M • yy AH.'VJEi SICKIjER, Proprietor.] NEW SERIES, | gflttlj Branch fhmtrctab I A weekly Democratic paper, devoted to Pol- / J IJCI", News, the Arts _ ) .FRYABJT j and Sciences Ac. Pub- 1 Jfcjfcfl lished every Wednes- I" day, at Tunkhannock, BY HARVEY SICKLER, Terms —1 copy 1 year, (in advance) 51.50. If not pain within six months, $2.00 will be charged. ADVEHTISIUG. 10 lives ori i | ) I less, make three four \ two three six one one square weeks greeks mai'th mo'thmd'th year 1 Square I,oo' 1,25 2,25 2,87; 3,00s 5,00 2 do. 2,OUJ 2.50 3,25 3.50 4.50;' 0.00 3 do. 3,00! 3,75 4,75' 5,50; 7.00 9,00 1 Column. 4.00; 4,50 6,50, 8.00 10,00 15.00 i do. 6,00' 7.00 10.00 12.00 17,00 25,00 } do. 8.00 9.50 14,00 18.00 25.00 35,U0 1 do. 10,00! 12,00 17,00 22,00, 28,00'40,( 0 Business Cards of one square, with paper, S3. JOB WOBK of all kinds neatly executed, and at prices to suit the times. fSimuess r ilotiffs. BACON STAND—Nicholson. Pa. C. L JACKSON, Proprietor. [vlu49tf] HS. COOPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON • Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. pEO. S. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, VT Tunkhannoek, Pa. Office in Stark's Ihick Klock, Tioga street. "ITF.M. M. PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of- VV fice in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga St., Tunk hannoek, l'a. T ITT EE A DEW ITT; ATTORNEY'S AT 1J LAW, Office on Tioga street, Tunkhannoek, Pa H. R. LITTLE. .1 HEWITT. I r V. SMITH. M. D , PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, I ! • Office on Bridge Street, next door to the Demo- I erat Office, Tunkhannoek, Pa. HARVEY SICKLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW and GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT -Of fice, Bridge street, opposite Wall's Hotel, Tunkhan noek: Pa. DR. J. C. CORSKMI'S, HAVING LOCAT KD AT THE FALLS, WILL promptly attend all calts in the line of his profession—may lie found at Beetner's Hotel, when not professionally absent. Falls, Oct. 10, 1861. T M. CAREV, M. I). — (Graduate of the E. •I • M. Institute, Cincinnati) would respectfully announce to the citizens of Wyoming and Luzerne Counties, that he c •ntinues his regular practice in the various departments of bis profession. May t>e found at his office or residence, when not professionally ab sent Particular attention given to the treatment Chronic Discas. Centremorcland, Wyoming Co Pa.—v2n? PR. .J. C- BKCKER & Co7, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, Would resjiecf fully announce to the citizens of Wv oiniag that they have located at Mt.hoopanv, where thsy will promptly attend to all calls in the live of their profession. May be found at his Drug Store when not professionally absent. ff. w. niIOADS, 3VT. 13., (Graduate of the University of Pennfa.) Respectfully offers his professional services to the citizens of Tunkhannoek and vicinity, lie can be found, when not professionally engaged, either at his l'rug Store, or at his residence on Putnam Street. WALL'S HOTEL," LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. TIITS establishment hits recently been refitted and j furnished in the latest style Every attention j "ill be given to the comfort and convenience of those : "he patronize the House. T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor. Tunkhanaock, September 11, 1861. WORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA 1 RILEY WARNER, Prop'r. | fJA\ IXC, resumed the proprietorship of the above ! AX Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to j reader the house an agreeable place ot sojourn for I a 'l who inay favor it with their custom. RILEY WARNER. September 11, 1861. ' MAYHARD'S HOTEL, T U N KIIA N X O C K, WYOMING COUNTY, PENNA. JOHN MAA'NA R I) , Proprietor. HAVING taken the Hotel, in the Borough of ... Tunkhannoek. recently occupied bv Kiley arner, the proprietor respectfully solicits a share of pu he patronage. The House has been thoroughly repaired, and the comforts and accomodations of a urst class Hotel, will be found by all who mav favor ' Itwith their eustoun September 11. 1861. M. OILMAN. \ T OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk- i 'X Borough, and respectfully tenders his ! professional services to the citizens of this place and j surrounding country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE J FACTION. , LFF Office over Tutlon's Law Office, near th e Pos vffice. - Dec ' 1861- Blanks:: Blanks I :: BLANK DEEDS SUMMONSES SUBPFENAES EXECUTIONS _ CONSTABLE'S SALES j Justice's, Constable's, and legal Blanks of all kinds, Neatly and Correctly printed on srood Patter, Democrat" ** ° ffiCC ° f th ° " Ko ' rth Br>in <* ' T !ME FOR FARMERS, AS A FERTILIZER ! for sale at VERNOV'S. j Mcihoppen, Sept 18, 1861. J |)oefs (Uonttr. AFTER ALL The apples are ripe in the orchard, The work f the reaper is done, And the golden woodlands redden, In the blood of the dying sun. At the cottage door the grandsire Sits pale in his easy chair, While the gentle wind of twilight, Plays with his silver hair. A woman is kneeling beside him, A fair, young head is prest In the first wild passion of sorrow, Against his aged breast. And far off over the distance The faltering echoes come Of the flying blast of trumpet, And the rattling roll of drum. And the grandsire speaks in a whisper,— " The end no man can see ; But we give him to his country, And we give our prayers to thee " The violets star the meadows, • The rose buds fringe the door, And over the grassy orchard The pink-white blossoms pour. But the grandsire's chair is empty, The cottage is dark and still: — There's a nameless grave in the battle-field, And a new c ue under the hill. And a pallid, tearless woman By the cold hearth sits alone, And the clock in the lonely corner, Ticks on with a steady drone. ■ Hfoctlktttoas. THE TWO LETTEBS. OR lIIW I BECAME A BACHELOR. BY J. B. D. That 1 am a bachelor, is rendered unmis takably evident by the foregoing caption lluw 1 became so, you have yet to learn, and as my object in penning this sketch is not so ; much to inform you what I am, so unfortu | nate, (or fortunate, as you please,) as to be, I as it is to enlighten you in regard to how such : caine to be the case, and hoping that it mav ; prove a salutary les'son to some reckless wight like myself, I will proceed without further ; preface or preliminary. It was while on a visit to an aunt of mine in the town of G , that I became acquain . ted with Carrie Mayburn, a fine blooming i maiden of eighteen summers, with beautiful I auburn hair, clear lit eyes, a small nose, and ! a handsome mouth, well studded with pearly teeth, rivaling snow in their dazzling white ness ; added to these charms a faultless form and graceful carr age rendered her at once a special object of attraction and admiration ; her amiability of sweetness of temper made her warm friends, wh'ile her beauty of face and figure drew her hosts of suiters ; in short she was, as I was not long in discover ing, the universal admitted belln of the place. Although I am not to say an extraordina ry susceptible individual, in the general ac ceptation of the term, yet I will admit thai, like all the rest of my class, I have my weak points, and do not profess to be so entirely proof against the influence of female charms as to be incapable of experiencing at times a curious and somewhat undefinable se -so of palpitation in the region of the ribs when in the company of the fair sex, and as my ac quaintance with the enchanting Carrie re solved itself <nto intimacy, and this, ere long, began to ripen in a stronger feeling, I eventu ally began to realize that I was becoming en meshed in a net of fascination, from which a desperate attempt was necessary to extricate myself, and where I had formerly sought her society merely for the sake of a chat, where with to while awa}- the time, I now began to look upon her in the light of an indispensa ble companion; and at length, as the time for my return home drew near, I became aware that unless she and I could make a compromise one way or other, I must bid farewell to happiness and make up my mind to spend my future life in misery. Actuated by these thoughts, and fearful lest I should be forestalled by some one or other of her admirers, and having also the happy con sciousness of being looked upon by her in that light was calculated to be anything but discouraging to my hopes; in short, feeling fully satisfied that 1 was by far the most highly favored of her gallants, I determined that before 1 took my leave of G , I would know my doom from her lips ; conse quently the evening previous to the day fix ed for my return, I called upon her, and met with the usual cordial reception. I remained for some time, and, finally, after considerable "hem" ing and hesitation, I nerved myself for the desperate deed 1 was about to com mit. In the most insinuating manner I ask ed her to he mine—to 6hare with me my fu ture trials or triumphs, reverses or successes, prosperities or adversities, joys or sorrows, as the case might be ; I told her I was poor and had yet to gain a name and position in tho world, but that I loved her truly and devot- "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RlGHT."—Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1862. edly, and would make her a kind and affec tionate husband; as I concluded, she placed her hand in mine, saying, as she did so: " Edwin, my heart is already yours, obtain my parent's consent, and I will cheerfully be stow upon you this hand." What more could any reasonable man ask ? Obtain my parent's consent, and I will cheerfully bestow upon you this hand," the words kept sounding in my ears, and I was in doubt whether I was dreaming or not; — gradually, however, I came to my senses, when my first act was to throw my arms around the neck of my beloved, and imprint a warm passionate kiss upon her ruby lips as a token of acknowledgement that I understood and appreciated her meaning. It was now determined that we should go to her father for the purpose of obtaining his sanction to our proposed alliance. We found him read ing a newspaper, and made known our errand without delay ; he studied for a moment, which seemed to me a month, and at length he said : " Mr. Willet, I cannot say that I have any serious objection to receive you as a son-in law, vet as you yourself acknowledge that you have nol as yet been enabled to attain a position such as it is in my opinion advisable for 3-0U to attain before you undertake the support of a wife, I must request you to ap ply yourself assiduously, and when you have risen to some eminence in your profession, and accumulated somewhat toward the main tenance of her whom you anticipate taking under your care, I will then, I assure you? place no further obstacle in the way of your marriage. The welfare of my daughter has ever been my constant study, and I would be the last one to deny her anything that would 111 the slightest degree contribute to her hap piness. You will believe me, my dear friend, when I say I am prompted by no mercenery motive, for I am sure when you come to rea son the matter clearly and ca!ml} r in your own mind, and look at it in the proper light, you cannot go far to perceive the utility of following my advice." I bowed an acknowledgment, and with a promise to call upon thein in the morning to hid them farewell, 1 took my departure. To say that I did not feel some decree of j impatience conequcnt upon the result of my j interview with Mr. Mayburn, would be ab i surd, for lovers are always impetuous and un ! willing to be put off. and I was by no means ; an exception, but I was compelled to make a virtue of necessity and bide my time; the next morning I made an early breakfast, and repaired at once to the domicile of my inam orata. whom I found looking as charming as ever. I bade her good morning, and told her ; that I had coine to take my leave of her for 1 a time, but that I hoped the day was not far j distant when I should be permitted to come again anuclstim her as my bride. Having now broached the, to us, by no means uu pleasant theme of the previous evening's con versation, we were soon deeply engrossed in making plans for the future. But all things must have an end, and as the hours sped away like minutes, it seemed to my infatuat ed mind as though I had scarcely entered the house until it was time for me to pronounce the much dreaded good bye which was to be the signal for our temporary separation ; and. as like Ct time and tide" railroad cars " wait for no man," I was obliged to do it, but it was done in a decidedly doleful way, I assure you, and ere long 1 was speeding forward on my homeward way, n.y thoughts centered on one object, and that object was Carrie, a prize which I was fully resolved I would use my utmost exertions to gain. ******* Nearly two years had elapsed since the date of my engagement with Carrie Mayburn. During that time I had made many visits to G , and always found her the same un changed being that she was when first pre sented to the reader, unless it was that she seemed, at least to my eyes, if possible, more beautiful than ever. We had kept up a reg ularly correspondence, her letters always breathing a spirit of love and affection coup led with the hope that the time would soon come when we would be united to separate no more in life; mine, as may be readily im agined, always re-echoed the sentiments em bodied in hers. As the reader has already been apprised, it was the desire of Mr. May burn that I should rise to some eminence in my profession before claiming the fulfilment of his daughter's promise. This I had en deavored to the utmost of my capacity to do, and I had reason to believe that I had in a great measure succeeded, for by the expira tion of the time above mentioned, I was able to congratulate myself upon having the pat ronage of the most influential citizens of this place, who placed the most implicit confi deuce in my professional abilities; conse quently, I now felt justified in once more making application for the hand of the fair Carrie, and as I was so situated, at the time I came to this conclusion, that it wonld be impossible for me to visit G for several weeks, I resolved to write to Mr. M. in refer ence to the matter, and ascertain his viewß of the case. Accordingly, having composed my mind as well as circumstances would ad mit, I sat down with anew pen and a quire of extra quality of note paper, and summon ing all my eloquence, tact and chicographical skill. I transcribed a most elaborately word Ed epistle, wherein I portrayed my present circumstances, position, still unsatisfied aspi rations, until after nearly exhausting the vo cabulary of Webster's latest edition, I was at length constrained to wind up by the assur ance that but one thing was lacking to ren der me supremely happy, and that was as you have already conjectured, the legal right to he the protector and possessor of his love ly daughter, and that I hoped he would have now no further objection to our union. Now, it happened that I had in G , a cousin named Bob Tracy, who was the own er of a beautiful hay mare, on whom for some time past I had cast numerous wistful glanc es, and considering that a refusal to my re quest was entirely out of question, I deter mined to drop him a few hues, desiring him not to stipulate for the disposal of the afore said mare until such time as I should have a chance to confer with him. as I thought it highly probable I could make an offer for her which he would be willing to accept; sol dashed off a hasty note, and having folded, scaled and superscribed both missives, I con signed them to the post office and returned to my duties with a view of whiting away the time as patiently as possible until I could have sufficient leisure to enable me to ascer tain the result of iny petition. However wearily the wheels of time may sometimes drag on, yet they never have been known to cease their revolutions entirely, and thus in iny case, although tbe space in ter veiling between ray despatching the letters and 1113' visit to their destination seemed in terminably long, yet it finally passed away and at length one fine mor.iing found me comfortably ensconed in the cars, dashing on at a furious rate in the direction of G ,and in a few hours I reached the goal upon which were fixed ni3 r highest hopes, which, alas for the disappointment to which we are ail of us more or less liable at times to he subjected as the sequel will show, were destined never to he realized, hopes which proved to be un substantial foundation upon which I had been building my airy castles; but 1 will not anticipate. Immediately upon my arrival in G 1 re paired to a hotel, to put myself in the proper trim, prior to calling at the house of my pros pective friend. Having made an unexceptioi ahle toilet, I set out with a beating heart and a sort of nervous impatience, and after a short walk found myself at Mr. Mayburn's door I rang the bell, which was answered by the servant, who at once ushered me into the sit ting room, where were Carrie and her father, both of whom regarded me an instant with looks of surprise and wonder, when, to my astonishment, the former arose, and without naught save a slight perceptible nod of rec ognition, glided out of the door. flow to ac count for this strange conduct, was a thing utterly beyond rny comprehension ; for a moment I was dumb-founded, but as I recov ered myself, I turned towards the father s though to ask a solution of the mystery. I did not have long to wait, for, with a lace re sembling a surcharged thunder cloud, the old gentleman suddenly butst forth— '• H ell, sir, you are a scoundrel and a villian and a more consummate specimen of concen trated audacity, effrontery and impudence, as you now prove yourself to be in polluting my house with your containing presence, I never saw !" To say I was astonished would be but a faint way of expressing it. I was completely taken aback, but finally, managed to find my speech, when I politely requested him to ex plain himself, as I was not aware that I had been guilty of any act. to merit these animad versions. " Explain, sii !—why, what do you mean you contemptible puppv* ? after having most grossly insulted rny daughter as well as my self—a fact which we have ample testimony in your o.vn hand-writing—do you dare to come and deny to my face any know ledge of the fact whatever ?" This was something 1 was entirely unpre pared for, and T looked long and earnestly at the man to see if he was insane or not. What did he meau ? . What a preposterous idea ! f offer an insult to his daughter ! her for whom I would cheerfully have laid down my life, and felt only too thankful for the oppor tunity. " Mr. Mayburn," said I as soon as I could recover my faculties, " I will not be thus tri lled with any longer. I have never either by word or deed, been the cause of wounding your daughters feelings, and I—" But he seemed determined that I should have no chance to vindicate myself in any way, and stopped me short by producing from his pocket a letter, whfch he thrust fiercely into my hand, saying as he did so : " There is undeniable proof; let us have no more words about it. Xeave my house and never enter it again as long as you live, or I will have you pitched headforemost into the street. Mechanically 1 took the letter the hand writing of which 1 immediately recognized as my own, and ran my eye hurriedly over the contents. Good heavens !it was the note I had by mistake, enclosed in the envelope ad dressed to Mr. Mayburn, aud vice versa, I As tho reader is doubtless anxious fo know what the letter could possibly "contain to so completely turn the tide of affairs pertaining to my matrimonial prospects, I will give it verbatim: " JOLLY CHUM ; T sit down to scrawl you a word or two in reference to the superb ani ma! over which 3ou hold legal sway, and of whom as you are already aware I have long desired to be in possession, knowing her to be a gay creatine, full of life and spirit and with al decidedly fast. I feel that without her I cannot longer be satisfied ; and from nothing, I assure you, will I derive so much pleasure as from trotting her around, and exhibiting her to my friends. Feeling certain that my offer will prove acceptable, 1 will call on you in a short time, until which I do not wish you to dispose of her. Yours considerably, "EDWIN WILLF.TT." After reading it, I stood for a moment as if in a trance; at length I raised my eyes from the letter, cave one glance at Mr. Mayburn, and ci ushing the offending sheet in my hand, rushed, scarcely knowing what I did, with a sort of frantic despair through the hall, and without a word to any one I left tho house, never again to darken its doors. A few days afterwards I called upon Bob Tra cy to say to him that he need not reserve the mare any longer, as I had concluded not to purchase ; but as soon as ho caught sight of rne he ran out to meet me, and shook me by the hand and otherwise indulged in the most extravagant demonstrations of joy, asking me over and over again if it was really rne, as he despaired of ever seeing me again, for having received from me a most beautifully written gilt edged note, asking in marriage a daughter, of whose existence he was most profoundly ignorant, he had no doubt that I had gone stark mad, and had just about made up his mind to insert an advertisement in the papers warning the public to beware of me as a per son dangerous to he at large. I now gave up j I found that I was besieged on all sides, and with an imploring look I begged him to say no more about ii to any one. That I had ban ished all thoughts ol marriage from my mind, and had concluded to spsnd my future life in single blessedness ; but despite the charge 1 gave Bob to keep quiet, the affair, through some mysterious agency, became circulated around, or depend upon it, I would never have given it publicity ; and now, having put you in possession of the facts concerning the history of those " two letters," 1 will make a polite how and retire to my bachelor couch. THE PRICE OF A WIFE. It would be a curious speculation to trace the habits and customs which have, from the earliest ages, and in all communities, helped to fasten upon us these sordid feelings which make marriage something like a gambling transaction in all barbarous nations, the fath er of a girl conceived he had a right to some compensation from the husband for her ser vices, and as a remuneration for the trouble and expense of bringing her up. In the early history of all nations in their uncivilized 6tate, the custom prevails : the woman is sold for a price. Among the Hebrews and the Arabs the price paid to the father was seuietimes very considerable. An ordinary price was five or six camels, and if the bride was very beautiful, or highly connected (rank and sta tion had their influence even in the earliest ages), the fifty sheep or a mare and foal were added. At the siege of Troy an accomplished lady was valued at four oxen. And when Danaus found he could not get his daughters married, he advertised that he was ready to receive suitors for them without expecting any presents—that is, that he was ready to get rid of them at any price, or at no price. Among the savage tribes of our own days the custom prevails. The red raau of America still bargains for his wife, and the price varies from four horses down to a bottle of brandy. The Russians do not mince the mat ter as more civilized nations do, but when a marriage is proposed, the lover, accompanied by a friend goes to the home of the bride, and says to the mother—" show us your merchan dise. we have got money." The ancient Assyrians deserve some credit for the custom they introduced; every year they put all their beauties up to auction, and the prices that were given for these were applied byway of a portion to those who were not beauti ful. Thus all, of both sorts, got married, the one for their beauty, the others for the money which beauty not their own had gain ed for them. They made sensuality give a dowry to avarice; but still marriage was a lottery. At a debating society the subject was " Which is the sweetest production a girl or a strawberry ?" After continuing the argument for two nights the meeting finally adjourned without coming to a conclu sion—the older ones gjing for the straw berries and the young ones for the girls. I have known a good old man—says Bernard—who when ho has heard of any one that had committed any notorious offence, was wont to say within himself. " lie fell to-day so I may to-morrow." An old maid, who was over nice in regard to cleanliness about her house once scrubbed her sitting-room floor until she fell through into the cellar. u [ TERMS: SI.BO PER. ANITUM QUEER STORY OP A PIG- ■' The Rev. J. G. Wood, in his " Animal Traits and Characteristics," thus glorflfex one: " A curious animal is a pig, genl lemon. i \ ery cunning, too—a great deal more sensi ble than people give him credit for. I had a pig a board my ship that was too knowing by half. All hands we e fond of him, and there j was not one on board that would have seen him injured. There was a dog on board, too and the pig and he were capital friends j they ate out of the same plate, walked about the decks together, and would lie down side by side under the bulwarks in the sua. The only thing they ever quarrelled about was lodging. The dog, you see sir, had >a kennel for himself; the pig bad nothing of the scrt. We did not think he needed one ; but he had . his own notions upon that matter. Why should Toby be better housed of a night than he ? Well, sir, he had somehow got into hjjp head that possession is nine parts of the law; and though Toby tried to show him the rights of the question, he was so pig-headed that he either would not or could not under stand. So every night it came to be " catch as catch can." If the dog got in first, he would show his teeth, and the other had to lie under the boat, or to find the softest plank w.iere he could ; if the pig was in possession the dog could not turn him out, but looked out for revenge next time. One evening, gen tlemen, it had been blowing hard all day, and I had just ordered close-reefed top-sails, for the gale was increasing, and there was a good deal of sea running, and it was coming on to be wet; in short, I said to myself, as I called down the companion-ladder for the boy to bring up my pea-jacket, " We are going to ! have a dirty night.' The pig was slipping and tumbling about the decks, for the ship lay over so much with the breeze, being close hauled, that he could not keep his hoofs. At last, he thought he would go and secure hie birth for the night, though it wanted a good bit of dusk. But, lo and behold ! Toby had been of the same mind, and there he was safely housed. ;i Umph, umph," says the pig gy, as he turned and looked up at the black sky to windward ; but Toby did not offer to move. At last, the pig seemed to give it up, and took a turn or two, as if he was making up his mind which was the wariest corner. I iesently, he trudges off to the lee scuppers r where the tin plate was lying that they ate :• their cold 'tatoes off. Pig takes up the plate in his mouth, and carries it to a part of the deck where the dog could see it, but 6om<s way from the kennel; theu, turning his tail toward the dog. he begins to act as if he wa* . eating out of the plate making it rattle, and munching with his mouth pretty loud.—• " W hat ! thinks Toby, " has piggy got vicL > * uals there ? and he pricked up his ears and. looked out toward the place, making a littler whinning. u Champ, chimp," goes the pig taking not the least notice of the dog, and down goes his mouth to the plate again. To by couldn't stand that any longer, and he not there. Out he coines, and runs up in front of the pig, with his mouth watering, and pushes t ,, his cold nose into the plate. Like a shot,, gentlemen, the pig turned tail, and was snug in the kennel before Toby well know whether there was any meat or not in the plate." RICH WITHOUT MONEY. Many a man is rich without money.—.- Thousands of men without a dollar in the * pocket are rich. A man born with a good sound constitution, a good stomach, a good heart and good limbs, and a pretty good head piece, is rich. Good bones are belief than' gold—tough muscles, than silver; and nerves that flash and carry energy to every funo-' tion, are better than houses and lands. I It is better than a landed estate to have 1, the right kind of fathers and mothers.—. q Good breed exists among men, as really a among herds and horses. Education may do ' much to check evil tendencies, or to develop * good ones ; but it is a greater thing to inher-' it the right proportion of faculties to start with. Ihe man is rich who has a good disposi tion—who is naturally kind, cheerful, pa tient, hopeful, and who has a flavor of wit and fun in his disposition. The hardest thing to get along with is a iuan's own self. A cross, selfish, desponding and complaining fellow is a timid, care burdened man is de formed on the inside. His feet may not limp but his thoughts do. f I ■ 9 Thf. Followers of John Brown Of the five followers of John Brown who escaped from Harper s terry, only three now survive, —John Brown Jr. now a prisoner at Rich mond, E. J. Mwriain, and O. P. Anderson.— * lidd joined Burnside's expedition, and died at Ko&noake Island on the eve of a victory* Barclay Coppe, whose brother was executed at Charleston, was one of the victims of the Platte Bridge atrocity. Old Age. — Beautiful is old age, beautiful as the 6low, drooping, mellow autumn of a rich, glor ous summer. In the old man, Na ture has fulfilled her work ; she loads him with the fruits of a well spent life; and sur-„ rounded by his chilhren, she rocks him away softly to the grave, to which he is followed by blessings. 1 "• T He who cannot conceal his vexation is a laughing ntcrk for his enemies. VOL. 2, N0..1t?"
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