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<3 e GfcEO* D. A. BEIDGrM4JirrEditor and Proprietor. TEEMS i-Two Dollars per Year if paid in Advance VO L U M E I . PEN N Y A N , N, Y ., S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 5, 1866. NUM B E R 5, . L luTipEHH YAN, YATES COUNTY, N. Y. P U B L I S H E D E V E R Y S A T U R D A Y , ' > b y g e o : d . a . B r i d g m a n . ..... ,;i - To Office and Mail Subscribers, 'payable in ad- v -c vance* per year, . - - - - - - $2 00 To Village Subscribers who receive their papers by yie Carrier, per. year, - •, - , • • - $2 50 TERMS OF ADVERTISING 1 t- — ^ L * * *-■ J* '• r v4 ■ [A “ Square ” is equal to'ontiHnch o f Space.] One Square 1 week LOCAL DntECTORY. A Grand Old Poem . is the Very lowest figures-—aM you must'als^ tdo do do do do do do do do, do do do do 2 i>s 4 « «c 5 *<,,r r 2 months 3* 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 m (i ic u cl cc H u $1 OOiQuar. Col. 1 week 1 50 i do 1 month 2 00t*> do ’ 2 “ . ' 2 25! , do 3 “ 2 50? * do 6 “ 3 001 do 9 “ . 4* 00: do ' 12 . 6 00: Half Col. 1 week 6 50! 6 00! 7 00; 7- 50- 8 00i 10 09U (10 do do do do do Two Sqs.,2? l week do do do do do 1 month 3 “ 6 ,!“ r 1; 9 “ 12 « * - UBOiOne Col.' 3 \507 do 6 00 j do ■9 00 j ^dO f 12 00: do 16 00! *' do ; 1 month 2 “ 3 “ \ 6 “ *Y 9 “ 12 “ - 1 wee l r ; I month'5\ 3 “ 6 “fr 9 « 12' « $5 00 7 00 8 60 10 00 15 00 20 00 25 00 7 00 10 00 12 50 15 00 80 00 38 00 45 00 10 00 15 00 30 00 45 00 65 00 80 00 PENN YAN POST OFFICE. ‘ THE MAILS ARRIVE AND CLOSE AT THIS OFFICE AS FOLLOWS: ; ARRIVE. 1 New York Mail, daily, 9:22 A. M, A 8:26 P. M. Way Mail from the East, daily, . Western Mail, daily, Plattsburgh, daily, • ’ \ ‘ Dresden, daily, j*. Sherman's Hollow, Saturdays, Bath and Hammondsport, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, . J ________ _______ CLOSE. ______ New York Mail, daily, -- ? -- kv Way Mail, East and South, daily /Ji Western Mail, daily, Prattsburgh, Bluff’ Point,. Branch- Port, Italy Hill, Italy Hollow, daily, * ^ >v i . ’ . j Dresden, daily, ^ . I , ’ Bath and Hammondsport and B a r rington, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Sherman’s Hollow, Saturdays, , , 8:26 P. M. 8:10 A. M. 11:00 A.M. 7:00 P. M. 10:00 A. M. 5:00 P. M. P.30 P. M. \?:&) A. M. 7:30 P. M. 12:30 P. M. 8:00 A. M. 9:00 A. M. 12:30 P, M. 1 S. H. WELLES, P. M. ^iBusincsS C a r d s of five lines, or les9,Inserted at $5^00 per annum. r :> «.u p .L e g a l N o t ices.—Notices required by Jaw to be published will,.be charged at the legal rates. r • V - 1 r '.** f. V; . * ■ J .-f;. ( ! O b i t u a r y N o t ices.—Obituary Notices, embrac ing more than the ordinary announcement of death, and Obituary Poetry ten cents per line: - ' .-•* , < . • M a r r i a g e N o t ices.—Fifty cents each. /Sial N o tices—AY fifty' per cent, in addtyion to regular rates. B u s in e s s Noticfes'iii^TCfa I t n g C >liim s— Ten cents per line for first insertion, and six cents per lino for every subsequent insertion. No Business Notices inserted-foi* ldss than one dollar first insertion, and lifty cents each subsequent insertion. ^ ,, . v. -jr, f .P r i v i l e g e of* A d v e r t ise r s .—The privilege of Annual Advertisers is limited to their own immediate business, and to the particular business which is the subject of coutract, and advertisements concerning any other matter will be charged for at the usual rates. r t m i . . J • f , i , ____ ■ JOB PRINTING. .V 7 ' *W6 Are prepared to do all kinds of Job Printing in the neatest stylo, on short notice, at reasonable terms.— Our Printing Material is all new anti oi the latest styles. We flatter ourselves.that we have better facilities for do- ‘JobWoTk than any other Printing Office in this section'of country. “ ’ a . . 1 R A IL R O A D TIM E-TABLES. «'* . 1 NEW TORE CENTRAL. . ; iRAIS'S PASS CANAX DAIG UA AS FOLLOWS --i >i’ .1 . • i •>* hi EASTWARD TRAINS. • 7 New York Express, ~ : - « Local Freight, - ; < - i - * . Steamboat Express, - > - Buffalo and Albany Express, Sunday Night Express, - WESTWARD TRAINS. New York Maily - ■. . Local Freight, :«? / -r: Steamboat Express, 7 - i . j Mail, .. r-r ■:}- : . ?-* j.f.r v lf,,j . Sunday Express,, 6:43 A. M. 9:40 A. M. 10:03 A. M. 7:25 P. M. 8:45 P. M. Who shall judge a man by manners ? Who shall know him by his dress t Paupers may bo fit for Princes, Princes fit for something less. Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket May beclothe the golden ore ! Of the keenest thought and feeling^ Satin vests could do no more. There are springs of crystal nectar , Ever welling out of stone; There are purple buds and golden, Hidden, crushed, and overgrown, God, who counts by souls, not dressed, Loves and prospers you and me, While He values thrones, the highest, , But as pebbles in the sea. , ^ ; . Man upraised above his fellows, ?; Oft forgets his fellows then; v ® * 0 % ^ • a « t * Masters, rulers, lords, remember , That your meanest hinds are men;- Men by labor, not by feeling,. v, if g ] Men by thought,.and men by fame, Claiming eqtfdl right to sunshine', r In a man’s ennobling name. ' 1 a p • f f m i f|i *4 ’ There are foam-embroidered, oceans, • f There are little wood-clad rills, There are feeble inch-high sapplings, >There are cedars on the hills; . God, who counts by souls, not stations, Loves and prospers you and mo; ' For to him all vain distinctions 1 . Are as pebbles in the sea.. , , leave the country!” Good gracious!” I criedw.^ what do you take me for You’d better be ' careful or you’ll get your head caved in hcj ; » “ .I’ll cave yourjiead in for you, you young villain ypu!’’ cried ,hie, springing at pae with his cane. . • . * ’ ‘ 11! * •\‘ ‘IblJOU j ;,i *fi*l ■) i »: , “ Oh, John, John !” exclaimed a ghrill fer male voice, and a tall figure in a sea o f silk into a china closet, demolishing at least, a dozen plates and as many glass tumblers, I sprang to my feet, seized my bag, and without a.word dashed out of the house. • % t/r . j 4 * * • 4 r •* # \ . I knocked over a man who was passing by at the moment, and landed myself.pn my head in the gutter. The man picked himself up and was about to make a display of his muscle, when the glare o f a street lamp re vealed to me the well-known features o f Mr. Truth Stranger than Piction^ flounces bounced down the stairway. “ Don’t 1 John Smith. don’t, don’t ! for the love of heaven— don’t murder Kim !” ! ■ ' r\ \ ' ! ' “ Eureka !” - cried I. . “ Allow me to en^ quire,if your, wife was Melinda, the eldest “ Who the deuce do you take lide’fo'r ?” I daughter pf my father’s great uncle BryneTV The 'past histories o f the families ofLoyis Napoleon and the Sultan of Tprkey is full of interesting and marvellous incidents, some of which are probably, not generally known to our readers. Those two monarchs, so cor dially united in the struggle to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, are both descendants of American ladies—the ope a grandson, the other a great grandson. The ladies were born in the same neighborhood on the island of Martinique, one of the West I times a night. Indies. iL frs. JBlifkin9s liaby* • That first baby was a great ipstitutipp. As soon as he came into this “ breathing world,” as the late Shakespeare has it, he took compiand of the houseu Everything was subservient to him. The baby was the balance-wheel that regulated everything. Hprpgplated the temperatprp, he. regulated the servants, he regulatp.d niai For the first six months o f his preious istence, he had me up on an average of six cried, my temper rising. “ She was,” cried he, grasping my hand, ••“lit looks very wellr for-iyou to ask that “ and.I am,delighted to see yop. . But, pon- question !” sneered the man, “ you who have found it J' You need’nt have come at me so. They were Josephine De Tascher and Miss S ----- -. The history of Josephine is generally known. She went to France „ 1 and was married to M. de Beauharnais, by i * . I\ i 10:41 A. Mi 2:35 P. M. 4:35 Pi M. 10:20 P. M, 10:23 A. M. IVt STEAMER G. % YOUNGS Will on and after' Tuesday, May 1st, leave Hammondsport, Penn Yan„ . «. 8:30 A. M. 2:00 P. M. W.\ W . F a irlie ld , r- SILVER PLATING AND JOB WORK.— £ Having long experience, I am sure to giye sat- - isfaction, at reasonable prices. All kinds of Saddlef a/nd Harness, Triminings on hand.— Shop (iver Bryant s jewelry Store, Main Street, Penn Yan. 1 . TATES 00UNTT OFFICERS. Judge and Surrogate —WILLIAM S. BRIGGS. Justice for Sessions —ELI FOOTE. SfcW ^ J O S E P H F. CROSBY. 7 1 Deputy Sheriff -EZEKIEL W. GARDNER.. Clerk —SAMUEL BOTSFOBJL 1 Deputy Clerk —ALFRED R E E D U ^ S r * q'reqsurer^JA MES BURNS. District Attorney —JOHN D. WOLCOTT. t , Overseer o f the Poor —JOSHUA TITUS- , ,11?. Clerk o f the Board of Supervisors — LEWIS B. GRAHAM. * ' Toiling hands are alone builders r',!' ’ : - Of a nation’s wealth or fame;r . ■. .* ' Titled laziness is pensioned, ‘ Fed and fattened oh the sAme— By the sweat of other’s foreheads, \ ' % Living only to rejoice, While the poor man’s outraged freedom , Vainly lifteth up its voice. 9 .X 4 . # r I j “ , ■ £ ■ • a w * * ■ j V W I Truth and justice are eternal, : Born with loveliness and light; 1 ! r Secret wrongs shall never prosper, , While there-is a sunny right; God, whose world-heard voice is singing Boundless love to you and me, ' x* - SinkS oppression .with its titles • . 7 As the pebbles in the sea. : The Search f o r tJohn Smitlu / Geo. D. A , Bridgaaian, , BOOK AND JOB P R I N T E R .1 ALL KINDS OF , • Job Printing such us Hand-Bills, Circulars, Cards, Labels, Bill-IIeads, Ball Tickets,.&Cy executed with neatness and dispatch, at the Ex- ' press Office. Office in the. Tunnicliff Building, Corner Main and Jacob-sts., up the iron stairs* S. II. Welles^ u LAW OFFICE, MAIN STREET, TWO DOORS Soirfir of Oliver Stark’s Bank. Also Lire; Fire, Marine and Accident Insurance Office. Capital :upd Assets over $13,000,000: *• - - y -1 51 W . Eastnaan & Son. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, DEALERS IN Wopl and all kinds of Grain. H Office 3d (Door , 1 . • a * a , below Post Office, Main Sireet, Penh Yan, N. Y. 2 C',r\ f - f ;■ ^A. li#rDains5 V\ , U. S. LICENSED AUCTIONEER, WEST DRESr . den, Yates County, N. Y. Will attend to all cadis in this Hine of business, with prompt. Tfpess and dispatch... . y. 1 i:. v - • t R. A. Bassett, »« ‘ k PENN YANj N. Y. FIRE, LIFE AND ACCI- dent Insurance Agency. Also Licensed Auc tioneer. 'Orders by mail, or otherwise, prompt- v ly attended to. 'J '- 1 ■Jere. S. Reed y SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE 3 d DOOR South of the Post Office, Main Street, Penn *; Yat#/N. Y. All Work Warranted to give satis faction. Charges moderate. ' 1 - D . B. grosser. ATTORNEY AND * COUNSELOR AT LAW, Penn Yan, N. Y. Office first stairs below Oli- ver -Stark’s Bankin£ Office. 1 f . JY0 r r |SJg - - - / — BILLIARD HALL, NO. 13 MAIN STREET, Penn Yan, NAY. Choice Brands of Cigars and Tobacco always on hahd. f v * ‘ 1 . . TOWN OFFICERS. Benton— J ohn M erbifield , Supervisor; O liver P. GuTHRiBpfTown Clerk. ; • Barrington — D elazox J.SuNDEhLfN, Supervisor; J oseph F. G ibbs , Town Clerk. Italy — A lden D. F ox , Supervisor}, J oel M. C lark , Town Clerk. Jerusalem —PniNEAS P arker , Supervisor; D a - ’* vrb II. P arish , Town Clerk. iililo — J ohn C. S cheetz , Supervisor; H enry T. - H ermans , Town Clerk. Middlesex— T homas U nderwood , Supervisor; O l iver S. B uckley , Town Clerk. Potter — J areb D. B ordwell , Supervisor; ' A sh le y M c D onald , Town Clerk. - - Starkey — H erschel W. P ierce , Supervisor; , W e s l e y B enedict , Town Clerk. 7 7 Torrey — H ar v e y W. N orman , Supervisor; G eo . 7 ■ !S. D owney , Town Clerk. I'. L John Smith married my father’s great un cle’s eldest daughter, Melinda Byrne. Con sequently I was a relative to John. John’s family had often visited us at our quiet country home, and at each visit had most cordially pressed us to return the com pliment..,: . -j,( .. . Last October, business called me suddenly to the city of B ------ ----- where our relatives re sided, and without having time to write and apprise them of our coming, I was intending . f t j $ a visit to the family of Mr. John Smith. + % 4 4 • \ A % r # # • * | ^ ^ » 4 I ' . With accustomed carelessness, I had left his precise address at borne in my note bool$ bnt I thought little of i t ; I could easily firfd' it I said to myself as the cars set me down « „ j * , l • » ■ , r ______ * »•1 » ' • • amid the smokG and bustle at B,-------. Iritiqiiired for my relative of the first hack mau I bame across.' ' 1*\'^ 1 ‘ He looked at me with an ill-suppressed grin What was the fellow laughing at ? : to GROVESTEEN & CO., PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURERS <■••499 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. O p » 1 7' • * J 4 ' J ' / • j k* j | i • ■* ■ % T h e a t t e n t i o n -1 o f t h e p u b l i c and. trale is invited to our New Scale Seven Octave Rosewood Piano-Fortes* which for vol ume and purity of tone-are unrivalled - by any hitherto offered in this Market. They contain all the . ' ■ m Modern Improvements, French grand action, harp * pedal, iron, frame, over-strung bass, etc., and e>iob instrument being made under the persouarsupervision of Mr. J. H. Grovesteen, who has bad a practical experience of over thirty years in the manufacture, i§ fully war ranted in every particular. r , The “ Grovesteen Piano-Forte ” Received the highest award o f merit over all others at the Cel- ebrated World’s Pair, where were exhibitedinsfru- ments from the best makers of 3 LONDON, 7 - r - ivm . : j 7 V PARIS,'. ..o . •: «i*f GERMANY, f . , PHILADELPHIA, „ 2 A DO 7 ) '7 >; jC- 1 r. a-’7 'BALTIMORE; \ BOSTON' AND NEW YORK; “ f atid also at the American Institute for five suc cessive years, the gold and silver medals from both of which can be seen at our ware-rooms*- *?: r By the introduction of improvements we make a still more perfect Piano-Forte, and manufacture ing largely, with a . STRICTLY CASH SYSTEM,-:0\: !. V* w # • are enabled to offer these instruments at a price which will preclude competition.’ , J ’’ ' 7 ' • ‘ ____ .P. R ICJEJ3; ____ No* 1 Seven Octave, round corners, Rose- *i_ wood, Plain Case, $300 00 No. 2 Seven Octave, round corners, Rose wood Heavy Moulding, ; - $325 09 No. 3 Seven Octave, round corners,! Rose- ' wood Louis X l K style, [T *, ~ q $350 00. _ TERMS—Net Cash, in Current JFunds^ ' ££3*1 Descriptive Circulars sent free., ' I -/r E ARE SEIiLING GOOD FAST Coloted Calicbes dll One shilling per yard. ■ ' — ^ J. T, SLAUGHTER & CO.-T VILLAGE OF PENN YAN ., / President .— S tafford C. C levelan d . .Y ' ; Trustees— S eymour T racy , H iram B irdsall ; J ames S. P owell , O liver G. S hearman , • G eorge W agener , T imothy B rigden . Assessors — J ohn H. L apham , J ohn W ilkinson , S tephen G ilbert . ^ . Collector — M orris E ar l . Treasurer —J ohn E llsworth . 1 Police Constable —F rederick P oynebr . 4 • _ ; » RELIGIOUS SERVICES. M . M. E. CHURCH, CORNER MAIN AND CHA p £ e L-ST!S.. Rev. D. D. B uck , Pastor. Services every Sunday at 10 J A. M., and 7:30 P. M. r • • ..v • ,• .7 '•■ . Prayer Meeting on Sunday at 6:30 P. M. Class Meetings Tuesday evenings. ; / . Prayer Meeting on Thursday evening. Sunday School ;iand Bible Classes at close of morning service, -i » •. :• Mission School at Excelsior Hall at 1:30 P. M., on Sunday—M. W. Eastman, Supt. . , : k ™ ^ v 0 ^ , • BAPTIST CHURCH, MAIN t ST. : , Rbv. E. r . B righam , Pastor. Sunday services at 10:30 A. M., and 7:30 P. M. Prayer Meeting on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. ] ' . : Sunday School at the close of the morning service. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MAIN-ST., 7 Rev. D avid M agie , Pastor. j i j p ’ . y r . Services every Sunday .at lO^A. M., and 7£ ,.o . i, lit ?. ^ , t; 7 •! • • -. Meetings Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Sunday. School at the close o f morning service* 4 8T. JIABK’ S CHURCH, MAIN-ST. - j j Rev: T. F. W a r d w e l l , Pastor. ' Services on Sunday at 10A A. M.,and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School at close o f morning service. \ I . ,|.l ! ' ' , i * ^ 'i . i / 7. s t . M i c h a e l ’ s c h u r c h , p i n e -^ t . v f - r ,i ^ Rev. D. E nglish , Pastor. :* t : 7 • Services on the first and third Sundays of each month. »;* i r. - - . '<» First Mass at 8 A. M.; Second Mass at I I A. M. I Squashville ? ” Vespers at 4 P. M. ■ ’ f < n : Sunday School at 3 P. M. n t be sure my clothes were not of the very latest m m f Ciit,:and it is not just the thing for any one! out' of the army to wear blue With bright » r i * • f % buttons: inv coat■ was whole; and mv Aunt / 1/ 4 •/ % f .* f ^ , k * ’ Betsey had scoured jthe buttons with whiting and soft soap until they shone like gold. I repeated my question,with dignity. . .. “ Can you direct me to fheresidence'ofMr, Smith?” ' ' : i ' f*;! “ Mr. S-m-i-t-li ?” he said slowlv. - 4* f ^ ^ • * F f 1*1.*, .4 ▼ V s 0 _ 9 “ \Yes sir : Mr. John Smith. He married mv father’s great uncle’s eldest daughter- Melinda.” r '* \ ' ‘ i ‘ . John Smith seemed.to be a common noun with him* from the peculiar tone be used in speaking o f that individual. . v ' “ A h !” remarked I, “ then there is more than one of that name in the city ?” - ■-;) “ I rather think there is.” *> V- “ Very well then, direct me to the nearest.” “ The nearest.is jn Wall Street. Second left hand corner. You will see the name on the door.” . - , a T ...t . r ; r „ 0 * 9. • • u . ; / I * I 3 j l • I * i * x .v. I passed on, congratulating myself> on the cordial welcomef I should receive from John and Melinda. ' - . I soon reached the jdace— a handsome house with, the name on a silver door-plate. 1 rang the bell— a servant appeared. 4 •* “ Mr. Smith in ?” 1 ; ' } M'' w “ No sir, Mr. Smith is in the army.” 7* * “ Mrs. Smith— is she ?” ..... 7 , . r “ In the army ?— oh no, she’s at the beach.” “ This is Mr. John Smith’s house-, is it ?” “ it is.” . y y v ; ... ^ • I | # j • 9 . li 1 1 A, • ^ k i | « .4 r $ s l ’ v r Y Wa« his wife’s name Melinda, and was shea Byrne before she. was married, from [AS0NI0. y y . v 9 r • * \ * % ‘ y ■ ' -v.„r '7 nil. into l o d g e , n o . 108. • f»7 *' # f 9i ' / 1 t ^ i 11 • * r ’ v • • • f * * * t * % • • 4 . # 4 4 - ^ . Regular Meetings at Penn Yan, on Friday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter. -r;.v , . . • . -7. DUNDEE LODGE, NO. 1 2 3 .“ ' ' ' iii • . • t I ? , , J - r r - V . • | / l i t I I I • ^ V I # 1 • I . \ . w •. Regula^’Meetings at Dundee, on Friday even ings,- on or befpref the Full Moon, and i two i thereafter. • , nr ! : 14 SENECA LAKE LODGE, VO. 308. Regular.. Meetings at Dresden, on Saturday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, and every two weeks thereafter. - ^-i ’ 4 RUSHVILLE LODGE, NO. 377 * V,!, ’ Regular Matings at Rushville, on Wednesday evening^, on or before the FuU Moon, and every two weeks thereafter. \ * I f n i * * 1 • ■ ‘ j ; • ■ . | • J j 1(; . \> i i \ /• . • • i yj {> i * RENN YAN R* A. CHAPTER, NO. 1 Off.. 7| /T Regular Meetings at Penn Yan, on Monday evenings, on_ or before the Full Moon, and every two wfeeka thereafter.r q T t f r<- A j .>»r ‘”V • _ .JERUSALEM COMMANDERY^JIO. I?, •— _ ^ 4 a' ' v • \jEf™ * Regular-Meetings at Penn Yan, on the first unday after, the FuU Moon, in each month. Skirt*. E HAVE A LARGE AND NICELY seleoted stock of Ladies and Misses Hoop J. T. SLAUGHTER A OOl W E ARE SELLING AT A VERY Low. price, Mrs. Foy*s Corset Skirt Sup porter.—Also the Saunders French Wovon Corset, the beet in market. \< J. T. SLAUGHTER A 0€k The man reddened and responded angrily : - - “ I’ll not stand here to be insulted ! Make off’w-ith yourself, or I’ll call the police;’/-I thought from the first that yob' was an entry thief,but you don’t play no game on me!” and he bartgfedithe door in my face.* — ^ - I a thief ? aTf I had not* been in such a hurtfy to find the Smiths, I should have given that rascally fellow a sound chastizing on the spot;- • J *-7- !;'•'!) . Mr * rJ.t v'7'l • .Inquiry elicited the fact that a John Smith lived in \Arch Street/1 \Thither I bent mv steps; A maid servant answered irfty ring; ^ * “ Mr. Smith in ?” ' ' ‘ 7 J • t j f ^ | . W * r 9 m m * m Y. * * fir 9 ™ » B V 1 to . Before the girl could -reply,a._bigr redr faced mau jumped out of the shadows-behind the door, and laid his heavy band on my sh o u lder-.^- r; m -. T r4 fT M T • % A • F V W I — *• fi I “ Yes, sir?” be cried in a.vpicaQf thunder. “ Mr. Smith is in }r. S e stayed home all day [on purpose to catch you !. And now*, by Ju piter, I’ll have utjr^ reypngel’i j VTj^ T‘ 7 \JS “ Sir,” said I , “ there must be some mis take. - Allow me to enquire i f you are John Smith?” u v # A ^ .7 “ T i t inform yon about Mr* John Sroitb in a way you woi^t ^elifih^ifjFou don’t settle the I damage* forthwith..; • Fiye : thousand dollars r. won;itiy wife’s heart, and are here to plan to elope with her! :; I ’ve found it all out^-you needn’t blush and-i^ r.>. ! j “ I. beg your pardon for interrupting you,” said I, “ but I have never seen your Be fore. I perceive she is not. Melinda, the eldest daughter of my father’s greatvuncie? J 1 * ' I ' ,* 4 ’’ . 4 V •.# * 4 ^ 4 i ? I /.I * 4 * who—” * • . “ Sir, do you deny that you ^tre William Jones ? Do you deny that you are in love with mv wife?” But I must cut my story short.' - ■ He took me home with him, and I had a good visit; I saw Melinda to my heart’s con tent. Nay, more ; I met, and was properly introduced to Hattie Smith ; and, well, l am having a new suit of clothes made; and irt due time they will be married, myselfin them to the young lady just alluded to. 7 whom she had one son,* (Eugene,) and one • Some time af er the daughter, (Hortense.) death of Beauharnais, Josephine was to Napoleon Bonaparte, and became Empress of France. Her daughter (Hortense) was married to Lois Bonaparte, then King of Holland : “ Mr. Blifkins,” says my wife, “ bring the light here, d o ; the baby looks strangely [ t am so afraid it will have a fit!” Of course the lamp was brought, anci o f course the baby lay sucking his fist like a little w,b.ftff bear a§ he was. a ■ :r,:X\ \/ .•‘ m V i U x .; arried I “ Mr. Blifkins, I think I ffeel a draft o f air from that window; I wisl} you woul4 up and see if it is not open a little, bec^u§^ the baby might get sick,” said my wife. and the present Emperor o f France Nothing was the matter with the window; is her son by this marriage. as I knew very well. Old Things • But now for the romance of the affair, Jo- “ Mr. Blifkins,” says my wife, just as \ Give me old sougs, those exquisite bursts! Martinique some time before she did. sephine s bosom friend quitted the island of But was going to sleep again, “ that lamp as you have placed it, shines right in the baby’s eyei ‘Pram not a Jones,sir. My,narneis Park- of m.ejotfy which thrilled the lyres of the in- **»« vessel w^icbi was parrying her to Franee — strange you ^ave no more considpration.” well Henry Parkweft of Squashville’1’P and spired poets and minstrels of longagoi Ev-1 w“ *ttaoked and capused by Algerian cor- I arranged the light and went to M « ^ i » t with a bow I took myself ofF. ' I ery note has borne bn the air a tale of joy 'After that I called at the’ residences of and rapture— of sorrow ind sadness. Thev sairs, and the crew and passengers made Just as I was dropping to sleep t again; prisoners; but the corsair ship was in turn “ Mr. Blifkins,” said my wife, “ did you think three JohnnSmiths-’nbne'bK h k tf was W tell of days gone ,by, and time has give'n and pillaged by Tunis pirates, and to buy the broma to day .for the baby V and nothing occurred that Mr. John Smith was worthy of note. [ f \ | x f . r .. . • f », , f My next Mr. Smith‘resided in Portland St. Thither I bent my steps. It was a Very small house— evidently not a hoitse o f wealth and cleanliness. : I made m y-’way to the . 4 front door, through a wilderness of old rags, them a voice that speaks to us o f those who I Miss S. was carried by them to Constantino- pie £nd offered for sale as a slave. Her ex- “ My dear,” said J, “ will you do me the injustice to believe that I could overlook a breathed those melodies; may they be mine to hear till life shall en& ; as. I .launch my I traordiny beauty and accomplishments found 1 matter so essntial to the comfort o f that in boat upon the sea of..eternity, may their her a Purchaser in the sultan himself, and estimable cliil<q>* J echoes be wafied on my ear, to cheer me on my passage from earth and earthlartd. she soon became the chief lady in his Serag lio, and Sultapa of Turkey. Mahmoud II She apologized very handsomely; but made her anxiety the scapp 'goat. Give me the old path, where we have wan- waS her Bon> and tbe Present Sultau> Abdul I forgave h e r ^ d , without saying a Word broken, crockery; old btin Ware, etc, scatter 4ered and culled the flowers of friendship in | Azriz Han^ is the ^grandson Itubmoud. ing a flock of hens, and rousing a snappish | the days of “ Auld Lang Syne.” Sweeter littlexternerTromTa nap on thp steps. Thus the two sovereigns, who occupy such .................M 1 1 ■ I M U . . . b f t e dells whose echoes have answered to larSe sPace in 7 • W0rld’8 eye>.are descended , A fed-faced woman ^nsvvere^-my rap, bint I O'ur voiqps, whose ^turf is pot a sTrangqr to oar 7 rom American cieole girls, who weie beforq,! q&uld make my customary, inquiry, footsteps, and whose rills )»hve in childhood’s play™»tes in their youth,-and as remarkable « A s t so—just so,” said f, .half asleep) more, addre^d myself to sleep. “ Mr. Bfifkins,” said my wife, shaking me, “ you pciust not. snore so; you will wake the bab v M * • she opened,, qiv me like a two-edged butcher cays reflected back folr Ibrms, and those of knife.* .. J IU\.s | our merry play-fellows, from whom we have , “ Well, of all the impudpnt rascals that I ever see you beat:the lot.. I want to .know ‘4. J it' li l7 •* » / ’ >7 • ’ I’ j J ' t' ’ * < * 1 i i,f you had the cheek to pome back there again ? You’d like to\ sell1 me another Ger- I fo,revel* in my memory. parted, and meet no more in the old nooks we loved so well. May the old paths be wa*- tered with heaven’s own dew, and be green man silver tea-pot and another brass,bosom pin to dear Araminty— would’nt you ?” “ By 110 means,”’ said j . 1 1 beg to inform ' ’ 1 • I! ,* ' ‘ 1C1 ' hl\l il it ft i * • . * * ■ j l . * * ■ > 1 ' •*>*..'•'> yOU --- ” r J i • 4-' ' • ■ j i i *■' j . ■/ '' r■*•, i • • • — .“ Oh, you needn’t b e g ! • • ’ 1 ' . • ! • { j , • ’ ,» V\ \ - ■ . j r ' ] . _ ,x I r • - I ,1 T • ■> W , in beff«:ars. ' I suppose v6u thought I should -tu t ’ I did. I should know c>» not know you Give me the old house, upon whose stairs wei seem to hear light footsteps, and under whose porch a merry laugh seems to mingle with the winds that whistle through the old . — 11 1 i . . . . i . a*i We cl out believe | el ms, .beneath whose branches lie the graves of those, who once trQd the halls and made the chambers ring with glee. /: * ' for their beauty and excellent dispositions as thinking I was Solon Shingle, for their varied and similar fortunes. Both {“ Mr. Blifkins,” said my wife, “ will you these women in the height of their power re-, getlfffyand hand me the warm gruel from the membered the friends of their youth, and nurse-kmp for baby ? the dear child ! if it provided munificently for their ^welfare.— wasnVfor his mother, I don’t know what hff Many of the relatives of the Sultana left the would do. Bow can you s^eep so; Mr. B|ifr island^of Martinique and settled at Constanti- kihs ?” iiople, where their descendants still' reside and enjoy 7the favor of the Sultan. 1 The ' • -■ \ }*,;*.'»* /. • , ^ 4 * , • f Sultana died in 1811; the^Empress Josephine iu 1814. — Galigna/nVs M e s s e n g e r .* . , j • \ Origin o f Illustrious M e n • that black bag of yours in Californey.- And And oh ! above all, give me the old friends, Columbus was the son of a Weaver. and a how clear out o f my premises, or I’lITay my broom handle'over yod^ ! I f thehe is anything hearts.bound to mine in life’s sunshiny hours, I weaver himself, and a link so - strong, that all the storms of I hat6; Its ^’~]beddler—especially**a rascal earth might not break it asunder;.spirits Claude Lorraine was bred a pastry cook. Cervantes was a common soldier. t like you !” ,, Congenial, whose hearts througu .life! have Homer was the son of a small fanner.* “ Allow me’to enquire,’.’ said I, ^*If Mr. beat in unison with their own. Oh,, when Molierre was the son of a tapestry m^ker. Smith’s wife*was Melinda Byrne, the eldest daughter of my father’s — iuocr ! The broom stick Was lifted-; I heard'it cut the air-like a minnieubullet, and sprang down the steps into the street at my very best pace.,-, p or?i *»7 death shall still this heart, I. would* not*»ask Demosthenese was the son of a cutler. for aught more sacred to* hallow m y ‘ dust than the tear of an old friend.' 1 A W ife Wanted . Somebody who wants a wife publishes the An angry man I do not fear,,but who can following advertisement in a St. Louis pa- stand before an angry woman!? / I%ad much rather face a roaring lion. per:— ; W anted . I have lived solitary ]°pg I called on two more Mr. Smiths—still un successful in my search. { It was: getting ul- enoqgh; I want some one to talk at, quarrel wit—-then kiss and make up again. There- most dark apd I was more than anxious to | foreT am ready to receive communications reach mv destination.. . . ....... . Oliver Cromwell was the son of a Lonpon V 4 . . brewer. ‘ . ‘ V i Howard was an apprentice to a groce*. . Franklin was a journeyman printer, and a son of a tallow chandler and soap boiler) Daniel Defoe was a hostler and the sop o f a butcher.' vyn * * * ~r '*■? ?7- - u i r. j ' r > v Sir Cloudesley rShovel, Rear Admiral oT England, was an apprentice to a shoemaker, and afterwards aJDabin Boy. - : 7- Bisliop Frideau worked in the kitchen at My next Mr* Smith was located ,Lennox more than average respectability, tolerably St,: It was twilight, when I rang.tfie bell at tame in disposition, and hair of any color, his door.,, . ;.r f , 7 , .v . : ^ - As neafly^as'I can judge Of.myself, j am , , 1 I , ' « ■< , \ 4 , * 1 4 4 - 4 . , , I t t .4 * I | , . I l* ( , A smiling fellow admitted me, fairly fore- | not over eighty nor under twenty-four years ing me intorthe. h a ll,before I. could utter a word.\ , ‘ ‘ ' *1 *“ * ‘ ' • ■ 4- * f ’ * 4* •• “ W alk right in,* sir, they are expecting i* \ * f _ _ _ * . i • V C * , , • 1 . . 4 . • * ■' * f* you ! The ladies will be down in a moment. Miss Hattie is in the back parlor. W alk In sir.” ' ' . , / r ' 7 ‘ from young ladies and boom ing widows of] footer College,- Oxford. Cardinal Wolsey was the son o f a butcher. -7 Ferguson was a shepherd. ‘ Virgil was the son Of a porter. r ^ Horace was the son of a shopkeeper. r:0 * of age. I, am either five feet eight, or eight I William Shakspeare was the soh o f a wool I was gently pushed toward the door of a feet five, I forget which. Weight about 135, 315j:or 531 pounds, one! o f the three-^recol- lect each figure perfectly well, but as to their true arrangement I am somewhat puzzled.— Have a whole suit of hair, dyed by nature and* free from dandruff. Eyes buttermilk stapler. ^ 1 suspect, mv deaf,” said I, “ that it because I am tired.” . . 7. •■•• - 1 . ■ * i J * ' . I * 1 ‘ M f , “ Oh, it is very well for you ; men to-talk abou being tired,” said my wife, “ but I woni*- ^fer what you would say if you had to toil and drudge like a poor woman with a baby * I tried to soothe her by telling her she had no patience at all, and got up for the gruel. Having aided in answering the baby’s re quirements, I slipped- into bed again, with the hope of sleeping. . /t . ■ “ Mr. Blifkins !” said she, in a louder kev. « * I said nothing. > ; ' i ' p » . • , , t “ Oh, dear,” said jthe estimable woman, in great apparent anguish, “ how can a man# who has arrived at the honor of a live baby . of his own, sleep, when he don’t knotv that the dear creature will live till morning ?’* J I remained silent, and after a while think- _ _ _ A . . ■ _ 1 _ , i jng that Mrs, Blifkins had fallen asleep, I stretched my limbs for-repose, x How long I slept I know not, but I was awakened >by a furious jab in. the forehead by>ome sharp instrument. I started up, and Mrs. Blifkins was sitting up in bead fus ing some portion of the baby’s dress. * She vhad, in a. state o f semi-spmpolenco, . • . . * i r * ' i 1 * mist^kefi niy head for the pillpyp, which she customarily used for a nocturnal pin-cushion. .. I protested against such treateatment in somewhat round terms, pointiug to. several wot. perforations in my forehead. She told me*I Milton was the son of a money scrivener. ^ r / , • • j • • * • Robert Burns was a plowman in Ayrshire. Confucius was a car pent ef. - 7 ' Mahomet Ali was a barber. •4*1 • Bolivar was a druggist. shadowy apartment, and at the entrance I brindle, tinged with pea green. . Nose blunt, y asco de Gama was a tailor^' was announced: ‘ “ Mr. Hehry.’ v ’’ The gas was hot lighted and the apart ment was in semi-dark ness.’ I heard a soft i . quick footfall on the carpet, and a pair of arms fell round my neck, and a pair of the according to Ionic order of. architecture, with a touch of composite, and a mouth, between Jo^u Jacob Astor sold apples in the streets > •*... 4 •• * i . A ! #1' of New York. . , . , , should willingly^bear such trifling things far the sake o f the baj>y. > * •» • • 7 -f I insisted upop jt that I didn’t think my duty as a parent fq7‘that young immortal required the surrender o f my head for a pint 4 cushion.-* -v 77 . V \ ^ ■s:7 7:v* This was one of the manv^nights I passed for noratony and the reception o f large oys- ters.fr >iEars palmated, : long and \ elegantly shaped. My wbiskefs are a combination of sweetest lips on the'*footstool touefied mine ; I dog’s hair, moss' and briar bush— woll be- and good gracious— for a moment the World haved, and are fearfully luxuriant. iJ-um a catfish’s and an aligator’s— made especially Catharjne, JEtppress.of. Russia Was'* p-amp “ this ^ The truth is, that baby was what every man’s first baby is, an autocrat—absolutely and unlimited.' i vTM- T he H ouse of R epresentatives .— The 11, j Such was the story of Blifkins as he relat grisette, ^ . ^ r ,<r., ■ * ... . ... Andrew Johnson was a. tailor. • ’J • 11J t , .,r j number of bald heads in the House o f Repre sentatives is twenty-five. The ^number, of mustaches is fifteen. The member with the some, afid'Can1 write poetry by the mile, with I baldesUhead is It. S. Hale, of New Y6rk. “ Oh, Heni%y— my deai*0M‘ and besl1!r Whv I double rhyme on both edges— to read back-1 The most modest man is C. S. Hubbard, of swam : and I felt as if I had been stewfed in honev, and distilled in Lubin’s best triple ex- ■ I f I f y tract of roses.’1 n—^ ?r>: . . . sound in limb and on the negro question.V- Wear boots No. 9 when corns are trouble- ted it to ils. . i ; • 7 i7r. * It is a slightly exaggerated picture o f mo£$ every man’s experience. : v ;-y, V v. ni A P retty C ustom — One o f the prettiest of Christmas customs, is the Norwegian doh’t^you kissUme;- Hetirv !” cried A ‘ voice ward', forward\crosswise or diagonally. Can New York. The most .productive man is prac^ e 0f giving, on Christmas Day, a din^ like music;: “ have' ybtfp ceased to(,cai?e: ;fbr . t * me, Henry ?” ^hd again the kiss was repeaf- ed;-' e‘! ; ■' 1 ■ Who could resist the temptation f ! T am play the jewsharp‘ or ‘ bass drum, arid can whistle Yankee 1 Doodle in; Spanish. ’Am very correct in my morals and first-rate at Gen. Ebenezer Dumont, of Indiana, beigg the father o f twenty children. The tallest man is lon*r John Wentworth of Illinois. temping; have a great regard for the Sab- The shortest man is A. Brandagee of Conn. naturally a diffident‘H fn , but I have some I hath, and never- drink unless invited. Am a The man with the most extensive obesity is human nature in ’md> and I phid her, princi- | domestic animal, and perfectly docile when | William Radford of New York. . The bpst looking .man is John H.- Ketchum of'{New ft r pal and interest. ; /r“ Oh,' Henry, I had so feared that being iri the army had made* you riold hearted—-gobd heavens F’^-She fell back1 against the chair pale as deaith#1 The servant had lit the gas, £nd I stood revealed. ; ‘ : ’ • • • ' 1 f f • r i t ^ *________ £T beg your pardbn, mkrm;” said Ij “ but there is evidently somG rritStake. : May I en quire i f Mr; Smith’s wife was Melinda Byrne tfie eldest ;daughter Of my father’s great un cle?” :-. ' .7 n wobiatrf e:!j oi • The red flush %came- to the young: lady’s cheek— she was as ‘handsome as a picture-^- as she replied with courtesy j : •>* e7r.r o • vF • • “ She was n o tri You1 will, I 7hope, excuse cuse me for the blunder I have committed.-^ W e are expecting our brother: • Henry from the army, and yoqr blue clothes deceived met” 7 “ For which I,shall always wearblue,” ! replied gallantly^ i fi Allow me to rritroduci mysfelL-::! ' Farkwin ;of Squash^ uiUe^Anflriniriakuig fhy best bovr I stumbled backward over an ottoman, aud*U s itnuto I • towels are clean and shirt buttons all right. If I possess, a pre-eminent virtue it j s that of forgiving every enemy whom I deem it hazardous to handle.’ I say my prayer, mus- quitoes permitting; as to whether I snore in ner to the birds. Ou Christmas morning, every gable, gateway, and barn-door, is de* corated with sheaf of corn fixed on the top of a long pole, wherefrom it is intended that the birds shall make their Christmas dinner. Even the peasants will contrive to have 4 a handful set by for this purpose, and wha£ York* The best penman is T; W. Ferry of , . , , ■. . h™ JT . mi. 1 1 the birds do not eat on Christmas Day, re- Michigan, lhe, number who wear spectacles is thirty^ The oldest man is Thaddeus Ste vens', seventy-three. The youngest, J. Don- mains for them to finish at their leisure thro’ . ■, r ’ 1 tl 1 T 1 * . ! • * I 1 1 ■ . i ' . k the winter.. «■ . .... my sleep I want somebody to tell. Money | of Mio^osota, thirty-four, is no object, .as I never .was troubled with it, and never expect to be. I should like a la- ; N ew T elegraph C ompany . — A ljill ha§ been introduced in the United States Senate Judge T-Balcom, of -the Supreme chartering the National Telegraph Compaq dy who is perfectly able to support a hus band, or j f she could introduce me to a fam ily where religions example would be con sidered a sufficient compensation for board, it would do just as well. * \ Court, sitting at Binghampton, has rendered He decides that the with a capital of ten millions of dollars, and granting the right to put ilp telegraph wires along any and all post routs in the United an important decision, law relative to the State Inebriate Asylum is unconstitutional and void, x All parties I States. The i:ec.ent consolidation o f existiri^ committed to ife walls by ohlef o f the Supreme Hiies intq an immese monopoly, will §timulatri Court* are entitled to be.rejeascd. A test case the investment o f capital ip establishing new An old Yorkshire Clergyman, who I has been made and the question brought up I hues, not only for the better accommodatioii had a strorig-lunged curate, inquired'6f a on habeas corpus, and Judge Balcom in an °f Ike public, but also as a profitable biisi* woman why her husband was so seldom at elaborate Opinion decided to discharge the J ness en terprise. The* stbcfc o f the netf co%3f churchJ ^ 0 ,’ r 6jie replied, “ that youpg nian | party so held, you Have* got roars sac load that John Carina sleep eae comfortably as he did when preach-' ing yorir^eif &e peaeeably.” . ' ; / J ; '.V. ;' ! panv will probably be ip market before fong . ’ , . 4 • t 4441 . 4 .. « ..... f ^ O I I Hit \ A eointryman.: who waa charged with ten gallons of whisky ;wBicH a grocer f>ut in ah' eight gallon keg, gaid he didn’t A may be .said to kaow thoni oughly only what he cap correctly commppfe cate lo others. . ' . * .. rr ,. c * . i * -A (. I .< * ' 1 KS Jt ®fae6Ed(i0ijrieej)« { anad xaoiiey <ivwct>*Pge4 e « flatxih as ba j WJiS liH i q # 6m ,ea»#-t‘ waterfaflS^ B o o k } tfae Hietorian k^ep* thel Ledger: did the strain on the k e g '. caught iff pees. \ >
