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• Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa.
R.R. ATTORNEY AT LAW
Offiae on Tioga street, Tunkhannock Pa.
GEO S. TUTTOJi, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Tunkhonnock, Pa. Office n Stark's I3nc
oek, Ttog* street
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hannock, Pa.
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PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
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he will promptly attenl to all calls in the line of
his profession.
Will be found at home on Saturdays of
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HARUISKUHO PKNNA-
The undersigned hiving lately pun-hascd the
" BUEHLER HOUSE " property, has already com
menced such alterations and improvements as will
render this old and popular House equal, if not supe
rior, to any Hotel in the City of Harrisburg.
A continuance of the public patronage is refpeet
fully solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON
j
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE,
TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING CO., PA.
THIS establishment has recently been refitted an
furnished in the latest style Every attention
will be given to the comfort and convenience ot those
wao patronize the House.
T. B. WALL, inl Proprietor .
Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESUOPPEN, WYOMING CO! NIL, PA
Win. H. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r
HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to
render the house an agreeable place ol sojourn for
all who may favor it with their custom.
WM. II CORTRIGHT.
Jane, 3rd, 1863
Junius
TOWANDA, PA.
D. B. BART LET,
[Late of the BBRAIXARU Hnrsr, ELMIRA, N. Y.
PROPRIETOR.
The MEANS HOTEL, i- one of tne LARGEST
and BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt
is fitted up in the most modern and improved style,
and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and
agreeable stopping-place for all,
*▼ 9. "21. ly-.
CLARKE, KEENEV.& I 0.,
MASCFACTUKE RS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS'
3^lkanh£ass;mm§)ats
Y AJfD JOBBERS IN
HATS. CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS,
PARASOLS AND UM BR ELI. AS.
BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES,
.849 BROADWAY,
CORNER Or -LEONARD STREET,
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a c KEESEy; £
a. Lr.EENEY. 3
M. OILMAN,
AA" OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk-
LLL. hanm-ck Beruugh, and respectfully tenders his
professional services to the citizens of this place and
uq-ounding country.
ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS
FACTION.
r<f Offioe over Tattoo's Law Office, near the Poa
Office,
btt, 11, 18 i
TO
HOUSE KEEPERS!
Frank M. Buck
Has just opened, at the store house formerly oc
cupied by C T, Marsh, one Joor below Baldwin's
Hotel, in Tunkhannock,
NEW GROCERY
AND
Provision Store,
where he is prepared to sell eve.ything in the line
ot Family Groceries at prices far below those he.e
totore asked for them
0
llis stock was selected and purchased by
MR. A. G. STARK
in person, whose intimate acquaintance with the
trade, and dealers, enabled him to purchase at prices
LIVE 1 Till HE LOWEST.
Mr. Stark's services as salesman, also, have been
secured.
0
In the line of Groceries and Provisions, I can
sell
G >od Molasses at $1 per Gal.
Good Brown Sugar at 12* cts per lb.
No, 1 Mackerel " 12J " '* '
Cod Fish " 9 " " "
New Mess Pork " 17 " •' "
Chemical Soap •' 12i •' " "
Saleratus '• .12J " " •'
Groan 1 Coffee " 25 " " ''
FxtraGreen Rio Coffee " 40 •* " "
Lard " 20 " •
Rice " 15 " " "
Crackers *' 10 " " "
And all other articles at correspondingly low
prices
In the article of Teas, both as lo prices and
quality, I
fMij SxunpftiHoii
GINGER. PEPPER. SPICE. CINAMON,
CLOVES. NUTMEG. MUSTARD,
UREA.Mr lARTAR,
RAISINS,
FIGS,
POWDER, SHOT AND LEAD.
IT! 41 ITS LF ALL EINDS.
I
—ALSO—
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FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOR PUDDINGS,
1 IIsS. CUSTARD AND ICE CREAM.
0
SPICED SALMON & SARDINES
1 '* i .. 'j
in boxes—a fine article for Pic-nie, fishing and
pleasure parlies,
Ice Cream
Constantly on hand, an! furnished in any quanti
ty desired, on short notice-
MACARONI—
FOR SOUPS.
SMOKED HALIBUT.
0
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A 1 rgo and varied assortment of
LAMPS. LAMP CHIMNEY'S
GLOBES AND WICKS,
ALSO
Kerosene Oil*
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N. B WOOL. HIDES, FURS, AND
gHEEP PELTS, purchased for cash or
trade, for which the highest cash prices
will be paid.
©all anb fiamjitu
F. BUCK.
Tunkhannock, June 28, 1865
MnlM
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT." —Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCIv, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11, 1865.
Hint's ©utiter.
NO TIME LIKFTHE' OLD TIME?
There is no time, like the old time when you and I
were young,
When the buds of April blossomed, and the birds of
spring-rime sung !
The garden's brightest glories by summer suns are
nursed ;
But, oh, the sweet violets, the flowers that opened
first !
There is no place like the old place where you and
I were born,
Where we lifted first our eyelids on the splendors
of the morn,
From the milk-white breast that warmed us, from
the clinging arms that bore.
Where the dear eyes glistened o'er us that will look
on us no more !
There is no friend like the old friend who has shared
our morning Jays,
J7o greeting like his welcome, nc homage like his
praise ;
Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown
of gold;
But friendship is the breathing rose,'with sweets in
every fold.
There is no love like the old love that we courted in
our pride ;
Though our leaves are falling, falling, aid we're
fading side by side,
There are blossoms all around us with the colors of
our dawn,
And we live in borrowed sunshine when the light of
day is gone.
There are no times ike the old times—tney shall
never be forgot !
There is no place like the old place, —keep green
the dear old spot!
Ihereareno friends like our old friends, — may
Heaven prolong their lives!
There are no loves like our old loves,—God bless
our loving w ves!
. §fkl ftcrif.
A LEGEND OF THE MAN*DAN'S.
Weeks bad rolled by vet tbe famine pres*
ed w.th unabated vigor, and many a warrior'*
stalwart arm had'be'Vuit" paralysed by weak
ness, and many a flashing tye grown dim
from the Constant cravings of hunger. F 1
three months the inhabitants of the Mandan
village had been p'iced on half allowance,
and even that luile was gone, and the pros
p< ct of a speedy death by starvation stared
the last remnant ot that fated tribe, fearfully
-n the gloomy appearance ar uid thein.—
F. iv m number, aud at war with the power
ful Siux, they dared not travel the sur
rounding c< Hiury at any great distance lor
ante; and the herds of buffalo which usual
ly roamed over the pains near the village
had by some unaccountable reason, pot re
turned with the hunting season ; and all the
honors of a cruel fate seemed about to fall
upon them The warriors of the tribe were
*een gathering in little groups of three or
fur, around the p'ace; and S ko ah, the
oldest 1 an of the tribe, and was chief of the
warriors, was speaking to his Indian broth
ers. The mam body of the men had collect
ed at the spot, and the gray scalp lock of;
the aged chiet waved m the breeze as he ad '
dressed them thus :
of the Mandans, the Great Spirit
is angry with his warriors for their coward- <
ice. Their hearts have become like the
hearts of squaws and they dare not meet the
warriors of the Sioux, hut remain trembling
like the frighted fawn in its shelter. Would
that Sa-ko-tah were a brave again."
The old chief at down, and a fiery young
warrior sprung to his feet, while his eves
flashed aoJ his hand sought the handle of
his tomahawk, he replied,—
''The braves of the Sioux are but squaws.
We will meet them in battle; the Mandan
is no woman.''
At this moment a horseman came dashing
up to the spot, and reining in his smoking
steed beside them, he pointed over the dis
(ant hill*, and shouted "Buffaloes."
A dozen dark forms sprang ItghMy to their
feet, and a glow of hope h-atned on every
countenance. The long withed for food had
at length arrived, and instead of blank star
vation, a great feast could he made in grati
tude for the occasion.
The news spread like ""wild-fiee over the
village, and while the warriors were prepar
ing lor the chase, the women brought forth
wh.t food remained, and cooking ft, each one
partook, fo the first time in many days, of a
hearty meal ; and then mounting, the hunt
er> of the buffalo departed for the h'-rd.
Some few miles from the little viHH'gp, a
large plain stretches out, dotted here and
thereby hills, which rise abruptly in tic
mtdt of tho level, as though thev ' were
mounds taised by human hands, instead of
having been placed in such an is dated posi
tion by the hand of nature. Passing over
the brow of one of these hills, as the Man
dans came out on the plain, appeared several
large buff does, and raising a cry of joy, the
hunters spurred rapidly upon the ehae.—
The animals soon disappeared over the hill
and the eager warriors, thinking to head
them, too* a short cut through a narrow
gojge which ran between two knolls, and
came nui on the plain beyonjd. A* they en
tered the place, one of the men caught sight
of a large buffalo runn ng along upon the hill
i' ' <Ti' • la
side, and not over one hundred yards from
them. Ho pointed it out to his companions,
who gave a cry of exultation, and as the echo
died away, several more of the animals came
out of a ravine and joined the one in sight.
Several bows were already unstrung, and
two or three of the younger warriors were
just, springing forward towards them, when
an aged hunter, who had been carefully scan
ning the gatne, uttered an exclamation
which arrested the fiery, youths, and brought
them hastily to his side.
"They are rot buffaloes, they are Sioux
braves !" exclaimed the old man sternly
"and they have disguised themselves to draw
us in a snare "
A fearful howl escaped the hps of the
Mandana, ;s the warrior spoke ; and all eyes
were fixed with an eager gaze upon the ani
mals in the dis'ancc. Suddenly one of them
reared aloft, and as he came down, - the hide
which had di*guised htm fell t ff, and a Sioux
warrior, completely equipped for battle, stood
before them. The others f ollowed the exam
pie ; and as the astonished hunters gazed up
on the appalling spectacle a hundred dark
warriors painted grimly for the strife, and
waving the gleaming tomahawk in the air,
came with a deafening yell over the brow ol
Ihe lull, and bore down upon the Mandans.
who numbered not over twenty tren, and
then the voice of the old hunter rose far
above ri.e jtll* of the c< ming enenm
"Away, they are too many for us—to the
village;" and setting spur to his horse, he
wheeled around and fled lor the town, fol
lowed by the leehle hand.
Exciting and tear ul was the lace which
ensued us each party dashed wildly over the
plain, the one flying for the precious boon ot
life, and the other pursuing like raging de
111011K ihirsiinc for the blood of the foe.—
Many of the Mandans were 6oon overtaken
and slain : and but lew survived the horrors
of that bloody tuorn.
In the meantime the inhabitants of the
village were feasting in the excess of jov, and
a great festival was going on in every house.
F nnuie wasto be known no mure. The
draad'demon of hunger was about to be ban
ish d from their midst, and plenty reign in
'he place of pi nury and want. The old
warrior worn down by years of service md
and*hard*hip, tot tered forth from h's lodge
into the balmy air, and thanked the Great
Spirit thai he nad sent food once m-'re 10 hi*
siaiving children. Women who hadbt en
confined by s\c*ntss to their huts ftom the
< fleet &r of hu ger, came /erih from their
ilwc;!ing*{and joined their fe.hle voices to.
tho-e already raised in honor of tbeocca*ion
Merriment amljy were the orJer of the
day, and all were happy up >n the jubilee.
But suddenly a solitary horseman is seen
in the distance, with dishevelled dress and
disordered mein, spuiring down upon tht
village as fast as the 6peed of his horse can
bring him, and alt know at a glaoce that he
is one of the hunters who went forth in the
morn. A dread silence falls at once upon
the heretofore noisy group, for there is some
thing in the appearance of that warrior, as
becomes thundering forward, which speak*
ot di*a*ter to his tnbe. On he comes, and
as he near* the anxious crowd who are await
ing his arrival, they see his head is bandaged,
and that he is covered with blood. He dash
es up beside them, reins in his trembliDg
steed, and exclaims iu breathless tones :
"The Sioux."
,s
A yell followed the terrible announcement,
for all had Comprehended the fatal catastro
phe, the instant the words were spoken, and
a fearful scene was enacted up m the spot.—
The *quaws filled the air with howls of grief,
and madly tore their hair in shreds from
their heads, and rolled in all the agony of
barbarian grief upon the earth. Where but
a moment before all was j-w and merriment,
was now grief—horror—dismay, The old
men tottered with a deep groan to their
lodges, and endeavored in vain to put on the
sioic indifference of the Indian. The blow
had come too suddenly, the unexpected sor
row was too great to be borne ; and the feel
ings of na'ure, bursting all the bonds of hu
man sophistry, rushed unbidden over the pal
lid brow and distorted countenance of each
inhabitant of the Mandan town. One after
another the few survivors of the ambuscade
came hurrying into the village, ard conster
nation was most deplorably depicted upon
every feature, as ihe expectation arose thai
the vdors would attack the town, and mas
sacre the remnant of the tribe at a blow.—
But the Sioux seemed satisfied w>'h the
work thev had ccomp!ished, aud after fol
lowing the filing warriors within sight of
the place, they desisted from the pursuit,
hnd left the vicinity of the Mandans. But
the tribe never recovered from the effects of
thai dire morning, and from that hour thev
began to dwindle down, until a few years
afterwards the small pox. swept the remnant
of the devited tr.he away 4 hut to the last
of their existence, they remembered the nev
er to be forgotten morn of the FATAL CHASE.
I
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"MARTHA, what ex'racts do you nee to
perfume your pocket-handkerchief with 7"
asked one young lady of another, as thy
wefe walkmgr or the beach At Newport
"f use '"Xi rac'*' from dear Fred's love let
ters," demurely replied Martbf^
RKADING HABITS —Good meo'al habits
should be culttva'ed by a wise supervision of
a child's reading when out of school. Most
children wi II read of their own accord, if they
can get hold of an attractive book, and will
fly from the comparative drudgery of school
to the interesting v< lume of travels, tales or
adventures, which stimulates the imagina
tion, and iequ'res no iff/rt. This tendency
must be turned to good account and prevent
ed from becoming a source of evil, Travels
and adventures, if well selected and well
read, are of course useful, and the same may
be said of some tales. But never, perhaps,
was care in the selection of books, especially
ol those comprised under the general term of
"light literalure," more necessary than in the
present day. The flippant tone of some, the
disgusting slang of others, the exaggerated
coloring of another class, are, to the tender
and impressible mind of the child, like at
tractive poison. The imagination, ov r-*stim
ulated, becomes jaded,arid demands nj"re ex
travaant incidents, profoumlcr mysteries,
and darker horrors. And it is needless to
say that where this is the case the inclination
and often not only the inclination, hot, for a
time, the capacity for good 6outid reading ts
lost. What is more sad than to find young
people blind to the attractions of some i t the
best specimens of English literature—indeed,
utterly ignorant ol it—while reading with
morbid avidity second and third rate work*
lof exciting fiction ? This mu.*t he the pa
rent's care. I will set no wicked thing he
lore mine eyes is a resolve which ought to
ipply especially to hm ks. Many a man ha
liad to uiount the day when in the impressi
hie tune of hi* youth he met with.a had book.
The mind becomes enfeebled, the moral tone
lowered, and the life corrupted by acce*s to
vicious literature iu early life.— Home Life.
FEMIMNF. DKVOTEDNKSS —At Lyons in the
, days of the French Revolution, when the city
became the theatre of daily executions, a wo
man learned by chance that her husband's
name was on the list of the proscribed, and
mstanily rail to avert the impending late by
stcurtng fits immediate flight. She compelled
him to assume her rire*s, gave him her mon
ey and jewels, and had the inexpressible hap
pttiess of seeing hmi pass unsuspected. A
lew hours afterward the offictrs of-jus'ice
came to seize him. - She had prepared hersel
to receive theui, by putting on a suit of he>
husband's clothes, and an*w< ring also to hi
name. She was led before the ReVolutional
Committee. In the course of the examina
t ton her disguise was discovered, and they
leinanded her hu*hand. 'My hu*band,"sh
answered in a tone of exultation, "ts out of
the reach of your power. I planned his escap.
and I glory in risking my own life for the
presetvation of his." They displayed before
her the instrument of punishment, and charg
ed her to reveal the route her hti-hand ha<
taken. "Strike!" she replied, "I am pre
pared." But it is the interests of your coun
try that c >niuiand you to speak, said one of
the Committee. "Barbarian* !" she answered j
"my laws are the laws of nature." Iler dig I
nlty and firmness awid even the members ol
the Revolutionary Committee, and a noble
action for once over cuie their spirit of deso
fating cruelty.
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENTS.— The beautiful
extiact below is from the peri of Hon. Geo.
S. Hi Hard :
I confess that increasing years bring with
'htm an increasing respect for men who d>>
not succeed in life, as those words are com
monly used. Heaven is said to be a place
for those who have not succeeded upon
earth ; and it is surely true celestial graces
do not be.*t thrive an<l blo-im in the hot b'aze
ofwordly prosperity. 11l *ucce6S sometimes
arises from a supjrahundance of qua Hie.* in
hemselves good—from a conscience too
sensitive, a taste too fastidious, a self forget
fuluess too romantic, a modesty tuo retiring
I will pot go so far as to say with a living
poet, that "the ,world knows nothing of its
greatest men," hut there are forms of grea
lessjor at lea-t <xcellei ce, which "die and
make no signs there are martyrs that miss
he palm and not the stake; heroes without
the Laura,, and conquerors, without the tri
umph. m
LIMITATION OF SUFFRIGE —Oily thre
tates give the *iff r *ge to whiles and black* I
•n ■ qual turns and without other limitations
These are Maine, Vermont and New Ilsuip
shirr. Mas-achosetts requires f the voter
ability to read the constitution in English
arid to write fits name. Rhode Islau I re
quires the ownership tf $134 in real e*laie,
Connecticut ts the only Now England Sia'e
that exc.u les negroes, and h adows only
sudh negroes to vote as were freemen at the
ad'ip'innol the Stale constitution m 1818,
New York requires \l.at a colored nniti shall
hate'been three years in the Smte, (a white
man but one year ) ami have been ihe owner
lor a. yyar ola irei fiold worth $250 over m
Ctimbrat ces, on which the tXe frnve Oeeii
paid. All the other S'ates of the Uriion ex
elude the negro Iroiiflihe- ballot box. The
Imluos arg also excluded, except in New
Hampshire, Ventvmy, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, New York, Miiihigad, Wisconsin,
and Minnesota, ' Thus the Indians are more
unhhertMv treated than the free Africans.
Oregon exclude* Chinamen, as well as Indi
an*, iieg-oea and uiulatjoes. Th,f e i* a great,
variety in the regulations of the snffra 6in
the different State*, in addition to these Itm
itatiou#.— Sprinffietd KepuMicon.
cF 1 4j - ♦ , • 4 . 'f-
TERMS, 52.00 PER ANND VC
VOL. 5 NO. 10
A RAILROAD CAR AT NIGHT.
B. F. Taylor'has wen taking a railroad
r'de, and having failed, perhaps, to enjoy the "
r s de, enj iys hun-elf in describing whatho uv
The following glimpse at his companions as
they appeared|when night said "sleep," will
' be appreciated by all who have "been there."
I caine near forgetting that your old friends
were all on the train ; the woman who plumps *
down into your seat and regards you with
thankless and supercilious eyebrows, as if you
were somebody that had blundered into
breathdom without leave; and the man who
dons his best garments to travel in; mounts
the train as clerical as black broadcloth can
make him, and leaves it with the looks of *
diifty miller. And the night scenes, sounds
and scents are as curious as ever. Whiff* of
boots and smothering gu*tsof musk, patchou
li, cheese, tobacco, and feet that could never
be fit to "wa'k on Zton's bill" without a wade
and wash in the Jordan, are blended. As
the night wears on, the *lelluw who aiwaya
tails to he funny flickers out like a penny dip;
the ten pin of a man who had sat upright all
day. grows as courtly as a Mandarin, for oven
"Homer nods" at limes, the girl with little
giggle, thai had been rippling like running wa
' l **i, "weak, washy" and everlasting, intermits
grows nit. resting and falls asleep: men make
leu. rZ> of themselves shut up like pocket
knives, roll up like porcupines, diverge like
\ ,s ; trim and shapely women to pieces, and
ue in Jiitlu heaps of undislinguishable gar
men's upon the seat*, the red and dissipated
laiups w ink sle. p'ly and bazdy at yon, and
the claiier te- clank of the iron wheels ham
mer* out the long, dull stripe of darkness,
lben comes that menagerie of respiration
that men have agreed to call snoring: you
nave barks, snorts, snuff*, and growls ; one
creaks like a rus'y hinge, another pants like
an engine, or whines like a spaniel, or is for
ever blowing out ca. dles. By. and by, the
car windows turn rbel grey, for a day is be
ginning to dawn. Did you ever see a woman
hatched iiu l ? Now is thegolden opportunity.
Leda r —il that is the lady's name we read of—.
whose double-i oked egg gave us Castor and
Pollux —if f havn't forgotten all about it—
way hardly more wondeiful.- -Yonder bundle
of skirts, sh;wis and cloaks, as shapeless as
a grist, begins to stir ; firsr, peeps out a pair
f feel, and then a piar of hands, and then a
lair and tangled head ; at last emerges female
.-bape ; an Eve i> ha ched before your eyes
and the world is better for a waking Woman.
SIGNS AND TOKENS,
The following is lrotn Pmk, a new paper
■u California :
A long article having the above heading is
going the rounds of the press, and has been
some tune. Puc/c, thinking the old ones
played oui has manufactured some new ones
>e beiug a supernatural beiug, is, of course,
fully competent to do so.
The G rid Iron— 1 o take down tfce grid iron
lr..m i he nail where it is hanging witb the
Ift hand, is a sign that there will"be a broil
in the kitchen.
A Funeral—To meet a funeral procession,
is a sign of death.
Pocket-book —To lose a pocket-book COD—
tabling greenbacks is unlucky.
Nails—lf a wutnan cuts her nails every
Monday, it is lucky—for her husband.
An Itching Eir—lf you have an itching
ear, ticklo your nose and you will have an
itc.ung there, and ill luck will be averted.
Stock Rising—lf a one eyed bull dog flies
at a stock raiser's legs, it
misfortune will happen to his calves.
Marriage—lf you are in a house and bear
a baby cry, it is a sign of marriage, or ought
to be.
The above signs and portents may be strict
"y relied upon ; they have never beeu known
to fail.
MIDNIGHT. —There is something as beau
'iiu! as sublime in the hush of midnight.
I'be myriad quiet sleepers, lying down each
fhetr life burden, insensible alike to joy or
•">rrow, helpless alike—the strong man as an
uifant ; and >,v.r all the sleepless eye, whtc'i
since the pillowed head. Thoughts like
these come tons in<>ur wakeful night hours,
with an almost painful intensity. Then eter
nity only seem* real, ard every day life a fa
ble. But morning comes, auf the stir and
hum of life cha*e these thoughts away, as the
sou dries up the dew drop*, which, liko oor
th 'lights, performed their reviving mission
ere they departed.
* Bkaltifpl and Tuut—ln a late art tele
in FraZ r's Magazine, this brief beautiful
passage occur* : ' E location does not com
mence wi th the alphabet. Il begins wiib A
mother'* look—with a father's smile of ap
probate n, or signs of repro-.f—with a sister's
sren l le pressure of the hand, or a brother's
noble act of forbearance -with handsful of
fl >wer* in green and daisy meadow—with
h rd's nest* admired but not touched—with
creeping ants, and almost Imperceptible in
set!— wnh humming bees and glass bee
hives—with plea*ar.t walks in shady lanes,
and with thoughts directed in sweet and
kindly tones, and words to mature to ac<e of
b-mevolence, to deeds ol virtue, to tbe sourest
of all good to God hitelf.
The tics of uuhappy marriages %ro croel
Tios,