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YflL. i. FAYJBTTEYILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, NftYEMBER l,i866 L AT 7yr .r7tT.rs t.,T m \r- \ \ POETRY. » IS PUBLISHED KVEEI THJTKSDAT, IN FAYETXEVILLE, N. Y P. A. DABLING, Proprietor OFFICE\ BEARD BLOCK, OYER OAOB AND LINES' STORE, $1.50 per annum, Invariably in Advance, TERMS OF ADVERTISING 1 w. 8 w 3 m. 6 in. 1 y. 1 square. 76~|T\oO |~l\po\f 4 60| _ 7 76 A Uemarkablo Prophecy [Over twenty years ago, an English lady do- 2 squares I 60 | 2 2A | 4 60\) 6 ISO | 12 00 1 -4 ool .. 2 25 | 3 60 | 6 UO U 00 | 16 00 1-2 col . 3 76 | 6 00 | 11 25 18 60 | 30 00 1 col 6 00 | 9 00 | 17 25 | 30 00 | Po 00 ' Twelve lines or less of brevior matter make a square, 635\ Legal advertisements insorted nt the rates prescribed by law. GSF* Business Cards, in Card Column, not exceeding live lines, $4 per year t3?~ Business Notices will bo inserted in tho Reading Columns at tho rato of Twenty five Cents for the first line, and Five Cents for evory subsequent Hoc, each insertion. 535\ Yearly Advertisers have tho privilege of changing quarterly There will bo no de viation from advertised rates, unless a special contract is made. JSt?\ Advertisements not accompanied with directions «ill bo inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. BUMIXESS CARDS. REVENUETIOUSE^ \ By J. C. Crowf. Corner of Genesee and North Mill St. Also, (J'COCCBT STORE, corner of Genesee and Mill street*, FAYETTEVILLE, N Y. L. C. GARDNER. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Notary Public and Insurance Agent, at Fay- etteville. N Y. FAYETTE SEMINARY, OOBNEK OF GENESEE AND UANLlUa STREETS, FAYETTEVILLE, N Y MISS C L BANGS. PBIKCIPU. For particulars plense apply to tl.e Principal F. H. ALLEN, Shaving Saloon, BEARD HOTEIJ, JV8 ly FAtETTErTLLE. X Y LIVERY. BY J L. MATHEWS <t SON. First door west of Snell, Smith it Co's store, acro*£.the bridge. Faycttevillo. July 10, 1R66. jyin ly SAG E & LINES, Whnlesals and retail dealers in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, SHOES, I drew it from my pocket; and how clinedan invitation to visit the South. wbichl ^TV\ 1 1 \T\* N ?* h, ? l . ll9r wl ?° ft\™* .. , wuu.u, \uicuiuj me f ron ) re t urn i nK it to the post-office 1 was extonded to her by a Southern lady, then in Europe. Her declination wa9 expressed in verses, which predicted a revolution on ao- count L of slavery, and conoluded with these lines.] The sound of tho war drum shall thrill thee at night, As thy 6oai and tby brothers are borne to the fight, The slavo aod the cotton shall stab thee with pain, Ajid the North and tho South be divided in twain. And brotbec 'gaiast brother shall strike in the fight. And battles bo fought in tho dead of the night; And the white maid and widow in sorrow shall mourn, And the flog of thy froedom in tatters bo torn. The North in her inight like a whirlwind shall rise. And the notes of tho cannon bo borno to tho skies And though tho warm blood of her heroes be blll'd, Tho light of her freedom shall never be dead , The Stars aod tho Stnpe« an oxeclsior shall be, Proud Libi-rty's banner from land and by sea, And the I'niun. though spurned by tho slave holder's scorn. Shall be guarded by Xorthmon for agos unborn. \ I did not get into town uotil this after noon, aud of course, Have not long beua in possesion of his letter \ I iTIISt ELLIVEOIS. ADVENTURES IN_A WRONG HOUSE. V, BT DR. E II. BIRO. [t'oncladml ] I returned the caress, but oxpresscd some of my astonishment by echoing hor expressioni- \Run away from me, indeed I lrom your cousin '\ \Uh you know, I thought you had red hair, and I never could abide red hair,\ snul sho And then, father—if you remember father —you know ho in odd and obstinate. And then that contract \ \ Contract I\ said I. \ What contract !\ \ Why, with undo John, to bo sure, though it was nut a contract, but only a promise, for. you know, cvor sinco I was born, father and uoclu John wero detlrmincd we should bo married together, for sumo wise reasons about the property Now, cousin James.\ continued Ellen, with unabated affection, which was the tuoro agreeable, hocaaso these hints ot tho contract, or promise, with the wise rcosoos j about property, struck a sud.len chill in my I wonder if A«~ will remember me I\ said, and for tho life of me I could not say it no other than a trembling voice. \ Oh t no,\ replied EUnn; \for it is four teen or fifteen years sinoo he saw you, you know, aod he only remembers you as a red- boaded sohool boy. I am so glad your hair is changed to suchja beautiful brown' \ Let us go and see him and ask his bless'.ng \ \ Ho-will be surprised I\ said Ellen, smiling. Tho parlor was but aoross tho pasinge. Six steps brought us into the presence of my von erable uncle, of whom I did not so muah at know the namo. All I know of it was T B. as 'subscribed in tho letter EIo started up from his nap, giving mo a grim look of inquiry \ Oousin James, father,\ said Ellen, with a blush. \ Dear sir,\ said I dashing in, ' 'rejoiced to see you. Looking at my hair, I seo, not quite so red as in old times, sir Did not ar rive until late this nftornoon , henco my mis fortune in just gettiug your lust favor'' flung it on tho table. \ Am much pleate with Ellen , and, site I hope, with me Beg your father's blessing.\ And down we popped at his feet. The old gentleman stored at us with aston ishment and delight. \ Bless my heart,\ ho cried , \why wbero did you stumble on her I and how did you bring hor into suoh good humor I\ \ Oh 1 sir, I have boon sitting with hor this half hour in her boudoir, and \Ah? you dug, I like vour spirit, daughter first and dad afterwards. 1 ' \ And sir,\ cjntinued I, \she finds my hair is not so red as sho thought it was.\ \ Bravo, lad' and she'll hare you I\ \ This very night, sir, if you insist upon it, and I hopo you will\ \ fo triumphe I I do—I will Do you hear me Nell I I insist upon your marrying him immediatelv \ \Yes sir'\ said Ellen \Riog tho b-11 for a parson. How wo shall nick that rascally Harry' Was trying to stop the match, had some villainous plan of his own , and was quite afraid of him , abused you like a pickpocket. Shall obouso him handsomely Ob! a parson I a parson I a kingdom for a parson I\ And my venerable father inlaw skipped across the floor, rung the bell, squeezed my hand, kissed his daughtor, rang the boll again, and performed various other feats, whioh were, in tbeir effects, of a truly legerdemain character , for, within ten minutes, as if by a trick of magio, I, who thirty minutes before, was a heart-free bachelor, free of tho world and woman' was standing in a wedding group, composed of persons all of them onlire stran- bo«om, as suggesting\ softie great obstacles that | my brido, my fathor-in law, tho olorgy- GROCERIES. - BOOTS AND Ready-Made Clothing, Ac, Ac. JOSEPHUS CROSS, [Successor to J. Mead,] DEALER IN AMEUICAN AND ITALIAN MARBLE, Manufacturer of MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, T^BLE TOPS, BOJLDISO Wonx, <tc All work executed in the best possible man' 18 J. & D. H. DECKER, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS in all kinds.of Cabinet Furniture, Picture Frames, and Coffins. Warerooms in Brick Block, corner of Genesee and Mill streets, opposite Beard HoteL JT° yl U 1 SE SUPEEIOR BOOK & PRINT PAPER, MANLIUS, N. Y. Orders solicited. jsjtf might-arise to my new-born love—•• now cou Bin,\ continued~4ifi Jfiar girl, \because I rhought jou had r«.d hair, nuJ because they wos ginng to inarfy mo to you uhvllirr I would or not I hated j mi— it was so foolish and wicked I—but I don 't hato you now. And when wo started off on this jaunt to Niagara, H«M1 father told me I must first bo married to you, here in Philadelphia, I hated you more than ever , and when father told me that he had written to you to meet us to-day, and that ho expected you, and if you oame I should marry you to-night, I could endure it no toogen. And so I made a confident of that tr«aoberou»Su »aD, (md we-were-ttt run, away together\ \ And whither,\ quoth I, \ wero you going, and why in boy's clothes 1\ \Obi* repliod Ellen, laughing, \wo wore going home to be sure; and the disguise was to prevent our being tracked. I thought it would bo to 6xio to be snug and safe at home, while father was bunting for mo in all aqrts of places; and then after I had managed, through friends, to get him to let me off from the con tract, ho would be so delighted to find that I bad not ran away after all; for going home is not eloping, la it I\ Oh I how I adored the dear, simple oreatnro, and how I trembled with fear, lest, after all, I should lose her!) \Would she lovo mo so woll when sho discovered Itvasnot her consin, tbe betrothed of her childhood ! for it was evi dent that idea nqw gave ber pleasure, -how ever previously disagreeable. Must I contin ue to deceive her I—Could I succeed in deceiv ing her father!—and could I expect ber of him without deceiving him I Might not their James J. Smith step in, and snatch the prixe out of my grasp? Was I not wronging him and them by permitting myself to bear (for certainly I nod not cutumed) his character! No 1 My namesake was a roguo, and, by ousting him, I secured him his deserts, and tbe~Mbers, perhaps—it could not be otherwise —their happinoss. Besides, could /give up Ellen t She, at least, thought L will forgive mo tbe deceit \ And here I am, after all, Ellen, dearest of my soul,\ I said, determined upon a desperate move; \and now do you hats me I \No James; it's just as father wonts \ \And will you marry me!\ \Yea ir /athorwishes;\ \ And to-night f n \ If—my fathefinsists upon it\ \ Well, my bolovod, if he don't insist upon it, I do. Where is-he I\ \ Oh,\ replied Ellon, just over in tbo parlor there, nodding over the papers. He was quite angry because you wore not hero to receive him, and beoauso you did not come all day.\ man, with bis book, the lady of tho house, sumo other pursons, admitted as witnesses to the curemony, about to bo married to a lady whns.» namo I dii not really know I Tho haste, the bustle, the extraordinary transition, my hopes, my apprehensions, my ignorance all combined to throw me into a whirl of con fusion, during which tho ceremony Was begun, and conducted v«ry little to my edification, for I cannot eay I distinguished one word until my ears were suddenly struck, by this import ant message, \ Do you, James J. Smith, tako this woman to be your wedded wife,\ <fce. At that moment I was struck with the enormous absurdity of taking such a leap in thn dark— I Ufy'n couain.1\ of marrying a woman who for aught I could tell, might be— Bat as I was going to bolt (lor, truly that was tbo impulse then on me,) I caught a view of the bride's face stealing to mo an upturned glance, so full of goodness, purity, affection, and Heaven knows what other divine qualities, the fear changed to rap ture, and I uttered the important \yet\ with all tho emphasis of resolution. How I quickened my life now, and prick ed up my ears to hear my wife's name I '• Do you. Ellen Brown—\ fTelt as if struck by a forty-jar charge of electrioity. The name confounded without illuminating me. In truth I bad no time for comparing facts and making inferences, for just as tbe clergynan breathed the expected namo of my charmer, the door flew open and a man rushed in, hastily exclaiming, \HoldI hold I I forbid the banns 1 \ Concoivo the confusion of all present at this extraordinary interruption; ana conceive my surprise, when, matching Ellen into my arms, deUrmined to maintain my right to her against all m'Shkin'd, but particularly against James J Smith, tbe genuine, who I doubted not, was the cause of the interruption—conceive my surprise, I say, when, turning to this detested personage, my eyes fell, not upon my red- beaded namesake, bnt upon my old friend and college-mate, Harry Brown, ol Virginia! That be should be here I that he should cause snob a dangerous interruption I that he should tarn against me, bis old friend, and rain me I gnasbod my teeth at him, I raised my hand in a furious menace: «nd if there had been a pistol in It, I certainly should hare blown bis brains ont. •iF«H forbid tho banns, you scoundrel I\ said my father-in-law, in a rage equal to my own; \you you dog, yon I you forbid~tEe banns!\ He was approaobing my friend irefally. Bat Harry was looking at me. His face light ed up with wonder, followed by an air of recognition and delight; and, smothering, or j trying to smother a laugh, and, laying hiafinger I significantly along his nose, aa he looked at me, he repeated, though in vory altered aoaents—In. Cot ,,bo oould searoe for laughing— \ Yes I fof fcd\tho banns—until Mrs. Brown gats up I Sb.ejjf'c -Q tlier stairs, Whnt, uncle, do you expeot tiffniarry- Noll off, without allow ing us to be witnesses. Hero sho Is.\ Eotor Mrs. Hurry, ftrpwp, a fioo looking youug mat ron, but not so flno as my Nelly. \You thougut to give us tho slip, by taking the evening boat, and changing yonr boarding bouso. You forgot tho evoning train, and my skill in hunting down fugitives I\ \ And you dont oppose the match then you dog,\ crlud the father-in-law, \and you don't know anything agniost Cousin Jim, after all I\ \Oh.no nntbingatalll I approve of the match, with all my heart and soul; and pray prococd with it as quickly as possible. You Ellon Brown do take this man—But 1 bog the revorend gentlman's pariTon.\ The coretnoay was resumed, and in two minutos I was married. \ \Victoria 1\ oriod Harry Brown, seizing my hand, and so interrupting thn first nuptial em brace, with which, nccording to tbo fashion I was saluting my wife. •' I oongratulate you, cousin James J Smith upon having married the finest girl and richest heiress in Virginia , tho very girl I intended for you I Oh! you dog, who oould bavo thought you had tho wit and spirit to accomplish tho 'splendid ad venture' without auy of my assistance! Know your relations! Don't you seo that my wife wants to kiss ber unknown cousin I You kits her, and I will kiss Nelly I Hal ha! ha I\ And hore my friend went into suoh explo sions of laughter aod rejoicings as amazed everybody except mo who begen to bo awaro of -tho full extent of my good fortune In the midst of this joyous tumult entered another tinexpoctod visitor. Death I it was the red headod gentleman of tbo thentro, tb true James J. Smith, as my fears told mo, and as was rondorod still moro evident by bis first words to my fatbor-in.law \Sir said tbo young gentleman, \ I have, I believe, the honor of speaking to my dear uncle, Thomas Brown, and of Introducing to him, his un worthy nephew, James J. Smith.\ \ Bloss my loull\ oried the old gontlomau, and could say no more, for ho was struck dumb with astonishment Had tbo miafortuno in some unaccountable way,\ continued the new comer \to miss your lost favor, promised to arrive to-day,\ (and hero tho villian drew out some former letter.) \and only heard of your being here by acci dent But that—I oan't bo mistaken 1 permit me to pay my respects to my doar oousin I\ Aud np he stepped Alter Ego, with oaptira ting smilo and extonded hand, to my aston ished wife, whom he saluted as bis \dear cou sin Ellen—Miss Brown.\ * Mrs. James J. Smith, sir,\ said L \That is to be!\ added Red-head, with de lightful suavity I looked round to my friend Harry for assistance; for, I confoss, at this moment my heart failed me, not that I had any fear of my contemptible namcsako, indeed, but 1 dreaded the effect of tho denouement upon my wife and father-in-law, both of whom appeared very muoh discomposed by the now turn of affairs. Harry looked as if about going into another burst of merrimont but be nodded his bead as if to bid me dash ahead, without fear \ Mrs James J Smith Otat it, sir,\ said L \ This lady is my wife.\ \ Sir ,\-esid the gentleman, \lira Jamoi J, Smith !\ \ Sir, so am /.\ \ James Janet Smith,\ cried Red-head, \this James John Smith,\ said J, \tbla lady's husband!\ '- Uncle I\ exclaimed James Jones, with a look of horror and despair, \yon have married Ellen to an impostor I and I am ruined forever I\ \ Whatl an impostor,\ cried Mr. Brown, 'call for a constable I\ \ If you do,\ aaid I, \ be will only nrresH your nephew, there, not me, as your nephew knows full well. The young man apeaks the trnth, at least, in part He iVyour nephew, and he it ruined forever, and I know as well as he; for, this afternoon, I was dunned upon an unpaid note of his for a debt of honor, a gambling debt of near two thousand dollars, and was arrested, besides, for a tailor's bill of \ on why I forbid tho banns. \ Ay, sir; and you countenanced, yon aided and abetted this worthy personage,\ said Mr. Brown, senior, giving mo a loot as blaok as midnight j \you helped, you even instigated, 'a rascally impostor, hero tbe old man gave way to rage, and Ellen bugRn to cry, \to cheat and deoeive my girl, to rob me of my daugh ter \ Ko impostor at all,\ said Harry. (I would have said tho samo thing, but he took th* words out of my inoiith.) \ He it a gentleman, unale; my old friend and oollege-mate; and tbo very man I wished to substitute for his namesake; tho very man I had hinted about to you; though I never told you his name. For in honesty, I must ennfuss I liad some thoughts, if no other turn would serve, of gev- tiug him to personate your nephew, and to oheat you Into aooepting a worthier son-in law. He has rushed into the adventure on tils own suggestion,\ (hore Harry began to laugh again) \and I vow, I admire and love him the better for his spirit\ \ It was a } villainous deception,\ salt] Mr. Brown. * \I doolare, sir\ sard I, \it was an unpre- moditatod, an accidental one altogether. An oxtraordtnary circumstance.\ (and here I re- litted It) threw mo iuto Ellen's boudoir ; where, upon mentioning my Dome, and - James J. .-Jinltb—James John Smith is my name,sir, she herself ha|lod me as her cousin; from whom I found hor just on tbe point of, running away. \Ob James,\ so,id $(len, \don't tell on ma\ \ I bad novor seen her before, I knew not who she was; yet I foil desperately in love with hor, and, to improve tho opportunity, which I must bavo otherwise have lost, I al lowed her to remain deceived. I did dooeive you, otherwise, you would rejeot me. Yet you must give mo oredlt for disinterested mo tives, sir, aud for a true uncompromising alToa- tion for your daughter, since I stood up to marry hor without knowing who sho was, without knowing even so much as hor name,\ \ Very fino, indued,\ said tho snarling Mr. Brown , but as you had beard your namesake talk of the rich, as well as devilish handsome daughtor of tho hardhesded old Rusty, eon- found tho jaokanapesl yon must permit me to bolieve you wore reminded of her tuo recom mendations together. ' I declare,' Interrupted I, 1 1 hadn't timo to think of anything but her beauty.' \ But sir,\ continued my father-in-law, sternly, \ my nephew forgot to let you know, sir.tbat my daughter's riobes depend upon tbe \ will of her father, sir; and that she will never got a penny, air, for marrying a man that I disapprove of, sir.\ ' Then, sir.'csatd I • I am proud to assure you that a fortune has placed me beyond the n«0' cssity of lamenting your disapproval; for. thank Heaven, I have enough, and more than euuugh, to scoure your daughter's happiness, if lovo and a handsome competency can te- oure it' Shall have it all 1' said old Rusty, grasping my hand warmly, • for I was only trying you: and I seo you are a gopd fellow Confound that rascally nephew, what nn escape we have had I And it is owing to his,' this was spoken to Horry and the othors, 'having the same namo, being a bettor fellow, and not having red hair I* ' And you aint my oousin after all 1' rour- mured tho soft voioe of Ellen in my ear. ' No, my, love; bnt ' * But my husband I Ob, it Is so funny.—But I shall lovo you all the better. And I am to glad you deceived us: utberwise father might never bavo consented.' 'And if ho had not!' ' Thetv perhaps—yos then—if yon bnd asked me—I should havo run away with you I But now let us liberate Susan, aod give ber a scolding.' 'QbJLftftul-the-lady of the houtft, *ihe-and- her Jimmy, have pioked the look, and th»y have run away together.' ' Well, let her go.' said Ellen,' fate has pro vided me'with a belter traveling companion; and I do not core how soon we start off to Niagara.' Ahl the dear creature I She has not ytt Oh I for Heaven's taker interrupted my rival, doprecatiogly. \And continued I, unmercifully, £it it but an hour since I beard bim in the theatre, when warned to beware of the 'hawks and buzzards' who were on tbe watch for him, boast to his gambling friends of hit 'rich and confoundedly handsome oousin hore' the daughter of old Butty, a hard-headed old hunks, as a resource that would enable bim to hold upTiis head again with the best of them.' \ \ Dono for, by jingo [\-said Mr. James Jones Smith, and saeaked out of tbe room. Oh! tiro abandoned villian I\ quoth my father-in-law, And if yon want more evidence of his un- worthiness,\ said Harry, stepping to my aid. ' I can give it, and you know uncle, I wamod f ou I had heard strange tales of him. When came round here with Mrs. Brown to toe you, and beard you were marrying away Nelly, f th«Bht Itwwto hlmr and^tott -the ^aa ^wirhe^WobiJIrf^W BagV ^ ceased to laugh and rejoico over the qddltj of our courtship and marriage; and, as for me, I never recount without a thrill of plsaturs, my half hour's Adventure In the Wrong'HoaM I Tho XUlr. The ordinary length of the hair of th* ht«d in woman varies from 20 lnob.es to a yard, in tome instances longer even than that; butlity are of unusual occurrence—its weight from 5 oz. to 8 ox. A contemorary relates an inttsoo* where the hair on a lady 's head attainsd the measurement of two yards in length. But its proper length for texture and strongth should not exceeorcl inches, and its value as long bair is muoh depreciated in price when it falls shorter. It has been caloolaUd by Witbof that tbe beard grows s ,t tbe rate of a line and • half r>er week, which gives a length *t 1 1 1 inches in the course of a year, while far a mas of 80 years of sga 27 feet would bare fallst before the razor. Wo are informed that the beard of tbo Burgomaster Hsus Stoioingen was so long that on one occasion, having for gotten to fold up tho same, ho trod upon it as he ascended to the Council Chamber at Bruno, aod was thereby thrown down end killed. And still further we may cite form Eble, that at the Priaco's Court at Eldam, there it a full length paintinr of a oarpenter wbose beard was nine feet long, so that wben engaged at the Industrial Exybition of 1802, there Vers exhibited specimens of human hair taken fijom tho heads of Eoglwh, French and Italian lad|»t, the loneetli tpeymen having been cut frotj one of our awn country wome'ni It wat a\ lock of jet black hair, nad moasared 7* inqhet in length.-
