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VOLUME XXII.
JARON DRLL
G. Y. LIDY,
MAC I INE SHOP
LUMBER __ YARD
HE sucscrihers having enlarged their shops
and added the latest improved machinery for
working Wood anti Iron, are now prepared to .do
till kinds of Work in their Line, and are manufac.
awing the
Willoughby's Gum-Spring Grain and Fer
talizer Drill, Greatly Improved; The Cel
ebrated Brinkerhoff Cornsheller ; Gibsoas'
Champion Washing Machine; John Rid
dlesberger's Patent Lifting Jacks.
THE PROPRIETORS OF THE
WAYNESBO RO'
SASEI AND
lEIM !WM
having furnished their shops with the gated im
proved Machinery for this Branch of Busi nes:4, they
are now prepared to manufacture and furnish all
MEE
BUILDING- MATERIAL ,
such as Sash, Doors, Frames, Shutters, Blinds,
Mouldings, some Eighteen Different Styles; Per
n ice, Staking, Poi ticoes, &c. IStc„, Flooring, Weath•
erboarding, and
ALL KINDS LUMBER,
furnished at short notice
We tender-our thanks to the community for -their
liberal patronage bestowed upon us and hope by
ristet attention to Business to merit a continuance
of the same.
Also agents for the sale of Dodge & Sovenson'a
Kirby Velley•Chief, and World Combined Reap
ing and M••wing Machinnes, and the celebrated
Clipper Mower.
may 7, 1869]
TO TEM 1111IG ill
WAYNESBORO', PA.,
I. J. =HMS ARIBERSON
PROPRIETOR,
C) MAT CO. :13
Lang 837 . na,
If m y !me love was sick to &nth,
Tra-la, tra-la, Ira-la,
I'd tell her at hor,latqst "naafi;
Tradn, tra•la, tra-la,
lien race of life could not he run,
Tra In, tra-la, tra-la,
I d buy some Drugs of A mberson
At the Drug Store on the Corner
If I was bald without a hair,
'l'ra In, trn In, trn In,
I'd laugh at that, I would nctt care,
Tra la, tra in, tra In,
I'd bring them back, yes, every one,
'l'ra la. tra In, tra In,
Vruga I bought of Amhotson
At the Drug etoro on the Corner.
If I was tanned to darkest dye,
l'ra la, tra la, tra In,
I would not care, I would not cry,
Tra In, trn la, trn In.
For soon a blenching would be done
Trn In, In In, tra In,
By Drugs I'd buy of Amberson
At the Drug Store on the Corner,
Then three times three and tiger to,
Tra la, tra la. tra
For what we know that they can do,
Tra In. tra la, trn la.
With chorus lou.l, the vict'ry won
Tra li, tre la tra In,
By Drugs. I bought of Amberson
At the Drug Store on the Corner.
DRUGS—TLIE BEST AND PUREST AL
ways on hand at
M I N CHEMICAL AND ItIINERAL
Psint, White Lead and Colors, tho beet assort
ment in town at •
ERO:• , ENE, OILS, VARNISHES, DYES
all kinds at
1100 RUSH ES, P INT,VA RNISH,SA ISH, HAIR
jipand Tooth Hrushea
T RUSSES AND SUPPORTERS AT
T)RANDY, WHISKY, WINES AND RUM
for medicinal use ona
T)ATENT MEDICINES—ALL THE STAND-
and Patent Medicine:. of the day at
ENTRACM, FOR FLAVORING, PERFU
awry and toilet articles generally ut
RH YSI CI ANS PRESCRIPTIONS CARE—
fully compounded at “The Corner Drug Stme."
july 1q .
FIRST "Ea ARRIVAL!"
WELSH has just received a full assortment of
Goo,ls, in hit; lino of business. His stock
Consists in part, of all the latest styles of Hen's and
boys
HATS ANT'D o.a.rs,
Men's, Women's, Mime's, Boy's and Children's
BOOTS, GAITERS, SHOES
an Slippers of every descriptioa. L..dics and
Misses
Bonnet Frame:, Trimmings, Syndowna and Hats
Dress Trimmings, [loop Skirts, Hair Nets; Hair
Coils, eatery, Gloves, Parasols, Sun UnrhereDas.
Fans, &c.
I3chosl,, 13tank and Illacellsn.toUfollookis,Station.
)11 of all kinds; Notions and Fancy Goods.
All of which will be sold as cheat) es the cheapest.
t:tt J. K. WELSH
ZACOD FRICK,
D. D. RUSSELL,
LIDY, & CO.
WiiNESBORO ) , FRANKLIN COUNTY ; PENNSYLVANIA; THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 140870. ,
PO - JVIIIOZA-X.a•
WAITING FOR THE SPRING.
• As breezes stir the morning,
' ' A ellenee-reigns-in-air •
Steel blue the heavens above me,
Moveless the.treos and bare;
Yet unto me the stillness
This burden seems to bring—
" Patience ! the earth is waiting,
Waiting for the Spring."
Strong ash and sturbschestnut,
Rough oak and poplar high,
Stretch out their sapless branches
Against the wintry sky,
Even the guilty aspen
Hath ceased her quivering,
As though she tor' were waiting,
Waiting for the spring.
I strain mine eyes to listen,
If happy, where I stand,
Hut one stray th.te of music
May sound in all the Land,
"Why art thou mute, 0 blackbird?
0 thrush, why dust not sing I
Ah ! surely they are waiting,
Waiting for the Spring."
O heart! the days are darkaome !
0 heart ! thy nights are drear
But soon shall streams of sunshine,
Proclaim the turning year,
Soon shall the trees be leafy,
Soon every bird shall sing, -
Let them be silent waiting,
AVaiting for the Spring.
M.ISEACI3O3ICaI-nAk:ZTIro
THE ROBBER'S HAND
'Let me see,' began Mr. Wotan, in re
sponse to a request to tell a story, while we
were seated around the stove in Hill's bar
room, one blustering night last winter; 'Let=
me see. Twenty-two years ago I entered the
store of Day & Co,-as olerk, and twenty-one
years ago, on the night of the first of Febru
ary, I had an adventure which I shall never
forget'
We drew our benches nearer the stove
and the retired merchant, who we know had
a good story in store for us. At my side, on
the oaken settee, sat a man judging by his
silvered hair—about five and sixty • He was
a traveler : and a stranger to our entirs party,
and during our convetsation previous to the
merchant's narrative, had been taciturn and
moody. But when Worden began his story
his eyes were fixed upon his face.
was not seventeen,' continued the nar•
rater, 'when I became a clerk, and it was '
great event in my life. The firm told me
that I. would have to sleep in the store. I
felt proud of being • allowed to do so. It
showed that they had great faith in my hon
esty. So a lounge was brought in and placed
under the counter, and there, after Icoking
the door, I would lie and dream till day
light.'
`During the first part of the winter of '4B,
our neighboring county (Flerkitner) was in
fested with a gang of daring . robbers, whose
depredations wee both bold and alarming
The good people became excited ; and well
they might, for tho villains scrupled not to
t,ke the lilo of any one who dared to defend
his property.
'Vigilance committees were formed and
the gang broken up Several of the villains
were captured, and their cases deeidell by
Judge Lynch. Those who escaped the corn
wittee went into neighboring aunties, and
ours received a few. During January sever.
ul bold robberies which were committed in
Dialton, threw our •citizens into the highest
state of excitement, but all efforts and those
wade were strenuous ones—to catch the rob
bers were unavailing.
`Day & Co., during the excitement, sat
back in their easy choirs laughing at the
people's scare. They fancied their store se•
cure, and when I asked to ha permitted to
keep a gun at my . beside twitted me at what
they termed my cowardice. It was not cow
ardice, boys, but I wanted to give the rob
bers a bold reception if they paid me a visit.
I thought they would Dot fail to do this, for
my employers held in their hands many sums
of money belonging to other people; iu short,
they were the bankers of the village. The
money was enclosed in a safe which I knew
would not resist an experienced burglar.—
But Day & Co., thought their safe secure,
and refused to grant my request.
'I had made up my mind to arm myself,
let the arm call me what it wished. I lived
in Montauk then, a few miles from Dialton,
and one Sunday night, the last of January,
when I returned from a visit home I brought
along an old sabre, which my grandfather
had used against Saracen at Sander's Creek
That Sabbath night, as I well Temember,
did not retire until near Iniduig,hz, for I eat
up polishing the old blade. At last, when
the light shining upon it blinded me, I put
it in the sheath, and stood it against the head
of the lounge and went to sleep, feeling that
I could overcome ri dozen of the fiercest rob
ben that over made woman or child tremble
at the Mention of their deeds.
'The following morning ushered in the
last metth of winter, and I forgot to stow
the old arch away out of sight of the arm.—
When Deweca, the junior prattler, stepped
behind the counter, my preparations tor de
fense met his gaze.
•Well, John 1' ho said, seizing the Revolts•
denary relic, 'what in the ,world are you go
ing to do with this ?'
'I intend to defead the safe end myself
again:-t. robbers,' J. answered, blushing,
XiLrL _tia.c.l.o3pe•x3 cle,3mt )FiEtbm!cialy• Wervolresvoa.rseoto.
believe you're crazy John,' ha said;
would like to see you wield this
. clumsy old
thing. Take it , home, or sell it as trash.—
Day and I will have a hearty laugh — at — your
expense.'
'I do not oare for your labgh, Mr. Dewed,'
I answered, 'and as for the sabre, it shrill re•
wain here
'Do as you please John; and, if you say
so, I shall purobase a dozen cemetery lots in
which you can enter your dead. But, boy",
look 'at the doors; suppose a robber should
Fick thelocks, t e strong .te s wou d — re=
main, and ten men could never, move them.'
'True,' I replied; 'but breaking bolts is
not the work of an experienced robber, lie
would out a hole through the door, insert
his hand and push back the bolts.'
'No use to talk to you, John,' lie said,
turning to rearrange some boxes on the
shelves ; 'bat if a robber should attempt
. to
enter, I'll increase your wages.'
'The-old weapon was replaced, and when
Day entered, the firm had a hearty laugh at
my fears.
'When the night came I built up a rous•
ing, fire, and sought my couch beneath the
counter. Outside it was aery cold, and the
snow, was falling in blinding flukes. I as
sure you I felt 'comfortable under the addi
tional coverlets Mrs. Ibty'had sent me that
morning. Before I retired I had unsheath
e l the sabre, so that in erse of emergency it
would make no unnecessary noise.
'lt must have been near midnight when I
awoke, The storm was still raging, and the
room retained but a'small degree of heat from
the stove I was about to rise to replenish
the fire, for we did, nut want our large stock
of ink to freeze, when I heard a noise as
though a rat was gnawing for dear life.
listeued, and Huon discovered that the noise
was at the front and doubled door. I rose
and enutiously struck a light, and donned my
pants and eteekiees. The lamp I turned
low, and grasping the old sabre approached
the door.
'Sure enough, the noise was on the out
side, and I knew a man was cutting a hole
beloivethelatong, largeeirou bar.. The_work
accomplished, he could insert his hand, noise
lessly temove the bar, and push the door
open. With bated breath and wildly beat
ing heart I listened to the sawing; the
ewes - vial-a boveemy - h - e - nd'andettlongeele,
the door. Plainer and plainer grew the
noise, and at last a circular pleco of the door
was pushed a little inside. Then t saw two
fingers grasp and draw it aut.
• tedsiterthee — insertion of the hand,
for I had determined to slyer it with the
sabre. I heard no noise outside, and sup•
posed the robber was alone. Not long did
-I wait, however, for the reappearance of the
hand. It was thrust in, and .the fingers
moved toward the bare I, struck with all
the strength of my right arm. The robber's
hand fell at toy feet, end .the bleeding stump
Wilc quickly withdrawn.
'Then above the war of the storm, which
seemed to increase at every moment, I heard
words and a noise as of a person forcing his'
way through heavy drifts.
'I can - never use my right baud again,' I
beard the man groan. 'Oh, God' I might
have known that stripling was fully armed.
(June my folly!'
e 1 picked up the severed member and ex
amined it at the light. It looked•as it' it be
longed to a wen in the meridian of, life, and
the little finger was encircled by a heavy
gold ring with a solitaire diamond sewn , .
It was a right hand, and the tip of the thumb
was missing. I wrapped the hand in cotton,
laid it in the desk, and replenishing the fire,
watched the door 111161, through the fatal
opening, I saw limbs
. bending under their
load of snow.
6 1 opened the doer, but saw no' tracts; it
had suowed all night and covered up all
traces 91 the robber. When Devices came
—he always reached the store half ari 'huur
bet, re Day--1 showed him the hole and the
hand Of mime he was astonished.
'By George, boy I' he exclaimed, 'your
' hers were not groundless. Yotr may keep
.that old sabre till it rusts, and front this
how sear wages mend voteeaeed. •
course 'boys, I was thankful because
be had knocked under to me, and because
my wages 'were increased Great senrab, was
I wade for the robber, but he was not found
and I remained in poesession of the ring
and the hand. is'ive years later I left Dial
too, which had not, been disturbed by rob•
bert since that memorable night. I kept the
robber's hand in spirits lot near fifteen years,
when neglecting it, it spoiled„and I buried
it in my lot.'
'But what did you do with the slog 7' ask
ed the traveler, wheel Mr. Worden conclud
ed. I had noticed his agitation.
'Kept it. Nothing could have induced
me to part with it'
'Would you not return it to tho owner ?'
'Perhaps he, did not eotee by it honestly
—he was a robber, you know ?'
The traveler blushed.
'He did, sir,' he said.
'What do y U know about the ring and
the robber ?' said :tit.. W (ado!).
'A good deal. Look there !' and turning
up his sleeve he displayed to our gaze u hand
less wrist.
'The robber!' the ox merchant and half a
dozen of our party exelaimed. I for one
could not keep back the iverd robber
'Yes sir,' said the stranger , 'robber once,
but once, thank; God, no tooger. The loss
of my right hind reformed me. Oh, never
shall leforget that night—my marreti through
the drifts to my companions is tho suborbs
of Mutton , bow e l was compelled,. to save
my life, to bold snow upon the stump.—
While my comrades in ?rime were binding
up the wounded, member, I rwore by my God
to forsake my calling. I have kept my oath,'
he went 'on. 'I sought employment when
the wound had healed, and !rennin , ' to use
my left hand, I was euecesefel. I have a.
me ssed wealth—wealth enough to 'enable me
to speed toy remaining days in trnveling for
pleasure. And now, my reformer,' be smiled,
would ask you to return my ring. Did I
come by it dishonestly, I would not make the
- request; - but - as there is-a-Godi-I-diti-not.--
It is my mother's. Upon her death bed, one
year before I fell into bad company, she gave
it to me, and told me to wear it always. She
placed it on my finger, and 1 wore it through
all my burglarious operations. Give we the
sir,-and _name your price'
Mr. Worden raised his hand,,and we saw
the ring. It was very beautiful, and must
rhave cost not a small amount; of money.—
The merchant slowly drew it from his finger,
upon which it had glistened for twenty years,
and passed it over to its long lost owner.—
The stranger drew out a roll of greenbacks.
'Keep your money !' said 11r. Wordeu.—
have enough of them. The returning of
the ring is reparation for the injury I inflict
ed .upon you.'
'I am sorry, sir, that you will not accept
the money,' returned the stranger. value
this ring above inches. Come, let 'us be
friends. Excuse my left hand,' and, laugh
ing, tho two men grasped hands in a hearty.
shake.
'And now, gentlemen, step up to the bar
and drink. had I not abandoned the habit
long ago, I would join you.
We rose, approached the bar, and in a
bumper drank the health of the stranger.
'Now, landlord,' ho said, 'show we my
room. I can enjoy sloop to-night, for once
again I possess that dear old ring. Good
night, gentlemen '
I never learned his name.
Human life is as the journey of a day;
we rise in the morning of youth full of vigor
and full of expectation; we set forward with
spirit and hope, with gaiety, and with 'dill
geoce, and travel on awhile in the direct
road, piety, toward the mansions of rent. In
a short time we remit our fervor and en
deavor to find some mitigation of our duty
and some more easy means of obtaining the
same end. We then relax our vigor and re
sol_ve_ne imager to be terrified witkerimes at
a distance, but rely on our own constancy,
and venture to approach what we resolved
never to touch; we thus enter the bowers
in the shades of Sc.
eart softens and vigi
lanc© subsides; we ate then willing to in
quire whether another advance cannot, be
made, and whether we may not at least turn
our eves upon the gardens of pleasure.___Wel
approach them with scruple and hesitation ;
but enter timorous and trembling; and al
ways hope to pass through them without los
ing the road of virtue, which for a while we
keep in sight, and to which we purpose to
return. But temptation succeeds tempta
tion, and one compliance prepares us for an.
other, we in time loco the happiness of in
nocence, and solace our disquiet with sensu,
al gratification. By degxees we let hi! the
remembrance of our original intention, and
quit the oply adequate ot.ject of rational de
sire. We entangle ourselves in business, im
merge ourselves in luxury, and rove through
labylitiths of inconstancy, till the datknees
of old nee begins to evade us, and disease
and anxiety obstruct our way ; we then leek
back upon our lives with horror, with sor
row, with repentsoce, and wish, but too of
ten vainly wish that wo had not forsaken the
ways of virtue. Happy are they who shall,
le,irn from thy mituple not to despair, that
reformation is never hopeless; nor sincere en
den7ors ever unassisted; that the wanderer
may at length return, atter all his errors, and
that ho who implores strength and courage
from above, shall find danger and diaculty
give way before him.
Why don't they Advertise !
Who? Why, that man +the is spending
tirno and money to buy a farm. That man
who wants to sell a farm. That man who
wants to rent a farm to somebody. And
that mah who wants to hire a farm to sorno•
body, They aro travelin day aiter day.—
becoming weary, and spending their motley
and their time, battenhohng this man n'od
th a t, and btoppiug at this 'house and the
other, to find out. We tire sorry f'or them,
and always toll them whiit we know to help
them on.
But the question ariss , s: 'Why not tell
thousands of people, at once, just what you
want, through the nowpapers ? They go
•everywhere,' and 'everybody' reads then/.
is a single week your wants would be made
known to more thousands than you could tell
'by word of mouth' iu a year, almost, and at
a far less expense.
Of course advertising itself neither sells
nor buys, but it puts buyers and sellers into
communication with cam other, and so fir
facilitates the deoired operation, A man
may ask such a price as never to sell, but
the fact of his desire soon becomes known
to 'all who would wish to buy, and the
ohances are greatly multiplied.
The man who adiercises, by reason of the
extent el the competition, stands a better
chauce of rucking satisfactory bargains
Twenty men wanting the same farm, mteht
raise the price of it. lo short, buying or
selling, the larger the field you operate in
the better may be your caoice, and the
greater your satisfaction.- .2rlcriella Regis
ter.
'A fludson, N. T. Paper holds'out, an in
ducement to the - young men of that , town to
enlist in the temper-anon ranks, as follows :
'The hinadnotuctit girl in the village belongs
to the sons of Temperance :Asi she intends
to have a member of the Order
. for a .31ins
hand, nod as she has not made her choice,
hero is n fine opportunity for ad the young
mon in the 'city to join this Order, and yet
how sad it is that so many youn ,, men will
seek the sting of a serpent rather than the
statics of a lovely woman!,—Erehattie.
Habit is a cable, We yam a thread of
it every dly, and at last we c.tunet break it,
Human Life•
The Southern Spirit In 1863.
[We publish by request the following en.
_tract from an article in the Riehmond En
quirer of October 16, 1863
'Save on our own terms we;oan accept no
peabe whatever, and must fight till dooms•
day rather than yield an iota of tbeocand
our terms are :
, Recognition by the enemy of , the inde,
pendence of the Confederate States.
Withdrawal of the Yankee forces from ea
ery foot of Confederate ground, including
Kentucky and Missouri.
Withdrawal of the Yankee soldiers from
Maryland, until' that State shall decide by a
free vote whether she shall remain in the
old Union or ask admission into the Coaled•
eracy.
Conserit on the part of the Federal Gov
ernment to give up to the Confederacy its
proportion of the navy as it stood at the time
of secession, or to pay for the same.
Yielding up of all pretension ou the part
of the Federal Government to that portion of
the old Territories •which lies west of the
Confederate States.
An equitable settlement - err the basis of
our absolute independence and equal rights
of all accounts of the public debt and public
leads, and the advantages accruing from for.
eign treaties.
* • *• * *
Once more we say it is ell or nothing.—
This Confederacy or the Yankee nation, one
or other, goes down, down to perdition. That
is to say, one. or the other must forfeit its
national existence and lie at the mercy of its
mortal enemy. We all know by this time
the fate io store for us if we succumb.. The
other party has no smaller stake. As sure
ly as. e completely ruin their armies—and
without that is no peace or truce at all—;so
surely shall we make them pay our war debt,
though we wring it out of their hearts. And
they know it well, and, therefore, they can
not make peace except through their utter
exhaustion and absolute inability to strike
another blow. The stake they have to for
if_they__lose_this dreadful_game, is
as vital as ours. So is the stake to bo woo,
if they win anything. It is no less than the
entire possession of onr whole country, with
us in it, and everythin ,, that is •ours, from
Ohio to the Rio Grande, to have and to hold,
to them and their heirs forever. But, on
the other hand, what we mean to win is at
ter separation from them for all time., We
_do_nOt_want_to_govern_their country„bett at
ter letlying upon it what seemeth good to as
by way of indehanity, eve leavelt to com
mence its political life again from the begin
ning, hoping that the lesson may - Drive made
them sadder ac-d — wiser Yankees. We shut
them out forever, withell their unclean and
scoundrelly ways, intending to lead our lives
here in our own Confederate way, within our
own well guarded bounds, and without, as
St. JUhn says, are dogs.
A. Remarkable Dream
A. lady of Brooklyu having seen that the
clairvoyants have been trying to tell what
has become of the wising steamer City of
Boston, gives her 'idea, that she was burnt at
sea, and gives the following as her reasons
for so believing. She says : oo,F • riday
the 25:h of February, 1 had a lady friend
from the country, bleeping with me and had
been talking a great deal on .different sub
jects, especially on the marriage question
and ocher philosophical subjects quite foreign
to my vision; but conditions were, 09 wo say
right and much harmony existed between us,
All at 0000 the whole side of the house seem
ed to roll away, ant: I saw a bright light and
heard a voice near me say -in a spent, whis
per, 'Look at the fire.' I looked, when I
saw the light and flame; saw a steamer burn
ing, people struggling in the flames and wa
ter, I, much terrified, saw that it was a
vision; I tried to speak to my companion
and the voice said 'Nay, further I' Again
I looked and it seemed nearer. I Saw the
stack pipe fall, masts and all but the hull
disappear, and on the elated mass I read
'City of —the rest was burnt off, and when I
'looked the black mass sank in the boiling
eta. Here is the descriptien of the location
I saw-a narrow pass oft the right a high
rocky precipice or headland : directly across
from it is a low point of laud or coast be
hind the point the vessel burnt—not in the
pass. I have no recollection more but of
feeling dreadfully frightened, and every
thing, was as clear- to me as it' I witnessed it.
1 caned to. the lady by my side, saying what
I saw, and she asked me, 'ls there no one
saved? I said, 'Yes ; a man named Seymour,
for one ; but, for Gt.d's sake, let me rise.
I did su, and saw it was two o'clock aknight.
I called a gentleman in the nest room, who
replied that I had been Peeing the City of
Glasgow that was burned some time ago
can prove this vision of mine by three wit•
EleSses, and I was told that the land I de
scribed was the' Irish coast; but I do not
know. I believe it the missing steamer, and
no news will come from her. ALth ! sstE C•
N B.—Pleatte di, not make -Inn of me,
for I believe what 1 saw was a vision of the
fact, hut do not know whether it was tst this
moment or not.
4 A Mother' writes of a preventative , of
scarlet leaver :
While two in a house were lying dead of
this fe - vor, I was enablei by the divine mer
cy to carry four childrsn nnhartned through
the epidemic by•tuerely putting a small piece
I of gum-camphor io a little hag, and suspend
ing it round the neck of the child while in
h - calth, This is nn astonishing fact, and I
!`have often tried it in various times ei
get. 1 was told it by in old countryman of
erest intelligence, who used it thus in hoop
ing (magi'. I believe it forms an atmos
phere of its own around the persoo who we as
it, and thus repolti the infected air beyond.
It shou'd be Teamed when the danger is
pneicti.
uOO .Loo car Ji. e, port.
The Seamless Coat
N.S. Dedgei.correspondent of the New
York Observer, writing from 'heves, the city
of the holy - coat i gives an interesting account
of the cathedral, Ato., from wirier we , quote
the following : ,
We did not see the holy Cont. It is kept
snored in thisorypt _Since 1844 when du
ring its eight weeks', exhibition, more than
a million people came to see the relto, it hue
enjoyed no like triumph. It was thee placed
on , the high altar of the cathedral. encased
in a frame of glass,and surrounded by bril.•
:Haat lights. The , people oame in pitmessious
of thousaode. Pouring in at the several
gates of the city, acoothpanied by priests, ban
ners and crosses, the stream never ceased
'The lame, blind and sit* were borne along in
the crowd. Night and day there were alter.
nate singing and praying. Men with packs
of feud; women with utensils for cooking, and
children .wi:h• pans, pitchers and kettles,
fared along. Waywomand footsore, fatigued
and staggering, they pursued their toilsome
march, intent only upon" the one object of
their pilgrimage. Troves wail turned into an
encampment. Cologne, in the Middle Ages,
when the shrine of the three kings was in
its glory, never witnessed .-wilder scenes of
fanaticism, Ttte groups of pilgrims were
clad in the costumes• of various countries.—
In every street were booths-andbenobee,_ta.
Wes for sale of rosaries and pactures of trio
holy robe. You •heard songs of mirth and
snored chants,. loud prayers and oaths of di.
cern, the chattering of women in outlandish
tongues around the cooking food, and bois
terous revelry at drinking tables. Thirty.
few years had elapsed between this display
and that which last prereeded it. If there
be such heti - ling virtue in the relic, as good
Catholics - believe, one wonders why it is so
rarely shown.
The holy Coat is a simple antique tunic.
It appears to be of coarse, undressed cloth.
Its color is dingy brown. The sleeves aro
short and wide. Its length would reach to
the hips of a man of middle size. In width
it is large enough to fold around the wearer.
Collar, buttons,loops, or waistband, it has
- not. — __ To appearance it - is seirfilesTa--trlooks
old, but is neither ragged nor moth eaten.—
If it be the garment worn by oar Lord, as is
averred, its preservation is a oontianous mi
racle. Helena, tionstaatine's mother, it is
alleged, disoovered it. But, like other dim
ooveries of that noble lady, it is opc,n to
doubt. Indeed, it cannot be traced as a ret
ie book of A. D. 1157,_and_siace_then it has
twice disappeared for long periods 'of time.
But the Church says it is the seamless gar
ment of Jesus,—‘the coat, without seam,
woven from the to. throw..bout '—and its
genuineness is to stumbling block to the
faith of those who think the more monstrous
the story the more meritorious the assent.
A PROBLEM----The Ohio &we Journal
publishes the following, which is-said — to - be
/6 nut not easily cracked:
In one of the sniallor New England town',
au agent was appointed to sell alcoholic liq•
oars, at a salary of twenty-five dollars per
annum ; he was tarnished 'filth a stock of
liquors valued at $57.54, and with $32 19 in
sash to oommence business, daring the year
lie purchased liquors to the amount of $59.•
91, and received for liquors sold $lO2 97.
At the end• of the year he had liquUrs on
hand valued at $3l 37. Did •tic owe the
town or did the town owe him ? and how
much?
The above problem was' submitted at a
teaohert.' institute to one hundred toaohors,
seventy-five of whom gave auewors, ouly
three of which were correct.
A Dutchman happening to meet a fr'end
whom ho thought wee in California, the
lowing conversation ensued :
'Vy, bully, von did you get here ?
doughd you was out in dot Golteu.State. l
',No I'm herein dot New York State.'
'Did you come der &elfin rondo der Blaine
ofer ?'
'No.'
'Then you come derlsnmus agree% ?'
'Ala ! I see--you came der horn arena ?'
' N u.'
'Oh, ho : now I know—you didn't van here
yed
it is a great advantage tc:ikeep quiet grace
fully and naturally. belt °antral is the beet
evidence of a cultivated intellect and a &ear
conscience. It is a pleasure to meet those
who wisely listen and observe—who review
what is said without prejudice, and with or
without advice commit no etrors. Nothing
is's° difficult to do—nothing se rarely done.
"William, thee knowest I never call any.
body names; hut :V'tlliaw, if the Mayor of
the city were to coine`to we and eay, 'Josh
ua, I want thee to boil me.the biggest liar in
Philadelphia,' I would come to thee, and put
my hand on thy shoulder, and say to thee,
'William, the Mayor warns to see thee."
In 'Oflion no man is allowed to wear his
beagd until he baa reached the age of sizty
yeats, and he is forbiLLSOu by to grow' is
tueuscs.che until he la a grandfather.
, .
Pride is a vice whose name is compre
hended by a mouosyllable, bat its natara not
circumscribed by a world,
Distrust all those who love you Aztrame•
ly upon a very slight acquaiatance, and with
ou.t . tin reasons.
• • •
. Why i 6 th* earth, I'm a blaoltbunrd ?
Ro
eeusu the children of men multiply ipon the)
face of it.
( 4 5 - 74 r •to him that asketh; and from him
that would burtow of thee turn noc thou a-
A ship ahonli not bu math: to depend oa
one u.ne;kur, nr iifeyn aqe,
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