THE TIMES, NEW BL00MFIEL1), PA JANUAltY 20 1860.
Capt. Baker's Servant Girl.
ALL was bustle and coufuslon ninotiK
the fashlonahles of a quite little
town In one of the western counties In
our State lately on the day preceding
the evening of a select ball. The ladles
became great pedestrians, and were on
foot for four hours together, while hus
bands and fathers were at home waiting
In awful suspense for the respective
shop-keeper's bill. The shop-keepers
were more polite than usual, inasmuch
as gauze, lace and ribbons were the only
articles lu demand, were bought with
out the Irritating enquiry "can't you
take less V" and not a milliner could
complain that night for wantyf custom
and a full purse. Evening advanced
and the bustle Increased. Beaux just
from the bandbox might be seen with a
glove on one hand and courage in the
other, tapping at the doors of the
wealthy, and tipping and bowing as if
made of vibratory material, with as
much cash in their pockets as brains lu
their jioddles, and more brass in their
faces than either.
One of these mushroom gentry, who
had the faculty of talking nonsense,
had captivated the charming Mehltable
Clarrlssa Adella Bacon, third daughter
of Captain Jacobus Bacon, of the in
vincible volunteer heroes, vulgarly
called " barefouts," who, with reinark
abl valor, tlurlng the late war, made a
bloodless (not a mudless) retreat through
a swamp two miles, with the enemy at
their heels. At the appointed hour, and
according to promise, this sprig of the
beau monde alluded to, pulled the bell at
the door of the redoubtable captain,
which was answered by their female
servant, who, among the rest, was pre
paring for the ball, and in her best " bib
and tucker" made a polite bow, and In
vited the young coxcomb lu. Twilight
deceived his already defective vision'; for
it is sometimes said, that love, like
.wine, will make men see double, espec
ially if they run against a lamp post ;
aud he mistook the servant for Miss Ma
hltable. Dolling his hat, describing
with his body all figures ot Euclid, such
as circles, squares and triangles, be at
hist completed his bow a la mode, and
lisped the fact that he had the " onnow
of being in readiness to ethcort her to
the assembly room."
" I am engaged, sir," said the kitch
en belle.
"EDgagedl" exclaimed the youth,
chopfallen, " MiBS Bacon engaged?"
" Oh, it is Miss Bacon you wish to see
then V" replied the girl.
" Why, yeth I am mistaken I faith !
thedeuthl bowing and scraping to a
servant girl. Wherth your mistress V"
" Walk into the parlor, sir," said the
insured girl. " I will call her."
Header, wouldst thou know who this
servant girl might be, of whom we have
been talking V Well, listen, and I'll tell
thee. Didst thou ever hear of William
L , once a wealthy shipping mer
chant of New York, who, through mul
tiplied losses, was called from . the do
minion of the wealthy and fashionablo,
and for many years dwelt obscurely in a
country village, with the only remnant
cf a large family a charming daughter.
This was the very child. At the age of
ten, she became an orphan but not
friendless. The gentlemanly conduct
of her father, even in poverty, had won
the esteem of all, and this last survivor
of his accumulated misfortunes, found a
home and a friend with a wealthy coun
try gentleman. She grew up to woman
hood, beautiful and accomplished, and
beloved by all the family, as a sister and
child. But death claimed the adopted
sister as his, and her prospects changed.
The woman who supplied her place af
terwards, was her antipodes, and Anian
da K. stepped into the wide world de
pendant upon physical strength alone
for subsistence. But the good wishes of
her adopted family went with her, and
a situation in the family of Capt. Bacon
was secured to her in which place the
reader found her. Bnt to resume.
At an early nour tne ball room was
filled with a truly brilliant assemblage,
There were red cheeks in profusion, some
painted by nature, others by art : bright
eyes in abundance, some sparkling with
intelligence others with nervous excite
ment, and among the rougher sex, many
wun wine, juirm ana nuarity nore re
gal sway, until a discovery was made a
discovery considered by that assemblage
as of equal importance with Herschel's
lunar observations. The dance was sus
pended, notwithstanding Sambo still
sawed his catgut, and a whisper ran
through the crowd. The purse-proud,
vinegar-faced Mrs. Z , had the hon.
er of making the discovery, iu which was
involved the reputation of all present.
It was nothing less than the lamentable
fact that Amanda K., the servant girl
of Capt. Bacon had impertinently in
truded herself into the company of her
betters actually dancing two cotillions
with them before the degrading truth
was known.
"Did you ever see such imperti
nence ?" says one. ,
" What brazen thing!" said another.
" Why, see how she's dreBsed V" said
a third.
" Buch a character !" whisper a fourth
" but never mind now."
A pot slewer in our company! the
wench I chimed in Mrs. Z , with
that glance of expression which charac
terized her; and turning up her nose,
advised the Indies to leave the room, and
no longer be insulted by her presence.
This advice was assented to by the in
telligent compatiy, and the poor, but In
finitely superior girl, was left alone,
abashed, confused, and almost over
come with emotion, lie wko invited
her thither was the sou of her adopted
father, who united with intelligence a
gentlemanly aud graceful deportment,
and the command of extensive posses
sions lu one of the most fertile portions
of our state. He was absent when the
revolution in the ball room took place;
but returned as soon as it was evacuated
by the ladles. Astonished at the change
and perceiving Amanda standing with
her face suffused with blushes, hastily
inquired the cause. A friend drew hliu
aside and communicated the facts as
they have been stated. The young man
was enraged and with an emphasis ade
quate to his just excitement exclaimed ;
" What's that purse-proud fool, that
ignorant parrot of fashion worth, who
scorns virtue because it is coupled with
poverty V"
1 Ten thousand dollars," answered
his friend.
"Ten thou tand dollars, eh V" Well
Amanda U worth that sura and the heavy
fool Into the bargain. Ten thousand
dollars I And that forsooth, against re
spectability. Here, Amanda my girl,"
said he, taking her hand and bowing re
spectfully to the gentlemen present,
let us leave this place, where haughty
pride pampered and fed with the crumbs
of wealth, exercises an influnce superior
to the dictates of good sense, when vir
tue is endangered."
So saying they left the place and re
turned home.
The morning after the ball, Amanda,
the poor, slighted and abused girl, who
was denied the boon of mixing in socie
ty, because Bhe wore the russet gown of
poverty, received from the indignant
young man an instrument of writing,
securing to her possession the full
amount of ten thousand dollars. The
gift, and the motives which prompted it
were soon made known to the haughty
Mrs. Z , and revenge more painful
than disdain took the place of the latter.
Nor was the cup of bitterness yet full.
With all the solicitude of a designing
mother Bhe laid traps to ensnare the
young man in question, as a husband
for her own grey-eyed daughter, and
fondly imagined that his urbanity gave
evidence that she had caught him in
her meshes. . But alas 1 how soon do the
moBt towering expectations fall. Ere
two months had elapsed the humble
Amanda became the wife of the
wealthy Edgar N.
Time rolled on its silent course, bear
ing on its bosom sweet flowers and
beaming sunshine, and every ingredient
of happiness for the youthful pair, and
those who turned their backs upon Capt.
Bacon's servant girl, became the cour
tiers, the fawning sycophants of Mrs. N,
who In her new station, was no more
worthy of esteem, no more beloved by
the truly good. Twenty summers have
since scattered their blossoms around
her quiet mansion, and the slight
touches of the frost have gathered upon
the temples of her fond husband, yet
love, pure and holy, still warms the do
mestic circle, wherein the altar of true
benevolence is reared.
The simple tale I have told Is not the
filagree work of fancy, wrought up from
the tinselled material of fiction it is
based upon facts. How often are such
facts exhibited to our view, to the great
discredit of intelligent wealth.
Virtue, beauty, intelligence, moral
worth the highest attributes of intelli
gent creatures, are often forced to bow
before the gilded shrine of mammon,
whose altars are often built up amid the
mouldering ruins of genius, and whose
sacrificial rites consist in the utter pros
tration and destruction of all that is
great and noble in nature, all that is
bright and lovely in humanity.
The good things of life are poured in
to her lap in abundance, while she dis
tributes with a prodigal hand, their bles
sings among the children of cheerless
poverty, and it may be truly said, that
her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband, also, and he praiseth her.
Some Forfeits for Fun.
1. Put a newspaper on the floor in
such a way that two persona can Btand
on it and not be able to touch each other
with their bauds. This forfeit has the
honor of being old, but it was not our
good fortune to meet it until a short
time ago, and was forced to " give it
up." By putting the paper in a door-
way one-half inside and the other out
side of the room, and closing the door
over it, the two persona can easily
btand npon it aud still be beyond each
other's reach.
2. To go out of the room with two
legs, and come lu with six. Not diffi
cult If one thinks to bring a chair along
on the return.
8. To act the Dumb Servant. The
person who has the forfeit to pay must
act out the answers to the questions put
by the master of ceremonies; as, How
do you make bread V How do you eat
soup V etc. This forfeit will cause much
merriment If proper questions are put.
4. Put one hand where the other can
not touch it. One can get out of this
difficulty by putting one hand on the
elbow of the other arm.
5. Place a pencil on the floor so that
one cannot Jump over it. May be done
by putting It close to the wall of the
room.
0. Put a question that no one can an
swer with a no 1 This is not hard if
one thinks to ask, What does Y-E-B
spell V
7. Push a chair through a Anger
ring. This forfeit ia made by putting
the ring on the finger and pushing the
the chair any other object will do as
well with the finger. This last much
reseat blesithe next.
8. Put yourself through a key hole.
This was a great puzzle to us for a while
but when a piece of paper was taken
with the word "yourself " written up
on it, and pushed through the hole, it
was all clear.
There are many other of these amus
ing little tricks, but these given will
suggest others, and help to make the so
cial winter gatherings all that they
should be.
How Congressmen are Made.
E
X-MAYOtt ELY, of New York city,
confirmed bachelor, is a gentle
man of wealth, and a Bhrewd politltian.
There are few men who, like himself,
have represented the city in the Senate,
in Congre3s,and in the Mayoralty, who
know better about what an election to
any office shouldxost from any political
organization. He thus tells how he
came to go to Congress: " One day I
met John Kelly,' and he said, 'Ely, how
would you like to go to Congress?" I
said, 'Oh, I don't know. I never thonght
about It.' 'Well, think about It, and let
me know what you conclude.' I thought
about it for a week or so, and met Kelly
again. He said, 'What conclusion did
you come to about that matter ?' 'Why,
I guess I would rather like to go, if It
won't cost me too much,' I said. 'Well,
how much do you want to give?' said
Kelly. ' I thought I would get off with
about $5,000,' I said. ' Oh no, that won't
do. You must give us $10,000. Think
it over again, and see if you want to go
$10,000 worth.' Well, I thought another
week, and told Kelly I would give
$7,000, but I didn't want any trouble
about it. He agreed to it, and I handed
him my check for $7,000, and then went
up the river. When the time for the
Convention came around, I was nomi
nated, and was elected." A brother
Congressman once saw him put his
hand in his pocket and take out a hand
ful of diamonds. He said to him, " Ely,
what are you doing with so many dia
monds in your pockets?" They were
mostly small ones, but there were some
fine ones among them. He smiled and
said: " I have had $100,000 in diamonds.
It was during the war. I bad Baved up
a right comfortable little stake, and
when greenbacks began going down
down, down, began to get scared, and
I wanted my money in something
handy and safe that I could carry about
my person. So I bought diamonds, and
intended, when the government went
under, to skip across the ocean, and live
quietly in some pleasant place over
there. These are a few I had left, and
have never cared to sell."
J.jS" Generally speaking, a man cannot
have a worse or more tyrannical master
than himself. As our habits and luxur
ies domineer over us the moment we are
in a situation to indulge them, few peo
ple are so dependent as the independent
Poverty and subjection debar us from
many vices, by the Impossibility, of giv
ing way to things. When we are rich
and free from the domination of others
we are corrupted and oppressed by our
selves.
Answer This.
Did you ever know any person to be
111, without inaction of the Stomach,
Liver or kidneys, or did you ever know
one who was. well when either was
obstructed or inactive ; and did you ever
know or hear of any case of the kind
that Hop Bitters would not cure,
your neighbor this same question.
Ask
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(3 Contentment produces in some
measure, all those effects which the al
chemist usually ascribes to what he calls
the philosopher's stone, and if it does'
not bring riches it does the same thing
by banishing the desire for them.
tiT Religion gives to virtue the sweet
est hopes, to unrepentlng vice, just
alarms, to true repentance, the most
powerful consolations ; but she endeav
ors above all things to inspire in men
love, meekness and pity for men.
SUNDAY HEADING.
Woman's Attractiveness.
Personal attractions most girls possess
at any rate, In a sufficient degree to
render them attractive to somebody, for
although there are standards of beauty,
yet these do not prevail with all persons.
There Is something wonderful In the
difference of aspect which the same face
wears different to beholders. Probably the
philosophical explanation of this Is that
what is hidden from all others becomes
immediately and instinctively apparent
to the eye of love. How can a moder-
ately good-looking girl increase her at
tractions? By culture. She must culti
vate her mind. An Ignorant, Illiterate
woman, even if she attracts attention,
cannot retain the interest of an intelli
gent man. She must do this by read
ing, by study, by reflection and by fa
miliar conversation with the best and
most highly-educated persons with whom
she cornea in contact. But the heart
must be cultivated as well as the head.
'Of all things," exclaimed a most ele
gant and refined gentleman, after near
ly a lifetime's familiarity with the best
society "of all things give me a soft-
ness aud gentleness in a woman." A
harsh voice, a coarse laugh, trifles like
these have suddenly spoiled many a fa
vorable first impression. The cultiva
tion of the heart must be real, not
feigned. A woman that studies to ap
pear rather than be good and generous
seldom succeeds in deceiving the other
sex in these respects. She, who in
truth, seeks earnestly to promote the
happiness of those around her is very
apt to obtain admirers among men.
Above all other requisites in a woman
is conscientiousness. Without this one
touchstone of character, no matter what
her charms and acquirements, she can
not expect to command the lasting re
gards of any man whose love is worth
having.
" Pay John Williams."
At a church prayer meeting a man
whose credit was not the best, and who
was somewhat noted for habitual full u re
to meet his obligations, arose to speak.
The subjeeffor the evening was, "What
shall I do to be saved?" Commencing
in measured tones, he quoted the pass
age: "What shall I do to be saved?"
He paused, and again more emphatic
ally asked the question : "What shall
I do to be saved?" Again, with increas
ed solemulty aud impressiveness of
manner, he repeated the momentous in
quiry, when a voice from the assembly,
in clear and distinct tones, answered:
"Go aud pay John Williams for the
yoke of oxen that you bought of him."
The remainder of the gentleman's ad
dress was not reported. All who heard
it, appreciated the fitness of the unex
pected word in season, and were . saved
from hearing a lengthy exhoitatiou
from a defaulter's lips. The incident'
suggests that there are a good many peo
ple, before they make much progress in
walking in the way of salvation them
selves, or guiding others therin, will
have to "Go and pay John Williams,"
or John somebody else, the mony that
they honestly owe them. There is no
man shrewd enough to pursue a course of
dishonesty and trickery, and still retain
the favor of God in this world, or a good
hope of glory for the world to come. It
is best to settle up, square up, and pay
up, and then It will be in order to talk
in the prayer meeting.
A Brief but Telling Sermon.
A little shoeblack called at the resi
dence of a clergyman of Boston, and so
licited a piece of bread and some water.
The servant was directed to give the
child bread from the crumb basket, and
as the little fellow was walking slowly
awav and shifting the clft between his
fingers for a piece large enough to chew,
the minister called him back and asked
him if he had ever learned to pray. On
receiving a negative answer, he directed
him to say, " Our Father," but he could
not understand the familiarity.
" Is It our father your father my
father?"
" Why, certainly."
The bov looked at him awhile and
commenced crvinir. at the same time
holding up his crust of bread, and ex
claimed between his sobs :
"You say that your father is my
father : aren't you ashamed to give your
little brother such stuff to eat when you
have got so many good things for your
self"'
ry The beginning of hardships is
like the first taste of bitter food it
seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if
there is nothing else to satisfy your huu
ger, we take another bite and find it pos
sible to go on.
3" The heart is a book which w
ought not to tear in a hurry to get at
its contents.
S3" Good thoughts, like the leaves.
clve out a sweet smell if laid up In the
jar of memory.
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NEW BL00MFIELD, PENN'A.
HAVING succeeded the late firm of Dr. M. B.
Strlckler In the Drug Business at his Store-room,
ou MAIN STREET, two doors East ot the Big
Spring, I will endeavor to make It In every way
worthy the patronage ot the public.
Personal and strict attention AT ALL TIMES
given to the compounding and dispensing Physi
cians' presclptions, so as to Insure accuracy and
guard against accidents.
BEAU IN MIXD
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