TH14 TIMES, NEW HLOOMFIKLD, PA. MAY 21, 1878.
RAILROAD8,
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R
ARRANGKMKNTOF l'ASRKNGKK TKAINB.
nay 12th, 1N7N.
f HA1NB l.KAVli II AltlUHItUlKI AS FOLLOWS
For Now York, at B.2(l, (U( a. in. 2.(mp. in.,
mill 1M . m.
For riillailellilH, at .2ti. fl. 10, 9.4ft a.m.
a ntl 3.67 i. in.
For Itcaillug, at B.2U, .10, .4da. iii. and 2.W
.1.57 mill 7.M. . .
For I'ollsvllle at n.2n. a. in a. in., and .7
i. in., anil via Hnhuylkll) anil HiiHtiiehaniia
brunch at 9.40 p. m.
For Aulmrn via H. S H. llr. at Oil a. m.
Kir Alleiitiiwn.at6.20, H.IUa. In., and at 2,(K),
l.r7 and 7M p. m. . . ,
, Ilia .2o. 8.10 a.m., nnd 7.M p. m., train
liave tlii'oniili car for New York.
The fi.20, a. m.. and a.oo p.m., train nave
throiiKh cur for I'liiliidclphlii.
HtlNDAYH t
For New York, at 6.20 a. in.
For Allclitiiwn iiml W'ny Htiitltnn at M'lta. in.
For Heading-, riillailclnlila Biid Way atatlonnat
1.45 p. in.
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' Leave New York, at MA a. m., l.(ii), .vaouml
7.4r p. in.
Leave rhllailelplilu, at 0.11 u. in. 4.00, nml
7.20 p. m.
Leave K'-adlnu, nt ll.tn,7.4ii.ll.2o a. in. I.:m.
4.1ft and I '. :ti p. m.
Leave l'nttsvllle, nt (V in. '.1.15 a.m. nnd I. .1.1
p. m.
And via .ncliuylklll and HiHiiiehiiiina HiunchHt
IS a. m.
Leave Auburn vmH. &H. Hi', at. 12 noon.
Leave AMeniowii, ill t i.3'1 ft.r.d. O.oft a. m.. 1 3. IS
4.30 and U.ul. in.
HUNOAYH:
Leave New York, at .van . in.
Leave I'lillndelpliia. at 7.20 p. m.
Leave Heading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. in. and lo.Itt
p. m
Leave Allentown, ni2 .10 a. in., and 9.05 p. m.
,1. K. WOUTKN, 44hii. Manager.
O. O. Hancock, Uencral Ticket Agent.
fl)oe not run on Mondays.
Via Morris and Kswex it. It.
rennsylvnnlii It. It. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
Uu and after Monday, .lone 2Mb, 1B77, Has
eiiKei trains will run an follow i
EAST.
Minilntown Aco. 7.32 a. m., dilly except Hunday.
.lilintown Ex. 12.22 P. M., dally " Hunday
Mall 6.54 p. M., dally exoeptHunday
Atlantic Express, o.&Ip.m., llaK, daily.
VYKHT.
Way Pas. 9.08 A. M., dally,
Mall 2.43 P. m. dally eiaeptStmday.
Mlllllntown Ace. 0.55 P. M. dailyexcept Hunnay.
PittHburgh Express, 11. 57 P. M., (Flag) daiiy, ex
cept Miindav.
Paclno Kxpres, M7 a.m.. dally (flaR)
Train are now run by Philadelphia time, whleh
I 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 nilu-
ites slower than Mew York time.
J.J. BAKOLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON 8TATION.
On and after Monday, June 2'ith, 1877, train
will leave Duncannnn, a follows:
KA8TWAKD.
Minilntown Ace. dally except Hunday at 8.12a. m.
.lolinstownKx.12.5HP. II., dally except Monday.
Mall7.:tO p. m ' "
Atlantic. Express 10.20 p. m., dally (flaR)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.J8 a. m., dally
Mall, 2.09 p. M, dallyexceptSunday.
Hlllllntown Aun. dally except Hunday at e.lAr.M,
Pittsburg Ex. dally except Hundav (flag) ll.fWe. m.
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I CANNOT Htt tlnvt n In Honmtiy word
JtiBt whnn or luiw It t'amo to lw im
ilfrMttitnl between my imrtner, Jonn
Htillmnn,nnd mynelf, Hint I wan to mar
ry liU tlutiRiiter Nannlf, when Mie wan
tilil etiouKli. I have u viikub lmprcHalon
tliat she wits In long clollirs nt llio tlino
we first tulkeil of It.
Her mother dlvil wlien hIio wim n little
girl, and old Mr. Kllllnmn took liur homo
to the family house at Owl's Comer, one
of the tirettli'Ht little village I ever had
the good fortune to gee. Hut Nannie
wtia eighteen when 1 flint met her a
woman, nnd thin wan the scene of our
meeting :
John had nenl for nio to eome to Owl's
Corner on n eertain July day, iiromlnlng
to drive over to the ntallon and meet me,
as my elderly legs covered the ground
hut slowly.
We hnd retired from tnislness, rleh
men Inith, some years before, anil cor
responded regularly. Hut I hnd been
nbronil, and this wns my llrst visit to
Owl's Corner In ten yearn, t remem
bered Nannie as a romping ehlld, fond
of swinging on the gates, dlmplng up
grnpe arbors, and Imperiling her neck
fifty times a day, John always saying on
each occasion
" Hho's a little wild, but she'll gelover
that one of theHe days."
I waited at the station for half an
hour, then, seeing no sign of John, I
started to walk to the house. It was
mid-day and fearfully hot, and, when i
had accoin pllshed half the distance, 1
turned oil' the road and started through
a grove that gave me a longer walk, but
thick shade. I was resting there on a
broad stone, completely hidden by the
bushes on every side, when I heard
John's voice:
" Where have you been 5"'
There was such dismay and astonish
ment In the voice that 1 looked up in
surprise, to find that he was not greet
ing me, but a tall slender girl coming
toward him. Kuch a sight 1 Hhe was
dark and beautiful, dressed in a thin
dress of roue-pink, faultless about the
face and throat, but from the waist
down, clinging to her, one mass of the
greenest, blackest mud and water.
" In the duck pond," she answered,
with a voice as clear and musical as a
chime of bells. "Don't come near
me."
" You are enough to wear a man into
his grave!"
"There, don't scold," was thecoaxing
reply ; " little Bob ltyan fell in face
down. It did not make any material
difference In his costume, hut I was
afraid he would smother, so I waded in.
The water Is not over two feet deep, but
the mud goes clear through to China,
I Imagine. It Is rather a pity about my
new dress, Isn't it V"
" A pity I" roared John ; "you will
come to an untimely end some day with
your freaks. As If there was nobody to
pick an Irish brat out of the duck pond
but you 1"
" There actually was nobody else
about. There, now, don't be angry.
I'll go to the house and put on that be
witching white aflUIr that came from
New York last week, and be all ready
to drive over to the station with you at
what time?"
" About three. Lawrence Is coming
on the 2:40."
And I had come on the 2:10. This
accounted for the failure to meet me. I
kept snug in my retreat until John and
Nannie were well on their way home
ward, wondering a little how many
young Indies In my circle of friends
would have so recklessly sacrificed a
new dress to pick a beggar's brat out of
the mud.
When I, in my turn, reached the
house, John was on the porch, waiting
for Nannie's re-appearance. He gave
me a most cordial welcome, ordered
luncheon, called Nannie, his mother,
and a man to go for my trunk all in
one breath and seemed really rejoiced
to see me.
Presently a slender girl with a truly
" bewitching" white dress trimmed
with dashes of scarlet ribbon, and
smoothly braided black hair tied with
scarlet bows, came demurely into the
room and was introduced. Never, how
ever, in that first hour, could the wildest
imagination have pictured Nannie Btill
luaii wading into a duck pond. But the
half shy, half dignified company man
ner soon wore away, and Nannie and I
were fast friends before dinner. She
sang for me in a voice as deliriously
fresh as a bird's carol; she took me to
see her pets the new horse that was her
last birthday gift from " papa," the ugly
little Scotch terrier with the beautiful
brown eyes, the rabbits, Guinea hens,
and the superannuated old pony, who
had preceded the new horse.
In a week I was as much in love as
ever John could have desired. Nannie
was the most bewitching maiden I bad
ever met childlike and yet womanly
frank, bright, and full of girlish freaks
J and boyish mischief; and yet well edu-
rated, with rcnlly wonderful musical
gifts, nnd full of noble thoughts. Hhe
wan a perfect Idol In the village
her friends and neighbors thinking no
party complete, without her while the
poor fairly worshiped her.
John allowed her an utmost unlimited
supply of pocket money, and she was
lavish In all chnrlly, from blankets for
old women and tobacco for old men, to
candles for the children and tides on
horseback for the urchins. And she had
away of conferring favors that never
wounded the pride of the most sensi
tive. We rode together every morning, wo
walked In the emit evening hours, we
spent much time ut the pltinn, and dis
cussed our favorite author; and, tine
day, when 1 asked Nannie to he my
wife, she said, coolly :
" Why, of course; I thought that wan
all understood long ngo !"
I was rather ania.ed at such malter-of-fiict
wooing, but delighted nt the re
sult. How could I expect any soft,
blushing speeches t I suppose I ranked
Just, where John and Nannie's grand
mother did In her atleetlons.
But one morning, when Mrs. Stllliimii
was snipping her geraniums In the sit
ting room, and John was rending the
morning papers, Nannie hurst in, her
beautiful face all aglow, her ryes bright
with delight, crying :
"(), grandma! Walt has come home !
I saw him from my window riding up
the road."
She was going then, Just as John ex
claimed :
"Confound Walt!"
"Who is WHlty" I naturally In
ittired. " Walter Bruce, the son of one of our
neighbors. Helms been like a brother
to Nannie all her life, hut went off to
Europe two years ago, when he ciimo of
age. They wanted to correspond, but 1
forbade that. Ho he hits turned up
again."
It was evident that John was terribly
vexed, and I very soon shared his an
noyance. Walt, a tall handsome fellow,
Improved, not spoiled by travel, Just
haunted the house. Ho was generally
off with Nannie as soon as he arrived,
and blind to Mrs. Htlllman's Ill-con-coaled
coldness and John's sarcastic
speeches about boys and puppies.
As for me, by the tlmo'my sleepy eyes
were opened In the morning, Nannie
had taken a long ride with YValt, was at
the piano when I came Into room, and
Walt was walking beside Nannie when
the hour for our usual stroll arrived.
And the very demon of mischief pos
sessed the girl. There was no freak she
was not inventing to imperil her life
riding, driving, boating, and I fairly
shivered sometimes at the prospect of
my nervous terrors when it would be
my task to try nnd control thin quick
silver temperament.
But one day, when I wan In the summer-house,
a very rueful little maiden,
with a tear-stained face, came to my side
and said :
." Walt is going away !"
"Indeed!"
"Yes, and he says I'm a wicked flirt,"
with a choking sob. " I thought I
would ask you about It."
" About what V"
"About our getting married. You
know papa told me I wan to marry you
ages and ages ago."
" Yes."
" And I knew it wos all right if he
said so. But Walt says you must be a
mufT if you want a wife who is all the
time thinking of somebody else. And
you know I can't help it. Walt has
been my friend ever since we were little,
and we were always together. And
when he was in Europe papa wouldn't
let us write to each other, but I kissed
his picture every night and morning,
and wore his hair in a locket; and
thought of him all the time. And he
says you won't like it after we are married."
"Well, not exactly," I tiald, dryly.
" You'll have to stop thinking of him
then."
" I don't believe I ever can. And so
I thought I'd tell you, and perhaps
perhaps you will tell papa we don't care
about being married, after all. I don't
think I could ever be sedate and grave
like an old lady, and of course I ought
not to be an old man's wife."
" Of course."
"And I am so rude and horrid. I
know I am not nice like city girls, and
I am altogether hateful; but Walt don't
care."
I rather agreed with Walt as she stood
in shy confusion before me, her eyes still
misty, her sweet lips quivering. It was
a sore wrench to give her up, but I was
not quite an idiot, and I said gravely :
"But your father?"
" Yes, I know ; he'll make a real
storm. But then his storms don't last
Iong,aud maybe you would tell him that
you have changed your mind. You have,
haven't you?"
"Yes; the latt half hour has quite
changed my matrimonial views."
I could not help smiling, and the next
moment two arms encircled my neck, a
warm kiss fell upon my check, anil Nan
nie cried :
"You area perfect darling a perfect
(lulling 1 and I shall love you dearly nil
my lire."
Ho when I lost her love I gained It.
Hhe flitted awny presently, and I gave
myself a good mental shaking up, and
concluded my fool's paradise would soon
havo vanished If I had undertaken to
make nn "old lady" out of Nannie.
John's wrath was loud and violent.
He exhausted nil the vituperative Ian
gunge In. the dictionary, nnd then snt
down, panting, but furious.
"Come, now," I said, "what Is the
objection to young Bruce? In ho poor?"
" No, confound him ! Ho Inherits bin
grandfather's property, besides what bin
father will probably leave him."
" Is ho Immoral ?"
" I never heard so."
" Whntdoes all him, then ?"
"Nothing; but I have net my mind
on Nannie's marrying you."
" Well, you see she set her heart In
another direction, and I strongly object
to a wife wim In In love with somebody
else."
" What on earth sent . the puppy
home?"
" Love for Nannie, I Imagine, ('nine,
John, you won't be my father-in-law,
for I will not marry Nannie If you are
ever so tyiannlcal ; but we ran Jog along
as usual, the best of friends look I"
I pointed out of the window ns I
sKike. On the garden walk, shaded by
a great oak tree, Walter Bruce stood
looking down at Nannie with love
llghted eyes. Her beautiful face, nil
dimpled with smiles and blushes, was
lifted up to meet his gaze, and tioth her
little hands were Imprisoned In his
strong ones.
John looked. Hlri fiice softened, his
eyes grew misty, and presently he
said :
" How happy she Is, Lawrence."
"And we will not cloud her hup
plness, John," I answered. " This in
right and fitting. Nannie is too bright
n May flower to be wilted by being tied
up to an old December log like me.
Ho when, half fearful, the lovers came
In, they met only words of affection, and
Nannie's face lost nothing of its sun
shine. Hhe was the loveliest of brides a few
months later, and wore the set of dia
monds I had ordered for my bride at her
wedding. And she is the most charm-
Ing little matron Imaginable, with all
her odd freaks merged into a sunshiny
cheerful ness,and her husliand is a proud,
happy man; while I'm Uncle Lawrence
to the children and the warm friend of
the whole family.
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A Good Yarn.
FARM EB, HOBB8 was a voracious
old American dodger. His great
delight was to secure the attention of
some one while he spun a yarn about
the euteness of his boy Zeke.
" Ah," said old Hobbs one day, as he
had fairly. fixed his auditor, " eke Is the
most remarkable boy I ever set eyes on.
He is like his old dad ; you can't no
more sarcumvent him than you ken a
woodchuck. You recollect that choice
apple tree that grew at the bottom of
of the hill, near the stump fence ? Wall,
I tell ye, I was mighty savin' o' them
there apples. I forbid Zeke touchln'
'em, as they brought a high price in the
market, and every one counted ; but he
would get 'em In spite o' me. It was
his way, you know, and all possessed
wouldn't stop him.
" One day I caught the youn g scape
grace up in the tree Btuflln' his sack with
fruit, so I determined to punish him for
it.
" Ezekiel, my son," says I, " your
father is calling you come down." I
thought I'd be sort o' persuasive, so it
would fetch him ; but he smelt a rat and
didn't budge an inch.
" I can't, dad ; these jicsky apples are
in my way."
"Zeke," I continued sternly, for my
dander began to rise, " corre down
come down this minute, or I'll cut
down the tree and let you fall." You see
my poor old limbs would not permit my
shinnln' up the tree after the boy, so I
bad to take other means.
" Oh, no, you won't, dad!" says Zeke.
"Only think how you would mourn if
ye couldn't sell the apples to stuff the
old leather wallet that's locked away in
the bureau !"
" That was too much to have my
own boy to accuse me of parsimuny.
Ho what does I do but get the axe and
cut away at the bottom of the tree.
" Zeke," I cried, when the tree was
about half cut through, ' ' will you come
down now and save yerself?"
"Never mind, dad," Bald he; "I
ain't spllln'."
" It was no use; I couldn't fetch him
that way ; so I chopped away at the tree
till at last it began to sway, and fell to
the ground with a ci "
" What, and crushed your own boy I"
ejaculated his terrified listener.
"Not by a long chalk !" replied Hoblw,
.winking knowingly. "You couldn't
come It over Zeke so. He crawled out
on a limb, and while I was choppln1 th
tree down, he cut the limb off with
Jack-knlle, nnd when the tree fell, there
he was, still up there on thellinb.
, . , . ,
for the Last Time.
There In a touch of pathos about doing
even the simplest thing " for the laM,
time." It Is not alone kissing the detul
that gives you strange pain. You feel It,
when you have looked your hint Hum
upon some scene that you have loved
when you stand in some quiet city
street, where you know that you wilt
lever stand again. The actor playing
hln part for the Inst time ; the singer
whose voice cracked hopelessly.and who
after thin once will never stand beforti
the sea of upturned faces, disputing tb
plaudit with fresher voices nnd fairer
forms; the minister who has prenchnl
his last sermon these nil know th
hidden liittertiens of the two Word
never ngnln." How they come to ut
tin our birthdays ns we grow older.--
Never ngaln always nearer and nearer
to the very lasU-tho end which is uni
versal, "the last thing" which shall fol
low all last things and turn them, let ut
hope, from pnin to Joys.
We put away our boyish toyB with n
odd headache. We were tooold to walk
any longeron our stilts too tall to play
marbles on the sidewalk. Yet there wim
a pung when we thought we had played
with our merry thoughts for the lusk
time, and life's serious, grown-up work
was waiting for us. Now we do not,
want the lost toys back. Life has other
and larger playthings for us. May jt,
not be that these, too, shall seem to tho
ught of some far-ofl' day as the boyisli
games seem to our manhood, and w
shall learn that death Is but the opening
of the gate Into the new land n
promise ?
. . .
A Word to Parents.
If you wish to make your sou like his
business,placo him In responsible place.
Trust him ; consult him about the wofk
he Is to do. He will take more Interest
In his work autl be much more likely tv
succeed when he starts for himself.
Don't make slaves of your children.
For want of proper training many n
child has grown up without discipline.
He has been able to run through in hit
Incredibly short space of time all thatln
strong-minded father left him. Twenf
years ago we k new such a man. To-day
his son owns only a poor and old span
of horses and is living from hand-to-mouth
and a very poor living he get
at that. The fine estate slipped easPy
from the hands of hln son who had no
skill to manage it. Ho one generation
makes money for the next generation to
spend.
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A Remarkable Case.
A very curious cane is now on trial ut
Butler. Thirty years ago Emily War.),
aged 10, left her home. Hi nee that tb"
old homestead near Petrolia, which ban
been occupied by her brothers and sister
has, in consequence of the oil discov
eries, become immensely valuable. . Re
cently a woman has appeared claiming
to be the long lost Emily, and at fiiM
she was received by the other membert
in good faith as their sister. But doubt
were soon afterward thrown upon be
lndentlty by her lack of familiarity
with localities and events that the rent
Emily had been conversant with in tho.
olden time, and she was discarded as an
imposter, save by the youngest brother
of the family. Hhe has brought suit in
the court to recover her share of the es
tate, and the trial is now in progress.
The family will, In thedefense.endeavor
to show that she Is one Mahala HID,
resident of Meadvllle, the divorced wife
of one Grey, and the present wife of, a
man named Danforth.
$ The Kev. Dr. John Hall baa a tem
perance article in the Ledger, In whi j
he gives this description of German beer
drinkers to be seen on East Side : "They
look like small barrels with limbs uv
toched, dull, phlegmatic, fat, stolid, to
whom even a laugh is an unwelcoio
exertion, whose nerves, if they everha.t
any, are buried in many inches of un
healthy adipose matter. These are not
the men to be hurried into wild spasiuf
of mad excitement. They are not often
drunk ; but they are not often sober jt
the true sense of that word. They are
like woollen goods to the Are." Then
he goes on to say : "But take a dim
from Kerry or Galway impulsive, u'
alive, his nerves on the outside, bit
blood retaining the heat brought long
ago from the far East and ply him
with the stimulant he chooses. It it
the fire in a timber yard among pile of
Virginia pine. The flames leap amr
roar and crackle. There is a rapid rcii,
in self-destruction or in the destruoCo
of others." Dr. Hall advises Germans,
Irishmen, and everyliody else not to
play with the fire of alcohol.
C?" What point do people always over
look ? The point of their nose
course.