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F F i © GEO. ^ D. A. BRIDGMAN, Editor and Proprietor. 64 99 8* TERMS '.“ Two Dollars per Y6ar if paid in Advance. VO L U M E I. ' -wl\ PEN N Y A N , N. Y ., SA T U R D A Y , J U N E 9, 1866 N U M B E R 10. MtmMrn LOCAL DIRECTORY. M YAft, YATES COUNTY, N. Y. ; ' ‘ PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY', B Y G E O . D . A . B R I D G M A N . v-* $ ’ TE RM S ; yf . • * r' > 'Td Office and Mail Subscribers, payable in ad vance, per year, ~ - - ct - *. - - - $2 00 To Village Subscribers >vho receive their papers by the Carrier, per year, - - - - $2 50 *’ - T E R M S O F A D V E R T I S I N G : <«) Square ” is equal to one inch o f Space.'] <( (C (( it One Square 1 week do do do \t; do P do }, • di*. , .do ‘ do ;7‘ d o / ^ o \ J do do Two Sqs. do do v dd J i •“ do do 2 3 . 4 : $ * ^ months 3 « 4 . 6 >8 9 12 1 week 1 month 3 6* P 12 “ << cc « « << $1 00-Quar. Col. 1 week 1 50 j do 1 month 2 00! do 2 “ 2 25 i do 3 “ 2 501 do 6 A •BOO! do 9 x-“ 4 00 j do 12 “ 5 00 i Half Col. 1 week 5 501 6 00! f l od ■.7 50: 8 00! 10 001 do do do do do do 1 60jOne Col. 3 50! do 0 00! do 00! - do 12 00] do ' 16 00! do 1 month 2 “ 3 « \ . 6 9 7 12 “ 1 week 1 month 3 “ s 6 «• 9 *« 12 “ $5 00 7 00 8 50 10 00 15 00 20 00 25 00 7 00 10 00 12 50 15 00 30 00 38 00 45 00 10 00 15 00 30 00 45 00 65 00 80 00 P E N N Y A N P O S T O F F I C E . ' THE . M AILS. ARRIVE. AND CLOSE AT THIS OFFICE AS FOLLOWS: :i ’ ARRIVE. New York Mail, ’daily, 9:22 A. M, A 8:26 P. M. -Way Mail from the East) daily, Western Mail, daily, Prattsburgh, daily, Dresden, daily, ] Sherman’s Hollow, Saturdays, Bath and Hammondsport, Monday, Wednesday and Friday,- CLOSE- W 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, ■ * Bath and Hammondsport and Bar rington, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,' - ; ’ i . . Sherman’s Hollow, Saturdays, P o e try o f Labor. .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. 12:3(1 P. M, ! 8:00 A. J ’ / - I 4 I t • ^ J. Toil swings the axe, and forests how, J a , The seeds break out in radiant bloom, Rich harvests bloom behind the plow, And cities cluster round the loom; * Where towering domes and tapering spires Adorn the vale and crown the hill, . / . / . Stout labor lights its beacon fires, And plumes with smoke the forge and mill. The monarch oak, the woodland’s pride, f ' 1 Whose trunk is seamed with lightning scars. Toil launches on the restless tide, And there unrolls the flag o f stars; The engine, with its lungs of flame, . { . And ribs of brass and joints o f steel, From Labor’s plastic fingers came, • * With sobbing valye and whirling wheel. *Tis labor works the magic press, And turns the crank in hives o f toil, ; / . And beckons angels down to bless • Industrious hands on sea and soil. Here sun-browned toil, with shining spade, Links lake to lake, with silver ties • _ r , | t Strung thick With palaces o f trade/ ■ And temples towering to the sky.- ; r 9:00 A. M. 12:30 P. M. 1 S. H. WELLES, P. M. TH E A N IM A T E D SOFA. B u s i n e s s Carcls~of five lines, or leFs, inserted at $5,00 per annum. L e g a l N o t ices.—Notices required by law to be ’published will be charged at the legal rates.n . . 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 ia g e * N o t ices.—Fifty cents each. S p e c i a l N o tices—At fifty per cent, in addition -to regular rates. .. . t . i. B u s i n e s s N o tices i n R e a d i n g C o l u m n s — ten 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 cents each subsequent insertion. R A I L R O A D T I M E - T A B L E S . NEW YOKE CENTRAL. Mr. Lundy Mas ai peculiar looking man, with a thin face, and long, straight hair, that he fancied never needed cutting. He had, at 6:43 A. M. 0 A. M. 03 A. M. 7:25 P. M. 8:45 P. M. M P r i v i l e g e o f A d v e r t i s e r s .—The privilege of Annual Advertisers is limited to their own immediate business, 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. v X JOB PRINTING. 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 ancl of the latest styles. We flatter ourselves that we have better facilities foi\de- Ing-^Job Work than any other Printing Office itrih ia section of country. TRAILS PASS CANANDAIGUA AS FOLLOWS | one time? Been very unfortunate' iff btfsiffess; « i . - $ $ - i but though made rich since by a large legacy, he was not in a condition to enjoy it. The fact is, Mr. Lundy was a confirmed fey poefeon- driac. - . ■ f •. - < ... % y f , • | ft , For many years Mrs. L. had staid at feome and humored his whims, but one season her pretty daughter wanted to go to a watering place, not For any disease in particular, but to see the world and some of the young folks ’ < * ' ' . j • ) A ^ i i . < • ) / , } % • * * m ^ « 4 . -ft • • • • A . • in it. ; * . ;, -t ■ • * . ; j ^ 0 K B . ^ 9 0 . . Behold them, then, comfortably established in a sea-side hotel. For two days Mr. Lun dy had been all right; but one morning his EASTWARD 1BAINS. New York Express, - j - Local Freight, - - -( - Steamboat Express, - • :f - • Buffalo and Albany Express, Sunday Night Express, - WESTWARD TRAINS. New York Mail, - - - Local Freiglft, - - - - Steamboat Express, - m r ' Mail, - - - - - Sunday Express, - - - 10:41 A. M. 2:35 V. M. 4:35 P. M. 10:20 P. M. 10:23 A. M. N. 0. R. R,,— Canandaigua Branch. TRAINS PASS PENN YAN AS FOLLOWS: EASTWARD TRAINS.* WESTWARD TRAINS. Mail, ; 8:10 A. M. Accom., 9:22 A. M. Express, 3:07 P. M. Express, 1:52 P. M. Accom., 8:47 P. M. Mail, J'rtSTg'h-^ 8:26 P. M. I^eight, 9:05 A. 12:10 P. M. xmn{ oUqr r CAEDS. V STEAMEE G. E. VOTINGS- Wiufcqp 4ud after Tuesday, May 14th, leave W . W . F a i r f i e l d 5 Penn Yan, Hammondsport, 9:45 A. M. 1:00 P. M. SILVER PLATING AND JOB WORK.— © Having long experience, I am sure to give sat- - isfaotion, at-reasonable prices. All kinds of Saddle^ and Harness Trimmings on hand.— Shop over Bryant’s Jewelry Store, Main Street, Penn'Yan.' • 1 G e o l D . A . B r i d g m a n , BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. ALL KINDS OF Job Printing such as Hand-Bills, Circulars, Cards, Labels, Bill-IIcads, Ball Tickets, &c., * executed with neatness and dispatch, at the Ex press Office. Office in the Tunnicliff Building, Corner Main and Jaoob-sts., up the,iron stairs. ------- ------------------------------------------ S. I I . W e l l e s , . * - - ; LAW OFFICE, MAIN STREET, TWO DOORS South o f Oliver Stark’s Bank. Also Life, Fire, ^ Marino and Accident Insurance Office. Capital '•and Assets over $13,000,00.0. ■ 1 L - m - Z * ‘ . - I . \ _ _ L * M o r r i s B r o w n , ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, and Notary Public. Office with the United States Collector o f Internal Revenue, over the Post Office, Penn Yan, N. Y. 6 * YATES COUNTY OFITCEES. Judge and Surrogate —WILLIAM S. BRIGGS. Justice for Sessions —ELI FOOTE. • j ;: Sheriff— JOSEPH F. CROSBY. Deputy Sheriff —EZEKIEL W. GARDNER.^- Clerk —SAMUEL BOTSFORD. Deputy Clerk —ALFRED REED. < . Treasurer —JAMES BURNS. District Attorney —JOHN D. WOLCOTT. Overseer o f the Poor —JOSHUA TITUS. Clerk o f the Board o f Supervisors —LEWIS B. GRAHAM. ’ j-M.: W . E a s t m a n & S o n ? COMMISSION MERCHANTS, DEALERS IN Wool and all kinds of Grain. Office 3d Door - below Post Office, .Main Sireet, Penn Yan, ' N. Y. ‘ ' 2 . A . 11. B a i n s , U. S. LICENSED AUCTIONEER, WEST DRES- > 'den,:Yates; County, N. Y. Will attend to all calls in this line of business, with prompt, ness and dispatch. 1 ' 38. A . B a s s e tt^ . *-n PENN YAN, N. Y. FIRE, LIFE AND A c c i dent Insurance Agency. Also Licensed Auc tioneer. Orders by mail, or otherwise, prompt ly attended to. . ' ' 1 D . B . P r © s s e r 5 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Penn Yan; N. Y. \ Office first stairs below Oli ver Stark’s Banking Office. ' ' ' 1 * J e r e . S . . l l e e d . SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE 3 d DOOR South of the Post Office, Main Street, Penn J Yan, N. Y. All Work Warranted to give satis faction. Charges moderate. - . *1 N o r r i s ’ s BILLIARD HALL, NO. 13 MAIN STREET, .• Penn Yan, N. Y. Choice Brands o f Cigars and . Tobacco always on hand. v: . 1 TOWN OFFICERS. 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 — PnlNEAs P arker , Supervisor; D^- vid H. P arish , Town Clerk. Milo —JonN 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 - r ley M c D onald , Town Clerk. # Starkey— H ersciiel W. P ierce , Sd^ervisor; W esley B enedict , Town Clerk. Torrey — H arvey W» N orman , Supervisor; G eo . * S. D owney , Town Clerk. : VILLAGE OF PENN YAN. © V p p * F • President — S tafford C. C leveland . 1 Trustee *— 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 arl . » . Treasurer — J ohn E llsworth . Police Constable — F rederick P oyneer . EELIGIOGS SEEYI0ES. ft 31. E. CHURCH, CORNER MAIN AND CHAPP2&L~STS. Revl D. D. B uck , Pastor. 1 ‘ ' ; Services evefy Sunday at ! 0 i A. M,, and ^-:30 P. M. ' - ' - •’ Prayer Meeting on Sunday-at.6:30 P. M. ' Class Meetings Tuesday evenings. ^ Prayer/Meeting on Thursday evening; • ! Sunday -School and Bible Classes at close of morning service. Mission School at Excelsior Hall at 1:30 P. M., on Sunday—M. W. Eastman, Supt. 0 GROVE STEEN & CO., PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURERS **\'■! 499 BROAliD'WAY, N E W YORK. T HE ATTEN T IO N OF. THE PUBLIC and trade is invited to ;our New Scale Seven Octave: Rosewood Piano-Forte^, which for vol ume and purity* of tone are unrivalled by any Tiif.Vip.rf a ftfTp.rod.in this Market. They contain all 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 the-morning service.' - '•* * - : • ; ’,J- : hitherto offered in this Market, the ,r* Modern Improve fll Lents, French /grand’ action; harp pedal, iron frame, .over-strung bass, etc., and each instrument being made under the personal supervision of Mr. J. H. Grbvestcen, who has had a practical experience of .over thirty years in the manufacture, is fully war ranted in every particular. The * Grovcsteen- Piano-Forte ” Received the Jiighest award of merit over all others at the Cel ebrated World’s Fair, where were exhibited instru ments from the best makers c>f .7 9 S |v , 1 4 • # • * f t ' * * ^ fT » I * a x * © ft © < m . m ft ft * • • • • m bONDON^ -'T , P A R I S ,:' ' V. ' ' GERMANY* ' . * , . -i?'< L ‘ PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, AND NEW YORK; Aft ^ » k * 7 m ^ • ft a • ‘ ^ ^ i ^ i ' 4 • • - — ^ , ft I ft - nud also at the American Institute for five suc- oessive years, the gold and silver medals from both of which can be seen at our ware-rooms. By llie introduction o f 'improvements we make .a stiil more perfect- PianO-Forte,-and manufactur ing largely, with a * : ’’ ' STRICTLY- CASH SYSTEM, r are enabled to offer these instruments at a prico which will preclude competition. * * • TsrMi^r ‘ • l PRICE S.f - ^ • © ft 9 \ I # # N q . 1 Seven Octave, round comets, Rose- ' ” wood, Plain Case, ' 7 WHO 00 No. 2 Seven Octave, round corners, Roso- -r..-wood Heavy Moulding, : $325 00 No. 3 Seven Octave, round comers, Rose- ^ wood Louis X IV j / style/ ’ v $350 0Q ^ r ^ - f v_ v • TERMS—Not Cash, in Current Funds# J&t* Descriptive Circulars sent free, % • I -book fell from her hand. Minnih^-turned pale. “ He’s been flighty all the morning,” said Mrs. L. “ Dear, dear, see him whirl— what is it, Lundy?” “ A feather, my dear— a feather;. catch me, hold me. • Don’t you see how the wind is blowing me everywhere? It will take me out to sea, I shall get saturated— yes, wet through, Mrs. Lundy, I beg you to pin me to your; bonnet, I shall be safe there. Just see how frightfully I ruffle ; the slight- © est puff o f air agitates1 me throughout. I’d rather be anything than this ; do put me in your bonnet, my dear.” “ I’ll put you in a madhouse, before long, if you cut up such capers,” mutterred the exasperated wife. “ Cojne into the hotel, Mr. Lundy.” * r t , Come into the hotel, madam ; you talk t • • . . * * * as if I had legs. Did you ever see a feather walk ? Why I’m lighter than a snowdrift; I wish I had a brick in my hat to keep me down. Ah ! I envy everything stationary. j I i * . | © . . f t * j | i Observe how I quiver; stick a pin in me, my deer, and fasten me to the floor.. Is there enough of me for a pen? Am I a hen feath er or a duck feather, or what ?” “ Goose-feather, if anything, you tiresome mortal,” , cried his wife. “ I’m sick of your vagaries. First you’re a cat on the roof, mewing and keeping everybody awake; then. ft * * a > ( ft you’re a glass bottle, freezing and snapping; you’re anything and everything but a rea- # . . * • * — sonable man. I’m tired of it.” . . _ . “ Mrs. Lundy, will you have the goodness to put, niQ in -your pocket ? squeeze me q,p in your hand, anything, that I may feel safe in I’m afloat--(singing) your protecting care. I’m afloat, I’m afloat! ah what’s that ?” PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MAIN-ST. Rev. D avid M agie , Pastor. ' Services every Sunday at 10J A. M., and 7i P. M. Meetings Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Sunday School at the close o f morning service. • ST. m ark ’ s CHURCH, MAIN-ST. v Rev. T. F. W ard well , Pastor. Services on Sunday at 104 A. M., and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School at close of morning service. ‘ st . M ichael ’ s church , pin ^- j st . Rev.^D. E nglish , Pastor? Services on the first and third Sundays o f each month. . .< i/. — *? / ' ’ . , s First Mass at 8 A. M.; Second .Mass at 11, A. M: Vespers at 4 P. M. Sunday School at 3 P. M .( .. MASOEIO. ~ ^ 7 m t % MILO LODGE, |IO. 1.08. • *. Regular Meetings at Penn Yan, on Friday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter. . \ . 4 • 4 0 4 * | J DUNDEE LODGE, NO. 123. Regijlar Meetings at Dundee, on Friday even- ings, on or before the Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter. ■ • r m . ft* # * ft ^ r * ^ENECA LAKE LODGE, NO. 308. . ;r C'. [ j Regular Meetings t at Dresden, on Saturday evenings, on or. before the Full Moon, and every two weeks thereafter. ru s h ville lodge , no . 377 Regular Meetings at Rushville, on Wednesday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, and, every two weeks thereafter. ft PENN YAN R. A. CHAPTER, NO. 100. 3 — • A | I • . I » Regular Meetings at Penn Yan, on Monday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, and every two. weeks, thereafter.. ---------- ------- ---- -- . 0 ^ • • A - : - : JERUSALEM COMMANDERY, NO. 17. - \ / • • J 9 ^ ft f ^ \ k | • ^ ^ ftB • Bk ft _ ^ f ^ Regular Meetings at Penn Yan, on the first 1 Monday after the Full Moon in eaoh month. . “ Nothing, Mr* Lundy, but Joe’s whip. 1 called him from the coach house:: lay it on, Joe.” . , f ;■ . ,• • .«» Wu-i i 1 “ But my love, my legs.” » ,7 “ Nonsense; lay on Joe. Feathers;have’nt got legs.” “ True, Mrs. Lundjr, but they have marT row, and that’s what feels. Pray,'beg Joe ft% m , . e 0 00 . r. • , 4 9 9 . % * * # 1 to stop.” * ' J . • 2* / * ft — © • . Just thenaip >ran little Tom— the only male hope of the Lundy _ family— and strange to say mi his hand,a handsome hen’s feather. < . 1 { ’ ‘ * { • - i M « 1 • A triumphant smile illumined the features . ■ 4 * a ft ft* Lundy the elder. • I ft . t ft A “ Now, my dear,” he. said, gravely taking i ’ i. ♦ ft • • % the feathers in his hand. “ Mv child, look ' l • > . . * •' • ft . , » , n ^ on that feather and be thankful, that feather was me,*” / : J f * i y t ™ 0 • r I 1 ^ ^ | ^ ’ ft 9 i VI • < * j J 9 ft m I 1 1 6 9 > J • • * ' m ' l And little. T^om, chuckling at the idea, ran up and down the.. piazza, repeating merrily : “ Pa was a hen once, dear me, how yery funny.” , t Minnie Lundy was captivating ; there was no doubt about tha.t}. In pink, blue, white or green, she looked equally charming. There were rich men who would have been glad to charm her, and nice men, and silly men— to the extent that they were fools and , did not know it. But it happened that a young phy sician was luckier than them all, and poorer* 5 ,“ I must have that girl,” he said to him self half a dozen times a day, and tnen heart ily wish she had a fever.., 7 He was very handsome. Probably he saw Minnie through the back of .his head, for he was always looking out of the window when she came in, and blushed violently. ^ One day Minnie followed her mother into the parlor, fend as usual Dr. Snag was pres ent. * \ • a W A f ft* “ My dear,” cried Mrs. Lundy, “ who had just come from the garden, “ you look excit ed, what is the matter ?5’ , “ Oh Mama!”— and her voice was so low, so sweetly agitated——“ we shall have to leave this place, indeed we shall. Father is going on terribly; some of the boarders are laugh ing—others are shocked.” e *;• I d “ And what is the freak now, my deaf 7” ■ «* ■ • “ Oh, he’s a rooster, and crows till he’s black in the face!” ! ‘ “ A rocster! horrible ! er got into trouble he would help it.” , : - - i* :*■ t ’ : ; e out o f W h ile' th&JDays a r e G o in g B y . [T h e A r k a n s a s F a t h e r 's A d v i c e t o And here hre are “ Did he really ? , Then he will.” 55 — not a doctor we know- •' Somebody wheeled round fro dowJj 'J- •* •;.! •'.] •:* ? \ ;• • “ Madam—I heard you speaking -^of-^the — ahem-7—need o f a doctor. • Excuse my for wardness—rbut I am a physician.” ,, Of course Minnie was, more beautiful than ever iji her confusion. * - V ., “ My poor husband has an unfortunate © a — tendency that annoys anybody near him.” “ Perhaps he, is a. hypchondriac. • I think I have seen him. Where is he, madame?” “ On the north porch,” said Minnie. •c And I am sure we are very much oblig ed,” added th6 mother, “ if you can only help him.” ' *' . . . t The first sound that struck their ears, as . • * they issued from the door was a grand and sohorous ( cock-a-doodle-do !’ • * ' $ “ John— Mr. Lundy,” cried his wife, “ do j “ But it is necessary that we give him the the win-1 shock first. / Delay not, my darling ; I you — * • » shall never regret it.” Of course she 'went. :“ All I ask is that nobody’ll sit on me, for I’m cracked., Besides, Pm just yarnished, and I ain’t dry yet,. Do, my dear, stand at the door and tell people as they come in that I cannot be sat on or in any way be meddled with. I’m so flimsily fastened together.” , “ This was the speech that greeted the Dr., as he entered M r.. Lundy’s parlor with Min nie. ■ Mrs. L. was in tears. r . * ' ft * ft % r • • ft | A • * • A “ Doctor, as soon as I ever gethome I shall have that ridiculous man carried directly to the hospital—indeed I . will,” cried the poor woman. I’ve borne it long enough, and Pm completely worn out.” * / . , ; ' • “ So am I, my dear,” piped up her hus- Tkere are lonely hearts to cherish While the days are going b y ; There are many souls who perish \While the days are going by/ If a smile we can renew,’ ;. As our journey we pursue, . , Oh ! the good we all may do, ( While the days are going by; There’s no time for idle scorning . While the days are going by; / n Let our face be like the morning While the days are going by. Oh! the world is full of sighs, - j Full of sad and weeping eyes, , Help your fallen brother rise * ' While the days are going by. 'All the loving links that bind us While the days are going by, One by one we leave behind us While the days are going by1;' But the seeds of good we sow, Both in shade and shine will grow, And will keep our hearts aglow While the days are going by. h is Son. Bob, you are about leaving home fof ,‘a: strange place. You are going to throw me out df the game and go it’ alone. The odds Bob- F l o w e r s a n d C h ild r e n . agm you*, uo d — remember that industry ahd perseverance are the winning cards, fes they are the “ bowers.” Bbok learning and all that sort of things, will do to fill up with, like small, trumps, but you must have the bowers to back them or they are not worth’ shucks. Jfluck is agin you pretty strong/ don’t cave in, and look like a sick chicketf on a rainy day, but hold up your head and make believe you are .flush of trumps; they don’t play so hard agin you. I’ve lived and travelled round some, Bob, and I’ve found out that as soon as fdlks thought ydii held a ^ . »» 9 weak hand, they’d all buck agin you strQrigi- So, when yotV are sorter weak, lceep on bold front ; but play cautious; lie satisfied' with a pint. Many a good hand I have seen you know what a sad s p e c t a c l e ^ are ma- band> “ 1 expect I’m second band ; shouldn’t Flowers, and children are of near,kin, and euchered because they played for too much. J ... I __ .' v . 1 ___ _____ . 1 ___ J* 1 __ 1 1 __ I nr tnn mnnll /licnlav w ill TTnnv> trnnr nnne elrinna/1 . rlnnH In# nlm king of yourself ?” “ I’m not a spectacle, good wdman ;» Pm a do you not. i’Cock-U- rooster. Get out out of the way notice the expanse, o f my wjnga? doodle-do!” “ What shall we do ?” cried the poor wife, y ° u wouW wonddr; in the least, my legs feel so shaky. Pray don’t touch me. y,Isn’t one roller gone, my.tdear ?” .* . • f., * Boiler gone—your, wits are gome. How I wish I was a man. I’d varnish you so ast want to be a sofa again, or too much forcing, or too much display, wiB . * * ■ * * . » ruin their chiefest charms. I love to associ ate them together, and to win them to a love* turning tu.the doctor. “ 0 , sir, can you stop this ridiculous exhibition ?” 1 • v r h: “ Trust me madam,” said: the young man,; biting his-lipS, for the sight was alniost too ridiculous for his gravity.; ; .,. • / ; .“ Upon my .word,” he continued to the de luded san, “ what a magnificent creature;! Why, his feathers are a yard long. ’ Where did you get this magnificent specimen? Is he imported? any other piece of, furniture.” ; The doctor stood near gravely considering.; “ M y dear, you are better as you are, for I. see in the last five minutes you have come out a beautiful wash bowl and pitcher. But isn’t your nose a little cracked, or do I see awry ? T I shouldn’t- wonder, for my head is full of brass tacks. I think I’ve snuffed them up my nose. J It’s worse than the influ enza.” Keep your eyes skinned ; don’t let 'era mg you ; i recollect the game lays as much with the head as with the hands. Be temperatej of the flowers. Some day they they tell me; [never get drunk, for then* no matter •*how that a violet or a tuft of lilies is dead : but good your hand, you wonTt know how to pUjr on a spring morning they come, radiant with | i t ; both bowers and the ace won’t do, for there’s sartin to be a “ mis-deal,” or s'omfe- . v • thing wrong. And another thing, Bob, (this was spoken in a low tone,) dofi’t go much on women . “ Cop^-^Joodle-^iM) PLj^elled^^^qman strutting more than ever., “ ThalC bipo woman has nothing to do with me, sir— no sir, nothing at all. I’m a rooster on my own . * . account— cook-£-doodle do H Here the doctor gave orders aside to one of the servants, wfeo wetjt away grinning. the story that the very same violet is bloom* ipg sweeter than ever upon some far away cleft in the hill side. So you, my child, if the Great Master lifts you from us, shall bloom, as God is good, on some richer, sun nier ground !. t .. • -.}j i ,We talk thus but if the change really came, it is more grievous than the blight of a thousand flowers. She, who loved their search among the thickets, will never search them. ; queens is kinder poor cards; the more you have of them the worse for youc you might have three and nary a trump: f don’t say discard ’ em all; if you get hold o f, one that is a trump, it’s aUjjaofljiiud there is sartin to be one outjff^four. And a^ove all, Bob, be honest;/never take any man’s y^fes^ever a poor creaturejso- afflicted ?” murmured MrSySofa^-T mean Mrs. Lhndy: , “ Never, my love. I protest that if it was possible for me to be anything else, I would, but a sofa I am, and a poor one at that.” At that moment the doctor sprang forward and planted himself oh the prostrate body of Us shady depths,, will never set foot; upon She, whose glad eyes would have trick wot don’t belong to you, or “ slip ” the opened in pleasant bewilderment upon some bold change .ibbery or of paths, will never open them again. ohe, whose paW feet would have dancea^o;fg/he neW tenng cards, or “ nig,’y o r then you can’t look him iiv4he-face,^armlnvhen that’s the case, thereV no fun in the game, it’s a regular “ cut-throat1.” So now Bob, farewell ; remember wot I tell Then burning to the .rooster, who, was by -*~r* Tincy*.: , ; 'V this time red in the face from exertion, he;|. .“ Capital sofa this,” he said, keeping his wood-path, carrying joy and merrimenTinto | you, and you’ll be sure to win ; and if you doh’t, it sarves you right if you “ get skunk- ed> ......... . v -.7 said:, • f ./ l i . “ I declare it makes my mouth water to think what a capital dinner that bird would make. May I wring his neck, madam ? It will take but a few seconds.”. , seat despite his victim’s struggle. Get lip— I’m cracking in six pieces. % a * t Good heavens you’ll ruin me, you’ll break my back ! Get up, till I’m properly mended for pity’s sake.” -* 11 N o b o d y T a k e s ' N o t ice O f M e i “ No you don’t,” cried the other “ I’m 1 “ Upon my word,” ,said the doctor, calmly these paths again! , What matters how. the bramble grow? her dress will not be torn ;. what' matter the broken paling by the water? she will never I JThe Springfield Republican has the f’ollow- topple over from the bank. The hatchet \mg merited rebuke for the particular benefit may be hung from a lower,nail now, the^little rpf persons, who, when they* are stranger^ hand that might have stolen possession of it, l^eem to expect those about them tb;talce' es- is stiff and fast! God has it, v . pecial pains to form their acquaintance,' and And when spring wakens all its echoes ; J yet they themselves make no effort wfeatev- tou g h -I’m very tough— I’ m an old bird, sir, “ this piece o f furniture acts as if it was alive. ^ T V \Z Z w 7 3L': rY \ t i U - 7 ^ ----- “ 5u tu .gu x m ttu um yuuj du ., , of the wren’s song, o f the blue bird’s warhre, er to get “ into societv.” They come into . L A . _ _ _ .1. A. .... if. _ _ /Y* II I 4> 1» •tlr r M am A*V / I A n A M A lr A A %*VA A I A« « A* A A ^ 4 * / ' ' ^ * * I * not to be caught with chaff.” “ But you are a rooster ; wfeat else are you good for?” __ __ 1 It kicks and wriggles and makes me laugh at its antics. \What a ridiculous sofa !” : / ’ “ I tell you I am second hand,” cried the “ Good to crow, sir ^ ..good, to crow ;” and hypochondriac:.4more faintly than before, for forthwith ensued the loudest screech of all, succeeded by a soraesault and a sense of suf focation. - Another moment and the servant reappeared with a dead fowl in his arms... 150 pounds, dead weight, was no light inflic tion. “ I’m brass tacked—-old—very old— full of cracks— one roller gone. Oh, pray don’t lean your weight on me.” “ I assure you sir, it had to be done, sir,” The doctor lifted himself cautiously. The said the doctor, gravety, and Mr. Lundy rub- sofa gave a deep inspiration. ’• bed his face and pinched his throatr, I ’ The doctor looked serious. . Y , “ Did you really wring my neck, sir ?” the] “ Are you sure you are a sofa?” . -5 - , hypochondriac asked gravely. “ When you were a rooster, yes.” “ Of course I am.” : -1 • “ Then you are no longer Mr. Lundy ?” of the plaintive cry of mistress cucko pf\she daintily called her “ mistress cuckoo,”>) from town, hire a house, and commence their busi ness; ‘ Then begins a process of waiting: dv ! And when the violets repeat tne sweet lesson they learned last year of the sun and warmth, and bring their fragrance on the air again, the blithe little spirit that welcomed them is still forever in the silence; of the grave / N o t a B a d B e s c r i p t i o n l “ Did I did game ?” asked the other with “ I am no longer Mr. Lundy.” a manner o f solemn importance. , , .... “ You did—particularly gam e ,replied the doctor. ' Y • “ Can you keep a secret?” “ Certainly lean .” ; : . jr. i “ Do you know old Lundy’s daghter ?” “ Thank you, sir. If I should happen to “ I guess I do.” . ■ __— _________ — i . turn into a rooster again I shall know where to ge.’ ’ •' Y 'K ; Y Y \ ■ • . ■ . . . . .7 i . - . , r I ■ * • u ,*T •' ■ '• /'< ? • '• ,r . i ’ i /• * .V “ I shall be most happy to—wring your peck, sir, on any such interesting occasion.” “ Won’t you let on to the old - Yellow i f I tell you something ?”- > . /•; v vv.r> • > “ Not i f you say so.” “ Well, I ’ve just married her. . . She’s my “ Yery kind, I’m sure. If you should ever | wife.” get into, trouble John Lundy will stand yo,ur friend.” r ‘ • -“ W h at! You1 villain.” *. -i •>. k “ Take care—you’ll break !” said the doV “ Do you promise me that, sir ?” “ I do, and I never break my word.” tor. * ___ . ; • After that Minnie walked in the garden sometimes; and Minnie was not alone—hot she. ' • '• • • !l •' J,ilj “ You,young rascal!” , - v ‘ “ You old s o fa!” • ‘,V;.; Y‘ Y Y :Y Y * -/, f * ' ) 1 ^ 1 • .-I M '• * ( .*• “ You desperate young thief!” ( .... )(“ You ricketty old sofa, with., your head full of brass tacks,cried the, doctor; “ if “ I love violets best,” said1 the dhetor to Y011 had not been a feather, and a, Foster and her one day. p • 11 i a sofa, and the cats know what, you would “ And I roses” So Minnie, being the feave looked after your daughter better than least bit sentimental, quoted Pope on roses— y°u have. • : But come let’s be friends and the edge, o f the wood—what eager, delighted They are mum, show themselves to nhbody, listeners have we, lifting the blue eyes; shak- and month after month, while hiding them ing back the curls, dancing, to thp melo- selves in their houses, and not. making .the > i i i i . c § ft ft • ft slightest overture to observation, wonder why people do not call on them, invite\ them of notice them. Then they begin to think that the place is a most, awful place—no getting into society—they wish they had nevercome. The minister, to whom they have never made themselves known, has never noticed them. • ♦ * • i j . . ■ • * i f Occupants of adjoining pews look coldly up on them._They shun the Sabbath School and * I I a . * f conference meeting, and threaten and abso lutely refuse to meet society in any form half «way. . Now, the fact is, the people who ope rate in this way are not fit for society, as $ ' ® _ A — ft ft • — general thing. NThey do not know what spr ciety is. They cannot; apprehend the /act ^ ^ ^ r * - • I * that society has just as many claims on them as they have ou society. They refuse to make th\i self-assertion which would make recog nition, polite. : A man with a manly feeling, or a wpman with proper femenine delicacy', would fepl humiliated at being * benevolently i t f sought out,and brought into society a^a favor to him or her—as if he or she were not quite as important as society is to thenw • 1/ 4 Some years ago in a fracas which occurred not a thousand miles from Vincenne^ Indi ana, a man present was accidentally but se verely wounded with a knife by one o f the bejligerents.* Much alarm was excited, and doctors were sent for, and one Esculpiafe came, “ armed and equipped ” as he though/ was exactly right; at any rate he went to work on the case as if lie was going to do something. Rolling up his sleeves, and “ diving into it,” he said to thejiorror-strick- en by-standers: “ Bad - case—incised cut of the prineum membranus—and through the umbilicus ministary to the lineralbum. The viscus and the sigmum are incised—and the piluric orifice of the1 hepatic ductus, is larce- rated to the anterior spinus o f the attachment 7) - of the fifth gang- It was too much for a particular friend of the poor sufferer. * He gave out and rushed into the open air to re vive hislfainting faculties. ’ While painfully and despairingly wringing his hands and walking up and down in front of the saloon something about dew. ; And. the doctor went thank me fop curing you. You’ll never be a in which the mischieffhad been done, an ae on in Shakespeare, very, bad* indeed, until in. some way—he ; never could tell how hypochondriac again—I’ll take good care of quaintance came up hurriedly • and said to that-r-for you see it’s a nice thing to have a him, “ How is Sam ? ” He replied : “ There or in what way (neither could she)-~-he final- medical adviser in the family. Besides you is no chance in the world for* him, poor fel ly said it. . ,r . . : .. See dictionary for “ it.’! promised me once that if I ever got into any low; he must die! The Latin parts o f his trouble you would help me through,:, Come, boicels are all cut to pieces /” 1 Is it any won- “ Indeed I must not listen to this,” mur^ come, let’s be quits.’, der that Sam died ?• “ My I see I can’ t help myself,” said the old man, gravely; but‘I tell you what, I shall E a r ly ! Thunder. . J apanese U^ es of the IS' an .—Neither men nor women wear hats except as a pro tection against the rain; the fan is deemed a sufficient guard from the. sun, and - perhaps nothing will more strike the ; newly Arrived European than this fanr which hie will see ifc the hand of every ’ human being*\^ Soldiers and priests are no more to be seen without their fans .than fine ladies who nutkeof tfeeirs the use to which fans are put in other coun- Among the men it servgs a great va riety o f purposes. 'Visitors receive thle daife^ ties offered them upon their fans^ the beg* gar imploring charity holds out his* for the alms his prayers may have obtained. The tries. mured Minnie, dying to hear it again, father, i f he knew— ” ,.. . ,. “ Might disapprove, perhaps,” cried the I consider you a thief until you-are able to sup-. „ . i • t, l a • e 1 f young doctor. “ And why ? Because I am | port your wife in the style she is accustomed | been missing, stovewood for several Weeks | J aS°8^e instea c . e And you too perhaps- I— you kpow I— love you- poor. “ No, n o ;.I ■ ’ > ' 1 1 n to. V A family in La Crosse, Wisconsin, fiaYe I fan serves the dandy in lieu o f a whalebone UDen missiDg. stovewood for several weeks switch; the pedagogue instead c f a ferule for past. On the return o f the family a few offending schoolboy’s knuckles; a fan but! “ Hark ! Who calls ? ” - 0 ' ‘'l? ‘ ' ' “7 —'i > -Vf a >}•.'. • ; . Enter Tommy. Y Y- “ Oh, sis, pa’s took again, and he’s going it awful.” * 1 . - f - ‘ “ And I, sir, shall consider you a sofa till you revoke ihat decision.” * l * *; I t is needless to add that this was the last of the trouble. 1 . • > 7 * ;i-v ' * U sed T o I t .— A wedding took place at “ What is it now, dear ?” said Minnie wjtli I the Occidental, the other day, the parties be- a faoe like an angel, but perhaps she wasn’t | ifeg a widower who was about to perpetrate a little cross at the interruption*’ ^ Ob j he’s a sofa, and ma says please have matrimony for the third time, and a widow wfeo had invested her affections for the second somebody come and smash him ; all to bits.” time. When the prospective husband arriv- 7 “ What shall we do ?” sighed Minnie, “ this ed with the “ * S q u ierth e widow was seated is the most ridioulous freak of all.” days since, the cause was stated, and Sunday night a very pretty sJick e f fuel was left vrith others on the wood pile. In the stick W6re two ounces o f fine powder for safe keeping. s^ruck off at the same Monday the stick was' there—Tuesday the ^ toward the fan. • F stick was there, and the laugh was gutting ft ' * 9 ■ B on the man who fixed it. Wednesday morrt- ing the stick was gone: * Wednesday fore noon an explosion was heard in a house near by, and a kitchen window was spared no panes.: On going to the spot a sight might be seen. The stove had joined a piece con- presented on a peculiar kind of salver to a high born criminal is said to be the form o f announcing his death doom; and- his head is omenfc he stretches reading a novel; She got up, joined hands, ferente. A kettle o f pork and cabbage shot # Don’t be frightened, my love,” said the I and transferred her hand and fortune to the up through the roof like an arrow. A dish doctor. “ Tommy, run home and tell your mother I will be there in a few moments.- husband No. 2, and he promised to be a faith ful lover to wife No. 3. When the oeremon Now Minnie, there is but one way I know of was over, the wife sat down, picked up .the to cure your father, at once and for all, and | novel, .and remarked, “ Now I ’ll go on with my story,” and gave too further attention to husband, magistrate or spectators. that is by giving him a shock.” r , Y . W h a t! of electricity ?” , , f , “ No dear— far more powerful than that. You must go to tfee little brown house over there, and be married.” . r : u: . , , “ Oh never, m y . father will kill mOv v •; “ Does he ever break his word ?” / Y \ I never knew him to.” / ' . '. YJ x *• -p a .{4 ^ r r: ri •** f “ All right. He promised me that i f I ev- Adrian, Michigan, a lady observ ed anengine house with a steeple, asked her attendant “ What church is that?” The gentleman after reading the sign, V Deluge, No. 3,!r replied,.“ I guesp it mast be the Third Baptist \ of apples that were stewing on the stove give the ceiling the appearance of the map o f Cal ifornia. A cat sleeping under the stove went through the window as though after the devil ■or doctor* The cat has not been heard from since, but a smell o f burnt cat hair pervades that bouse very thoroughly. * A flat-iron was hoisted into a pan of dough, a chair lost three A V a l u a b l e H int .— The leaves o f the • * 1 * * * k a 4 alder, if strewn among corn or other grain ft when it is put into the bin, will effectually preserve it from the ravages o f the weevil. The juice will also kill bed-bugs aud mag- The leaves o f the alder, scattered ovef. cabbages, cucumbers and other plants sub ject to the ravages o f insects, will effectually shield them. The plam a!hd other fruits may. be saved by placing on the branches and b them bundle's of alder leaves.* .7 .. gots. amon^ By different nations, every day in the week is set apart for public worsfeip. Sunday by Christians; Monday by Grecians;; Tuesday by Persians; Wednesday by Assyr ians : Thursday by Egyptians; Friday; by legs, the wood box looks sick, and the roof o f Turks, and Saturday by the Jews. Add the th^housejookslike a bursted apple Jump- fact o f the diurnal revolution of the. earth, Iingr The occupants o f the ruins say: “ Such fcunder never come pefore, or else J puys a lightnin’ rod, py tam !” * giving every variation of longitude a differ-, ent hour, and it becomes apparent that eycry moment is Sunday somewhere. • * \ • / iJ 1 r 1 * 1 ■ j 1 1
