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.
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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!)
Rev. VV illiam I aylor, Pastor. Preaching at 10 :30
a. in. and 7 p. m. Prayer and Conference
Meeting Ihursday evening at 7:30. Sunday!
School—L. h. Gardner, Superintendent— at 12 m. '
LAPI IS I CHURCH—Rev. C. T. Hall6\vell, Pastor !
:3 oA. M. an<i 7 p. M. Prayer !
Meeting, Thursday Evening, 7 p. M. Sunday i
School at 12 m. '
A M. 15. ZION CHURCH—Rev. Charles Smith, I
lastor. Services at 10 :30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. <
Prayer and Class meetings, Thursday evening at i
i :30 a. ra. Sunday School at 2p. ra. I
THE BRETHREN.— Service at 10:30 a. m, every'
Lord's day. Reading Meeting every Wednesday !
evening. Sunday School at 3p. in. I
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