THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELl), PA. JUNE 11, 1878.
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RAILROAD 8 .
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
Hay 1 ISTN.
TWAINS LEAVE ilARRISBUKG AS FOLLOWS
For New York, at ft. 20, 8.10 a. tn. S.oop. m.,
and 7.5ft p. in.
For Philadelphia, at o.2u, 8.10, a.m.
loo and 8.M p. ni. .
For Heading, at 8,20, 8.10, 9.45a. in. and 2.00
3.!7andT.r,ft. M . ,
For Pottsvllle at ft. 20. 8.10 a. m., and 8.ftT
p. m., ami via Schuylkill anil Busqiiehanna
Branch at 2.40 p. m.
For Auburn via B. & H. Br. at 8.30 a. m.
For Alleiitown, at 6.20, 8.1oa. mandat 2.00,
3.57 and 7.65 p. m. . ,
The S.20, 8.10 a. m., and 7.55 p. m., trains
have through cars for New York.
The 6.20, a. m.. and 2.00 p.m., trains have
th rough cars for I'h iladelphla.
SUNDAYS :
For New York, at 6.20 a. in.
For- Allentown nnd Way Htntlnna at 8.20a.m.
For Heading, Philadelphia aud Way tUatlnusat
1.4S p. ni.
TRAINS FOR HARUIsni'RO, LEAVE AS I lOL
LOWS :
Leave New York, at 8.46 a. m.. 1.00, 6.30:iml
'7.45 p.m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 9.18 a. m. 4.00, and
7.20 p. in.
Leave Reading, at t.4, 7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30,
8.15 and 1 M. in. . . , .
Leave Pottsvllle, at 810, .1S a.m. and ( 35
PAn'd via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Brand' al
8.15 a. in.
Leave Auburn vlaS. S. Br. at 12 noon.
Leave Alleniown, at US" ft.M, 0.05 a.m.. 12.15
4.30 and 9.0) p. 111.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, at S.30 n. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. in. aud 10.35
Leave Allentown. al2. 10 a. in., and 9.05 p. m.
J. K. WOOTEN, (ien. Manager.
C. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
tDoes not run on Mondays.
Via Morris aud Essex It. R.
Pennsylvania It. R.Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, l'as
lenger tralnswlll run as follows:
EAST.
Mlflllntown Ace. 7.32 a. in., dillv exceptSunday.
Johnstown Ex. 1222 P. M., dally " Sunday
Mail, 6.64 P. M., dally exceptSunday
Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., flag, daily.
WEST.
WayFass.9.08 A. m., dally,
Mail 2.43 r. M. dally exceptSunda y.
Mllliintown Acc. 6.68 P. M. dallyexcept Sunday.
Pittsburgh Express, 11.67P. M., (Flag) daily, ex
cept Sunday.
Pacftlo Express, 5.17 a. m.. dally (flag)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
Is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 min
utes slower than New York time.
J. J. BARCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877,tralns
willleave Duucannon, as follows :
EASTWARD.
Mlffllntown Ace. dally except Bundayat 8.12a. m.
Johnstown Ex. 12.63 p. M., daily exceptSunday.
Mail 7.30 P. M " " '
Atlantic Express 10.20 p. m., dally (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.38 a. m., dally
Mall, 2.09 p. M dallyexceptSnnday.
Mlfliintown Ace. dallyexceptSnnday at 6.16p.m.
Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (Hag) 11.33P. M.
WM. O. KING Agent.
AND-
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Interesting Anecdotes.
MANY yiars ngo, Mr. Maltland, ft
respectable farmer, died In one of
the settlements of Canada. lie left a
widow, a pious and amiable woman, and
three small children. Mrs. Maltland
thought herself unable to manage her
large farm, and after renting a cottage
In the nearest village, she leased her
land for a number of years, and then
sold off everything except the necessary
furniture for her new home.
After the sale was over, a friend went
Into the house nnd congratulated her
upon the plan she had adopted, remark
ing at the same time that she could not
feel Becure !n her unprotected state while
In that lonely house.
" Not unprotected," replied Mrs.
Maltland, with a snd smile, " you forget
that I am under the especial care of
Him who remembers the fatherless and
the widow In their desolation."
The farm house was a solitary one
not another within half a mile, and that
night there was a good deal of money In
the house the proceeds of the sale. The
mother, her three young children and a
servant girl were the sole inmates. They
had retired to rest, but the wind was
howling fearfully, and shaking the old
house nt every blast. This kept the
poor mother awake, and she thought
she heard in the pnuses of tbe tempest,
some strange and unusual noise, appar
ently at the back of the house. While
eagerly listening to catch the sound
again, she was startled by the violent
barking of a dog, seemingly just beneath
her bed room. This alarmed her still
more, as they kept no dog on the place.
She Immediately arose, and going to the
servant's room awoke her, and they
went down stairs together. There was a
moon, though the night was cloudy, but
still light enough to distinguish objects
faintly. They saw a large black dog in
the hall scratching and gnawing furious
ly at the door leading into the kitchen
whence Mrs. Maltland thought the
noise she first heard had proceeded.
She requested the servant to open the
door which the dog was scratching so
violently., The girl was a fearless crea
ture, and she did so without hesitation,
when the dog rushed Into the kitchen
and the widow saw through the open
door two men at the kitchen window
which was open. The men instantly
retreated, and the dog leaped through
the window after them, when a violent
scuffle ensued, and it was evident from
the occasional yelping of the noble dog,
thai he was sometimes getting the bet
ter of it. The noise of the contest grad
ually receded till Mrs. Maitland could
only hear a faint and distant bark. The
robbers, and perhaps murderers, had
taken out a pane of glass which enabled
them to undo the fastenings of the win
dow, when but for the dog, they would
have, doubtless accomplished their pur
pose. The mistress and servant now dressed
themselves; for sleeping any more that
night was out of the question. They
had scarcely gotten down stairs the sec
ond time when they heard their pro
tector scratching at the outer door for
admittance. When it was opened he
came in wagging his bushy tail, and
fawning upon each of them to be petted
for his valor. He then stretched his
huge body at full length and went to
sleep. Such a breakfast as he got the
next morning I but nothing could in
duce him to prolong his viBit. He stood
whining at the door till It was opened,
when he galloped off in a great hurry
and they never saw him again. Neither
had they ever seen the dog before and
did not know to whom he belonged.
This little story, gleaned from the
journal of a missionary in Canada, not
only adds another bay leaf to the crown
awarded the most faithful and intelli
gent of brutes, but what is better, con
firms the sweet and restful assurance
that " He who keepeth Israel neither
slumbers nor sleeps."
Argus was an old watch-dog, and be
longed to a farmer's family in Albany,
N. H. Having long outlived his use
fulness (as it was presumed,) his owners
had determined to put him out of the
way, and had several times disposed of
him, as they thought, but he always
returned to them alive and well.
Finally a neighbor called one day.wlth
his rifle in his band. He had been out
after a fox. One of the boys agreed
with him to take Argus out in the woods
and shoot him. The old dog was always
crazy to follow a gun. He lay in the
shed and heard the conversation, and
when, finally, the rifleman called to
him, he got up and followed him out,
around the rear of the barn, and there
disappeared.
It would seem that he understood ex
actly the meaning of the compact which
had been framed against his life. At all
events, he disappeared, and for six days
we saw him not, though two or three
times we fancied we could detect his
tracks, where he had been at tbe swill
tub during the night.
The seventh night of the dog's ab
sence was the night of Saturday. Dur
ing the day soap had been made and
boiled down, and a heavy baking done,
In the oven. Somewhere past midnight
all hands were aroused by the barking
and howling and whining of old Argus.
We knew the voice, but determined not
to let him In. He redoubled bis cries
and scratching upon the door.
At length the head of the family, In
his wrath, took down a loaded musket,
loaded for a hawk, and threw up the
window of the sitting-room. No sooner
was the snsh raised than the dog came
in with a bound, and without stopping
to see what his reception was to be, leap
ed through tbe door opening from the
great kitchen out into tbe wash-room
and wood-shed, where he howled and
scratched like one possessed.
John and I knew that something must
lie wrong outside, so we unfustened the
door, and as we opened it the dog bound
ed out to the shed, where there was a
great wooden box half filled with ashes.
Hut we had to go no further to learn
what was the matter. The shed was
filled with smoke, and a sharp crackling
broke upon our ears. The ash-box was
on fire, from coals which had been care
lessly thrown in during the afternoon,
and the fire had taken to the dry pine
partition between the shed and wash
room, and had made its way almost to
the roof.
A smart wind wns blowing, and in ten
minutes more the fire would have been
beyond our control, and those ten min
utes would have been given totheenemy
but for tbe dog. As it was, having
water handy, we put out tbe fire with
only the loss of an ash-box and part of
the partition : but the experience gained
was worth more than that.
(I land old dog 1 He had crept to the
house to satisfy his hunger from the
poor swill-bucket fearing death if he
were discovered ; but when he found
danger to the family, a danger which
he must have comprehended, instantly,
and completely, he thought no more
of himself; to save those whom he had
loved became his sole object, and how
he did it we have seen. Be sure there
was no more thoughts of killing that
dog, nor of giving him away.
The Qulncy (111.) Whig tells this dog
story : " A few evenings since, while a
number of persons were chatting in a
drug store, a gentleman came in follow
ed by a Binall dog. While the master
was procuring some medicine the dog
walked around the store-room, and
picked up something and ran to one of
the gentlemen and attracted attention
by scratching his clothing. The man
looked down and noticed that the dog
had a piece of paper in hiB mouth, but
thought no more about It. The dog not
satisfied, repeated his apparent appeal
but not with success, and then went to
his owner, who took the paper and saw
it wrb a $10 bank note. The dog had
found it on tbe floor and evidently knew
that it was valuable. It subsequently
transpired that the money belonged to
Dr. I. T. Wilson, and it was returned to
him. The dog was rewarded for his sa
gacity by the present of a handsome new
collar.
Warned by a Dream.
fiNlS winter evening about 50 years
J ago, a postchalse, with a single gen
tleman inside of it, drove up to the little
inn on the Pentland Frith, in the north
of Scotland, where passengers who were
going to cross to the Orkneys usually
spent the night. The person, whom we
will call Mr. MacT., was the owner of a
large estate, and an old house which had
belonged to his family for hundreds of
years, in the Mainland, or chief of the
Orkney Islands, and was now about to
visit his property. It was a blustering
stormy night, but that only made more
pleasant the cigar and the glass of whis
key and the crackling wood-fire by
which MacT. sat chatting with the
landlord, who was an old friend both of
his father and himself, and who was
proud of entertaining the "young laird,"
as he called him, with his wildest tales
of adventure on the sea. They did not,
however, sit late, for the Orkney packet
sailed very early in the morning, and
MacT. soon found himself in his cozy,
well-appointed little bed-room. The
wind was chanting a grand Berserker
melody, and the sea was roaring a deep
bass accompaniment. MacT. loved
those Bounds, for they had often been
the lullaby of his childhood, and soon
fell asleep. For some hours he slept
without an Image or a thought reaching
his mind; but at length, when .the
morning was glimmering gray in the
east, a strange dream came to trouble
him. He dreamed that he was in the
ancient banqueting hall of his old house
in the Mainland, sitting at the head of a
very long table. The banqueting hall
was in reality almost a ruin, but in bis
dream MacT. saw it hung with tapestry
and blazing with a hundred lights. The
table was filled on both sides, and he
thought he glanced curiously down at
its length to see who his guests were.
As he looked he shuddered in his dream.
Those who sat at the table with him
were all his dead ancestors for many
generations back. He knew their faces
and dresses well from their portraits In
the picture gallery. Next to hi in sat
his own father, who had died about a
year before. And at the bottom of the
table sat a falr-halred man In a dress of
skins, who was a Norse chleftan, the
founder of the family. It seemed to
him that he sat for some minutes as if
spell-bound, while the spectres murmur
ed together In low, hollow tones. At
length they all rose, and slowly one by
one, In turns, left the hall. But before
they went, each one paused at the door,
and turning, raised his hand in a warn
ing attitude, fixed his eyes on MacT.,
and said in a deep voice, the word "Be.
ware." "The packet starts In twenty
minutes, sir," cried a loud voice at the
door, rousing MacT. suddenly from
,sleep. Confused at first, yet soon re-
memnering wnere lie . was, lie sprang
out of bed nnd began hurriedly to dress
himself. Belug a bad sailor, his first
glance was naturally enough at the sea,
close to which tbe inn stood. The wind
had risen in the night. The waves thun
dered on the shore, and tbe little Ork
ney packet was tossing up and down like
a limpet shell. As he gazed, his strange
dream rose up with sudden distinctness
before MacT.'s mind. He was Infected
with a good deal of thorough Scotch
superstition. Besides he did not much
like the look of the sea, and so he re
solved not to go till to-morrow. That
day the Orkney packet was lost with
every man on board, and MacT., and
his little wife, who was left at home
with the babies, had to thank that warn
ing dream for his life.
Stroke by Stroke.
ft T-ATHEK!" said James Barker
JL He spoke as one who is about to
ask a favor which he fears will not be
granted.
Mr. Barker was washing his face at
the pump. He raised his dripping head
long enough to ask in his gruff way,
" What do you want?"
" I want to go to the academy this
winter."
" Well, you will have to want, I
expect."
" Now, father," interceded Mrs. Bark
er, "it does seemtoo bad. You know he
has gone as far as he can at the school
bouse, ana Miss .t rench says lie is a
right smart scholar."
" Can't help it," replied Mr. Barker,
" There'll be schooling to pay, books and
clothes to buy, and I haven't got the
money."
With a sad heart, James sat down to
the supper table. His father, kind,
though rough, saw his disappointment
and tried to think of some way to help
matters. At length he said :
" I've got the Job of clearing Mr. Mar
tin's wood lot. You may come In and
work with the men ; and if you can
earn enough before school begins to pay
for your schooling and clothes, I will
give your time and board while you are
at school. You are not really strong
enough to chop, and you'll find It pretty
hard. Most likely you will give out,but
you can try."
Very hard work James found it. One
day he was tempted to give it up. He
was at work at a large tree, upon whose
firm grain his inexperienced blows made
little impression. Tired and discouraged,
he sat down on a log to rest. " It's no
use," he said, dolefully.
" What's no use'i"' said an old wood-
chopper, just behind him.
" For me to try to cut down that
tree."
" Pooh, my boy, you can do it. Just
keep at it. Stroke by stroke will cut
down the biggest tree that ever grew.
iion t expect to cut it down with one
blow. Remember, 'stroke by stroke.' "
James did remember ; and whenever
the wlshed-for schooling seemed a good
that he could nevergaln, he would think
'stroke by stroke,' and struggle on. The
watchword which had helped tbe chop
per was not thrown aside by the student
Did a problem bafile, a lesson seem un
conquerable, James thought, 'stroke by
stroke,' and took courage. 'Stroke by
stroke' carried James through school, and
made of him an active, successful man.
Terrible Results of a Thief Trap.
a menmouu (va.) dispatch, says:
iNewB nas just reacnea tms city or a
horrible and fatal case of wholesale
poisoning at Elk Garden, liussell coun
ty, Va., in the southern part of the
State. . It appears that Mrs. Martha
Micalitor, a well known farmer's wife,
had been much annoyed of late by thieves
stealing large quantities of butter. She
bethought herself of a plan to stop the
repeated thefts, and it was this : She
put strychnine into all the rolls of a
certain firkin and placed the firkin in a
convenient place for the robbers.
The firkin was promptly stolen, and
Mrs. Micalitor was satisfied that the
thieves would die. But oh I horror in
stead of the thieves eating the butter
they sold itl It went broad-cast through
the country. Mr. Jackson, a prominent
planter, purchased several pounds of it,
and supposing it all right, the servant
placed it on the supper table, where
there were twelve persons at the repast,
of whom four died In a few hours after
eating tlie butter. They were Andrew,
Joseph and James Jackson, three broth
ers, and Miss Alice Oatewood, who Iiaji-
pened to be a guest of the Misses Jack
son ; beside, three other persons at the
table were taken dangerously III, among
them a young lawyer who was paying
attention to Miss Oatewood.
The greatest excitement prevails In
the county. Neither the thieves who
stole and sold the butter, nor the lady
who used such a dangerous trick, have
been arrested, hut doubtless exertions
will be made to lynch tbe men who
sold It.
....
How to Make Home Happy.
LEAHN to govern yourself, to be gen
tle and patient.
Guard your tempers, especially In sea
sons of 111 health, Irritation and trouble
and soften them by prayer, penitence
and a sense of your own shortcomings
and errors.
Never speak or act In anger, until yon
have prayed over your words or acts,
and concluded that Christ would have
done so in your place.
Bemember that valuable as is the gifts
of speech, the gifts of silence are often
much more precious.
Do not expect too much from others,
but remember that all have an evil na
ture, whose development we must ex
pect; and should forbear and forgive, m
we often desire forgiveness and forbear
ance ourselves.
Never retort a sharp or angry word.
It is the second word that makes the
quarrel.
Beware of the first disagreement.
Learn to speak In a gentle tone of
voice.
Learn to say kind and pleasant things
whenever opportunity offers.
Study the character of each one, and
sympathize with them in their troubles,
however small.
Do not neglect small things, if they
can effect the comfort of others in the
smallest degree.
Avoid moods, pets, and fits of sulki-
ness.
Learn to deny yourselves, and prefer
others.
Beware of meddlers and tale-bearers.
Never charge a bad motive if a good
one be conceivable.
Be gentle but firm with children.
Do not allow your children to be away
from home at night without knowing
where they are.
Do not allow them to go where they
please on the Sabbath.
Do not allow them much spending
money.
Bemember the grave, the Judgment
seat, and the scenes of eternity, and so
order your home on earth that you shall
have a home in heaven.
Prudent Mr. Berg.
In New York recently, a physician
undertook to get the better of Mr. Hen
ry Bergh's argument against the exist
ence of hydrophobia by offering the phi
lanthropist $2,000 if he would consent
to be inoculated with mad dog virus.
This Mr. Bergh declined to do for pru
dential considerations, whereupon a
Scotchman of that city promptly comes
forward and offers himself as a substi
tute, saying that for $2,000 the doctor
may inoculate him to his heart's con
tent, and in the full belief that, if the
patient dies, the fact will prove the ex
istence of hydrophobia, because there
will be no play of imaginative fears to
kill him.
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The Marriage of a Woman to a Woman.
Marancy Hughes was married in Sep
tember last to a person who was known
as Samuel M. roiiard. Her relatives
opposed the match, and she eloped and
was married without their knowledge,
and a short time after their marriage
Pollard confessed to her that she was a
woman ; that she bad trouble with her
relatives in the East; had lost her prop
erty, and assumed the disguise of a man
for the reason that avenues for making
money would be open to her in that
character which would be closed to her
as a woman. Pollard has never given
her any particular reason for doing her
this great wrong, but is believed to have
been actuated by a foolish pride in ap
pearing in the character of a married
man. The victim was ashamed to ac
knowledge that she had been so imposed
upon, and shrunk from admitting the
truth. Pollard, without actually threat
ening her life, repeatedly intimated that
it would be bad for her if she exposed
her, and so she kept silence until a fort
night ago, when her aunt got an inti
mation of the fact, and questioned her
closely, and she related to her the whole
story. The victim says that the woman's
real name is Sarah M. Pollard, and that
her trunk is filled with feminine apparel.
A complaint was filed last week by J.
C. Howerton, accusing Pollard of perju
ry in swearing when he took out the
marriage license that he was a male.