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GEO. D. JL BRIDGMAEf, Editor1 atod1 Proprietor. 9 9 TERMS :-Two Dollars per Year if paid in Advance, VO L U M E L M |r I I PEN N Y A N , N. Y ,, SA T U R D A Y , J U L Y 7, 1866. NUM B E R 14. jPetttt flu t t PENN YAN, YATES COUNTY, N. Y. #\tlBXjS;HEij/ETE\HY' SATURDAY, B Y G E O . D . A . B R I D G M A N . , j ? iT E R M S : , J * j v: ^ To Office and Mail Subscribers, payable in ad-' vance, per year, - - $2 00 To.yillage Subscribers who receive their\ papers ,. * 4 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 t ' lx' \\ “ Square ” is equal to one inch o f Space.] One Square 1 week v > do do do do do do d o ... . J do do do /do\ Sqb. do do do do do ir p & 4 “ 5 “ $1 00 1 50 2 00 2 25 2 60 2 months :3,00 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 u it ii «s -tc' «< «< II lvveek r 3 6 J ;4 00 6 50 6 00 7 00 7 50 8 00 10 00 v4*60 >uai? Col. 1 week do 1 month, do 2 “ do 3 “ r*do 6 *$.*> - M o r 9 $ § ,do 512 Half Col. 1 Week lo n t h ^ o 50 “ 6 00 “ 9 00 9 12 « (i 12 00 16 00 do do do - do do .do*' * ne Col. do do do do it it i< ii 1 month\ 2 6 9 12 v;“ r - 1 weeks al month 3 “ 6 « 9 “ ___ 12 « \ $5 00 _ 7 00 8 50 10 00 16 00 £0 00 25 00 7 00 10 00 12 50 15 00 30 00 38 00 45 00 10 ob 15 00 30 00 45 00 65 00 80 00 LOCAL DIRECTORY. P E N N Y A N P O S T O F F I C E . T H E - M A I L S ' A R R IV E ' A N D 'CLOSE A T THIS OFFICE AS FOLLOW S : 1 *»-- I i , v V i ; A a e r l v j :.■ <j << New York Mail, daily, 9:22 A. M. & 8:26 P. M. Way Mail from the East, daily, Western Mail, daily, Prattsburgh,‘daily , ) f - Dresden, daily, Sherman's Hollow, Saturdays, •** Bath and Hammondsport, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8:26 P. M. 8:10 A. M. 11:00 A. M. 7:00‘P. M. 10:00 A. M. 5:00 P, M. CLOSE. New York Mail, daily, - Way Mail, East and South, daily, Western Mail, daily, i y I Prattsburgh, Bluff Pointy Brahch- Port, Italy Hill, Italy Hollow, daily,.-----__ Dresden, daily, Bath and Hammondsport and Bar- ' rington> Tuesday, jChujsday and ^Saturday, r * r t - m j Sherman's Hollow, Saturdays, 7:30 P. M. 7:30 A. M. 7:30 P. M. 12:30 P. M. 8:00 A. M. 1 9:00 A. M. 12:30 P. M. 1 S. H. WELLES, P. M. B u s in e s s C a r d s of five lines, or less, inserted at $5,00 per annum. • : v-- R A E L R O A D T I M E - T A B L E S . L e g a l Not Ices,--Notices required by law tfobe ishi NEW YORK CENTRAL. published will be charged at the legal rates. TRAINS PASS CANANDAIGUA AS FOLLOWS O b i t u a r y N o tices. —Obituary Notices, embrac ing more than the ordinary announcement o f death, and Obituary Poetry ten cents per line. M a r r i a g £ N o t Ices. —Fifty cents each. ^ S p e c i a l N o tices— At fifty jper cent, fn addition to regular rates. ' \ ^ EA8TWAR0 TRAINS. New York Expre8s, Looal Freight, - Steamboat Express,, «, -< Buffalo and Albany Express,, - < Sunday Night Express, *&£ i 7:15 A. M. 10:30 A. M. 10:00 A. M. .7:35 P. M. 9 8:20 Pt M. cents each subsequent insertion.. B u s in e s s Notices i n R e a d i n g C o lu m n s — ten cents per line for first insertion, and six cents p e t line for every subsequent insertion. No Business Notices inserted for legs than one dollar first insertion, and fifty; , Sr / ^ V V & ♦ V >f V / A / P / * f | P r i v i l e g e o f A d v e r t isers. —The privilege o f Annual Advertisers is limited to their own immediate business, and to the particular business which is the subject o f contract, and advertisements concerning any other matter will be charged for at the usual rates. W ESTW ARD TRAINS. New York Mail, - Local Freight, - Steamboat Express, T J -> L Mail, £ t M - f f -i 1 - r Sunday Express, - 10:30 A. M. 1:50 A. M. 4:55 P. M. 10:15 P. M. 10:10 A. M. N. 0. E. E.,—Canandaigua Branch. TRAINS PASS PENN YAN AS FOLLOWS: i 1 l JOB PRINTING.1 W e are prepared to do ail’ kinds o f Job Printing in the neatest stylo, on short notice, at reasonable tewns,^ Our Printing Material -isulljiew and of the latest styles. We flatter ourselves that we hoye better facilities for do ing Job Work? than p.'ny other Priiitlng - Office in this ejection o f country.? ^ • r ■ J ' . * j EASTW A R D TRAINS. Mail, UTOIC&IO A.M . Fast Train, 11:16 P. M.. Express, 3:0‘7 P^Msv Acqora., 8:47 M. ■reig ht,. V 7 9:05 AJM/I F WESTW ARD TRAINS. Accom., . 9:22 A. M, Express, 1:52 P. M. MaiL_r-r\ vB:26 P. M. Fast Train, 3:00 A^Mf Ffbight,/, 12:10 P. M. BUSINESS CARDS. \ STEAMEE G. E. TOUITGS* Will on and after Tuesday, May 14th, leave W . W . F a i r f i e l d , SILVER PLATING AND JOB WORK.— Havipgi long-,experience^ I am sure to give sat- isfaetibn,*-at^ rea^onitbl® Afi kinds of Saddle and Harness Trimmings on .hand.— Shop over Bryant's Jewelry Store, Main Street, ^.Penu>Yan. • . r . ^ 1 , Penn Yan, Hammondsport, 9:45 A. M. 1:00 P. M. YATES COUNTY OFFICERS. G e o . D . A . B r i d g m a n , BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. ALL KINDS OF I iJob£;Printing, such, aJj Hand-Bills, Circulars, CardSj 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. Judge and Surrogate —WILLIAM* S. BRINGS. Justice for Sessions —ELI FOOTE. Sheriff—J OSEPII F. CROSBY. Deputy Sheriff —EZEKIEL W. GARDNER^ Clerk —SAMUEL BOTSFORD. ' ‘ ' “ s j Deputy Clerk —ALFRED REED.* ) <} ^ f j Treasurer —JAMES BURNS. District Attorney —JOHN D. WOLCOTP.fr Orersekr o f the Poor —JOSHUA TITUS/ ^ Clerk o f the, Board o f tSuperbisors —LEWIS. B GRAHAM. ' . r . ‘ \ V . TOWN 0FFI0EES. S. H . W e l l e s 5 LAW OFFICE, MAIN STREET, TWO DOORS j -South of -Oliver Stark’s,Bank. Al§o Life, Fire, . Marine aqd Accident Insurance Office.^Oapital * and Assets^over $13,000,00(1. ^ ^ x JA.ty - 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'of Internal Revenue, oyer the Post Office, Penn Yan, N. Y. 6 iM jJ V -.' E a s t m a n & S o u , COMMISSION MERCHANTS, DEALERS IN Wool and all kinds o f Grain, Office 3d Door * . ■— I - .. a below Post Office, Main Sireet, Pexin Yah, N.Y. . t . 2 k i. 2 r . Benton — J otin M e u u ifie l d , Supervisor; O l i v e r P. G u t h r ie , Town Clerk. Barringto n— D e l a z o n J . S underlin , Supervisor; J oseph F. G ibbs , Town Clerk. - ^ ~ . Italy — A ld e h D. F o x , Supervisory J o el .M. C l a r k , Town Clerk. Jerusalem — P h in eas P a r k e r , Supervisor; D a v i d II. P a r i s h , Town Clerk. Milo — J ohn C. S ch eetz , Supervisor; H e n r y T. £ H erm an s , Town Clerk. Middlesex — T homas U n p e r w o o d , Supervisor; O l iv e r S. B u c k l e y , Town Clerk. Potter — J a r e b D . B o r d w e l l , Supervisor; A sh - - l e y M c D onald , Town Clerk. ^ Starkey— H erschej ^ W . P ie r c e / Supervisor W e s l e y B enedict , Town Clerk. -Torvey— H a r v e y -^W. N orman , Supervisor; G e o . f t tS, D o w n ey , Town Clerk. R . D a i n s VILLAGE OF PENN YAN. U. S. LICENSED AUCTIONEER, WEST DRES- f don,^ Vatea guilty, N. Yv y Will j attend to v aikcaiH’ in this line> of business, Witli prompt, ness and dispatch. \ . ' 1 R . A . B a s s e t t PENN YAN, JS(r 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 v ^ f 1 I j r D . B . P r o s s e r , , SOJJN^FILOK': Penn Yan, N. Y. Office first stairs below Oli ver Stark's Banking Office, r , 1 President — S t a f f o r d C. C l e v e l a n d . Trustees — S eym o u r T r a c y , H iram B ir d s a l l , / / J am es S. P o w e l l , O l i v e r G. S h e A rm a ^, 1 ’ G eo rg e W a o e n e r , T im othy B r i 6 d en . ^ t Assessors — JonN II. L a p h a m , J ohn W ilkin s on , ___ S t e p h e n G il b e r t . Collector — M o r r is E a r l . Treasurer — J ohn E l l s w o r t h . Police Constable — F r e d e r ic k P(* y n e e r . KELIGI0US SERVICES. M. t . church , corner main and - chappel - sts . J e r e . S. R e e d , S U h ^ j^ )0 DENTIST, v \ HFFI6 e 3 d DOOR South or the Tost Office, ''Street, Penn Yan, N, Y. All Work Warranted to give satis faction. Charge^ .mo d e r a t e ^ v - W R e v . D. D. B u ck , Pdstoi*.f T ^f - , , y n (J Services every Sunday at: 1 0 i A ’. M'4 and ?:30 P. M. Prayer Meeting on Sunday at 6:30 P. M. . Class Meetings Tuesday evenings. Prayer Meeting on Thursday evening, j Sunday School and Bible> Classes at close 6f inofphrg service.' P'J - > vo- x ii ” f j > j d i Mission School at Excelsior Hall at 1:30 P. M., on-Sunday—M. W* Eastman, SupL “3T N o r r i s ’ s b a p t ist church , m ain - st . BJLLIABD HALL, NO. 13 MAIN STREET, ' \Penn Yan, N. Y. Choice Brands o f Cigars and Tobacco always on hand. -i ' 1 ? i. GKOTESTEEN,&, CO., Rev. E. P. B r ig h a m , Pastor. ? 7 t fh'. • H :Suhday-serviced at-10:30 A. M., and 7^30 P. M. < Prayer .j Meeting, on Tuesday and .Thursday evenings. \ y / f v ,r « • Sunday School at the close1 of,xthe morning service. i * - c. j cri j PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURERS -r499~BRO A D WA-Y, NEW -YORK; 9 K T h e A t t e n t i o n • o p - t h e p u b l i c and trade is invited to our New Scale Seven Octave Rosewood *- Piano-Fortes, which for. c vol ume '&nd * purity of tone are unrivalled by any hitherto offered in this Market. They contain all t h e \ *T ; - ^ J > -T I t ( * V * r < - V » PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 3IAIN-ST. / ^ ^ ^ $ r j / w ' • 1 • / | r f j Rev. D a v i d M a g ie , Pastor. , Services _every^ Sunday. at 10£A» P.M . . ‘ r ; ; - ' ■ . Meetings Tuesday^ and Thursday;evenihgs. Sunday School at the close o f morning service. M.,_ and Modern Improvements, TSTl^ARk's CHURCH, MAIN-ST. ’ Rev. T. F. W a r d w e l l . Pastor. Services on Suqiday at 10* A. M., apdc7:30 P. M- Sunday School At close of morning servibe.*- Frencli grand action, harp1 pedal, iron frame, over-strung bass, etc., and each instrument being made under the personal supervision o f Mr. J. H. Groves teen, who has had a practical experience, of thirty- yeats in the manufacture, is Jhlly war ranted in every particular. The “ Grovesteen Piano-jforte” Received the highest award of merit over all others at the Cel ebrated World's Fair, where were exhibited instru-; meats from, the best maker? o Y 'r .> Ty^<r > c- » i l l 1 .U » . i ii. ,iu a u j . . i H k J J I f > Y V / i Z ..T 8 Z H O L Sh ST. MiqHAEl/a CHURCH.' PINE-ST. Rev. D. EifGLiSH^ Pastor. 7 H • vl- - : Services on the first and third SundAys o f each onth.. J lh/ : I-- Ir First Mass at 8 Av M.| ‘ Second Mass at I I A. M. Yespers at 4 P. M. . hi • • Sunday School at 3 'P. M. M t?- ~ ‘J'l « . *■ MASONIC. v i* LONDtfNV' L PARIS, „ ,, B H ^ A D E L P H i^ / ! ... | c ;B0STOJT. a S d ' n EW tOP-E;, . MILO LOMPB, MO. 108. ■JJU W i s h i n g • BY JOHN G. SAXE. it Of air the amusements o f the mind, From logic down to fishing, There is not one that you can find • So very cheap as , wishing; A very choice diversion, too, . I f we but rightly use it, And not, as we are apt to do, Pervert it, and abuse it. I wish—a common wish, indeed— My purse was something fatter f That I might cheer the child of need, And not my pride to flatter; That I might make oppression reel, As gold can only make it, , . —- and break the tyrant's rod o f steel, As gold can only break it. ; - t- f if t u ' Y * I wish—that sympathy ana lovei And every human passion ' J That had its origin above, Would come and keep it fashion 5 That soorn, and jealousy^ and hate, And every base emotion, • Were buried fifty fathoms deep, Beneath the waves o f ocean. I wish—that friends were always true, And motives always pure; . r I wish the good were not so few, 7 I wish the bad were fewer; ' ^ I wish that parsons ne'er forgot To heed tneir pious teaching; * r wish that practicing was not So different from preaching; ] el wish—that modest worth might ;be / 7 Appraised with truth and candor; I wish that innocence were free ? - r . From treachery and slander I wish that men their vows would mind, • That women ne'er were rovers; I wish that wives were always kind, t And husbands always lovers. Uli L 4 irth, I Wish—in fine—that joy and 1 And every good ideal f 1' f May, come ere while throughout the earth To be the glorious real; ^ill God shall every creature bless • i / / W ith h i s supremestTblessingy i\e And hope h lostJiifhappinesS, And wisnjng 6e possessing. \ A TEJST F O U N D S M E W A R D . A very pretty place to. my fancy, is Paul- sham, with a lock and dreary weir just above it, aDd a willowy ait, in whose! dead waters tunes was like reading an interesting novel in annual * parts, for their course towards since I came by last,” was the first remark I made. prosperity and matrimony was a zigzag.— The first year I knew them they won their stipulated werries— “ Aye,” said Harry,l< I came by here last summer with Bill Cutwater, who lived in this neighborhood once, and he told me that Sir William was always having new palings, be cause why1 ? the old. ones were forever being The next summer being a long and fine I polled down. -7 * You see there used to be a —Joe at Putney, and Har ry at the Richmond regattas, and put five pound in the savings bank. '* > if you are sleeping under this roof, you are dreaming of pleasure in which I have had no share.”* So saying, Mr. Benjamin F. Derby | whisper threw his trousers on a chair, and began to grope his way in darkness to the head o f the* bed. * Woods with a violent shower of kisses. Sha uttered a faint scream and’ demanded in a “ Who are you ?” . t “ Sh!” said Margaret Maria. At this moment, a merry laugh, close Mr. Der- Jane hushed accordingly, until she saw the one, excursions were constant, and the Ham-1 pathway through the park to the village,- till to his chamber' door, startled him. by paused.. >. . . u strange figure proceed to Mary Clark’s pillow she concluded that it was her duty to scream. iltons having new boats of their own to take Sir William Hastie, who is always making pleasure parties out in. increased ‘ their bal- ance to forty pounds. The next winter, how rows with people^ going to law and the like, chose to shut it up ; and some folks, who say ever, being severe, and the following summer he has no right to do it, are forever forcing again Margaret Maria’s laugh, by all that is false !” * groaned Mr. Derby. “ She said she would do nothing but weep and sigh daring my absence—and hear hear, ah l she laughs The false hearted ------ ” H t 1 * wet, they had to encroach on this sura, and 5) so on. When I got to my old lodgings at Paulsham, last July, therefore, one of the first an opening w Ah !” cried I, u. sure enough, there is a board stuck up with a notice all about it.” Mr. Derby’s reflections were suddenly in terrupted by the sound of a hand grasping his door latch. With considerable trepidation questions that I asked J oe, who was await ing my arrival, had reference to bis matrimo nial prospects.' u Oh, that is all settled now, sir,” said he. u Settled ?” I cried,<{ are you then ’marn-: ed ?” u I am.” •. ■ . j. . “ And to Susati Beck \ L “ Surely 5 .and so is Harry to Betsey. But I will tell you about it while you are haying your smoke after a spin to the Willows and back., I know you are longing to get on the ,, ' * T en P ounds R eward . —Whereas, some evil disposed persons are continually injuring the fences surrounding this park ; this is to give notice that such offenders will be prose cuted with the utmost rigor of the law, and a reward of ten pounds will be given to any one (giving such information as shall lead to the conviction of any person or persons guil ty of breaking down the palings, or tresspass ing on these grounds. \* ■ 1‘ \ : he flew to lock the door ; but before he could Mary screamed, too, after she had been sev eral times kissed; and Ssarah Jones joined in the chorus; until her mouth was stopped by a Hasty buss. , ; .r* q. <c Is it you, George T1 sfie whispered. I '* At this moment the strange figure, which had been seen by the light in1 the passage? ran out, and Susan, catching U|) the light, ran, in. . . . ^ reach it, a merry laugh, a blaze of light and “ Why, what is the matter!” sKe cried] iff two girh burst into the room. pretended astonishment. ni Now, Mr. D. was a very modest person, “ There has been a man in the room ” and it was a lucky circumstance for hi “ He was- kissing Sarab Jones.” that the closet door was ajar, the retreat con- M He Was kissing Mary Clark* He didn’t venient, and his limbs active. He dodged kiss me. 5) out o f sight before the girls had time to cast ik I say, Harry, I feel awfully; dispoced.— Ten pounds reward ! Just> the very identical »: IX* \.s *,»i:uro'?ir i K l 1.1 • ** their eyes about them, and soon the door was “ Me! I guess I’d have torn his eyes* out. It was Jane Woods he. kissed*” shut and Mr. D.’s ears pinned back. Susan was very much astonished,of coutse,* sum. river. “ What are ybtf up to how ?” and the girls were all very indiguantr;* and not one o f them would confess that she Ka*df Four hours later,*when I was lying on the “ Why, I feel, somehow,” says I; “ as i f I • “ What time do you suppose it is ?” said Margaret Maria. a There, the bells are stri king twelve. Oh, hain’t we had a gay time, | been kissed,. until Susan pointed out titof Susan?” ; .. marks o f the coal mustache on all their faces Swan lawn, with a blister, on each hand and ® ust have a wa in t at p^r . Now* if I “ Gay enough,” replied Susan. M Ha, ha, I and called in Margaret Maria; Then there* a raw elsewhere, with a cigar in my mouth, was t® begm pulling; ^ is^fence down, you but wouldn’t your poor, dear, absent Derby j was a great deal o f laughing 5 and Mar^ret be amused if he knew- Joe told me his story. Would,never go and tell; o f me,; would you? « Whajt we wanted, you know sir,” he b(* You would ™ eT %° and Set y ° ur brother a gau, “ was a hundred pounds between us.« week or a fortnight for ;the sake o f a paltry Ci Ha, ha, ha,” laughed Margaret Maria. : That is Maria having gallantly kissed them* all, set out to go down stairs.- My poor, dear, absent Derby ! Well, we were lucky .last summer 5 for what I ien Poun<i note ? Besides, your nose is bleed-I too good !‘ If he knew! Poor fellow it with the ladies who took Boseland Villa, and and P®°Ple w°uld fancy I had half would break his heart. He thinks that I do who liveiLon thekwater almosl^the gentle- manytfu were;soKinda^lorecommehdto ms wh^came down foV Je'ssons in sculling-r-an out rigger which Harry picked up a couple of guineas, and, which brought us five shillings murdered you in my struggles to get away, UiL^ou would not like them to think that of ... . , t... . . But now it was Derby’s turn to have* a liU' tie fun, and Margaret Maria’s to b© astonish^ ed. nothing but sigh and cry during his absence. ra me. n < “ I wilPnof promiseX^safd Harry, looking -it** 9 L «- I 1 • j ‘ . , < * J . * up with a grin. u But, I say, stop! should you go to prison, and not I ?” ; : - “ Because I first thought of it.” 1 “ Nohsense,” Asad he ; “ fcosS^” ^ f And so t tossed. ' ‘ ,v r‘‘ 1 *' z .) ; . • ‘jJ “ Tailse !” said he.’ T,It Was heads-: Sol why avday right .through the seasop,. an ap^- > prentice j who took n some of the work off our handSj we done very well, and put by a ,tidv sum. . Then in the winter, soipe gpntlpmen the pike love ;to live,below it, with sycamores, I came herp. to loqk ifpr/ a^good place, fov.-. the ^Aml such a goose?” ; .. “ Such a goose ? Oh !” groaned Mr. Der by, painfq^^itifeested^4K )h !” ;“ Such a goose ?” echoed Sue. “ He As Susanr advanced] the'lamp she car«i ried revealed a* frightfuWooking object stan> ding at the foot of thff staira. wo It was appar- ^ntl^KTwoman of gigantic stature ; her dress was so snort thather bare feet and ankles \ beech, aspens overhanging'the sparkling river, from the smooth green lawns, which form its banks. The village is small, free new water-works, they are talking qf having; ^eSan at palina. notthink o f it if he had only justreeen you eat ing oysters with Dan Rqbbins.” ? *•*‘1 only hope that he will keep away one ■ i ' l l 1 ■ . * ■ 1 1 ) 1 • 1 ; I | J . | . week longer.” “ So that we can have this room?” “ N o - could be seen distinctly, and she waved her large bony hand at the terrified girls majes-* tically as a ghost, against the wall. Susan dashed hersejf upr Up' went a scream, and down came the lamp* 1 Never werq two misn chief makers more frightened by an apparW and they^always took my boat, and kept me 'Par *- , -not exactly that—but Dan has in- tion. The.oil covered the stairs, and Mar- ‘ One moment, cried Harry I t is rath- vjte(j ^e to go to a ball next Thursday night, garet Maria fainted and stepped inrit. \ -At from thq defilment o f lading and unlading rowing about half the day, a rare good job that was. Altogether, when this season be er disgraceful to go to prison.” 4< Yes,” said I, “ for doing anything mean and; y ou know I couldn’t go if my poor, dear that moment, the tall woman—beings Derby* barges.\ The clean little inn, the “ Swan,” I gan, we had got our savings up to seventy yrith its £ay garden running down to the pounds^ and;that made;Us fidgetty. . You see or dishonest it is, but for trespass ■ Or assault absent Derby should come back in the time.” ■’ ; ^ »2>*.f r ean himself—cried for annoying a gent as never subscribes to a water’s edge, was kept by one Thomas Beck when there was no likelihood of our getting reSatta>or for knocking down a fellow.as.was “ Robbers! help ! murder.!” at the top ol his voice ; and.immediately stepped into hi% famous for his former strength and skill as married, we could all take it quietly enough; sau(T> I had as soon be shut up for a few Susan. Derby wits trembling with cold and wrath. |«i| |*| ^ > ] ✓ 1 | • ' . F' ‘fYou mean to marry Derby, then T [said 1 room, locking the door behind;hi it r / an oarsman f famous for that fishing cralft but now that there was a-;reasonable pros- da78 as eat my breakfast.” Before Margaret Maria recovered her scaU which every spring secures him the best pect o f making.up the sum we wanted before “ Ave, but what would the girls say ?” « I suppose I shall,” cried Margaret Maria tered senses ^ the boarders aatir< catch of Thames’ trout: Tamous for the’home the winter, we began to get uneasy and rest- “ They will not know anything about it, “ IJike to flirt with Dan, and if h? had as | g usan rushed into Mrs- glade,s r(J0 brewed ale which flows, so softly down the I less, and to think the time would never come parched throat of the exhausted rover, who, | and the girls they got into just as big a hur- mindful of “ Old Beck’s tap,” , has resisted tKe allurements of the “ Jolly Young Water- what a near thing it was. : Well, one day in ” four miles, and such miles— against a April, while we were in this impatient state, I Penetrated some distance into the park before many dollars as my poor, dear, absent, Der- 1) . unless you tell them...,c I am Samuel Scarlet, I by of Mort Lake ; and I always wear .my hair ,i You would choose Dan ?” garet Maria would have followed / Susan in her terror; shut her out. ry to be spliced as we were, when they knew cu^ Here g03s*’ I had pulled down a lot of paling, and had as “ To be sure I would. argaret tried her mother’s door ; iar-. 0 w - *• her, but : Next* and her He ain t such & fool mother hearing the alarm, appeared ;at thatj moment, and terrified by the coal mustache, man 3 current running like a milldam lower down, Mr. Rollockes, a great gentleman for.aquatics ^ was (stopped apd seized by Mr. Harry “ Derby. Ha, h a ! But what?s this ? A j atl(j the smashed hat, took her daughter for the famous up to last summer, for his two pretty and a patron of ours—but you know him Hamilton, waterman, who, spite o f my strug- buxom daughters, whose faces cheered the eye well, he came and asked us if;we would like cours® o f whiph his face, hands, coat and a pair of, pantaloons!” i x 5( Goodness gracious! How did thev co here?” V robber, and screamed fearfully. Margaret, as much frightened as herself, would.have caught her in her arms, but Mrs. Govey. ;wo’ld as the beer they served did the esophagus of to make up a pair-oar match with two New- shir*rfrout. got ;covered with blopd, dragged Derby was trembling with excitement— j hear^ho explanation, nor allow her daughter the, weary, thirsty and blistered water-bob. castle men— forty pounds a side; 7 ’ He (Mr; ^?.e pP to the bouse, where ^ -lp^ of^rooms burning with rage j but now he felt a new As their father held the inn and ferry, and I Rollockes) would stand half o f it,, he Said, as I ^©rppwere^.me, and presently ^ir William | source o f uneasiness. to approach, and pushed her out o f the jroo: was the proprietor of a whole flotilla of fish- he felt sure we ought to win: i, 1 came out and abused me, and praised Harry; ing-purtts and pleasure boats, Susan and I T 1 • We thought the matter Well Over. ' Harry Betsey Beck were considered good matches! and I Pan go as: well as any pair together, and then we all went before the nearest mag istrate. pantaloons might lead to the discovery of himself. Had he been dressed he would have The discovery of his great trepidation. Then Margaret Ma-? ria ran to Derby’s room, which to her coo* Att that,!nat,mo* . . . , . stefnation, she found locked. A t My Jittte game was very . simple liked nothing better than to confront the per- mentj Ned perkins-the boldest fellow in the by the*? Sons of the Thames,” for miles up seeing that'we have rowed in the same boat ? fidious Margaret Maria but for the present house—rushed out pf his room with a lamp and down the river, many o f whom entered ever siAteV'We were able to handle an oar at WaS °Sered> first> to be ,et off altogether, and it was not to be thought of. He felt himself jn one hand and a sw;ord cane in the other. for these ,‘ water-men’s badges with purse of a]]# gold and (loss of) freedom but they turn ed up their pretty noses at all save Joe and Hai;ry Hamilton, two brothers, who were na tives of the same village, and. who, growing up with them, had developed calmly and StillT did not like it; Harry did; - ' I f we win the twenty* pounds there will be only ten to make up,” says heJ'l ! /! ‘,rr: ■ “ Aye,” says I,but if we lose ?” > “ Nothing venture, nothing win,^ \says he, “ toss.” ' J].’— next a fly? pound note in addition, if I would blushing all over in spite of the cold. vT0 drawn ready for combat. Ned flew bt,the say Tvho set me on to commit the trespass; his relief, however, the girls after making oirt but this I steadily refused to do, and so I got that there was nobody in or under the bed, ten days, and Harry ten pounds. j 1 I went to prison and picked oakum he did not seem disposed to enquire into the supposed robber,.and would have seized7her in an instant, if she had not properly sWtfi* returned home and had the'bans put upj tell- mystery of the pantaloons; but Margaret Maria exclaimed .. / v i . ' . / r to faint at the; sight o f his ’ naked sword and naturally from playmates into lovers. .1 ;.. •'.'Two fine young'fellows the Hamiltons So I tossed.- ‘WHeads ” cried he; atid so it mgu6ld Beck and the girls that I had a’ little was ; and so we made the match. were, and well known for skillful and plucky rowing from Henly to Rusherville, but they W e rowed at Mortlake, and a stiff race it job to finish, that would keep ine a: week o^ r f * v * * so, but never mentioning what it was. • And “ I’ll tell you what I will do, Sue* I will dress myself in those clothes, and go into the Widow Slade’s room; She’ll think it’s a man was 5 they were • good plucked ones, those 1 _ _ . , Joe'Added, With A griri, “ TWy don’t know .were not for though they;occasionally Newcastle chaps. . First we forged - aobit now. • I TT-T won considerable sums at different regattas, the money went as money earned in that way will— some in beer and. skittles, the rest in ahead, then they got the lead by a couple of feet, and so on over the whole cour&e/MHow T h e V i c t i m i z e d L o d g e n and won’t she be: frightened.” “ Frightened ?” bands. n 1 No ! She’s had two hus- But do it. ^ Just to see what she will backing themselves for other matches which they did not win. the'people on- the banks and on the' bridges did halloo! 1 I knew at least I very nearly BY PAUL CLAYTON. say “ I will. Here, help me Sue. Ha, ha here’s a hat, too. How kind in somebody to Now, old Beck had no objections to ’ the Hamiltons for sons-in-law.: shut up, for T felt as if my heart would burst; Mr. Benjamin F.J Derby retarded to town leave all his clothes hpre” but just then Harry, who pulled stroke, sung and his lodgings at Mrs,' Covey’s rather soon- Derby.poor dear, present Derby—breathed they were good out, “ Now put on a* last spirt!” I managed enough lads, and all that, he would observe, somehow to answer to the call, and with lour er than he was expected; • It'Wasiate in the I very hard, his heart beat heavily,.and every evening, and having entered‘by means of his nerve shook. What the deuce he was to do but the men who married his daughters must strokes wO'shot ahead of the other* boat, and ^ g bt-key..,and findinS nobod7 -he if Margaret Maria went off with his pants he n- - j » i- ^ • coui(j in no manner determine : and from the be able to keep them as they had been used in three more we were past the winning post. wa^ e(^ tesiurely lip to his room. to being kept. And when Joe and Harry •' ?? Still ten pounds to raise,” grumbled Har- This was the apartment Mr;r Derby Had exceedingly interesting -conversation which always occupied in Mrs/Covey’s house 5 but was going on he knew that his worst fears could each show a werry on the river, and I ry liext day; as we walked along Hampton Zi I fifty pounds in the bank, he would add du- | road 5 for we had left the pair-oared out-rig- | on ^*is occasion, it/ seemed very little like | were to bA realized. plicate boats and fifties, and then'they could ger in which we had rowed thef match at ' Before leaving4own he had carefully j *■ O h ! ain’t it a fit,” cried Margaret Maria. legs, and fallen down in front pf Mr. Derby’$ Her hat now carne off, . her? hair room. streamed down her neck, and Ned recogniz ed Margaret Maria. n . * ■ f Anybody can imagine the scene of confu sion which followed. The imprudent girl ri'dw found herself, surrounded by 1 half a dozen* half-dressed figures, some wondering, some trembling with terror. But it was the sever est cut for Margaret Maria, when the door of Derby’s room opened, and the tall apparition appeared. As soon as the* screaming had subsided, the figure removed its veil. “ Don’t be frightened, Margaret Maria,” he said ; “ it’s nobody but 4your poor, dear, absent Derby.’ That’s all.” : Can you fancy her feelings ? Mr. Derby could, as he entered, the room, again, locked .the door, and went to bed overjoyed at what each take an apprentice and live comfortably and have a Miss Beck. This was the state Richmond, where we hired iti piit away all his clothes in his trunks;* but I *. ' ‘“ Only turn tip the trousers five or six inch- of affairs when I first made the acquaintance “ Yes,” said I, “ what stupids we were not to back- ourselves for a trifle more. \I during his absence other revolutions had been es, and I shall be fixed. Here, black my up- made in the room which gave 1t i quite a dif- per lip with this piece o f coak I shan’t make of the parties concerned, some four or five It was a queer thing, but the 1 smaller the f*ere“ fc a^* years ago, and I came to take great interest sum we, had to make up, the more we thought in this double courtship, for Joe Hamilton is my trainer and special friend. Every morn ing and evening' during my’stay at Paulsham we scull over a certain course together, he preceding me with critical eye atfd constant advice, as “ Don’t pull so much with your arms of the difficulty ’ o f making it,, and the more impatient we became. -Form y part i felt ‘ Not the least disagreeable thitog in the room was darkness. love to yon; low ?” Ha, ha! ain’t I a dashing fel- And Derby icould hear somebody kissing as if I could have doil* almost, anything for able article in the old place; but after knock'- »u§ ^ _ m going home from Cincinnati,, he tried to wise that ten/pounds, so as to go home with the 'ing over an ink bottle, a vase and a ’ snuff A moment after the girls had left the 100m, * 1 ’ . hewassittino* but Mr! Derby had entered , without a lamp, expecting to find that desir- | somebody, and somebody laug^g^ just as if she couldn’t help it. had occurred. He slept soundly and a^voke in the morning as completely cured ’ o f his love for Margaret Maria, as if he had seeff her turned into a grizzly bear. ■ . f J • t | P * € ff A R ailroad I ncident . —Prof. Hamilton the horse-tamer of Hagerstown. Ind., is an original genius, and as fond of a joke as he is of fresh air. The other,day on the train means to have the bans published the very box in his blind search, he concluded that the next Sunday, and get- the whole thing out'of 'wisest course would be to stop swearing and rr n/iioGel £L r Regular Meetings at Penn ‘Yan,;,oii Friday evenings, ton i ovbefoye the Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter. 1 . r* : • • j • .r .-..* , < • ; Put your back more iqto i t ; .Left pull your left,” &c. / I. took a great fancy to Joe the' first ^ime'I over saw him, he was so delightfully blunt and so, free from sycophan cy. l L one’s mind/> I.was just.in th'at^state, when go to bed in the dark. the devil} i f he knew his business, ought-to In put a nice little bait in a man’s way ; and to good humor, Mr. Benj amin To return home do him justice, hOjldpes n o t . often let the op- no very _ _ _ I 1 , 1 * ' t 1 1 , ■\ - ■ r Derby began to undress, after an absence of two weeks, and to be > e: rr\r. ana also at the American Institute for five sue- % ' 1 * f * • I 1 | J 0 \ cessive years, the gold and silver medals from both of which can be seen at our ware-rooms. v- J By the introduction of improvements ^e‘* make a still more perfect Pianoforte, and manufactur- *3?gilargely,7with a -» nri'I/To r,T STRICTLY\ CASH-SYSTEM, ^are enabled to offer these instruments, at a price .wb|ch will preclude, competition, sv•.Don' t' 1 P f e t C E S: No. 1 Seven, Octave, ^ round>7corners, wood,_ Plain Case^ •No^2- Seven Octave, round-corners, 1 Ji/Wbod Heavy Moulding/ ^b.' 3/Sbven Octave; round jporners, wood Louis X I V ;/ Btyle, Rose-', 4*\ r $300 00 Rose-^-^-j.- $325.1)0 Ilbse- ^ * -A ~$35d 00 r, TERMS^Net Cash; in Current Funds. Descriptive Circulars sent free. 1 ^ ^ DUNDEE LODGE, NO. 123. ^ Regular Meetings at Dqndqe, on Friday even- ings, on or before the Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter/ A ?. ' < ^ 0 •. r r,» v t u q - • r ; -v r o f f “ I know;” I-aaid,r bu ; that portunity slip. occasion I put on my jacket, after^y experimental per- . SENECA LAKE LODGE, NO. 308. a ' # J w * ' ** f r A ' (« v i - • f Regular, Meetings at Dresden, on Saturday evenings, ou or before the FulL Moon/ and every two*, weeks thereafter. ',,J •* formances,. and Ashing,. I own, for it compli ment, for/at that time I did noC know it— You may remember, sir, that soon after you have 'Crossed Ashton bridge, there is a Bbliged to go to bed in such \a dismal man ner, almost Wokerhis heart. He might have rung for the servants, it is true ; and too, he path along the riVer by Sir<iWilliam Hastie’s might have reflected-that his friends were ex- “ I know that I am a bad aduller.” place, by following which/ «and crossing* the cusable,- since they did hot expect him ; but , a window in the car where he was sitting, but Derby stole timidly from bis hiding p la c e .- L ould not move i t \ He called the. Conductor Margaret Maria had takeh the lamp and his clothes with her; she had left darkness and her own clothes behind. to assist him, but with no better result. Ini* struck unhappy Derby. A happy thought In all haste he mediately he knocked the pane of glass out with his cane, saying, “ Now we’ll have^a little fresh air.” “ Sir,” said the Conductor, robed himself m Margaret Maria’s gown, c< y ou must pay for that.” « How much¥ then he put her shawl over his shoulders, and 'then threw on her bonnet and veil. His eyes asked the Professor. ■ having been accustomed to the darkness, he could See to do this without much difficulty. “ One dollar,’’answer ed the Conductor. Professor Hamilton pass ed him a two dollar b ill., The Conductor was “ Well, sir,” replied Joe, St isn’t that you r fl't T RUSHVILLE ' LODGE, NO; 377 ■ T . 7 • -r-, 'Regular Meetings at Rushville, on Wednesday evenings,, on or bjefoje, the F_ulL_M.Qoh, and every two weeks thereafter: t r ' 7 -7 T - rv > r r c ar^a^d-so^ller. / ) ■ growling every now and then at having only ferry higher up^you saver pretty, /near two I Mr.^Benjamin F. Dfefby chosetoremainan- miles/» A W hile wef ' going along this path Igryand silent/ Harry was.just^as outsP°kcn as Joes; and UL TElIN YAN R. A.\CHAPTidR; NO. 100. *,»f Regular Meetings 0 a l . P_enn .Yan, ont Monday evenings, on orr’ befQrotn€| Full Mqoii, ^nd every two weeks thereafter.. ,, ^.} yet, thoughHkfe l>air ate \together to gether, and: whenever practicable*, ^worked together, ho one ever heard them squabbling. When they disagreed in opinion, they^xiid I never knew ♦ V xroli not quarrel JERUSALEM COMMANDSRY, they ftossed, p ^ t There was something so r. i r Regular Meetings at jpenn^Yan, on the first Monday after the Full Moon in eaoh month. two such.brothers,«q romantic1n i the simple character of o the On and their love affairs, that watching their for got as rauch as V e had hoped for by otir ex pedition, Harry’s fios^fo'egan to bleed ; so be sat down? on the ^hnk,3' afid berit7ihis head well ^ w a r d to kvoid soiling'his' clothes, while I crammed ;all the keyh and pocket- knives we had about us down Kis backhand f % ^ ^ . f rj* # s • TT r • r - « f r J r r 1 then .stretched myself oh the^grass afid lit i pip* ~ i0 ' *1\:' • “ They* have got new palings along here And- where is Margaret Maria ?’’ mutter-; ed the uHhappy man; u Oh,\faithless daugh ter'of an uhfeelfng l a n d l a d y ! I did’nt eXJ pect this1 frdm You ! When I tore myself laughing up stairs. Margaret Maria in Mr, atmosphere m through a . second \vinflovr.. from your arms two V eeks ago, you protested 7 With tears in your ley es^and'1 perfidy in. your hearty that you tVOQld watch with the anxious lOh,^this looks yOs of loVe, for nay Yet Ur ir l • like it 4- I know; yoxt are making yourself merry \with: sonier fresh iconquest, or, . . . . _ In five minutes he was ready to follow Susan and Margaret Maria. about to hand him back a dollar in change, when the cool tamer of wild animals quietly said : During this'time there, was a great deal of ; Never mind, I’ll take another pane,” and with another stroke o f his cane let, God’s Derby’s attirerwent ~to~ Mrs. Slade’s room, f « Well,”, exclaimed the Conductor, -i-You can . . _ . . _ a _ > . « I i r t * r * # who was a little startled at first, but she took things very; coolly, am til she found it was not not.have any more at that price, cost.” It isn’t flrst a man,:when she virtuously ' gave vent to her V2 indignation. <The adventurers next proceed ed to;the attic, where the girls -were sound asleep^ j ^Susan having gone and placed the iampin^ the:passage, hid: behind the door, as Margaret Maria entered, and awoke Jane Josh Billings says he always advis ed short sermons, especially on a hot SurtdiV. If a i inister can’t strike ile in borings forty mmuteSyhe has either got a, poor gimlet^or else be is boring in the wrong -place. *oa \T * ■!* s • » ■J > !
