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RAINS of this road run by Reading Rail
Road time, which is ; ten minutes faster
an that of Pennsylvania Railroad.
TRAINS OR TUBS ROAD RUN A 8 FOLLOWS
LEAVING COLUMBIA AT
A. M.—Mail Passenger, train for
a lag
U Reading and intermediate stations,
a . . Landisville at 7113 a. m., Manheim at
'5;3; Litiz at S:13; Ephrata at 5:42; Rein.
Wardle at 9:03; Sinking Springs at 9:40 and
rriving at Rt ading at ten o'clock. At Read
, g conuction is made with Fast Expresst rain
I East.ennsylvania, Railroad, reaching New
irk at 2:30 P. M. with train of Philadelphia
nd Reading Railroad, reaching . Philadelphia
t 4 : 20 p, AL, and also with trains for Potts
me, the Lebanon' Valley and Harrisburg.
,•-• P. M.—PASSENGER' TRAIN
:10 for Reading add intermediate
connecting at Landisville at 2:00 P. M.
ith Express trains of Penn's. R. R., both
it sad West, leaving Manheim at 3:26; Litiz
; 44; Ephrata at 4:10; Reinholdsville 4:37;
ip:ang Springs 6:03 and arriving at Reading
P. M. At Reading connection is made
in:trains for Pottsville and Lebanon Valley.
LEAVE LIM AT
P. M.—Express Passenger Train
') for Reading and intermediate sta.
.
ions, leaving Ephrata 5t2:44, Reinholdsville,
; 11; Sinking Springs, 3:30 ana arriving at
ending at 3:45 P. M. At Reuling connection
made with Fast Expresa of East Penn's R.
',inching New York at 10 o'clock, P. M.,
pd with train of Philadelphia and Reading R.
• , lathing Philadelphia at 1:05 P. M.
-0_
LEAVE READING AT
A. M.—MAIL PASSENGER Min
:UUlfor Columbia and intermediate ga
ng, leaving Sinking Springs at 6 16 ,• Rein
mhvilie at 6 44, Ephrata at 7 11, Litiz at
Manheim at 7 68, making connection at
minimills with train of Penn'a Railroad,
lolling Lancaster at .9:33 A M. and Phila.
elphia at 10:30 ; arriving at Columbia at 9
'clock, A. M., there connecting the Ferry for
•Katsville and Northern Central Railroad,
t 11:45 A. M.with, train of Penn'a. Railroad
a the West.
nr J A. M.—Passenger Train for Litiz
1.1:00 and intermediate Mations, - in ar
mtl of passenger trains tram Philadelphia
ad Pottsville, leaving Sinking. Springs at 11:18
einimiLville at 11:53; Ephrata 12:28 and
rriving at Litiz at one o'clock, P. M.
P. n —Mail Passenger Train for
JO Columbia and intermediate stations
all passengers leaving New- York at 12 M.,
r.ll4.iblelphia at 3:30 P. M., leaving Sink-
Springs at 6:31; Reinholdsville 6:39; Epti
is7:l;; latiz 7:bb ; Manheim 8:11 ; Landis-.
ills'::]; arriving at Columbia at 9 P. M.
l 3 The Pleasure Travel to Ephrata and
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How softly falls
Upon our cottage roof and walls,
The welcome rain !
An hour I've sat,
And listened to its pit-a-pat
On sash and pane.
The floaters look Up—
The daisy, pink and buttercup
- Have fainting lain
Among the grass.
Low whispering to the winds that pass,
They brighter bloom—
Their chalices of sweet perfume •
• Enrich the air.
And to the skies
They raise their pure and grateful eyes
In wordless prayer.
In darkened woods,
Where owls amid the solitudes
Have dwelt so long,
The sylvan choir,
With well accorded voice andlyre
Oh blessing free !
Thou symbolest God's love, and we
Accept it thus :
For as the showers
Revive the thirsty, drooping flowers,
He strengthens us.
Earth'S gladness when it rains, and cold
Our hearts, unchanging Friend, to Thee,
A " BOSS CAR" ADVENTURE.-Arte
min Ward is look:Jig at things in Boa
ton. Be had an adventure one day
which resulted as follows :
I returned in the Hoss Cars part way.
—A pooty girl in spectacles sat near us,
and was tellin' a. young man Vow much
he reminded her of a man she used to
know in Waltham. Pooty soon the
young man got out, and smilin' in a se
ductive Manner, I said to the girl in
spectacles,—`Don't I remind you of
somebody you used to know ?'
'Ye's,' she said, 'yon do remind me of
one man, but. he was sent to the peni
tentiary for etealin' a bar'l of mackerel
—be died there, so I conclude you ain't
him."
I didn't parson the conversation
LADIES RIDING SIDEWAYS.—The intro
duction of this style of riding on horse
back is attributed to Anne of Bohemia,
consort of Richard IL She it was (ac
cording to Stow) who originally sholed
the women of, England how gracefully
and conveniently they might ride on
horse-back sideways. Another old his
torian, enumerating . the fashions *of
Richard ll's reign, observes : • "Like
wise noble ladies used high-heads. and
corsets, and robes with long trains, and
seats on-side-saddles on theirhorses, by
the example of the respectable Queen,
Anne, daughter of the King,of Bavaria,
who tire, introduced the. cuetom., Pito
the kingdom ;.for,before, women '9f.,ev
ery kind,rodelik.m. en." • ,
Or A. young widow of very polite ad
drese,'whose husband hs,d lately .died,
was.ivlsitedbmon v after the minister of
the parish, who inquired, as usual, about
her husbancl's healtb,.when she, replied.
with a peculiar smile, "He's dead, I.
thank you." ,
Dobbs, says that he has pun of the
most obedient„boys in the world. .He
tells him to do , as he pleases, andhe does
it without murmuring.'
Air The richeet child in tarope:—
Both's-child •
.%toburs
To plead for rain
Renews its song
Shall we behold
Ourselves remain?
Oh ! lifted be
An not in vain !
6tp.t6tat Vfnusglinutia 3auntal far tke Nom titcJt.
MARIETTA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1865.
Washington Letter from Mr. William Child.
Washington, July 21, 1865
Friend Baker :—Not quite four years
ago the 45th Regiment P. V. entered
this city under command of Col. Welsh,
of Columbia, in high spirit's, all eager to
serve their country in the hour of dan
ger. Fathers, husbands and brothers
left their homes and all that was near
and dear to them. It was one, among
the first Regiments that left our county
for the seat of war, and I think the 45th
had more citizens of Marietta than any
other regiment from the State, and have
been in the service longer than any oth;
el- regiment from our section of the
State; as Most of them re-enlisted after
their first three years had expired, and
I may say when they fkrst enlisted it
was done with a Patriotic motive, as
they received no bounty, aad all entered
the service for the love of the Glorious
Old Union, which they have helped to
preserve and may many yet live to see
the' stars and stripes floating as of old,
and I hope may ever float over these
United States until the last Reveille is
sounded when I hope the 45th may all
be found in the ranks with their Gener
al at the head, who has only gone be
fore them with a company or more of
his men, who have sacrificed their lives
for theircountry. When the 45th pass
ed through here the other day, I was
again with them, and when I cast my
eyes over them as they stood in rank be-
fore entering the cars, and as I took
them each of my -native place by the
hand, I thought I'must yet see some fa
miliar faces that-four years ago I bad
taken by the hand and welcomed to this
city with gladness and joy beaming in
our faces, but 0, God 1 how many noble
hearts that beat high then are 'now laid
low in the dust, pierced by a fatal ball ;
died by disease contracted by exposure,
or by wounds, after suffering and linger
ing in hospitals, or starved to death in
the loathsome rebel prisons ;- and how
many have been made widows—how
many have become fatherless and broth
erless—how many chairs have been made
vacant, and bow many hearts have been
made sad within that time ; but they
have sacrificed their lives in a righteous
holy and noble cause, and I hope their
reward is Immortality. Although I
have only made mention of the 45th regi
ment, I would inolude all, but as I bade
farewell for the last time—shook hands
with the boys of the 45th for the last
time as soldiers, as they had been muster
ed out the service, a few days before, aad
on'their way to Harrisburg, to be paid off
and sent home, each to take his place in
the community as citizens once more, I
thought that I had neglected some but
they had left the ranks. 7hey had gone
on furloughs never to return, and their
places had been filled in the ranks by
stranger faces to me. When I look
back and think how many I have taken
by the hand the past four years, and
welcomed them in the uniform of high
privates who' now wear the insignia of
some officer for their meritorious con
duct and bravery during the war, I feel
proud of our Marietta boys who can
sport a shoulder strap, earned by his
own good conduct and bravery; I think
I feel full as proud of their shoulder
straps as they do who wear, them, and I
would have all the Marietta boys return
home with shoulder straps could I have,
done so ; none should have returned as
high privates—all should have been offi
cers, yet many who do not wear the in
signia of an officer are none the less de
serving, for all could not be officers and
placed in command—some must be
-pri
vates, and I have no doubt all feel as
proud returning home as those who
wear shoulder straps, and when all' be
come citizens again, I hope the young
ladies will not be able to perceive the
difference as to what young man more
shoulder straps. I must admit however,
that young ladies have been accused of
fancying the, tinsel on the shoulders of
certain persons, more than they do the
real worth of the man who' wears it ;
they should rendileCt the old adage,
"'that all that glitters is not gold," and
recollect Soldiers have fought "to
preservellieir'homee and firesides 'from
the hands of the destroyera, and aftsir
four years pf toil—and marching—and
countermarching, ' those that are
,left are
now-home, or soon will be, to enjoy that
p.eace and comfort they have battled for.,
I_ hope they may all soon resume' their
former occupations in your midst, and
ever have full and plenty, and live many
years to recount their hattles, and fight
them over again in imagination, to their
children, and their children's children,
for years ,to , come. •
And now, friend Baker, aa we have a
History of the Pennsylvania Reserves,
ably written by J. R. Sypher, Esq., I
hope he, or some other person, will give
us a History of the 45th Penna. Regi
ment, at least let us have an account of
the number enlisted from the borough
of Marietta, with the number of killed,
wounded, and starved to death, as it
would be interesting to many to have
such information; for I think there are
many more who have left' the army on
furloughs never to return to'this `earth,
than is generally supposed to be missing
from Marietta. Yours, Respectfully,
W. C.
Correspondence of The Mariettian."
I?ebersburg, Centre county, Pa.,l
JULY 17, 1865. I
Dear "Mariettian" :--This morning I
feel like having a little chat with you
and through you with Mariettians. Last
Tuesday noon I stood at the upper Sta
tinn waiting for the train with' one kind
friend who had come to see me off.
Soon the'old iron horse came rushing on
—baggage was put aboard and with a
hasty "goodbye" we 'were off. Familiar
objects were soon left behind, Round
Top, Wild Cat, and the old Sawmill
soon faded into the distance and . I lean
ed my head against the window and gaz
ed at the' varied scenes that came to
view as we dashed along , the banks of
the river, while my thoughts were busy
with days gone by spent in' the school
room with the girls and boys of Mariet
ta. What varied and beautiful scenery
along the Susquehanna"; now the hill
sides are bold and rocky, now coy ered
with green and shady trees, and now
again with waving grain. Through such
scenes the rattling train hurried us
along wail we 'reached the, busy bustling
depot at Harrisburg. Here it was ne
cessary to change cars for my course
was to be further along the Susque
hanna. Taking the cars of the North
ern Central Rail Road, I was soon again
on the road bound for Lewisburg, the
county seat of 'Union. It is a beautiful
ride abounding in lovely and romantic
scenery. We reached Lewisburg about
half-past five o'clock in the ' evening.
The bridge over-the river at this place
was washed away by the freshet last
spring and has not yet been rebuilt.
Lewisburg is a pleasant little place,
well known for the hospitality and kind
ly spirit of its inhabitants. Many pleas
ant recollections of a week spent here
at a meeting of the State Teachers' As
sociation four years ago still linger in
my mind; The University is a fine build;
log standing on a hill to the south of
the town and adds greatly to the appear
ance of the place. After supper the
coach drove to the door and we started
for a coach ride of nine miles through
Buffalo Valley to Miftlinsburg.
Buffalo Valley is as fine a little valley
as can well, be met with, containing ex
cellent farms, upon which were standing
good crops of grain-, with promising fields
of corn, oats and potatoes. If any one
wishes to buy a farm outside of Lancas
ter County, let him come to Buffalo
Valley. For beauty of location, ease of
cultivation, and fertility of soil, the far
mers in' this valley are difficult tti sur
pass. I had a view of sunset as we rode
alOng this evening and a more gorgeous,
sunset I have seldorn witnessed." ,Be
fore us stretched an unbroken chain of
mountains, the sky was covered with
clouds except along the top of this
mountain chain, where stretched a,strip
of clear blue; as the sun descended, be
hind the mountain the ragged edges of
the clouds caught his beams and were
tinged with bright colors, until as he
descended lower the whole west was
aglow With brightness, is .though the'
gates of the celestial city had opened
to let out some glimpses of the eternal
glory to shine upon us mortals. Grad..
wally the glory departnd, tint after tint
of brightness faded and in a shOrt time
the cloids had resumed their dull lead
en cast.
The luMbering coach still rattled on'
and about nine o'clock we reached' the
end of our day's journey, the little vill
age of Miffiinsburg, one of. the .most
cheerful and delightful places in which
I have ever had' the' fortune to spend'a
night. Four years ago I spent a night
hereand a more cheerful, whole souled,
sociable party of young lads 'and lasses
I never met than those I met that night.
Of course I set to work td Bed some of
them this evening, And was fortunate
enough to meet some,:though not'all in
the same! condi tion or . bearing the SWIM:
name as they did' then. Some, alas 1-
were no more-to be foundi for some lie
buried beside the 'village Church, `while
otherd sleep a 'soldier's 'Bleep beniiiith
southern eoil
Next morning leaving baggage to be
brought on by the stage on Thursday,
in company with another I took seat is
a one-horse baggy for a ride of twenty
five miles to Willbeim, Centre county.
Three in a buggy is almost as bad as
three in a bed, but the day being cool
we managed to get along pretty well,
relieving ourselves and the horse by an
occasional walk up hill. Our ride led
through somesections of country of poor
soil, but after crossing the mountain we
entered Penn's Valley, one of the nu
merous fertile valleys composing Centre
Co., arriving ut Willheim the passen
gers alighted and left the driver to
transport his mail alone. Five miles
more remained to be travelled and then,
I would be at home.. This distango
expected to be obliged to go on foot
but good fortune will meet a man some
times, and so it happened now; an op
portunity to ride occurred, which you
may be sure I did not slight. We were
to pass from Fenn's Valley to Brush
Valley, a high range of mountains sepa
rates the valleys, but the road instead
of , over, leads through a gap in the
chain, fo'rming a most delightful drive.
The road is level, winding along the
base of a lofty mountain, while on the
other side flows a mountain stream and
beyond this another lofty range stretch
es up to the sky. The hillsides though
rough and rocky are covered with heavy
timber, much of it pine; laurel and oth
er bushes grow in thick profusion while
the rocks. are covered over with, green
mosses„ the whole, forming a most
charming, romantic scene. Brush Val
ley is a fine fertile valley aliont twenty
five or thirty miles in length and from
one to two in width. Heavy crops of
wheat and rye are standing on shock in
the fields, and corn and potstoes are
promising well. As in Lancaster, how
ever, the grain crop is not as good as
usual, the heads not being as well filled
as they should be ; yet the harvest is
abundant.
Last Friday I crossed the mountains
over into Sugar Valley, Clinton county.
The - road led over and between steep
mountains covered with laurel and what
we call the "large" laurel,: which pro
duces a most beautiful flower. Earlier
in the season when these bushes are in
full bloom a more charming sight can
scarcely be imagined than these moun
tains must present. It is well worth a
trip through them just to see them at
that time. My visit is too late to see
their beauties in full. FRANK.
The - Ladies' Man."
By bis air and gait, the ultra fashion
able style of his clothing, the killing
curl of his moustache, the "look and die"
expression of his simpering face, his
stream of small. talk, and sundry other
signs and tokens of a plethora of vanity,
and a lack of soul and brain, you may
distinguish at a glance the individual
who plumes himself upon being a "la
dies' man." His belief it.this •own irre
sistibility is written all 'over him. And
to say the truth, your ladies' men have
some ground' or their self-conceit.'. It
is indubitable that girls do sometimes
fall in love, or what they suppose,to, be
love, with fellows who look as if they
had walked out of tailor's fashion "plates
—creature's that by the aid of the vari
ous artists who contribute to the "make
up" of human popinjays have been Con
verted into superb samples of what art
can effect in the way of giving men an
unmanly appearance. The woman who
marries one of these flutterers, ie ,to be
pitied ; for, if she has any glimmerings
of common sense, and a heart under her
bodice, she will soon.discover that her.
dainty has no more of a man's spirit in
hirn than an automatic figure on a Savo
yard's hand-organ. Brit a woman worth
a true man's love is never caught by
such's, specimen of ornamental hollow
ware.' A sensible woman is, in fact, a
terror to "ladies' men," for they are
aware that her penetrating eye looks
through them, and sounds the depth of
their emptiness. She kriories ~the , man
indeed from the trumpery counterfeit,
and has no touch of the mackerel pro
p-entity:to jump at a flashy bait, id `her
whcilesome composition. The -lady's
man should be permitted to livb and
die, a, bachelor. Hie vocation is to
dangle after the sex, to talk soft non
sense, to carry shawls and fans,
,to. as- .
tonish bearding school misses, and to
kindle love flames ~as evanescent and
harniless as the 'fizz of a squib.. -If, how
ever he meat become a . Benedick, let
him be yoked with. some vain, and silly
flirt, his natural counterpart. So shall
the law of fitneas not , be 'outraged.
I
VOL. XL-NO. 51.
A Naughty Story
A New :YorlThir•es — ponclent writes :
"Shall I tell you a naughty story? Let
its veracity excuse it :
"Some time last winter a carnival
come off on one of the Brooklyn ponds.
Everybody was expected to wear fancy
dress and mark, and the affair being very
select, good folks, by scores, resolved to
go. Among them were Mr. Folie—l
see that you demand all the names—and
his handsome lady of Clinton avenue.
Clinton avenue is the Madison square,
the West Green street of Bruoklyn, and
Mrs. Folie is the most admired mistress
of its most - sumptuous dwelling.
"She was quite a good figure upon
steel; having practiced upon the Capito
line—not to speak of parlor skating,
which teaches one the motion quite as
well—every good afternoon. But unfor
tunately, Mr. Folie, who must necessa
rily make one of the party, did not
know the use of patins, though to grati
fy his wife, who was much too 'proper'
to go anywhere by night, unaccompa
nied by her husband, he 'consented to
the carnival. Folio had never seen his
wife on ice, being a close business man,
through something of a gallant, so he
acknowledged her to be a nice thing,
when gliding off so excellently, and roll
ing so elegantly. Poor fellow ! must
he patter around like a cripple, while
she could skim like a racer ? However,
they masked at last in the separate buil
dings provided for the sexes, and put
on their distinct costumes. Mr. Folio
wore a dress of the time of Cosmo the
First, and Mrs. Folie appeared as a fair
Bretoness, with a starched cap and skirt
gown, which gave her graceful limbs free
circulation.—Folie, being absorbed in
business; forgot to ask what his wife's
garb - yould'be ; but Mrs. Folie, to be
well protected, had betrayed her domi
no to a gentleman whom she made
promise not to reveal her incognito, and
particularly to introduce no gentleman
to her who was, not absolutely fastidious
and honorable. So they shot out for
the pond ; the ice was smooth as crystal ;
drummond lights threw wide splashes of
brightness to and fro, but here and there
were dark isolated covers and corners,
secure from intrusion. The people were
numerous and the costumes so motley
that the angel of the Plague would not
have known whom to spare. So for an
instant Mrs. Folie's friend disappeared,
being a poor skater and unable to keep
up with her, till returning, he made her
acquainted with Mr. Dromio. Bowing
merely, but not unmasking, the new ar
rival, glided to Mrs. Folio's side, took
her hands in his as couples on ice do,
and they "rolled off' like two marvel.
one automatons. Dromio were a splen
did Florentine dress, plumed cap, long
ringlets, dark hose over shapely limbs,
with sword, jewelled dagger, and the
cross of the order of St. John. He was
the best gymnast on the pond—raced
backward, forward, High Dutch, wriggle
inside out, heel up, squirm, turn over,
swallow himself! Mrs. Folio was in ec
stasies. She was animated to a gener
ous rivalry, and surpassed her own pre
vious agility. Warmed by exercise and
contact, their tones grew softer, their
speech grew* less formai ; poor Mrs.
Folio once slipped, when Dromio superb
ly caught her by the waist, and, bold
man ! kept his hand around her when
they were again alert.
"Withdraw your arm," whispered Mrs
Folie, 'my husband is here—he may
know you.
"Say not so," exclaimed the ardent
Dromio ; "let us ourselves withdraw."
• "They glided off to the far angles of
the pond, Where, unobserved, their con
versation sweetened. At last the sup -
ple Florentine seized Mrs. Folio's hand
and swore it was the fairest on Long
Island.
" 'Flatterer I' she answered. 'lf this
were not the Carnival, .I should be in
dignant.'
"'But since it is the Carnival, give
me one kiss—you will not refuse me ?'
"She did not. They lingered a lus
cious moment on the margin of the
world moral and the demimonde, and
then the bell at the great gate rang__
the Carnival was over—it was time to
unmask.
'" I fear to uncover,' said the lady
'you men are so seldom honorable !'
."But you mast; the hour has arrived.
Come We must, we shall, meet again !
Let us draw! '
"They slipped off the dark visages
instantaneously, and looked into each
other's faces.
." `G-Ood heavens ! It is Folio ! '
" ',My wife'! my wife ' said the strong
man, and they, tvilted,
This'elosed the tableau
• 'l g. may add that Folie was a good
skater ; but wishing to have some fun
on his own account, had not told his
wife so."