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f î ^ ' i m p i f e - A HVK-LOCAL NEWSPAPER, PnMeheä Every ipSSM I,. ■ -p * — » . W . M a n d e l l , It tomoli, fiiiigteu GbpI, 1 1 T E K J lf jJjll.5 0 P E R YEAR. As a -Medium'Tor ADVERTISING -®$. th è JoîfBït'Ai, is ifery'P o p tilarañd reaohes all -classes.1 Unto« low luifl c an bo procured 0 % . application to tlie Publisher, -to whom. a ll l e t - . teëa of busm B S S ^oaW ’fe M d ï e s s 'e d ^ ,.1 T ~  ü S i i ÿ i b s s ^ C A & D S v . \ ' J L. 13ULSÜN; \AoENTj . i a m É s w i m , n. y. . * • This Hoiree Is situateci in the business part of the village, and ia ou© of'tbe largest''and most commodi oijs Hotels iu Washington County. ap29yl ■ W . M A N B E L L , P r o p r i e t o r . R E P U B L I C A N T e n a s $ 1 . 5 0 p e r y e a r . w m æ m 1 7 3 0 . U ' í ' v i ü M ^ & y-., m m m à f , m w m s L % ïam m 3 4 . - 2 7 0 . 4 8 . -P'ô'eiry: „ Q . EO&OB a . D aw l ey , Proprietor, G R E E N W I C H H O T E L . orur rof -likinand Brldgo. streets, Greenwich, N. Y, loaned tlio above lionise and pntlt In fino joi’dor, it fb rcadty for tho reception of guests. Ev.-ryafctuuttou piidto tHe wants of i£& traveling public, - Ar>pp 23- iai4^_ . - * *p30-yi— T T E I T E K a X H Q T J fcX T \ BALEM, M. Ï , This hotel has beonthoronghly repaired and fittoti np .for hoarders. Opposite the K. ft. Depot» it is tie most convenient for thû_±raveling public, and ia kòpt in iirat olaBB Stylo. p QUWIÆŸ, BïtoriOEToit, M A N S I O N H O U S E , . WAsaiKaTdif-aiiTjÄRE, tbo *» s . y . D u g block from ¿steamboat, nud' throe minutes wali of Union l/opot. fhiB House hfvving beou thoroughly renovated a refürUiahed» anew dining room added, iano\r oj -©tlior for jjsvnuroent or traneientßueats. sept3( I G H I G A F G E M . \VÍ.-.0 Nov? lB-tha tixaa'tQ hu^ycmr next barrel of choice ^ F - A - S & I - U Y f - l - o - u - e ^ •S^rrautod pquaVtci nny In ?nrarfcotr> n t -a tess figure $li<m can be bought elsewhere. Save money and buy your ilonr at- £■. K,. Stewart’s near. BattenvUle, or of ----- ^aUwu-iJtewftrtto-tUevillagoof Orcod\rtch.> * K* ATP.WMIT. Uattbavllle» ¿larch 20,1875. L OJOBIE & OIBSUS, • <? L A ’W OPFIOB-, Greenwich* N. Y. - Settlements o i estate^ all business in Surrogates Court, Forecloauro of mortacaa, partition suits, and L»w Busiuoas generally will bo promptly attended t o v f t tirMnwlch, Ap.U 28.187i. <^_L-STILLStAS, BURGEON DENTIST. C ozezs ’ s B lock M. vdj S iheet . a K E E X H n o n , n , y . S € Í O í i k s r s i i a \ F l s ap30yl & I & & » . S u i t s , a n d I O & 1 2 B r o a d w a y , {ßtxawi Flcxir , > Ï K O Y , IST- Y . Saftlos in all Stylo 3 and Uatorials. ■Waterproofs In all Qualities ani Styles. ',:ZTS p i r i l i i(hm pnUJ In Ordtrs. 1 » . Dresses madp l i 'îhe latest modes. In tho short ?at ' —fiftptóoyl T H A N K S G I V I N G D A Ï . JOHN d. WBITTIEB. ^Onoa=jiMiTB the .liberal year laughs oat Q’et .richer sorea tban gems o£ gold ; Once mors with harvest-Bons and shout Is natwo’iJjloedless'triumph told. ^ Gar oommoo-mother feasts, and sings, . jLike Kotbramoiig Uei garnered sheaves. Her lii^His £alt of goodly things,. ' ■Her b’tp.w ia bright with fwtumn leaves. Wfio murmurs at his. lot to-day 1 ,. Who eepfus his native fruit And bloom _ Or gffbB for ilalntioB far away. T Beside tbs bounteous board of home ? . Thank Heftveu rastoad, that Freedora’s atm, Dan oJianga.a rooicy soil to gold— ~ That brave aud geuejoas lives can warm A olimo with ndrthora ioea eold. And let these altars wreathed with flowers Anil plied with fruits'avivko again ■ ThanliBgiving for the golden hoars, The early and the later rain I »'.ItìrtìiriHfn^sMà the giçU>,;. . ■ ‘rThen I.inost; »‘'^anfcyoo ‘orljeiiig ircrkinä- tome, sir»i-. Ckiod-bye ’.’ • • * Good-byg, te&thej; alioes pattewd over the áisle,‘ ‘ánd down >.tîio stairs, and X hoiissffi^aeel^thcBgliU.lho. last of her. \Fhen slie ¿0 8 iàîtê, t a ïssed 6 er strongly:. ;,,,u , ..u, , . • - ...... , ;ï. ’went h o ii^ .whoR,: ihe church was q»ite .empty.., It hBa,iJotbea» as hard to hear a>» I had feared, arçd oddly.eHongh. I foñnd my salí thlnMág of fchafe ohilcV« gypsgr -head, .aiid Misce-ll'any. RECOM P E N S E .' • Is that Odletowu church yonder, i f you jilease, sir ?’* ' A yonng girl spoke to me. I tnrned roumi and looked a t her. She wore the scantiest of cotton dresses, belted a t the waist, a p a ir of -leather boots, an d a white apron,. I n her> head she c a r r ied a aua-boanat, a n d h e r hair, cropped olose, clustered in black rings abont h e f h e a d . T h e face was a baby’s in awaet- Sqs3 a n d in innooenoe ; tho little brown hjinila, the h a n d s o f toil. N o yoriiig lady this, yot there was n o thing rough or vulgar about lier unless i t w as her h a n d s . J* is Odletown oburob, my dear,“ I Said. \ Ara yon going thore ?\ “ Yes, s ir, to sea the wedding, Are y o n ? ’’ I was, ¿ o r e fool I , though I did not s a y so to th is ohild. T h e briile for whom these bells a r e r inging waa to be m ine once ; would have b e en h a t & r tbe accident that orippled me a i d changed her heart. She had done nothing treaohergdsly ; but I saw tho truth an d s e t h or free. Slio took hor freedom glad ly, a n d wo w eta two. She had quits forgot ten m e . no doubt. I believed than 1 never eould forget. .. - ----------- -I-krww-exftetly—hour— hi I «—woukl—loob-iu- . ih o s e beautiful long-WnRod eyes. I wonder-; 4 4 - f tto 5 S r t - f a 0-^t-W8S'a5.'' . '■ “ I K h o u ldjjke .to 8ee t h a t ohild again, s«iâr f tu a ,a» £ spoisoX■ spio^d a- c row d about -a'ta^era-upon-rtreToirah— . I t was a p o o r p.laco, t\Dd ,popr tongiTpeople •made u p tb e gro.np, B ü t i t w a s iplaiplj'^no oÆ mmojn^âsrrel -o r drinking, «bout t h a t had brought them there, f o r their»; faces wecej a il grave a n d thejr TOiçes auppressed I crosaQd.the roafl. _ . “ What b asJiajppetted, friênd î '’ I inquired of a tinker* - ï -t t • * Only a blind fiddler, .dropped, d^ad,” he said. ‘.«B a t there is a gal there- wild 'about him.\ -, . - . j And then I çasgs^tto.^n^.went in. An old man lay ijpon th^-‘ floor, and across bis Ijuûy a girl - had iiuug hergelf, I knew the % E. Stli.UJKU“ MEAT MARKET, No, 1, Union Houso Block, corncr Main St., and Washington Square. Const^ntli on liantf all kluit« ot Presli uud Salt Heats, Beef, Pork,. —Mutton, Lamb, Paulhy, Tripe, Ham, Pigs’ Feet, etc. O rcou^ich, Jttno 1,1&74. Jn l 8 :ly J E N N I E E . R E N O , « - % -------^ Magafaelnrer-cf ----------------- REAL HAIR , T l i e L e a d i n g H o u s e . le largest Stock, ■ie T Lowest Prices. Wholesale and Ketail. « H A Y H A I R A, S P E C I A L T Y . Ladies Combings StruigbfesBd iiud',mride up a t 3 $ c e n t s a n O u n c e * A T T E N T I O N L A D I E S ! ! ! JTewplry M ade to O rder. Tino and Elegant S tyles^ B e s t ‘W o rhm a p ship. G u a ranteed G o o d s Clos? Frizes. 357 Broadway, T m j, Jsr. J. BOpt30mG ¿W wiffi Jnte M ai Heinj Switelies- MOSES WIÏiLâJCD Älaios â â lr Switches and Onrls, attends to all orders o p D ressing La«ü 08 \a u d Gents’ Hair, G u rrgìG , oleantsg ; t •• SHAVIÎÎG, SHAafPOOlM, &c., &c. In tho host s ty lo and with, t h o greatest caro, in g a a tralgliteuod.to ord e r . Oomb _ Reams, m -Hill’s. Blocks. ^ . * jSá“0ash paid for Ladies Hair. I t WILLARD. > Ê A p - J J MoMDLLEN. GEMENT WOBKS. •ÿhô s'obBoriber linS on Uand a largo qnantitj of Hy- draalic <femont, which ho offers to bnUflerir ñt tho • owoBtarricos. This Coinent iö mannfocturöd a t ^ ß a l e s i d l l e y -Nv .. - - . *. * • * ■ ^ ’ • u r ta ia, o i th o 0ucßt quality. PnrtioB a t a di nf.in CO tt-n orílíir w ith o a t fea r of iiîjury, iu oil C s m o n t le .pftcked—in KOfni, tig tii b a rrels. ■ ’ p r i c e s -inodorato. All o n ters ailed -iritìi ttispatch HJENBY M oJlU L L E N , sno.wy silk and lace, and coronet of pearls. I had dreamed of her so often in' her bridal robe». - ' j I nodded to the Iittlo tbirg bf-side me, trudging over the meadow patti, nith the tail gr.iss alniftst to her waist, and looking at me. so sristfally.- , , w . . I lipvor caw a wedding,\ sbtr enid. •' Nt>\?\ “ No, sir. Grandfather said I might come, be didn't c.ire himself. It's a long-wallt, too,' From the tavern, and he’s very old.” “ Dn^syoar grandfather teep the tavern?', I asked. ••No. aif - | «¡sb ho did,'' < 3 >id-tbjOtcluH Ho ha.i oii’y bis fiddle, aud people half the time do not care for tunes. What elso cat) he do, though 1 To- night there’s a dance, and he’s to play for them. T iiatW h y wo stop ped.” .. *”■' A poor fiddler's untaught child—ns nn- taught-as povtuiy' call be - y e t her ppscnco sf>m.?ltoW charred me. Half clviUi, hall wo- dianr and all a child at heart. Innoconl and beamtifnl and kindly. I encouraged her t<f linger at my side. I said to her : \ I w ill show you a place where you can aco tlie bride well. I t is in the gallery. W o u ld yon like th a t ?\ •• I don't know,” she said ; “ I hnyh't,^often been to church. Weproy together m lonely1 places, stondfither and I. WiHyon be.there, Sir?\ Sea.\ “ I know I Should like it.” *' Come with me, then,'' I said, nnd she followed me, „ I had meant to hide myself in tbo gftllpry and see .my lost iove quite unseen' This compamoisblp had nob been in my role nt all. Bat I liked it. No friend or relation, not my owri sister, would I have had, beside nro; but this unsalfxah thing waa teo toBocent to fear. I led tha way up the d-irk old state, and toward a sppt quite unsheltered froin gsa- eral view. Then I sat down and Stood5 loan, lag ov r the balustrade. ■\ThS clittrch wns fall of bonnets Hero and there only » tnnsonline head Tho minister was in his own seat reading. 5n a position taken for effect. He was a handsome San, and he 6no.w it perfectly well. ■ Girls whispered and giggled, matrons fen neii t*',p■■use* '£» men yawned^'^Sooil^ tlio tsoft. roll oi earriiiges ott tho. graveI-path.SvaB lieard, and the bridal party entered, t saw hoi at last—Aietljt. ' * ' ' ------ ’. \ ' •‘Is thatthe bride?\JhaH sobbed the girl’s voice at my side. “ Is it a real ISdyf” She looked like was. “ Ob, how pretty, how beautiful I Look t look 1\ Sho to'uilied me with her little brown hands, and tooked at me, her eyes sparkling. Did you ever see, hot before ?” she asked. j g N. söHtrbtz, HOÜRE, SIGN & FRESCO PAINTER, Deoarfiting, Oarrtago Paüîting,. I* 3 p?r HtmRrâg\ Sx: T]a;iR, Banners tTrànsiiiirerioios' and Glrtes Buel* oüfKfetfäs bxcüatöä Tvtth neaUioftB and dtßpatolf. XSrO rdèra from atjroaa pcömptty atteijdeâ-to. S'lop tu West onâ ot W s s tajtoh Placé Bülldlng, 4£titt«rie&, H. S . julyaoyl. iy p s y hair a n d b r a r a n e o k . th& sonnt cotton dress, a n d th e s a n -honnet finn^ w ith a h a n d ful o f wild aovfers upon the floor, an d I b e n t over,rhef l i t t l e despainhg head. “ My chiia,\ ksaiii, \ 5 happier than ..... ■ Alid she lookod u p , \ Ho was all I h a d ,\ sho s a id ; \ tiil, all.* So had I th o u g h t when A letta gave, mo baolt our b a trotbal ring- /M r , heart. aQhed for h e r, I s a id no other word, b u t le.d. h ? r to oh I n n e r room, while tw o m e n bora t b e dead m a n 'u p s tairs. She wept wildly, bnt m y presence seemed t o coniforfc her. , Alter awhile aha drew closer to me, and sitting on a to* ntool, leaned her forehead on my Irtiee.. Soon my hand rested on it and in an hour shd sobbed herself to sleep. I said a few uoxds t o th o la n d lady when I nrcserto leave ; nnd sjio promised to attend to my orders enforced by the contenta of my poofeet-book. _ “ The eirl Shan’t go nhtil I hear from von. Sit,“ she s a id. ■•Indeed, I don’t know where she wonW go. S h e seemed, friendless, an d such a c hild for l i e r 'j i g a .T h a n k yon, sir 1\ A n d I w o n t o n m y. w sx a g a in, thinking n o t o f AJetta, bat. ( iitH ? idoai^ l fiddler's grand- ohiia This s u n -brow n e d syoif, s o sim jilo a n d j f was youDg 'ycfc—n o t Vivo aVd ' tw e n ty—* Blctielor, á u á likely to ho. ono m y Ufo long. I bad no p ro p e r k o a o t o (ake h e r to , pad no « ¡ e n d to a id mo. At lost, in íny cstrem ity, I. thought of B o tty^iold J J a tty, who had. c n e e boon my nnirso, a b d Who loved m a « shè m ig h t her ow n son—a n d i a th e gloam ing tnajla m y w a y to ho r p o o r home. I fonnd h e r trim m in g - h e r - v in e » iri th e bit o t garden gro n n d , a n d had iuy u s u a l- k iss aerosa th e g a r d e « feacs-^evcat -before -th a - g o t o , w a s Ojiened. , . _ ( ‘T y o h e e n thinking o f y o u ,” sbo said. “ I tn e w it w a s.you a a s to r m s ,.! h c a rd som e o n e com ing. ‘T isn ’t every young getítlem a ü won; “ m e . y o n n g weary himself to seeunord body like Sit down honey and rest.” “I co m e to a s k n . íiy o r . B itty .” I said. '• f a s t n a m c rit, M u stpr B e rtie.\ \VVill y o n tako a. h o a rder, B e tty ?\ •‘‘Blesâ mé l_.f In,my two rooms ?\ -* \Qnly a child, Bélty.” \A. child ! M aster A lbert ?’’ Ï told h e r o f the fiddler’s d e a th, and of“ih e g i r l - • Í have inonoy ..tenaogh,.” I said, b a t na £omal¿ relative. I can only come to y ó o i“ , “ F o u w e re alw a y s 'kín d b e a tled .from ar b o y ’' she w i d , “D J l^iak a the Jiitio girl, ■SIiatèrBeïti££.” t - r - ---------- You hava’t fratted- have you?” she asked. \FrettedT* I naked -W hy? ’ \Kay why. indeed!\ said old Betty. “ Better fish in the sea than were ever 4anght. yet.“ Thonin a moment she -added, “I've ‘been to see the wedding.’’ I f e lt m y face ^ \ \S h a ll 1 1 'tin g t h é g irl'te-m o rrow a fter h e r grandfather’s funeral?* I'ask e d . \When ; you please',’' eajd Betty. “Bnt, alaste* Albert, whait do yon*ínc£íino do with her ? , You aria going to da all'this jn a hurry, dfnst think a b i t 1’ -- “I a a going-to .ulopt tha—child,\ JC said. ‘•It will make me happy to have a young thing to care for.\ * B e tty la u g h e d . ’ . ‘Y o u 'll b a v e you n g t h i n g s o f y o n r ow n , p l e a s e G o d , som e d a y ,” s h e said . : “ W h y , a t y o n r a g e , life is b e fo r e y o u . ” ■‘I shall n e v e r w afry, B e tty,” I said. 'S h e c aught íny EíígerS in n close grasp . w ith l i t f h o r f tsj jifrfw o riing. ia n ,4 . , ■, __ 1I ‘ -wish y p a was a baby bach again on m y Is she like that ini every day clothes? 0, how pretty 1 how pretty!” Men have no (right to weep. I put down r tlrâa on the oiiaiiion 'Of tire paw and b i i yonug 1 « 'VS bijHSîT tor grow tall uud I felt the child oreep close heside m y dyes, me. Poor* thing, h e ’s . tire d 1 # I ” 4 t a t her leaning, ovef the gate looking wistfully at me, knowing as a mother might the grief which has been buried *’™ my heart. And ifher words.bad grieved me. it was like some ointment whioh makes the w»und -SStfSÄ ia healing. • It Was something to bo loved so even by the old purse. Late the nejtt day I led \my yonne oharge ^Oitt-her Rrandfiither’s grave to Betty’s cot She kept my hand on. tbe road aa a lntla child inighEV I bad no\ thought but what she w is one natil old, Betty’s ory of ‘‘.Goodness, Master Sortie, I thonght you Said a .young child I Why, this’is a grown girl !\ startled me. into consciousness. “I t does h o t m a tter, doea it, B e tty?' She turned to tha girl. ’. . “ i a k e oS^j'onr-bonnet,'-’ shoi s a id, a little grim ly,. “I w a n t to look a t 'y o u . W h at is y e u r n n iiie ?\ ' Thé girl obeyed. “I ’m o n ly Nellie H ^ y .^sho aaid and stood to be lo o k e i a t. -* Bêtfié looked sternly at first then pity ingly. \L a , n o ! M aster Bertie, i t don’t m a tter,\ she sajd. “I don’t see any harm ' In her. Tiiere is a peg behind the door. You can hang y n n î b o n n e t on th a t.\ And ! left the two together Hot long though : every day found some new-errand t o take m e two the cottage, I p u t on e lderly aiiH, a n d cave advice. I had l e a t h e r tffaohool, a n d went through\ graVo exam inations on Saturday afternoons. I told old .Betty .tliat. when. I was a m a n , o f middle! age\ I would take my little daughter home, and sBa~SBohTd~Ee'Bp house fo r us. ’ And X began to fancy,” very soon, th a t there conld bas n o e u eh happiaess a3 th a t a parent fe lt T h e g irl was g rowing t ^ , i t is true, and I was-only ten years older than she was, but when s h e oheckdd her light tread to keep paoe w ithm e , w h e n th e c h ildish laugh b u h bled and rippled a t som ething which only conld m ake m o sm ile, I felt that years are not the only things th a t age ns. I was w o rking hard a t my profession, too, I had h a n d a n d heart foil, l a a year or more .From that night i dated an. odd .cliauge,*— My adopted ohild seemed shy of letting, ffiua keepher hand—sliy even of ohattdng as she did. Sho answered grave, more, more » 0 - nrnnlj. Perhaps seiSe of the farmers who leaned over-t&e gate at,sanset, some of those yonng.fellows wbo-had so often escorted her homo fr.-xsi tburcb, bad won hor frr-.n me. — I grew a little moody. I fonnd. myself in brown studies when I should have been at work,. At, last Ijaas-determmed to discover whether'I Was really to lose my child, aud uent down to the cottage. I found her sit- tingnketc at work with Bt*tty. Aftqr all itrwos\no easy task. I .eould\not’ do i t fls l h a d hoped. I tried jestin g /an d «poke o f one of tho other yonng fejlows Sear. ff W o c b all-b a vo Nellie s tolsn^rom ns, 1 snp- poseT\ I ¿aid. ^ “ There is n o thing so easily TflSt from a iam ity ^ s a protty-daiighter. B n t who is to havo you, Nellie ?'’ She looked at m e a s o h ildren look before,, b u rst in to tears—her chin quivering, h e r throat swelling—then she dropped lier w o rt an d stole from the- room w ithoat answering me. * - ,* • “ \Wbntails the child,, ¿'etty f\ Tusked __ Have I offended her ?\ Old Betty stood before me. sturdy and sail —a look in her &ee that I had never seen before. ------------- - “ JIaater Albert.\ she said, “ wbaievershe was when 8 ,be camo here, sho is no child now. Oh- Master Albert, I can't believe that yon ^ave uone it. ?on couldn't—-such a sweet, thine I—bnt it's done—but it’s dono. All I. ijan say is go away, or let hor go, and mahe the woopd will heal. I was en old fool.— Oh, _liow ^conld you, Master Albert—how c o n U J y o u r •• what have I done?\ I cried. “ I would rattei die ffiaStham her.” “ And yet you made her lovo yen,” said Betty, sternly. “ Yon knew you would never love her. jTon have been very aelfiali, Mas- ter Albeit.\ ~- A new light dawned npon me and a radi ance brilliant beyond my hopes. “ Betty,\ said I, “ you nro dreaming. Sho must think isre'-^H. enough to be a grand father, With my long face and balil crown and this crutch. I've hod ono dream brokon ; .don't set me dreaming for htaven’s sihe.\ 014 B®tty looked oie and then caught my I w o ndered w h e ther she had really changed Tace in both her b a n d s a n d hissod me. or whether I fancied blaak cnrli mnrnJhan X did g o lden b a n d s , for I fonnd m yself think ing my little daughter m u ch tho prettier. In th o a n ltry snm m e r evening I used to leave red tape nnd parchm e n t and go ont to Betty’s cottage to b3ve tea with her and m y a d o p ted o h ild. T h e n , w h ihrstarpS ished u p tha cups, N e llie Hay and I naed w walk dow n tò ltho river side. T a li as she waa growing I had a way o f holding h e r hands still ; an d w b had such pleasant talk, snch unworldly chatter I Thnsn renH-<; ntirl aim- pto taa-drinkings rested the brain, wearied w ith law business, quarrels, an d stiatagem s. m ore than 1 c a n tell. The rongli h a n d s had grow if softer now, th e waist tapcr a n d the bust fòli, ’1 hi- an-e.-p Of woman’s robes, the trend of woman's light shod feet, had taken tho place of the clnnip- in g leather boots and »cant cotton skirls. I knew this, b u t Kellie was a ohild to ine ali the same. W as I no t by adoption, ber father?» H i d not m y early g r ie f and staff u p on which I leaned agad me before m y tim e ? 0£ course she would always be y o u n g to m e, a n d why I foil so an g rj. »£^by chance some g a y y o n n g farm er -chatted overtho fence, o r some nfelebor saw her home Irnm Jinée,’’ she *said. ‘ sieap na I did tjien odd .woman to c b n r e h T could not tell. “i n old man’s tem per.’’ I said, and s ighed like a young one. — S o three y e a rs passed. At tbe en d of th a t Mine. A lletla’s husband died. They“‘had <9 ganrroled a n d she jiiid in a d e him wonderfully jealous, it was s a id, a n d a ll his p roperty save a m e r a p taco ic,ts willed to strangers. One d a y a lcSy in black wjilked' into m y office ; when s h e lifted h e r veil I saw Aletta Stanton’s face c loser to m ine th a n I had since so parted- i l y heart gave n o wild thiab. I felfc as tliongli I was a mere s tranger. Courteously a n d quite calmly I h e a i d ' h o r business.„.S h e intended to contest the’ «ill a n d needed ndvisa- I gave, her w h at I ■coaid, I -referred h e r to a brother lawyer as the o n e w h o would best espouse h e r cause. Aa-for m jsslf, I t o l d h e r truly that m y tiine was to m u ch occupied to- undertake any thing m o re a n d I wished her success. She looked a t m e wistfully, w ith h e r great lilac fiyes fan’ o t tears, as • she rose to leave. “ I t was cruel of him .” she said, “very crasi to leave me so poor ; b n t be-was never kind, • n ever—n o t in the honeymoon oven. . regret to hear i t , ” I said. ‘*1 could expeot nothing m ore she said ; J-'I.-did n o t love h im —I never loved bu t one a n d t h a t one”— _ S t e paused a n d looked at me. “ T h a t o n e 1 love s till.” An'd heaven know s no feelingof revenge or petty trium p h was i a my heart when I look ed In A lietta Stanton's eyes ns i f I did not pncf^tetfkri^^r-^reT^^niiHsonaly tiC/Wei3'\'ili3ga o u t “D id I c a r e for tb a t woman,” I thought, •'or is i t a dream ?\ I took m y ado p ted difughter to th e th e a tr e th a t n ig h t a n d we saw th e ‘ - L a d j o f L y o n s \ • i d - l i k e - k i r i l i i ^ y -ou\ -her ffesi- play^geipg e s p e r ience, nnd- s l i e enjoyed it {mmensoly. Ah f it’s d grief to us have to sea ¡tho w ith J h e i r troubles th a t can’t com fort them . Going ? W e ll then, good night. I heard h n am ready for th e Éìjild ' when ytrtr® ffl. I wEfipertngi nnd §he^ßM^oij,|.,.}).ej;.,J;i}Ms.\hiffid ja m ready for a n y thing th a t w ill oheor yon, - Bis« p a tted mersoftly by stealth. i l ought to say Master A lbert always now, I Soon I looked down into the ohuich* again, su p p o s e ; b a t th e old tim e s d o ^ c o m e a n i saw G raut S s rantnta kies the bride. I b a ck so I” She wore a white dress and a bonnet and the in her pretty ears I wns very proud o f her I coiiid not heip looking in her ejes, and touched her hand with mine. When I left I kissed her.* And she answered ‘-good night 1 \ with a clreotc dyed on tbarinstant n deep scarlet, M d ran -away as Betty came hut to ohat with me ■ Master -Bertie,\ ^hesaid, “ I sliwr’t toll yon a wt>rd more; go fitd ont wbat jon uant to know yourself, yon silly, handsome,\ good- for-nothing fellow, I foimd my child undor tho grapevine, her face wot with tears. I sat down by her nnd put my arm mound her waist. “ NolUe,\ saifi I, \ don’t shrink froja mo ; I am yonr true Wend. Your friend,.--what ever answer you may give me now. I am older than yon. I am not vain enongh to think myself a young girl's bean ideal. Can .you lovo mo enough to be my wife ? I f yon cannot, ff another claims yonr heart, d a iu^, sa y yes from gratitude* .Tell mo truth, nnd still retain a fatln-r'tf.ia brother s, a friend’s affection. Ndlto .’-— ■ 1 bent over her. and my life swmeil in bei beeping. I loved her m a d ly—I loll ilnow— btttej-, far bi-tier, than \in my jontli I had loved Aletta Siantou. Sha spolte no word. Nellie,\ f said, ’* Nellie,\ and « hrown band was laid of its own accord in mlnij,nnd her eyes beneath my gaze did not dare lift tliemselves, bnt hid tbeir eitestnesa 011 ay breast. Nellie was mine. I sat with her beating heart near my own, and thought it all over. I temcroheieS tho child in her cotton gown standing in the gal-' tery oi tno cbnrob that wedding day. Tho .M;rstemus;2Iaiu Ashtahnla Johnson is a uiysterious man, and he lives on Aberdeen street.—Àslïtabtila is ona of those eeeentxicrTndividnals who battonboles y o u on ^the street, leads you caxofelly t p th e edge/of “ fire- eW-ewaljr, and ihtn, looltjEg abouthiin. s^ye-very cailtiousiy; ••How's §j>riggins ?'' “Spriggins,'\Hpriggins,\ was the reply, what Spriggins?'’ \ \ ■•I/Dnzol” \ .a '0h 1 I dunno anjthing about him. DraTwBi! you stjll hearer the edgo of the walk, tho E ajaterioos m a h saya ; __ “This 1b between yoa and me, now’’’ ‘‘.Well!\ j . *'I beard tb-at'-Spriggias * a s goitsg in to oats heavj- Ne»w te*s g o t rea.so&a, see,\ an d he holds np h is fore-Unger a n d looks a s wiso as an o w l You getaw a y from the mysterons man, a n d presently you' see h im collar ¿Tones in the midgt o f a large c o m p a n y an d m a rch him off to whisper a b o u s an eqniiliy im p o r t a n t matter. As near as can ho~, oaionlated Johnson has no o th e r , business than this, Well, tho o th e r day Ashtabule* d ropped 111 to see Philo M 'irtonbergor. who tips back his ehair inlront_o_f 0 tivey s table on State atreeu Be foand Philo^ in qjh versa tion with same, p a a iea frooi the oouuuy. regarding iha s.ale of a pvr-load-of hnmea dgnj py b j the arm, Aahtabula led him through tb e stable « u t,oi the back' d u o r a u d aro u n d the e-irner to a Sjlacksimth shop. Then h e sat down o n a b o x . took out bla fcnif,-, priad o S a s liver irotp t h e b o t and said, \P h ilo I anderaiand yon lia-ve a cow to sell. iiiL d o a ’a.\ . ^— — . .. . P h ilo looked a t hiui a m inute, then he said , - ’ • * ‘Oome h e re, Johnson. ” ioliQBon c am o , and his companion took him by tlie coat-slesve and. s tarted into the street. He w ent dow n to -wheie th a t aix- stoiy u n iu ish e d bnildiag stands, between Dearborn a n d State, nad craw ling through the boards t h a t are nailed over the» door, ied Ashtabula a p five flights, o f uncom p leted stairs, a t the Immediate r isk o f breaking hia neck. Puffing ¿nil blow ing tiiay reao,bed Ihe top, an d Pliilo led tbe w a r 0 V\r nitcn nf rongh :lmBber t o tlie extreme east o n d o f the building. I h c n , after slopping to take ^breath I 10 p e t h is njontli elos« to Ashtabula’s ear a n d eo(t3y whispered» \ f h avo s o l d her,’1 I t has bean nearlT a week slneo th a t 00 - enrreueej a a l Mr. Jolioaon ia-stsil -fall- o f wroth j but a largo circle o f hi» acquain tance dbolarg thnt BiilLo W nrtenbergcr do- Bcrves; a ictcdiil. a n d shall one.— Chicago Inter-Ocean. ■ PEOPLE’S J0URNÂÏ, 4 Ú Q Ä f c - , e s t a Ï S t , X « I I a x E I N - T Ib Buiniiied with aîi the rcquiattos for doing a,first. cioBs-jub P ritìtlng bueluefía, añd prom p tly oxecutoa WBDDINC1 CARDS, POSTERS, vianana OAKP 8 , - .jujsroBiEfc.s, BUSINESS O iEB a, PBOOIíÁM lálS, Pa-HOÏ -SÍtOW ÛA.BDS, DOHÖEK8, BAI-Ï. OílEDS, ’ BÍI1EJHEADS, JärfiES-ca? ÈâuBB, . STATEMENTS, , TONIS OABBS, PAMPHLETS, • m v f PASES,, • OIHÇÜI.ARS. . ' Pt>rtj(TS, - r BOOKS, E tc ., ^ ' E t c ., \ E tc , eSr-Oi-dn-B b y B ian n j a i t C B i m p r o m p t a ttcntloo. _ SO I^O JRISM S . - SCISSORS. Spirit of ¿he press—Cider. If they want to pull ’em back all- the, men in tho wyrld can’t stop ’em. Anna' Dickinson has traveled more than lt^UOQ miles by rail, ‘ ‘ ,,nvl never did a man wink at her.\ She must li&ve keyjf, her Veil uu «11 tho time. - .- . ~ - The water is so low in -'same Western rivers that the cat fish havo* to stand on their heads'to breathe. . , . Tbe beat pap- r now issned -is tbe green- baelmsigned by Tn-nsarir New. It is not on our Sx-chango list however.— Whitehall altogether on Times. The business that goes tick,—’Telegraphing, „ A Milwaukee pajrar reports that a number 7 hat will just fit a St. Louis mnsquito bite. * 5 1 „ How can you tell a girl by the nam.e of Ellen that she is everything that is delightful in eight letters? TJ r-a-h-t-l n 1 - l i e women o f Mejico^.Mo., kissed Jeff. Davis, for two bours right straight along, and the next day -ho waa sick i n bed. We nil know that the Ainerican eysters are large, bat the one miiSt liavo been of extraor-. dm r y size which r qnired three men to svvallow it a-h\le. I rff meml-ered the child Wttmnri had taught ; tho girl with whom -I bad spent such happy honra And I felt this life, sprung plicButx- liko from the ashes of -the- dead, vos the purast feeling o f m-y life. So my old fancy of koepfng house with my child camo m is 91 taat; ' only when she crossed the .threshold o f my homo with m o l called her wife.- And still 'ihe touch o f her brown hand brings comfort witiiTt, Sllfl her swest voice is better to ms than all the masis in the world. And as in my youth I fancied myself old, surely in my age I shall befiove myself young ; for. while we are loving and being lovt-d yo^th tail ne^er die, anil while we live I and-m y Neilfe -must love each other. ________ _ * • Öregin of the Pin-back Dress, Mrs. OTlannigan wns an Irish lady, -with iioiited iopaus nnd good coimlitntioii. She thercibre like a sensnble woman, nsed the latter to paeserve tho former by taking in ivosbing, and soon became noted os n puri fier o f soiled iineu. Mrs. Jnddy waa n -gjdL- Ovv.,having buried hir “dear Mike” a few days after his return trom the fair,' with his bead broken in severst places. “Small loss,*’ said the widow to h erself yet 'Sby awikened him in a manner worthy of tho jp'Flannignn's in olden times. Now Judy lived iu that ‘modern Babylon* called London; and i t cbangwl'tnn- dnj thirt Madame La Mode, 0 noted French modiste while visiting perflrle Albion, required the services o f one of her Croft, and being re commended to Judy, called and found hor busy over bar tubs, her ample skirt well pined bai4ir«ud-4)er person resembling a' lingo clothes pin with a sheet tied nröund it Madame.wns charmed, to her it seemed a; nbvel sight, ai they do things differently in la belle France. There TOinan aro noj troubled with Jong skirts; b’eside they geS- ■Sbsinn^ mediately fin her return to Paris prmlnced th<> new d t t e called tha “ BlancbisHGns®.’- uot--sfii£ on tliis side-of tbe Atlantic, and ihg, one1 now ia iwe-wäs aäöpfcä 'iÄ ffiatenil.' . __l - ~ .. *Ht —• . — WHIa\ pnliticiaig in- .«acianicnto ate fightingavei the sectnl-iah school: .qntsilna^ the ßoman'Catholjaa ura rapidly eomjüeäng: ,a large «allege whereat no word Protest«]!« need apply. - - — - Tlie Presldlent that Most Folks Ney er . . ’ Heard Oí. A Front street saloon-keepor is a great liis- tortcal soiiolar, and willargno forliaqta o n ik- «uea, events and men of post celebrity. Old Preston was aware o f this ’ and ha dropped inte» tbe place o á a «varai day 121 st «reek, and EriS ; \By cracky, Jim, bnt tbls- Is warm l I haven't been so worm lifiee old Gan. Casa was président Of the United State».\ ‘•TVliat r’aatd Jiirr, \Gen. Casa never Woá President 0 ! the Doited States. ” ‘ Why, yea, he -was,’’ replied Preston, with well feigned nstonisbmeoi. \I’ll Uät you the drinks for tho honso ho waSa t,” s«14 the excited proprietor. \Dono.\answered” tbe old man. and he drew tram »13 pocket-book, and unfolded a page.of the Congressional Gtobo -of 18-18-3 ant} proeeedesd to road that President Taylor having died on Saturday, and, V íci-Presi- dent Fillmore not being m Washington, the Presideait of tho Senate, General Cass, be came President of tbo United States until the following Monday, pending Ellimóra's inaagemtion- When tha old man hnd fin ished readius, ho looked aroanct and said. -Coiiio up, hop, A iittlo Stonghtbn in mine, Jici. Must eseasa ignorance yoil know.” Detroit File press. Trntli i s JB g lly. • A Ne^nii.i ppper relates this anecdote of a eonQtct ofteiginaiiona ; He was a sad-ejed, meek-faced man, and «8 supposed lie merely wished to give ns a newB item, bat when ho commenced telling nsaï>oitî liniI-iiini> a barn o n bis'Txidcba 100 by 2S0 feot, seven stories high, nnd ornamen ted with bay svindows, we thought it was time îro cke&L him so we commenced ; . large baro'for this county, bnt back in tho Stales .oar father built a barn 325 by BOO feet, nine stories high and Jliruished with steam elevators ; the —’1 \Back in_ the States,” interrupted oar listener. \Why that wasn't much o f a barn for the States, j remember now that whon I tt-asgnilo J(!)ing my father built a chicken coop 550x833 feet. I don't recollect how many stories it was high, but I know that there waia capola oa it for the roosters.” 'Abocst how high was that cupola?” we asfted. ~ ‘•rdoti’t remember tbe oxnet heightb how, mister.'’ Won the reply, “but-l knots' that it was so high tbat the fourteen upper Hats died’ from the effects o f ther light •afemosphhre the' first n ight . Theii h o lofrke.l op toward the ceiling- and comtaeBced homihing a hymn, and -we went and a it down \Son tlie wood pile and wondered why sotttejbody was atwaya.gn»-ntrlpplng ua 'Mi ffioiSsa'ot -tiles. - 7 The sMallest Bifila hi tbs « ó t l í , is ah. f ocad ft»ä* the Oxford -OtiE^êrnity üwss,. ©Ièî^fit|£{ttVvoTrimelB priistaá.ofcforfgh ¡tsapkpw, «f eitremethititie!ía,tad mea« hrft» i n } ÿ j i i î B and'- óní-bdíf' , jn cD C S tWOr Yind vte4tfa wt-** Veiglis;,, .when • bmmdÍEt liBEiRiogetìcd leather. less 'tban tbreiv ai/d one-hálífifiiio^fi mul can tie jg^nt „%()äghtho:pS,»tföii,&pet)äy,^. ■; ^ Murriwey a thief, and tlio word comes that John baa entered the front door, th? rush for the fira-sscape beets tho retreat from Ball -Run, A Detroit editor snys when 9 . Chicago woman gjoesinto^tho country and la -pbag^, by a grasfliopper, .sbojpiull off o s a e f istusluia and crawls into it. T h e New York B'orid pnrngm p h e r sighs ; OB, for a plainly dressed woman 1” Ho sUonId b e around when a conflagration turns people o a t of doors at m idnight in a harry. Babies aro not named Henry W -rd aa m u c h as thoy nsed to b e , b u t thoy aro still famous f o r paroxysms 'of true inwardness. Cinelniigiji. T imes. , A. Chicago organist retnraed -from a jo u r ney tho o th e r day nud. foand an esquisite ly r e auspeiidod above tho keyboard of th e story, the Detroit Fust wants to hnow when the editor of the Chicago Times committed suicide. Tho mean, man o i tha Chicago Times Seizes liia \>en and romnrksr; “Ih e pepper mint orop of Way no county will reach iraif tv inilllorr ttits year. Now bring on your beUy-nohe .’1 \ When a nmn s its down, said an oloqnont Buffalo c o u n selor, in s a m taoning np a case, “ to cat h is d iifn t? in Oao bosom of hia fami ly I” —That's a curious proceeding for a full grow n man, rem a rfad hia o p p o n e n t, . H i : Dt jzs , o f Milwaukee, liuy (bid biili.-,fao. tion : A' bumbtloTis sovtlng-nnrahnm agent baa a D qzo whiob will make? him sick before lifflp. “ I P s M rs, D ., witli whom lie- ran— away. ^ _ .1 W hen tha.best half o f tho two great par ties get ready for a now departure, if F r a n k B . Sanborn w ill g e t on ons* side of th e fence and- wave a copy of Ih e Springfield Repub lican, the *'best h a lf\ w ill n o t hesitate an in stan t on taking (bo olhcr.— JScisfim Globe. > Como Ecre, my Iittlo m aa, said a gentle- m a a to a yonngstt-c of four j e a f s when-sitting in t h e p a r l o t w h e re a Iarga com p any were assem b led ! d o yon know m e I 'Yes, sir, I think I da. W b » t o 1 t h e n - r h t m e h e a r ' You nri- ilm mmi Tnnn .lirets.titwhf..- Jan e fainted. • iu tha parlor. ■ H e| liad a very promising boil lotucen his shoulder tiladea, and bis vrtfa who was yuuttg and beaatilul, and could play on o harp, but hadn't named much in a, hospital, put a mus tard plaster on it, Alawyer sqtgtquently ex plained to him that thoy didn't giant divor ces for euoh cases i a this slate. The gthcr'day Sam. Bowles went to church in bpringfleld MO ssl , and feeling tha effects of hia se-swte editorial labors throngli the week we&t to napping. By and by he was awakened by the preacher, who «track the desk and shouted ; \Who shall be able to stand up before the Lord In tbat awful day ?” And Sam Bowles, rising iu ixis pew, Remark ed 1 \CtiarleS Francis Adams is the only man that con do it. nud I nominate bim for the position.*’— Chicago Times. A West Troy young lady who has a passion for pretty babies, to n fonr-j car-old angel whi> has.a bran nSW. slstef ; “I tny, bub, won’t you give mo yonr little baby sister ? I \ love little babies.1. Young hsp.ful ; “No, I taut .*1 Tonng lady (O-ink.ag at her young aiaa)i ‘»Why’ «¡im y = * % mmh ytra gtva ihe baby to mo V\ Hopofal (indignantly); \l?yr he'd starve to death ; yonr dress opens bebiaa.\ Painfnl siionce for Ihe ne?t iliteeu minutes. During., ihe. time Olay ton was ruler of. Aakauias,- all justices of tho peace had to lie who thought he knew jsnotfgh to discharge the duties of tbe office called on the Govern or to bo examined and reieive bis appoint ment Savoral questions were asked, all of whioh ho managed very wtll. Whoa he was asked ; What..wontd yon do in a case where a man had committed micideT” “ WhBt would I do said tbo negro. •‘•Well, sail, in a case like dat, de herry least I could do, would he to make him s’pnrt de child. ” He was appointed. _________ _ _______ ^ _______ A Rontacliy p apet tells a stoiy of a h'aok- woodelMB, WuO da.y ago, ‘ baw. ä car. petfor tbe f a t tim.a at Bowliua G-reeu in ____ _ thttfe Staiev -,vau i!oras?fiia^;coTTfHKPtf nt - — probably aa oil paitttSujt-^hut pi-eceiving -ft bare placo at the fuither end \of tlie'rootn. stepped back a few paces and . with n tBuning jniuj). 8 titxt!k the floor about Six incheff from tbs edge o f the carpst-. When hia heels struck ' the floor bo„ slipped and ‘tell b’aokr ft' 11 «jaiokly aronö anei, after look- ipg vritlt cotupineettcy a t fcho distance ho - ■ Mfc;gadfilweft i . - g o s h - . - claued her.” * *
