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The undersigned having lately purihased (he " BUEHLER HOUSE " property, has already com menced such alterations and improvements as will ronder this old an I popular House equal, if not supe rier, to any Hotel in the City of Harrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is refpect fally solicited. 3 GEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/ TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING (< . PA. | THIS establishment has re-ently been refittc !an ' furnished in the latest style Every attention will he given to the comfort and convenience ot those whe patronize the House. T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor ; Tunkhanneck, September 11, 1861. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA Wrn. 11. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the al>ov Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort leader the house an agreeable place ot sojourn - all who may favor it with their custom \Vm. H COUTRIGHT. Jaaa, 3rd, 1963 towawda., rA. p. B. BART LET, (Late oft. P BNAIIARN HOCSK, ELUIRA, N. Y. PR OP It I ETHR. The MEANS HOTEL, i- one of the LARGEST aad REST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt is Itted up in the most modern and improved style, aad ao pains are spared to make it a pleasant and agreeable stopping-place for all, v 3, n2l, ly. CLARKE, KEENEY.&rO., aA.VUPACTL'KEItS AKFL WHoLXSALK DFCALKRS IS . LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS' i ilk ;ntk CassinifiT flats ASD JOBBERS IN HATS. CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS, PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS. BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES, 849 BROADWAY, CORNER OK LEONARD STREET, H2W ¥&& S. V. CLARK, 1 A • KKKKKr, V a. LCBKMKT. ) M. OILMAN, DENTIST. tf OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk l* L. hannock Borough, an I respectfully ter.derhi professional services to the citizens of this placeand ■arrounding country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIT I ION. Office over Tutton's Law Offi.-e near the Pos Office NEUr TAILORING SHOP The Subscriber having hud a sixteen years prac Ileal experience in cutting and making clothing aow offer* hi* services in this line to the citizens o ■iogouoii and vicinity. Those wishing to get FiU will find his shop the plae* to get them. JEIT, R. SKITB tfi-iM4s LOOKING UNDKK THE BED. It is the habit of many p rsons to take a look under th<* bed before retiring: fur the night. Mrs Evergreen, my beloved wife, indulges, if indulgence it can be ca'led, in this peculiar practice. Ido not object to it in the least so loi.-g as she does not en force the performance upon myself ; but when, as is sometimes the case, she forgets it until she has put out the light and en sconced herself under the comforter, then it is hard that I, who am not troubled with nervous, apprehensivetiess, should have to get out in the cold and do it for her. I have often remarked to Mrs. Evergreen, when I have seen her prying under the bed, that it was a sidy habit, and that the sooner she gave it up the better. To this gentle admonition my better-half invaria bly rejoins : "La. Evetgieen ! what harm docs it do? It's a kind of satisfaction to know that no— hodv's under there, and then 1 don't think of such a horrible tiling after I'm in bed " I think, my dear, vou might just as we'll pursue your investigations further arid look info the bureau drawers and tin clothes ba- kit" "Evvrirreen," she will ri-join, "don't men tion the idea, or I shall certainly do so Come to tlnnk of it,n man could very easily get into the clotb**!-ba-kct .' 1 "Certainlv lie could, my dear, quite as easily as Falstaff. You slo-uld c rtainly include the cluthes bask-t, and bv-tlie-by, there's the c immy ; why not look lip tisat as well ?" ' N the hymeneal altar the present Mrs. Evergreen. 1 was not bad-looking when I was in my twenties. I think I may go further, and confidently say that :*Gus Evergreen" was a derided favorite among the girls ofOak ville, and 1 really believed that I could have any of them "for the asking." As I before remarked. Mrs. Evergreen is not present, and I indulge my thoughts some what more freely than would otherwise be the case I don't think that I cared par ticularly for any of the Oakville girls, hmv ever, and I might have kept my heart whole to this day if it had not been for the circumstance which 1 am about to relate. Fred Evans, *h<> had been my chum at school, came to make m • a visit at Oakville for "a day or t vo,"' as he said, when he came ; but he made it a week or two easily enough after I'd taken him about a little among the ou> g ladies." When that time had expired Fred said he rcallv most go, as he did'ut know what his father and mother wou'd think of nis long absence; hut it ended in his relieving their anxiety by a letter and sending for his trunks. I knew how the man. r was perf edy w.-11. and that Belle Bronson had bewitched him iut of his five sens.-s Fred tri.-.l to put it on to the "country air and the quiet which was benefiting his health, etc.," but it was no use trying to deceive me, and I so. Then he owned up frank v, and I promised to help him all I could, if he re (jmred any help in the prosecution of his suit. I never thought Belle a flirt, or that she would willingly distress an human b<- ing ; but she had away of looking in one's eyes as if to captivate them, for her mere personal amusement. At any rate she had a larger share of beaux than the other girls, but a?! their attenions came to nothing. I feared it might be so with Fred Evans, and warned him accordingly ; but Fred said he'd " have her if he tried all his life that "without her life was naght to him ; that "ebe was the ODly living being wfco had ••TO SPEAK BIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT." —Theaas J • flier SOB. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 1866 ever awakened a real emotion in bis breast etc., etc. After that I said no more, but closely observed the lovers, and soon came to the conclusion that Fred was by no means disagreeable to her. Things went on in this way without definite result until Fred received a sudden summons home on ac count of his mother's illness. W-'hen he came back to renew his visit lie insisted upon staying at the-Oakville Hotel rather than wear out his Welcome at our house, and finding remonstrance unavailing there he went. The landlord (honest old Downs bury—l wonder if he yet lives) gave Fred, • my suggestion, his best bedroom, " No. 20"—I ~m particular in mentioning the number. "He shall have No. 20," said Dawnsbury. "Any friends of pours, Mas ter Augustus, shall have the best I have to give as long's I'm landlord." It was a pleas ant room, looking out on the distant hills and the beautiful winding branch of the Blackwater ; but what cared Fred for scen ery ? he was in the hands of the blind god, as could not see even as far as his nose except in the direction of Belle's cottage. I u-ed to go (.ver to Fred's room and smoke my ciar. while he, poor wretch, expatiated on his sufferings, doubts, and solicitudes.— Did she love him ? that was the question which listnibed every moment of his exis tence, and to which,with the closest reason ing. he could not bring himself a satisfacto ry reply. Sometimes he thought a word or a sign settled the point beyond a doubt in bis tavor ;at others he fancied he read a coolne-s atud indiffercure in her eyes. In this condition of uncertainty he dared not press tint que>tion lest a hasty sttp might bris g him t > grief. At Fred's ear.icst solicitation 1 prom ised to sound Belle a> to her sentements, if a favorable opportunity presented itself, or at any rate to let her know, in an indi rect way, ttiat Fred was languishing in distress on her account, and thus give her no excuse for unnecessarily, prolonging his misery It so happened, however, that mv services were tiot called into requisi tion. Belle Bronson, because of the sud den arrival at her house of some country cousins, was obliged to give up her room— her mother's cottage being a small one— and to occupy for a single night a room at the hotel. We would cheerfully have of fered her guests accommodation at our house, but we were in Ihe same predica ment. An agricultural fair in the village I 1 1 —l. monv fitrunnropc infn Hio n)uA an J our own guests were so numerous that l had given up my room to two of them, and bad intended asking Fred Evans to let me pass the night with him. For this purpose I went to the hotel at a late hour, and proceeded at once to Fred's room, but to my surprise found no one there. I did not even notice that his trunk was trone, or suspect the fact, which afterward became apparent, that "to oblige gome lady guests for this night only," as the landlord expressed it, Fred had con sented to give up "No 20" and occupy a small room in the rear of the building.— The gas being turned up I took a book to await bis return, and hearing at last what appeared to be steps approaching the morn, and supposing it to be Fred, in a mo mentary impulse to play a joke upon him I slipped under the bed, a laige and high one, intending to imitate a cat (of which animal I knew he had a detestation) so soon as he entered the room. The dcor opened, and 1 was on the point of indulg ing in mv vcnt.'iloqnial faculty by giving a long drawn mimic, when from my hiding ing.place [ beheld Belle Bronson take quiet possession of the apartment! Mv astonishment was so great, and the sense of mortification so intense, that I did rot, as I should have done, make my self immediately k..own to her. Thus the opportunity for discovery and explanation was lost. I dared not move a hair, but hoped sincerely that some excuse might take her out of the room for a moment, and so faciliate my escape. She. howev er, lo- keJ the door, removed the keyand, as I knew by the sonnd, prepared to re tire. Finally she kmeed down beside the bed, an t claspi'.g her hands and bow ing her head (so fearfully near to mine that I could hear the soft, words in my ve rv ear,) s' c offered up her evening prayer in a manner so full of feeling, and with such swe. t accents of womanly tender ness and devotion, that I felt as if she was an ang' l bending over the vilest of mor tals. That prayer went to my heart; but one portion of it went through it and held it captive Never shall I forget mv feelings of surprise and my deep emotion when 1 heard her ntter these wor J s:— "Bless my dear mother, sisters, and friends; bless all around m", and oh, God ! bless him I love, Augustus Evergreen, and showet down thy mercies over him.— Amen." —* Ah," Augustus," said my di vinity to her>elf as she arose from her de votional attitude, "if you but knew that I ! mentioned your very name in ray prayers, I vou would be less indifferent to me !" If I breathed short before, after this my breath seem dto desert me entirely, and I verily thought that the beating of my heart would betray me. Belle, pure as an angel to me then, and white as a snow flake, proceeded to turn oflf the gas and to get into bed. I felt her soft pres sure over my head, and shrank closer to the hard floor upon which I was extended. What thoughts rushed through ray brain! Above me lay a young and unsophisticated girl wholly unconscious shat the one she loved lay so closely to her, and who had for the flrst time been made aware of her interest in him. by hearing word 9 which she supposed went only to Heaven! I knew the night mast pass away, and the morning come, and that Belle must firsrt leave the apartment before I could venture to change even ray position. Belle had lain perfectly motionless for several minutes and was, I flattered my self, losing herself in sleep, when suddenly she exclaimed to herself, "There —I haven't looked under the bod !" A hor ror ran through me ; all is lost; what should I do? Belle rose and I heard her feeling for the matches. She struck one and was moving toward the gas-light, when the lucifer went out, leavtng all darkness again. Blessed relief; but huw brief!— Again 1 heard her feeling for the matches and try to light one after another, as they failed to ignite ; then an "Oh dear, there are no more! escaped from her lips. — "Safe ! safe !" whispered my soul to me, and I thanked God in silence for my de liverance. Belle groped back to the bed, but did not immediately get in; she stooped and lifted the curtains which hung aruund the bottom and cautiously passed her aim under and around as far'as it could reach I almost felt her fingeis graze my face as I held myself fearfully and silently back against the wall, too far for her reach. Apparently satisfied that no danger was neai her, she lay down in the bed again and I counted her respira tions till she was lost in slumber. As for myself, sleep was utterly out of the question. I never was so wide-awake in my life. llow I lay on that hard car pet and thought the night out!—thought of her, and her love for me ; thought of me and my !ove for her. Yes, I was convinc ed from that moment that the hand of des tiny was in it, and that a benign and all wise Providence had seen fit in this ex traordinary way to open my eyes to the path of happiuess and peace. With the morning light fresh fears came upon rac lest my unconscious room-mate might yet peer beneath the bed for robbers before she left tbe room ; but my fears were groundless. She rose and dressed cxpcdiouslv, for she was to join her cous ins at an early breakfast, and she had ov ersh-pt herself. When at last she took the key, unlocked the door, and departed, I lost no time in slipping out of my shame ful place of concealment and escaping from the hotel. On the stairs I met Fred com ing out of his room, who exclaimed; "Why, what' 6 the matter with you, old fellow! You look like the last days of an itVaH over feathers and dust. Where HAVE vou beeu ?" " Why, I slept—slept OUT last night; that's atl. Our house is full, and so I had to find quarters elsewhere. I'm just going home to dress," '• 1 should say so, decidedly. I see it all, old fellow ! You've been on a lark, and had to put up iu the watch-house ; come now, o Hi up and tell us all about it." "No LARK at all Fred ; nothing of the kind, I assure you." " Well, if not a LARK what kind of a bird was it? From the looks of the feathers I should say it was a GOOSE.'* •' YOU'RE the goose, Fred. But serious ly, I've a word to say to you of a most im portant nature. Be a man. Fred, and make up your mind to hear sometbin' excessively disagreeable. It must be told you sooner or later, and I may as well tell it now." "Good Heavens, Gua! how earnest you look at me; you don't mean to say that— that anything has happened to Belle Bron son ?" " Don't mention her name again, Fred, or think of her any more, for she'll never be anything to you. I have it from one who knows all about it, that she has long been attached to somebody else, and that somebody else means to marry her.— There's no mistake about it; so bear up and try youi luck elsewhere." But Fred Evans was not to be discour aged by meie hearsay. That very day he went to see Bell, determined to know his fate from her own lips. Soon after he left Oakville and I did not sec him again for several years, when, meeting him in town one day, I insisted on bringing him home with me and presenting him to his old flame Belle Bronson—the present Mrs. Ever green. " Ah, Fred !" said he, after dinner.when my wife and the little Evergreens had left us to ourselves —" Ah, Fted, you served me a shabby trick when you allowed me to lose my heart to the girl you were all along in tending to marry yourself—a very shabby trick, one of which I never suspected you!" So I had to tell him (in strict confidence of course, as I tell yoa reader) all about the bed-room affair at the Oakville Hotel, and the love that grew ont of it. BK CHEERFUL AT YOUR MEALS.—The benefit derived trora food taken depends verv much upon the condition of the body while eating. If taken in a moody, cross, or despairing condition of the mind, diges tion is much less perfect and slower than when taken with a cheerful disposition.— The very rapid and silent eating should he avoided, ar.d some topic of interest intro duced at meals that all may partake in ; and if a hearty laugh is occasionally in dulged in it will be all the better. It is not uncommon that a person dining in pleasant and sociable company can eat and digest well that which, when eaten alone and the mind absorbed in some deep study or orood ing over cares and disappointments, would be long undigested in the stomach, causing disarrangement and pain; and, if much in dulged in, become the cause of permanent and irreparable injury to the system, NOW AND THEN. BT JOSH BILLINGS. In ansliunt days, men, after konsider ing an enterprise, proceeded with ene'rgee tew execute it ; now, they shut up one eye and "pitch in." In old times,if their judgement sanction ed, they considered the chances ; now, they "let her rip.*' Then they drank moderately ov water and brande ; now, they smile aquafortiss, and suck sweet-scented turpentine thru a quill. Then,if circumstancis made it imperativ, they closed their bizzness, by effecting an honorable compromise ; now, they ' cave in," or "absqust." Then, kontrary opinynns were ockasion ally supported with reasonabei wagers ; now, every man "bets his pile," "bottom dollar." Then, they went a mile in forti two, with an easy rein ; now, in 2 forti,under a strong pull. * Then, most families held from 6 to 10 healthy children, within it's hallowed sir kle a radi mt mother and a stalwart sire ; now, too often a puny father with unsertain kneea, a romantik maiden, with a pail lilly at her breast, a wet nurse, 2 Bridgets, and a kennell of sore-eyed lap-dogs. Thm, they went tu meeting, to hear a doktrin sermon, be humbell before God ; now they flauut into holy palaces, and pay out fortunes every year to lounge on velvet, and hear the Bible amateured by adaintee gentleman, who handle their sins as he would a sleeping infant Then, our halls ov legislator were filled with honest patriots ; now, with clever bandits, whose courtesy dwells upon the tips of buoyknivc' l , and whose eloquence and arguments are cducbaat in the cham bers ov deadly revolvers. Then, we bad youths apprentized to an honest calling, whoze indentures were di plomas ; now, pale young gentlemen, em ulus of fisick or the law, who are pendant tew the perlews ov the courts and colleges, watching for the falling of a crumb. Then, we had maidens until they had bin looked upon bi at least 20 summers, and were modest enough tew pick out a husband from a skore ov earnest men, whose very eyes had the promise ov bread man wnat anroongeu xelv lane inr one,) and one so ripe, tew, that he who fu.st shakes the bush gets the eager fruit. Ihen, our literatur and learning waz drawn from sound philosophee, or quaint proverbs ov sense, and the fu books that prevailed waz good; noic, everybody writes a book, and every phool reads it; learning iz sterotiped, and wisdom is only 12 shillings a volume. Then, industry kreated wants, virtew tempered them ; now , luxury has taken the place of industry, pride the place of vir tew, and cxtravaganse the place ov frugal- Uy- Then, men were solistus about their karakters, now , about their pedigrees. Then, they found health at hum; now, they hunt for it by travel. Finally, if our Grand Pops should cum among us, with the plans and precepts ov a hundred years ago, we, in our impudence and wickedness, would be caught laffing at them, while they, in virtuous sorrow, would be in tears over us, : and thus would be en acted tbe scenes which alwus ensews whet fools and sages meet. A STORY WITH A MORAL. A young man who was paying special attention to a young lady, met with the following incident during one of his visits : Being invited into the parlor to await the lady's appearance, he entertained himself as best he might for some time, and was becoming very weary, when a little girl about five years old slipped in and began to converse with him. "I can always tell," said she, "when you are coming to our house." • "You can ?" he replied, and how do you tell it?" " Why, when you are going to be here, sister begins to sing and get good, she gives me cake and pie, and anything I want, and she sings so sweetly when you are here, and when I speak to her she smiles so pleas antly, I wish you would stay here all the while, then I would hava good time. But when you go off, sister is not good. She gets mad, and if I ask her for an) thing she slaps me and bangs me about. This was a poser for the young man. "Fools and children tell the truth," — quoth he, and taking his hat he left and re turned no more. MORAL.—Parents wishing their ill-na tured daughters married, should keep their small children out of the parlor when stran gers are there. A compromise with sin is a surren der to the devil. He who pretends to reason with the dead is dead to reason. An impenitent sinner has no more right to sin than a saint. Pride can be as insolent in rags as in purple and fine linen A man may have much of the world and not be much of a man. It is an actual fact that a man who attempted to hug a beautiful young woman, Miss Lemon, has sued her for striking him in the eye. He is altogether unreasonable, IFhy should he squeeze a lemon unless be wants a punch ? tjdßMfl, to.oo pan Ajomac A girl young and pretty, and, above all, gifted with an air of admirable candor, late ly presented herself before a Parisian law yer. "Monsieur I hav* come to consult you upon a grave atfair. 1 want you to oblige a man I love to marry me iu spi.e of him self. llow shall I proceed V The gentleman of the bar had of course, a sufficiently elastic conscience. He reflected a moment, and then, being sure that no third person overheard him, replied hesita tingly. , " Mademoiselle, according to our law, you always possess the means of forcing a man to marry you. ou must remain on three occasions alone with him ; you can then go before a Judge, aud swear that he is your lover." " And will that suffice, Monsieur ?" " Yes, Mademoisille, with one further condition." "Well?" "Then you will produce witnesses who will make oath to have seen you remain a good quarter of an hour with the individual said to have trifled with your affection." " \ cry well, Monsieur, I will retain you as counsel in the management of this affair. Good day." A few days afterwards the young lady returned. She was mysteriously received by the lawyer, who, scarcely giving her ti.ne to seat herself, questioned her with the most lively curiositv. •' Capital, Capital." 44 Persevere in your design, Mademoi selle; but mind, the next time you come to consult me give me the name of the young man you are going to make so hap pa in spite of himself " 44 You shall have it without fail " A fortnight afterward, the young lady again knocked at the door of her counsel's room. No sooner was she within, she flung herself into a chair, saying that the walk had made her breathless. Iler coun sel endeavored to re-assure her, made hr inhale salts, and even proposed to unloose her garments. "It is useless, Monsieur," she said, 44 -I am much better." "\N ell, now, tell me the name of the for tunate mortal." Well, then, the fortunate mortal, be it known to you,is—yourself?" said the vouag beautv. burstincr witu you, and my four witnesses arc below,ready and willing to accompany me to a magis trate, grave'y continued the narrator. The lawyer thus caught, had the good sense not to get angry. The most singular fact of all is that he adores his young wife, who, by the way, makes an excellent housekeeper. THO BEST POLICY. "Honesty is the best policy," 6ays th© common proverb. The sentiment is a bad oue, or else it means less than can b© forced from it. True honestv has no POL ICY, and knows noNe. It is honest, be cause to be aught else is wicked and wrong. It is honest, because to be honest is to be right—because sound conscience and mor tality will put up with nothing else—be cause, in short, it is one of the divine in junctions of our better, immortal nature, io be honest from policy is to be a rogue ttt heart, It is to steal not, ebeat not, and tie not, because penalty follows the contra rv course. It is living with the statute, or in accordance with public opinion and cus tom, for a selfi*h purpose, when, otherwise oue would defy public law and common sentiment. Hor.esty—real unselfish honesty—js one of humanity's noblest principles. Accus tomed honesty gains one the respect even of the dishonest, and the faith and trust of ail. Honesty is a brighter crown than riches, or fame, or power. It is the parent ot sincerity, frankness, ingenuousness and truth. Ihe false man cowers in its pres ence, abashed. All men praise it, and call it to arbitrate their dearest temporal con cerns. Beautiful in common life, it is still more so when it guards the soul in extraor dinary positions and times—when it sets as a hedge against the lower passions and temptations ot man. In society, in politics, in religion, in trade, or in whatever our post and relations may bo, honesty is a great virtue. It makes the tongue u*ter what the heart feels, and the hand do what the tongue professes. It is. indeed, a sourca of profit implied in the phrase, " honesty is the best policy." Policy concerns tem poral, external things—seeks external gain. Honesty may bring external profit, and concern temporal things, but it chiefly af fects the moral nature, and concerns the soul. The great profit flowing from it liea there: VOL. 6 NO. 17. Caught In Hla'Own Trap. " Wide as our being's range, And lasting as eternitv." A TALE OE WOE. —" I clasped her tiny hand in mine, I clasped her beauteous form; I vowed to shield her from the wind, and from the world's cold storm. She set her beauteous eyes on me, the tears did wildly flow ; and with her little lips she said, 'Cou t'ouud you, let me go.' " "Why do you drive such a pitiful looking carcass as that f Why don't you put heavier coat of flesh on him, Pat?"— " A heavier coat of flesh ! By the powers, the poor creature can hardly carry what little there is