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gEOUD. A. BEIDGMAN, Editor and Proprietor. i \i 99 TERMS l—Two Dollars per Tear if paid in Advance VOLUM E I. PEN N Y A N . N. Y .. SA T U K D A Y , M A Y 19. 1866 NUMBER 7, Jfotttt flatt PENN YAN, YATES COUNTV, N. Y. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, . B Y GEO. D. A. BRIDGM AN. LOCAL DIRECTORY. G o in g S o m e . TERMS: To Office and Mail Subscribers, payable In ad vance, per year, - - - - -$ 2 00 To Village Subscribers who receive their papers by the Carrier, per year, - -. - • $2 50 . .. TERMS OF ADVERTISING * j . * ? — ' “ Square ” is equal to one inch o f Space ,] One Square 1 week SI 00;Quar. 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Way Mail from the East, daily, Western Mail, daily, Prattsburgh, daily, Dresden, daily, Sherman's Hollow, Saturdays, Bath and Hammondsport, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, . t _ CLOSE. ^ \ New York Mail, daily, , Way Mail, East and South,, daily, . Western Mail, daily, Prattsburgh, Bluff Point, Branch- Port, Italy Hill, Italy Hollow, • daily, Dresden, daily, ^ 2 r r i Bath and Hammondsport -and Bar 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. 7:30 P. M. 7:30 A. M. 7:30 P. M. 12:30 P. M. 8:00 A. M. 9:00 A- M. 12:30 P. M. S. H. WELLES, P. M. r B u s i n e s s Cards of five lines, or less, inserted at $5,00 per annum. * ' “ • » : i .... Lrgal Notices. —Notices required by law to be published will be charged at the legal rates. Obituary Notices. —Obituary Notices, embrac ing more than the ordinary announcement of death, and Obituary Poetry ten centsper line. r > £ # 7 Marriage Notices. —Fifty cents each. Special Notices —At fifty per cent, in addition to regular rates. i Business Notices in Reading Columns— Ton cents per line for first insertion, and six cents per line for every subsequent insertion. No Business Notices inserted for less than one dollar first insertion, and fifty conts each subsequent insertion. Privilege o f Advertisers. —The privilege of Annual Advertisers is limited to their own immediate business,1 and to the particular business which is the subject of contract, and advertisements concerning any other matter will be charged for at the usual rates. JOB PRliTINa. \We are prepared to do all kinds of Job Printing in the neatest style, on short notice, at reasonable terms.— Our Printing Material is all new and of the latest styles. We flatter ourselves that wo have better facilities for do ing Job Work than .ahy other Printing Office in this section of country. R A ILR O A D TIM E-TABLES. NEW YORK OENTBAL. * * * * * TRAINS PASS CANANDAIGUA AS FOLLOWS EASTWARD TRAINS. - - New York Express, » - Local Freight, - - Steamboat Express, - - Buffalo and Albany Express, Sunday Night Express, - r J .8 r \ ^ -WESTWARD TRAINS. New York Mail, - Local Freight,. • * ‘ . - S teamboat Express,, r .;n r*’ Mail, - - - - Sunday Express,., „ , - - 6:43 A. M. 9:40 A. M. 10:03 A. M. 7:25 P. M. 8:45 P. M. Where are you going so fast, old man, Where are you going so fast? There’s a valley to cross, and a river to ford, There's a clasp o f the hand and a parting word, And a tremulous sigh for the past, old man; The beautiful vanished past. Cl \ ' i . The road has been rugged and rough, old man; To your feet it’s rugged and rough; But you see a dear being with gentle eyes, Has shared in your labor and sacrifice; A h ! that has been sunshine enough,* old man, For you and me, sunshine enough. How long since you passed o’er the bill, old man ? , Of life o’er the top of the hill? ,, • Were there beautiful valleys on t’other side? Were there flowers and trees, with their branches wide, ’ . . »; . * j To shut out the heat o f the sun, old man, The heat of the fervid sun. ' i • ■ * l f | I # 0 • And how did you cross the waves old man, . Of sorrow, the fearful waves? Did you lay your dear treasures by, one by one, With an aching heart and u God’s will be done,” - Under the wayside dust* old man, ,v. In the graves ’neath the way side dust ? § } « * • f ; 1 • There is sorrow and labor for a4), old man, Alas! there is sorrow for all, And you, peradventure, have had your share, For eighty long winters have whitened your hair, ,, 'And they’ve whitened your heart as well, old man, Thank, God! your heart as well. You’re now at the foot o f the hill, old man, At last at the foot o f the hill! The sun has gone down in a golden glow; And the heavenly city lies just below; Go in through the pearly gate, old man,, The beautiful pearly gate. returned to Paris secretly before the murder ? Was he the murderer ? mother. You are aware, too,of her husband’s fatal propensity to the gaming table, a passion which in the course o f time led to an estrange-1 Ernestine turned deadly pale, ment between them. The Baroness was very “ Do you suppose the baron ‘f Changed my name ? i> Monsieur must be Sabbath M o r n in g lit S p r in g You took the name o f Thion- u young and still beautiful, and failing to find that love and affection which she had hoped her husband would show her, formed an un fortunate intrigue. I was horror stricken when she informed me o f this ; but it was not for me to blame her. As might be ex in error. : “ Not. at all. ville for reasons best known to yourself.-— But as you have forgotten this circumstance, will you have the goodness to tell us where you went on leaving Saverne ?” “ Is the, murderer ?” added Bernard, fin^ ishing the sentence. “ Yes ! I do. But I will go at once to the prefect.” * For the first time since her condemnation, a faint’ray o f hope was kindled in Ernestine’s heart. The sight of Bernard, her old friend I me to refresh your memory. “ I returned to Strasbourg.” “ Pardon me Monsieur le Baron, and allow You went or pected no good could result from this attach- in happier days, had indeed excited a wish pretended to go to a private house in the ment. Her lover proved unworthy of her to live in her young breast; confidence, and succeeded, whether by threats “ How thankful I am that I did not say anything at the trial; The good God will or menaces, I know, not, in obtaining /from her large sums o f money. It was but a few I protect me.” days before her death that she confided this Bernard now left the prison and hastened I have submitted to these impertinent questions neighborhood. But was not Paris the goal of your journey, and did you not arrive here about April 15th ?” “ Monsieur!” exclaimed the baron, “ I to me, and at the same time begged me to to the house pf the prefect. 10:41 A. M. 2:35 P. M. ,4:35 P. M. 10:20 P. M. 10:23 A. M. A T r u e B i l l . YATES COUNTY OFFICEES. BTJ SINESS-G AKDS. Judge and Surrogate —WILLIAM S. BRIGGS. Justice for Sessions —ELI FOOTE, SKeriff—3 OSEPH F. CROSBY. Deputy Sheriff— EZEKIEL W. GARDNER. Clerk — SAMUEL BOTSFORD. l i + A 1 l ■ Deputy Clerk —ALFRED REED. Treasurer —JAMES BURNS. District Attorney —JOHN D. WOLCOTT. Overseer o f the Poor —-JOSHUA; TITUS* Clerk o f the £ Board of Supervisors —LEWIS B. GRAHAM. v y '* * \ V ?i/ W . W . Fairfield, % • SILVER PLATING AND JOB WORK.— •'•Having long experience, I am sure to give sat isfaction, at reasonable prices. All kinds of Saddle and Harness Trimmings on hand.— Shop over Bryant’s Jewelry Store, Main Street, <f Penn Yan. 1 , i » , . i * i ■ * i i . i * i ' r6eo , D. A. Bridgman, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. ALL KINDS OF Job Printing such as Hand-Bills, Circulars, Cards, Labels, Bill-Heads, Ball Tickets, &c., 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. H . Welles^ - * LAW OFFICE, MAIN STREET, TW 03-D00RS South o f Oliver Stark’s Bank. Also Life, Fire, IVIaiffnc and Accident Insurance Office. Capital • uand Assets over $13,000,000. . / Morris Brow n , ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, and Notary Public. Office with the United States Collector of Internal Revenue, over the ^ Post Office, Penn Yan, N. Y. 6 ' I ’ . ■ i - M. W* Eastman &: Son,? *m/.L COMMISSION. MERCHANTS, DEALERS IN Wool and all kinds of Grain. Office 3d Door \below Post Office, Main Sireet, Penn Yan, :: N. Y. : . 2 A . R. Dains, U. S. LICENSED AUCTIONEER, WEST DRES- c den, Yates County, N. Y. Will attend to all calls in this line of business, with prompt. ,ness and dispatch. 1 ___________ __________________ _________________________________________ , • T . , R* A . Bassett, PENN YAN, N. Y. FIRE, LIFE AND ACCI- dent Insurance Agency. Also Licensed Auc tioneer. ,Orders by mail, or otherwise^ prompt ly attended to. y! r~. £ 1 TOWN OFFIOJBES. Benton — J ohn M errifield , Supervisor; O liver P. G uthrie , Town Clerk. Barrington — D elazon J. S underlin , Supervisor; • J oseph F. G ibbs , Town Clerk.- Italy — A lden D. F ox , Supervisor; J oel M. C lark , Town Clerk. Jerusalem-^ P hineas P ar k er ; Supervisor; D a vid H. PARisn, Town Clerk. Milo — J ohn C. S cheetz , Supervisor; H en ry T. . H ermans , Town Clerk. T • • ^ Middlesex — TnoMAS U nderwood , Supervisor; O l iver S. B uckley , Town Clerk. Potter — J areb D. B ordwell , Supervisor; A sh l e y M c D onald , Town Clerk. Starkey — H erschel W. P ierce , Supervisor; W e s l e y B enedict , Town Clerk. Torrey — H a r v e y W. N orman , Supervisor; G eo .' S. D o w n ey , Town Clerk. P f b t VILLAGE OF PENN YAN ^ n j ^ President — S tafford C. C le v e l a n d . Trustees — S eymour T r acy , II iram B irdsall , J ames S. P ow ell , 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 . -1* Treasurer — J ohn E llsworth . Police Constable — F rederick P oyneer . , ' Early on the morning of the 15th‘ o f April information reached the French Police that * * . ’ * i _ i , , the Baroness de C. was lying dead in her bed strangled with a piece of ribbon. * She had been married as a widow to Baron de C., and was about twenty-eight years of age, very pretty, of engaging manners, and both she and her husband were known far and wide forTavish hospitality. ~ — ^ s Three weeks before the murder the Baron i set out for Russia, where it was said he had inherited some property from a relative. During the absence of her husband the Bar oness kept very much at home, with Ernest ine Lamont, a beautiful girl of the most ear nest and simple manners, who had been educated and protected by her. On the night before thtf murder the Baroness went to the opera,..-* Ernestine, - who was not h°ur# take care of her jewels and money in my box as she dreaded lest her sordid lover should obtain possession of them. The last time I saw her alive was on the night she went to the opera. At what hour she returned 11 know not, for she always bad a private key with her. The rest you’know. “ Hence, dear friend, you will understand my reluctance to have my boxes searched, “ Well, what did you find ?” asked the old man, smiling sadly as his young friend rushed into the room without waiting to be announ ced. '<J y j *■ • ’’ ’ * rr” ‘ “ Be good enough to ‘ examine this hat,” said Bernard, as he handed it to him and Re counted to him the manner of his finding it, and what Ernestine had subsequently told him..,-, - .. quite long enough. By what right you pre- % • sume ti> interrogate me in the manner you have donb I do not know. Rest assured I shall represent the matter to the Minister of Police. I wish you a good morning.” And the baron turned himself around to leave the room.; • . -a - ^ - “ Not so fast, Monsieur, I have not done With you yet,” continued the officer, without noticing the interruption. I frepeat—you and my evasive answers as to the money and | “ Her husband!—he the murderer? Yes, | arrived in Paris about the 15thr and you and we have been accusing an How lovely! on the distant hills ‘ 1 Morn waves her coronals of light, • And every blushing valley fills With golden forms and visions bright, 1 As 'mid the bowers and clear blue streams1 : Of Eden roved, when like our dreams Of perfect bliss, the moments flew On pinions bathed in heavenly dew. • • A * It is a pure and blessed hour, The sky hangs beautiful and' mild Above the waves. The rocks that toweri Along the steep so gray and wildv t Seems altars which in ages gone, Mankind had thrown their incense on : And through the deep and \«cwless air, Sent forth their solemn voice of prayer. Bright clouds, inlaid with hues of gold,- tfloat o’er the horizon’s waveless blue ; . As though each wreathed and veiling Fold/ An angel’s form were gleaming through ; Flown from his sapphire home abpve, To give one holy look o f love; Yet think that what is brightness here ^ Would fade in light of his own sphere/ * A w — , I A . Around one vast and glorious shrine,* r .. All living things of Nature bow, f * While breathings pure and thoughts divine Devotion’s wing is wafted now, And bower and stream and forests dim* In gladness pour their morning hymn; > For earth in all her realms is blest . With God’s u A*okcn Sabbath rest. jewels found in them.. • * l “ Had I told the truth, should I have been believed ? No ! And how could I say any thing to dishonor the name o f one ? who has been more than a mother to me ? Besides, I did not even know the name, of her secret lover, and I had never seen him. No ; it is bettor as it iis. I am ready to die. My se cret to all save you shall die with me. That were in your wife’s bedroom on the night of the 15th and 16th.” ■/ . you believe in my innocence is the only com-1 tainly seems there is strong suspicion against the baron/ T have caused inquiries to be it is plain- innocent girl!” ejaculated the prefect, care fully examining the hat: “ But leave me now I must think it over.. But let me urge secre- sy on you, and depend on me.” Early the next morning, Bernard was sent for to the prefect’s hpuse. 1 f “ I have carefully gone over the whole ev- dence since I saw you,” he said, “ and it cer-1 o f your Wife on the night in question, Which W o m a n . At these Words the baron leaped to his I Mrq. Stevens, the “ sweet story writer,”5 feet, his face distorted with the pangs of fear I has somewhere .thrown off this eloquent paa* and passion'. “ Calm yourself, Mopsieur le Baron, for I have ridt finished with you yet. Will you sage: “ Woman, woman ! * . cle. -truly she is a mira-r Place her amid flowers, foster her as a fort I have left. T' ‘ ; ‘ . V,' “ Your unhappy friend, “ E r n e s t i n e .” made, and have ascertained that the baron was a confirmed gambler, and that his jour- “ Thank God !” murmured the young man, pressing~the paper>to his lip^fT “ Henceforth ney to St. Petersburg was only a ruse to baRon. evoid arrest. It is a terrible case, and.we must I will devote my life to prove your innocence proceed very cautiously.^The baron stands to the world. God grant that it may not be loo late.” high in public esteem, and it seems incredible he could have committed this horible crime. I forth incoherently : then* explain, if you Were not in the bedroom | tender plant, apd she is a thing of fancy^ waywardness, and something of folly^rr-an** noyed by a dew-drop, fretted by the touch o f a butterfly’§ wipg, rej^dy Xo faint at the rus^ tie of a beetle. The zephyrs,are too roughs the showers toorheavy, and she is overpowers ed by the perfume of a rosebud. But let real calamity come, rouse her affection, kin dle th^ fires o f Jier heart, and mark her then. How: her heart strengthens itself, how strong in h£r purpose. Place her in the heat o f the you Will remember was the very night on which she wks murdered—how was it that vtmr hat WTas fouhd in the passage ?” And Witb these words he handed the hat to the All eyes Were bent upon him. The baron turned'deathly pale, and remained speechless a considerabhTtime. At last he stammered i i . j i i Late though it was, Bernard ; repaired to Still tjiat hat and the bill of the landlord the prefect’s house, but it was with difficulty that he procured admission. The prefect, fortunately, was an old friend of Bernard’s ma‘de out in his own name prove at least that he must have returned to Paris. Why should he return ? What was his motive ? It-js.pot my hat. * I never thi^one battle, give her a child, a bird, anything she before.- I had one like ijt, « But nofithis.” fov^s, or pities, to protect, and see her, as in “ Not this,?” ;exclaimed the relentless apd a re^ t ed instance, raising her white arms as undaunted questioner. “ Monsieur le Barop a and as her own blood crimsons he^ father, and it was because of this fact that ^However, I have dispatched an agent pf the j^o,u^have been followed step by step froip up^ned forehead, praying for life to pro- the young man was admitted at such a late secret police to Strasburg, to track nis steps from that place. When I hear anything I the day you quitted Paris to the day you re-1 ^ the helpless ; transplanting her into the turned. , I f this hat be not yours, will you ^ark place o f earth, awaken her energies tp very well, did not accompany her, neither “ But mv good friend,” said the old man, will send for you.” did she sit up for her, as the Baroness had a after patiently listening to all. he had to say, private key, and did not wish the young lady to be^disturbed. It was the custom that when the Baroness, on awakening in the “ believe me it is a useless task ; there is no at- once repaired to the Maison Rouge. On arriving at Strasburg, the police agent The morning, rang her belt, Ernestine went first to her bedroom. When on the morning after I search the apartments of the murdered lady. doubt that the young woman is guilty, either as principal or accomplice. Still as you so earnestly wish it, you shall be permitted to I having gone, whither he could not sav. ' The landlord perfectly remembered the baron's having staid at1 his hotel for a week and then thVtiiurier, naJ><Sl was W r # to ring. tfo>] And now, goodnight,’5 he added'with a'kind gp.gp.yw takep. porter, howevef., remembered where, ^iis bag- • Jt was to a house outside servants wondered, and at last one of them went up to Ernestine’s room to ask the cause. It was empty. Thinking she had gone to J the Baroness’ bedroom, the servant went thither. The shutters' were still closed, and j ones^.hopse. Everything laid precisely as smile.- “ and letT me hear the result: o f your 7 , r t _ i ' j s. - •. ■ • i ¥ investigations.” , . ' 1 ; , * r Early the next morning, Bernard accom panied bv a gendearme, repaired to the bar- the night-lamp burning on a little table by the bedside. On the floor lay the lifeless it had been left on the fatal i morning ; for the house had been and was still in the cuS- Not a draw or a cup- There was Jere. S* Heed SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE 3i r, DOOR South of tho Post Office, Main Street, Penn Yan, N. Y. All Work Warranted to give satis faction. Charges moderate. # . 1 D ; B ; P r o s s e r y RELIGIOUS SERVICES.. . M. E. CHURCH, CORNER MAIN AND CHAPPEL-STS* - Rev. D. D. B uck , Pastor. . J Services every Sunday at 10J A. M., and 7:30 P ,M . , u’, ; vv • '* ‘ \ v ■* A VUr Prayer Meeting on Sunday at 6:30 P. M. Class Meetings Tuesday evenings. T , , Prayer Meeting on Thursday evening. Sunday School and Bible Classes at close of morning service. Mission School at Excelsior Hall kt 1:30 P. M., on Sunday—M. W. Eastman, Supt. /\ BAPTIST CHURCH, MAIN-ST. ' Rev. E. P. 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 tho morning service. ' - - v body of Ernestine, The girl now screamed t0(ty ° ^ t,be police, for help; and the other servants hurried up board escaped Bernard’s notice, stairs, and opening the shutters, it was seen nQ vi°fonce visible on the windows, as it for- that the Baroness lay* dead, evidently stran- cible admission had been gained from the out- the city, on the road to Saverpe, where a hired carriage was ixx reading, ff ^te got in to the carriage and drove off. r. Put as the driver was an acquaintance of the porter’s it was no difficult matter to find him/ ■ ; * * :•r:-; i l l *i * fu ■ ★ •••• ! ' \Acting in obedience to the Orders o f his chief, the agent referred the baron to a coni- % 1 ,. toir, where he would be furnished with a reg ister of the death and burial of his wife. have tbq kindness to tell how your bill incur red at the Maison Rouge, Strasbourg, found its way undqm.eatfi the lining? Please look for vQurself.” r % - • . • • 1 * I . ' l j M • - - - * * . * r “ IJotcl bill 1” gasped thu strifeihg his forhead with his clenched hand* ? ( un , Yes, wretched man.. _]?y tha^t little/- bit o£( paper, Providence.; has disclosed / your crime, and prevented an innocent girl from dying a felon’s death; Confess that ^ou en tered yqur wife’sdiedroom and committed the terrible deed for which you have allowed an other to suffer.” % L ul - That night, Baron de' Cr was safelv/shut 11 ‘ ^ . ■ up in prison till his trial should take |)lace. All Paris tang with* the news that tlfe real action, and her breath becomes a healing and her presence a blessing; she disputes, inch by inch, the stride of the stalking pestilence, when men, the strong and brave shrink aw^v. pale and affrighted. Misfortune daunts het not, she wears away a life of endiirancej and goes forward with less timidity than to her bridal. In prosperity she is*'a tud q £ imprisoned odors, awaiting but for the Winds o f adversity to scatter them abroad—pure gold, valuable but Untried in the furnace. In short, woman is a miracle, a mysterv.” *' ' J . t T he H ope of M an .— Final success—-the joy o f life’s ripe harvest—is the goal of 6ur human hopes. No wise or thoughtful man murderet of the baron^s had been discover-1 ^ve: fterely for to-day. ' W ed and that he Was no other than her own 0 p. entering the iroom, the baron was .Very [ husband. But that bight the prisoner escaped. gled by a piece of ribbon which was at once s^ e# Nothing in fact, presented itself which politely invited to take a seat while the Uec- who seeks a home is not cohtent to linger and loiter for the mere flowers beside his Wav. • ,• , > \ <■- / ? The sower looks onward to fields white “and recognized as belonging .to Ernestiue, who | Save slightest clue to the mystery. was lying in a swoon oh the floor.. • On coming to herself it was natural!y^sup- The search had how occupied several hours and Bernard felt that it was useless to re-. essary papers wire being found. After the lapse of a quarter of an hour an On entering the cell on the following m o n / ing, he was found stretched out on his couth, cold and stiff It was supposed’ that livih>|t0 the grand issue. ' The triumph or the ready for the sickle. Wisdom has regard official entered the room and requested the I a lawless life he was in the habit o f carrying posed that she would be able to throw some main there any lonSer- With a sad and a baron to accompany him to another c^mptoir ^ s o n with him. light on tlTe matter, but to the surprise of all b®avy heart, therefore, he proceeded to leavb where to his dismay, he found himself sub- ' Ycard hav^ elapsed since the above events she showed a,nervous hesitation hardlv to be the apartment. But in passing out into the mitted to' a rjgorous examination. ...... I transpired. Monsieur Bernard soon became reconciled with innocence. On further ex- eQtry, which was quite dark, his foot struck pleasure of to-day is transitory.' We want a hope that does not sink with the setting sun. ' The true success in life is that wfiicn does not fail in the evening o f our days, or amination the secretary stood wide open,and that a quantity o f papers and other articles against spmething, which: on taking up, he found to be a hat. Thinking it belonged to I travel 7” asked Jhe. chief officer. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MAIN-ST. were lying about in confusion, as if the con- baron, he was about to hang it dp with tents o f the drawer had been hastily turned *be others on the peg from which he supposed inside out. By this time the police had ar-1 ^ *° bave fallen, rived. With scarcely a moment’s hesitation they pronounced that one o f the inmates of “ But, Monsieur le Baron, when you left one o f the most celebrated ornaments of the *eave fhem to blight or barienness. home on the 25th of March, whither did you Frendh bar, and his wife, nee Ernestine La- 8 ^ 0 mont, noted for the affability of her manner Wllf not 3l> lnto S1,ence Wlth ' the falut,n? and the courteousness of her disposition/ Of br0ath’ bHt make the passage of the £rave.a • “ That hat, monsieur, if you please 5 I do not remember to have seen it before. It is ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT. LAW, ' Penn Yan, N. Y. Office first stairs below Oli- -ver Stark’s Banking Office. • '* 1 “ Q - ^ o r r i s ’ s ^ c / / X ^ — BILLLA.RD HALL, NO. 13 MAIN STREET, Penn Yan, N. Y. Choice Brands of Cigars and ' Tobacco always on hand. ' ^ / , 1 ^GJIOYESTEEN & C0.5^ PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURERS °rV 499 BROADW AY, N EW YORK. ^ T HE ATTEN T IO N OF THE PUBLIC and trade 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 -• Modern Improvements, Rev. D a v id M ag ie , Pastor. ' Services every Sunday at 10} A. M ./and 7} P. M. 7 Meetings Tuesday and Thursday evenings., , Sunday School at the close o f morning service. • M % I 0 * A A I A m ’ ST. 3(ARK’ S CnURCH, MAIN-ST. ' , v . - - • , J»1) » >n } * ' . < • oV Rev. T. F. W a r d w e ll , Pastor. , , . r Services on Sunday at 10} A. M., and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School at close of morning service. the house must either have committed the strange,” remarked the gendearme, as he crime or been an accomplice to it. Evident- compared the hat in question with the others I *° some papers^ Ai Gn what day . “ I travelled through Germany, en route for St. Petersburg.” , 1 . 1 • 0 • t . • 1 fi * 1 “ Good. But which was the first town at which y o u ‘stopped ?” > vf ir * “ Strasbourg.” ’' .i^n- uk - */- • 5 ;.;T; vd l-Arv •\ “ Quite trim,” said- bis' questioner, refer-’ did the story of the murder no one. knows than is here told. ore L e a r n i n g to W a lk . Iv, also, there had been robbery added to that hung up in the entry ; .“ It is larger and the murder; and .therefore \t jtyas .thpught proper to search the boxes of each member of the household. of a different shape to them !” ' ■ / f. . * 1 ' 1 *» '• j . — . •' ' . ~ ' i#l ’ 1 ' ' I! ! ! >'*•;,'• “ Let me have it, my good; friend 5 I will The servants were all I sjlow jt to the prisoner. If it 1 should chance you arrive there ?” “ On the 28th.” .-2 ! ahu? oii i “ Yes, and how long did you remain ?” “ see— yes ! it was one night and > 1 willing, but when it came^Jo. Ernestine’s belong to the secret lover of the murdered the.n®x^ da-r?’ reP.?ied t^rn to ^eUver up Her key^ the young lady ja^y i» thought Bernard yto himself, as he nttlf -hesi‘ ation m?nner* . -1 ST; MICHAEL S CHURCn, PINE-ST. Rev. D. E nglish , Pastor. ,.r ■ k . Services on the first and third Sunday^ o f eadh month. ' - ■' f r • First Mass at 8 A. M.;1 r Second Mass.&t 11 A. M. r 1 Vespers at 4 P.’ M. ' :‘1' - •** * Sunday School at3’P. M. 4 \* ' ,t1: Z,'1', AS 0 NI 0 . • - , r *7 y ^ c MILO LODGE, NO. 108. * Regular Meetings at Penn Yan,- on Friday evenings, on or before tho Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter. , r . ,.5 showed a strange unwillingness to^do so. Of course the police persisted, and in a very hurriedly drove to the prison. ■ J • / Ernestine was anxiously expecting to see short1 time discovered a large sum of money her friend) for he had promised to visit her and several jewels belonging to the murdered , in that da and she wished to „ arn from | ■*-' \ • , lady carefully secreted at the bottom of the , f *• c ' I ^ Indeed !” rePhed the '***«> ra{sinS his “ ,^nd where did ybu proceed to next?” inquired the officer. ‘ , . > v After some reflection the baron answered that he went to Frankfort. J R box. •sr • ‘ 1 r r if “ HowLdoes Mademoiselle account for this money ?” was the first question put to her. “ I do not know—^1—cannot tell—pray do not ask me,” was the hesitating reply. his own lips whether ho still believed in her innocence. French£gFand action, harp pedal, iron -frame, over-strung bass, etc., and each instrument being made under the personal supervision of Mr. J. IL Grovesteen, who’ has had a practical experience of . ...... • »■••--- % • a ..*.. : ____ . • _____ over thirty years in the manufacture, is fully war- Regular Meetings at Dundee, on Friday even- P°“ Ce only discharged their duty m arresting ranted in every particular. : ----- — +L.T3,« a ii . . 1 — rpL- ----------------- ^ -----------------------------A-“ - T* The “ Gi*ovesteen Piano-Forte” Received the highest*award o f merit over all others at the Cel ebrated World’s Fair, where wore exhibited instru ments from the best makers of r . . . ^ - r DUNDEE LODGE, N0/123. J c .... -leetings at Dundee, on F * ^ ings, on or before tho Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter. eyes and directing a steady glance toward the baron. “ To Frankfort! I think you are mistaken;1 You say you arrived at Stris- bou^g On the 28th/where you Remained till «Tl?at bat— good heavens!— ii'is the-very I j,he following'day; But the landlord of the The suspicions already attached Ab'iher Ihat tl)e Baron llad 011 the mg1^- before he I Maisdn 'Rouge say3 ' you remained at'* his were now considerably strengthened, and the left Parif , sald Ernestine in an excited man- house until Aprtl 7th. How do you account u v v i / u u v / i . | , . • “ Do you know this hat, Ernestine. ?” he said on entering the coll. V f •' .1, ; ner. for that, Mpnsjeur.Je Baron ?” • Only beginning the journey,; i [ > - - Many a mile to go; , ;, r Little feet, how they patter, r* f ; Wandering to and fro.. A m MT M ' ft*,- ^ J *1 Trying again, so bravely,. '. Laughing in baby glee; *,J j’ *' gliding its face in mother’s l^p,, ,, ] Proud as baby can t>e. r, . ■ . I a f . I T l » l ft A M , w % w A A * k H W J Talking the oddest language ! J Ever befqre was heard; Rut mother, you’d hardly think so, Understands every word. r* s J Tottering now and falling, 1 ‘ ’ • ‘ .Eyes that are going to cry; Kisses and plenty o f love words, ’ . n Willing again to try. , (?;. h .) ! Father o f all, O ! guide them, ' * ’ ‘ 1' ‘ ' ' The pattering little feet, ^ m While tney are treading the up-hill roaa, Braving the dust and heat. • i ^ y ^ . f ’ t * . * f ^ t •. ■ * e * t r — • t W i I » | * ^ e ® » A * 4 Aid them when they grow weary, f ,jf*] Keep them in pathways blest, And when the journey’s ended, • '{ ' Savior, O l give them rest. ' : whispering gallery where • heaven and1 earth talk, together. We want something that will reach beyond time—beyond the things of the present—something that will take bold pq eternity. > v ’ • r / ineself Fred, but it is Yawcup. ; W hich from T’ other .— Qustion-^What is your name? \ Answer—Yel, I callsv; maybe so— I don’t know Don’t you see, Chudge, miue mudder she haf two little poys*; von vas me and von Vas mine broder, or von vas mine broder and todder vas me, I do’nt know viteb. * And f vassbust so old a^mine broder vas young, or mine broder vas shust so old as me, I don’t know vitch, and mine mudder she don’t j so* von vash named Fred, and toder Yawcup, or von Yawcup and toder Fred, I don’t know vitch, an’ veil den von of us got died—but mine mudder she never could tell whether it t I ' ' - * ' - 4 , i t . ' i l : J 1 0 cJ vas mine broder or else me vat got died, and so Chudge, I doesn’t know whether I bees Fred or Yawcup, and mine mudder she dqify too. * 1 ' ** * w SENECA L LODGE, NO. 308. her. The case was tried, and Ernestine La-1 - “ Impossjble-^we Compared it with the |;,. «,Was.I tl»ere a week ? yes-.iww' I think mont foupd guiltv. N ovel C ure for D runkenness .-—A n in- LONDON, ! f ; , i f •• PARIS, . ;* V. f GERMANY, f \ oU‘Ld ’ • ' PHILADELPHIA,' , ................... BALTIMORE, 1 ; ■‘BOSTON AND NEW YORK; • « a A. m and also at tho American Institute for five suc cessive years, the gold and silver medals from both of which can be seen at our ware-rooms. By thq introduction o f * improvements' we make a still more perfect Piano-Forte, and manufactur ing largely, with a v * STRICTLY CASH SYSTEM, are enabled to offer these instruments at a price •whioh will preclude competition. ----- Regular Meetings at Dresden, on Saturday evenings, on or before, the Full Moon, and,every two weeks thereafter. Y1 > % rushville lodge * no . 377 , n „■ a ‘ Regular Meetings at Rushville, on Wednesday evenings, on or before the Full .Moon, and every two weeks thereafter. * ! v v > • v '• \• ' , :l f i H - *• . f . .. * ............................ * . . V ♦ *• . \ « i ■ r . f / i PENN YAN R. A. CHAPTER, NO. 100. : Regular Meetings at Pehn Yan, on Monday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, and every two weeks thereafter. ^ ^ • 1 JERUSALEM COMMAWX>ERY> NO. 17,: ‘ •Regular Meetings ,at; Penn Yan, on tho first Monday after tho Full Moon in each month. A voting lawyer named Bernard, whose | ^eve ^ belongs to the baroness lover, knowledge of Ernestine’s previous character ,. . , . . . . . . ___ ■ ■ ... ., . ., ,, . . . M 'Tw ra O\ NipoLEOsVJ.irEOK , rllntirj „Dre a,k« l , Q»»k»r if h* other hate—aed this is jaoctJargeiv. I be- of it, ym ere «»lM right M o o e ieor^l ,met C s issk .-I tot op a spell by th. kitchen fir. ko„ „ ofMy m, lhoi „ hereby h, oould several friends there, who. persuaded itte to « N*o—p-no— a thousand times no— it is the lengthen my stay.” made it very hard for him to believe her baron’s ; he bought it the very day he left, guilty, resolved to see her. Atter some diffi- It was too large for him and he asked me to “ You also, state that, you went next to Frankfort. But if Monsieur le, Baron will culty, permission was granted him to visit put some wadding under ^the lining—see if | reflect, he will remember that he went to Sa- the condemned in prison. But if he . went I it isr not there.” ‘ \ ^ . * verne in a close carriage.” ?nn'nT>l j I* PRICES: No. 1 Seven Octave;J round corners, Rose wood, Plain Case, 1866 . No. 2 Seven Octave, round corners, Rose- THE LADY’S FRIEND. The best of Monthlies—devoted to Literature and Fashion. $2,50 a year. We give $300 00 I Wheeler & Wilson’s Celebrated $55 Sowing Ma chines on the following terms: * J • ‘ f j wood Heavy Moulding, $325 00 No. 3 Seven Octave, round corners, Rose wood Louis. XIV., style; $350 00 TERMS—Not Cash, in Current Funds. Descriptive Circulars sent free. 1 _ • Twenty oopies and the Sewing Machine,. $70 Thirty oopies and the Sewing Machine, 85 J Forty oopies and the Sewing Machine, i TOO Send 15 cents for a sample copy to Deacon A Peterson, 319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 1 a readin’ Lewis Napolen’s Life of Julius Cmsar. What a reckless old cuss he was ! Yet Lewis picturs hijn in glowip’ cullers. Caesar made it lively for the boys in Gaul, didn’t he ? He slewed gne million o f citizens male and female— Gauls and Gauluses— and thither with any faith in her innocence, he -iBut, Ernestine, it must be fancy on your “ Yes,, but twas. oply a day’s trip,, and fyad then he sold another million o f’em to slavery. !eft^ the^pfisbn.3^Jx6ut.;ahy ;.dpu3>t of her | part—-that hat never belonged to the bkron, | nothing to (Jo with my joqrpey,” was the He continnered this cheerful style o f things ready answer. ;* “ But W Y I he permitted to for some time, when one day he was ’sassina- ask, Monsieur, jyhy AU these questions.?” Jted in Rome, by »some high toned Roman ‘i When old i, Csesar ad- His funeral guilt. Her answers to his questions were | But stay— you are right, added Bernard, as evasive and unsatisfactory. On reaching home, late that- evening, he found a note lying on his table. It was from Ernestine,' and ran as follows : f ’ •* “ My.Dear Friend i— I feel that I owe you at least some explanation for my grange conduct, and will therefore put you in pos session of the facts o f the case. It is only forestalling my intention. \This letter would have been delivered to you after ipy death* 4° * * * *- v > lie # *”'*’ ^Y o u are aware o f the circumstances whieh made me regard the Baroness as a on turning up ,the lining the wadding fell out, and with it a piece of paper which had been used to add a little to its thickness. It was Bruty inserted his knife into hi “ Excuseme, Mbnsieur le Barbu, you are| gen’lem, led on by Mr. Brutus, here to answer questions not to ask: them.-^ a bill made out in the baron’s name for a | Suffice it to say, it is usual under snob cir- mitted that he was gone up. cums|bances. Now please attend. You said was a great success, the bouse being crowded week’s board and lodging. It was dated April 7-^-just fourteen days ,after his depart ure frohi Paris. ' : ; • »’• ' r o .. . -* Ernestine and Bernard looked at each • * ’ ’ , * / * other for a few moments in silence, as 6trange thoughts passed through ,tbe minds o f *tho two.v;V - V ’ r .7 y-i-.'i That it was the boron’s bat was now prov ed — but how did it come there ? Had he just now it was but a day’s trip, I think, how was it you canje to stay four days m Saverne?” * . t ' * ^ I < • I ' 4 ( 1 A • I 1 I * y W j 1 i J » / ’ ^ ^ * I “ I had intended to remain one daY jn Bar • e * • / * ^ « t f I \ ^ 4 \ . f i , | J r * T ' . 4 \ * e & ^ verpp, but was taken ill djiring my stay the hotel.” . 7‘ , ! i \ “ Was that why Monsieur je jar^a char^g- ed his name ?” continued the officer. - himself o f his dominant vice. '■*' • f * ^ * “ Friend,” answered the Quaker, “ It is as easy as keeping thy hand open.” ‘ n “ IIow is that ?” sanl the drunkard; “ .ev ery man can keep his hand open^ but as to his abstaining from liquor, that’s a differ ent thing.” ‘ * • “ I will tell thee, friend,” quoth the Qua ker. “ When thou hast taken a glass of gin in thy hand, and before thou dpst raise the tempting liquor to thy lips, open thine hand. and keep it open. Thee breakest the glass but thee breaketh not the laws of sobriety.” to its utmost capacity. Ten minutes after [ the doors was opened, the ushers bad to put up cards on, which was printed, “ Standing Boom Only.” : < .. I went to bed at last, And 69,” I 6aid, “ Thou hast no ear for sweet melody ?” A silvery snore was my only answer. Betsy slept. A rtemus W ard . When you catch the little yellow striped rascal bugs cutting up your squashy cucumber and melon plants, dust them over with soot and cayenne pepper, pretty strong ' with camphor. They’ll go. For cabbages, • 9 • i # • invaded by ^he black fljes pr bugs, try Scotch snuff and wood ashes. Good for the cab- t • / i »'/ % « w r» # I 1 fc • / , w ^ e * 4 £ ” C | + W I ftB . . ’ . * . 1, . . # ■ IF bage plants, and very bad for the bugs. I *
