stair. He took down his old straw hat from its nail, And over his arm hung the milking pail, And followed the lane with a sluggish tread To the pasture where the cattle fed Ilis one-legged stool from the pasture fence He took, ahd leisurely wandered thence, And settled himself to business now At the starboard side of the briudle cow. The lacteal fluid, rich and sweet, Had nearly filled the pail at his feet, When the old cow switched her tail at a fly, Andstrnck the youngster plump in the eye. "So, so, dod-rot-ye! look at ye now ! Dog gone such a dod-durned, orery cow ! .Just try that over, ye tarnal fool, An' I'll bust yer ribs with the milkin' stool!" But soon she aimed at another fly, And hit him a lick in the other eye. He howled with pain, swore he'd "be durned," And "totally dashed" and "essentially burned" If he didn't demolish that cussed cow, And he grabbed his stool; but alass! somehow, Before he could get in a lick, he felt An awful concussion below the belt. -V passing glimpse of brindle's heel A sigh of pain, a groan, a reel, And down upon the dewey grass, In one conglomerated mass Went youth and stool and milk and pail; And briudle with erected tail, Piped snorting o'er the pasture wide, Nor halted short of the other side. The morning waited, the sun grew hot, The youth with his pail of milk came no:; The old folks wondered and uneasy grew And down to the pasture lot they flew, * And there they found him where he fell With scarcely life enough to tell The scared and trembling old folks how The durned, infernal, briudle cow Had given him such a fearful bout, And nearly kicked his htsides out.' But never from that time till now lias he ventured near the brindle cow, Who switches her tail as blithe as when She kicked the yvith in the abdomen. THE WALDENSES.—The lie v. Emelio Comba, who represents the Waltlensiau Church of Italy in tlie Pau-Presbyteriau Council, preached in Philadelphia last Sunday upon the progress of the Wald euses and the general state of religion in Ttaly. lie is sent from the Waldensian Seminary in Florence, where he succeed ed the late Dr. Jlevel. In the course ol remarks he said: '-You know that from the second or third century Italy has been the country # of the Pope, but it is not generally known that it has at all times been the country of protestations against the dominion of the Pope. At the same time there have been numbers of infidels in the country, and Italy has nev er been thoroughly Christian or wholly Catholic. Catholicism has not always held full sway, for from the earliest times we can point to protesting leaders, and coming up to a later date, we have Waldo himself, and he represents the Protest ants of all ages in Italy. The Waldenses had not intended to break off from the Church of Koine, and not do so be cause of any doctrinal difference, but be cause in the Catholic Church reading of Bible was prohibited and then it was, they said, better to obey God than men. Pliey studied the Bible until their ene mies feared them and their knowledge strengthened them to stand .thirty-three bloody persecutions. They were pre served by the providence of God because He had chosen them for the extension of His Kingdom. Until 1848, when Victor Emanuel proclaimed liberty for Italy, the Waldenses were not allowed the freedom of speech, and their boys were from becoming lawyers or professors or officers of the army. . MEMORABLE LESSON.—A century ago an infidel German Countess, dying, gave orders that her grave should be covered with a solid slab of granite; that around it should be square blocks of stone, and that the whole should be fastened to- ! i getlier by strong iron clamps. Ou the i stone by her order, these words were cut: "This burial place, purchased to all ! eternity must never be opened." Thus | she defied the Almighty. But a little 1 seed sprouted under the covering, and ! the tiny shoot found Its way through be- I tween two of the slabs, and grew there | slowly ami surely until it bucst the clamps • asunder, and lifted the immense blocks. | No wonder the people of Hanover look at | that tree and that opening grave as God's i answer to the terrible defiance of the ; young Countess. TttAVtUjlstSK'H GUIDB. FA. AND N. T. R. R. | Trains on the fa. &N. T. It. It. pass this place | as follows: Moving South. ' , j No. 3, at 5 :C2 a. m., for New York and way ta. No. 7, at 10:10 a. in., mail train for New York, Phil adelphia and intermediate points. I No. y, at 2 :41 p. m.—Express for Philadelphia. I No. 15, at 10 :sa, p.m.—Fast express for Philadei phia and New York, j No. 31, —Local Passenger Train, between Elmira and Wyalusing, 7:05 p. m. Moving North. No. 8, at 3:58 a. m.—Fast express from New York and Pliilaaclphia No. 30, at 10 :55 a. in., Wilkesßarre accommodation. No. 2, at 4 :41 p. m.—Mail train from Philadelphia and New York. No. 6, at 11 :02, p, in.,, from New York. No. 32, at 6 :53 a. 111.—Wyalusing and Elmira local. STATE LINE AND SULLIVAN Jt. R. I.eare. j 3:00 o'clock p.m. for Bemice and intermediate sta. Arrive. j 9 .30 a. ra., from Bemice. BARCLAY R. U. Leave. i 7:30 a.m., for Barclay and all stations, and 3:00 p. in. Arrive. j 10:15 a. in., from Barclay und Intermediate stations. I and 6:20 p. in. CANTON BTAGK. ! Leaves at 9 o'clock, a. m. Arrives at 5 o'clock p. m. TROT STAGE, I Leaves at 10:30 a. ra. Arrives at Ip. in. BIIKSIIE<iUIN STAC E. Arrives at 11 o'clock a. in. Departs at 12 in. 1 LEKA YSVII.LK STAGE. | Arrives at 12 m. Leaves at 2 p. rn. TERRYTOWN RTAOE. i Arrives Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 12 in. I Departs same days at Ip. m. NEW ERA BTAUE. i Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 12 m. Departs same days at 1 p. in. SOCIETY DIRECTOR Y. MASONIC. j Union Lodge, No. 108, meets First and Third i Wednesday of each month. Union Chapter, No. 161, meets Second Wednesday evenings of each month. I Northern Commandcry, Knights Templar, No. 16. Meets fourth Wednesday each month. KNIOHTS OF PYTHIAS. j Towanda Lodge, No. 200. Meets every Tuesday evening. | Endowment Rank, Section 101. Meets Third Fri day in each month. ODD FELLOWS. I Bradford Lodge, No. 167. Meets every Monday ight. j Bradford Encampment, No. 41. Meets Second and I Fourth Wednesday night of each month. Leob_Lodgc Degree of ltebcka. Meets First and Third Fidny evenings of each month. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Crystal Lodge. Meets every Monday evening. Mystic Lodge, K. and L. of 11. Meets Second and Fourth Friday evenings of each month. G. A. n. i \\ atkins Post No. 68. Meets every Saturday evening KNIOHTS OF THE GOLDEN RULE. Towanda Castle No. 58. Meets at K. of P. Hall every Wednesday evening. ItOTAL ARCANUM. [ Towanda Council, No. 532, meets first and third Friday of each month in K. P. Hall. > CHURCH DIREC TOR Y. PRESBYTERIAN—Rev. .1. 8. Stewart, 1). D., Pas tor. 1 reaching at 10:30 u. m. and 7 p. in. eve ry Sunday. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. Sunday School—D'A. Overton, Superin tendent—at 12 o'cloek. CHRIST CHURCll—(Episcopal)— Rev. John S. Beers, Hector. Service and preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 4: !0 p. in. Service and lecture Thursday evening at 7:30. Sunday School— Jas. T. Hale, Assistant Hupt.,—at 12 in. Teachers' meeting 1 uesday evening at 7:45. Kb L- CIIUKCH.—Rev. C. 11. Wright, Pastor. 1 reaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7p. m. Prayer Meetings on Sunday evening at C :30, Thursday evening at 7:30. Young men's prayer meeting * 'iday evening at 8. Sunday School—B. M. Peck. Superintendent— at 12 m. 38. PETER ANI) PAUL.—(R. C.) Rev. Chas. F. I Kelley, I riest Mass at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Ves- 1 Pers at. 7:30 p. m. Sunday School at 12:30 and CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. (Universalis!) 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