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■ GEO. D. A, BRIDGMAN, Editor and Proprietor. 66 ssp) *s 99 TERMS ■—Two Dollars per Tear if paid in Advance. VOLUM E I PEN N Y A N . N /Y .. SA T U R D A Y . J U L Y 1 i. 1866 NUM B E R 15 att I&XIICFSS, | LOCAL DIRECTORY. PENN YAN, YATES COUNTY, N. Y. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY G E O . D . A . B R I D G M A N . 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 T E R M S O F A D V E R T I S I N G ! [A “ Square ” is equal to one inch o f Space.] a One Square 1 week $1 00;Quar. do 2 do 3 do 4 do 5 ,• do 2 ' do 3 do 4 3 i do 5 do *«w 6 do 7 do * 8 do 9 do 12 Two Sqs. do do do .do do 1C 1C cc cc nonths (4 <1 II I t II II 1 week 1 month 3 “ 6 “ 9 L\ . 12 « 1 50 2 00 2 25 2 50 3 00 4 00 5 00 5 50 .6 00 7 00 7 50 8 00 10 00 1 50 3 50 6 00 9 00 12 00 16 00 Col. 1 week do do do do do do Half Col. 1 wee do ^ do do do do One Col. do do do do do li 2 3 6 9 12 1 week 1 month 3 “ 6 “ 9 « i i 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 PENN YAN POST OFFICE. THE MAILS ARRIVE AND CLOSE A T THIS OFFICE AS FOLLOW S : ARRIVE. New York Mail, daily, 9:22 A. M. & 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. ^ New York Mail, daily, ( _ j \ ~ 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, . 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. Letter f r o m the South. We publish the following letter, written by a Lady Teacher in the employ of the Freedman’s Bureau, at the request o f the re cipient. It contains many interesting facts: R ic h m o n d , Ya., Jrine 18, 1866. a 11 §gr D e a r M r s . J u d d ?— Your letter came 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. 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. L e g a l N o tices. —Notices required by law to be published will be charged at the legal rates. . O b i t u a r y -Notices. —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 e N o tices. —Fifty cents each. S p e c ial N o tices —At fifty per cent, in addition to regular rates. ' B u s in e s s N o tices 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 per line for every subsequent insertion. No Business Notices inserted for less than one dollar first insertion, and fifty cents each subsequent insertion. P r i v i l e g e o f A d v e r t isers. —The privilege of 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. JOB PRINTING. We are prepared to do all kinds o f Job PrintingLon the neatest style, on short notice, at reasonable tepms.— OurPrinting Material i s ^ naw^ind o f the latent stylos. We natter ourselves that we have D&tl§r facilities for do ing Jdb Work'tfaan/ any other Printing Office in this section o f country t R A ILR O A D TIM E-TABLES. ; NEW YORK CENTRAL. TRAINS PASS CANANDAIGUA AS FOLLOWS EASTW ARD TRAINS. New York Express, - Local Freight, - - • - ^ - Steamboat Express, - - Buffalo and Albany Express, Sunday Night Express, - WESTW ARD TRAINS.* New York Mail; - x . * **- Local Freight, - - Steamboat Express, . - r - Mail, - - - Sunday Express, - 3 -. 7:15 A. M. 10:30 A. M. 10:00 A. M. 7:35 P. M. 8:20 P. M. 10:30 A. M. 1:50 A. M. ; 4:55 P. M. 10:15 P. M. 10:10 A. M. N. 0. R. R.,— Canandaigua Branch. TRAINS PASS PENN YAN AS FOLLOWS: EASTW A R D TRAINS. requisition—in fact they had nothing to eat. The wind was whistling through the cracks of the cabin, and the children were crying with cold and asking their mother when they should have something to eat. Often we have heeu able to carry these people some of the substantil comforts of life, as our many friends at the North have sent OH T H E IC E . BY CLARA AUGUSTA. quite unexpectedly, vet I was pleased to re- us clothing to cover them, and money to pur- ceive it, and learn that you and your many chase food and delicacies for the sick, and friends-are making such an effort to advance even our friends from across the mighty wa- the cause of the Freedmen, for whpm I feel, ters, in England and Ireland have remember- deeply interested, and among whom I am la boring. -- ' j You ask me to write concerning the con dition of these people, and of my experience among them—which,indeed, has been fraught ed them with many a warm garment. But when these have failed us, a cheering ti<m jn his dark eyes. Lake Anstrice, the skating pond of Whites- town, was a perfect flower garden ; scarlet and purple and amber, and divinest shapes of azure flitting about hither and thither shading curls o f gold and flax and brightest ebony. Silvery laughs rang out high above the sharp click of the skater’s heel, and the soft eye grew tenderly lustrous beneath the fire of other eyes held too dangerously near. Remington Ashe looked on with admira- .word o f sympathy has raised many a despon ding spirit. Surely they have suffered much during the past winter, yet it does not seem with much interest to me, and my only desire remarkable when we stop to consider the is that I may be able to relate a small por- manner in which they were turned away by tion o f it in a manner that will interest you. their- cruel task masters, many of them old I left my New England home the 4th of and decrepit, and almost, if not entirely past October last, and soon after was engaged labor. Then\ taking into consideration the with several other teachers, in organizing scarcity of employment, and the exhorbitant schools on Chimborazo hill, one of- the seven | prices for everything, His but natural, that that compose Richmond, and divided from this, their first year of freedom, should be a the city by a deep and wide ravine, common-1 trying one to them in many respects. * • • Suddenly a little figure shot out from the shore, and sped down the lake like an arrow; now keeping close to the wooded shore, and then gliding like a sunbeam through the midst of the skaters., ' J The scarlet feather iu her cap floated hack behind her, mingling with the black hair, which, escaping from its net. tumbled into * # masses o f glittering rings on her shoulders. He touched the ara Ashe walked home with Asia and obtained permission to call. 4 9 He was there frequently. His stay in Whitestown was prolonged from three davs to a week, and then to a • i fortnight. His business had taken more time than he had thought, he said by excuse. But at length he co'uld stay no longer. His partner had become impatient at his delay, and had peremptorily recalled him. The last day o f his stay he went down to the lake. It was the first o f April, hut the ice had not yet broken up. The old people said it was not safe to ven ture upon i t ; but old folks are prone to croak—and the young people gave them lit tle heed. and by its aid drew himself and his burden to the shore. Asia looked into his face with wide open eyes and a slow crimson stealing over thtf ghastly whiteness of her face. “ Have I won fairly, Asia ?” « Yes, you have won,” she said, averting her eyes. “ I do not hold you unless you will \U Are you mine freely <c And what then ?” she asked softly. <c A sia!” Their eyes met. She flung her arms around his neck and put her face up to his.- “ I give myself to* you, oh, so free! Vernd, did you not know that I have always loved you?” There was quite a crowd on the ice, and | Mr. Ashe returned* to Boston the next day/ near him. of a gentleman standing ly known as “ Bloody Run.” Chimborazo is beautifully situated on a high bluff, commanding a fine view of the James River, which winds gracefully along at its foot, while dotted here and there along its surface are the relics of many a steamer, placed there to impede the progress of our gunboats up the river. - At the time we commenced our work in Richmond, there were about ninety long, low wooden «<Chim’, formerly used by thq^ebels as a rmi|Hary Jiuspital,and constructed^??! Let me tell you of the little girl, eight years old, who who was driven from her old home, with her brother two or three verrs older. This is her story in her own words : , “ Massa Willum tol’ .us to go ’long an’ do de bes we could ; better go ’ long’ bout town, an’ find our Fader. So we went wandering all ’ long by de riber, an’ de colored manon de eoal boat seed us, stopped de boat, an’ took us on to Richmond. Den we went wander ing all ’about till we we found aunt Fanny.” This poor womamjunable to provide for her “ Who is she, Churchill ?’ among them Asia Vance. Churchill came soon afterwards.. * Asia had never been gayer. She glided up to the two gentlemen mentioned and chal lenged them to a race. Ashe’s eyes glittered meaningly. . “ What shall be the stake which we con tend for, Miss Vance?” r i Verne Churchill’s dark cheek showed a “ Whatever J™ Pleaso” she «»»wered Mail, 8 Fq^tTrain, 11 Exfr^ss, 3 Accom.V*v^r-^ Freight, 9 10 A. M. 16 P. M. 07 P. M. 47 PymT 0FA< M. nwTnef* clapboar a^mai * nlasi anner: ow rudest .^©ggvbl without nor p Altered ?n hunth^t_took these^fttie^ran^g^ rs iippand from the stkfityJtore,. pieced-u^l « y es ” e little girl a blanket about three fourths BUSINESS CARDS. W ESTW ARD TRAINS. Accom., 9:22 A. M. E x p ress-----1*52 P. M. V . J U T 7 * 8f2<i P. M. yfthin, and in three or these we openedCqur Fa^VTrain, 3:0 0 ^ 3 l Jchqols. the remainder being occupied by a yard square, out of twenty different Freight, 12:10 P. MT| ^ qq refugees, from all parts of the South, pieces, of all sizes and colors. who had fled from their old homes with no touch of crimson. ... : > f i u Which one?” i • . * ; u As if there were more than one ! She with the scarlet feather aud velvet sacque the queen of them all.” “ Oh ! that is Asia Vance.” <£ Asia ! / What a name ! How came she by i t ? ” \ * V V , “ A conceit of her father’s I have been told.” ;• ‘ : . \ “ Hump! An odd fancy ! Do you know saucily. It “ Very well. I accept the condition, shall be yourself, if you please.” She blushed, but was too spirited to re tract. “ So be it. But. you must catch me fairlv. I claim that.” “ Right. We are both gentlemen I think,” bowing to Churchill, who stood a little ways apart. without calling to hid Asia good bye. V • Saturday Evening JMarlcat • * » * — • Who is there thtft does uot refer with pleasure to the many pleasant associations of Saturday night? The farmers, the me chanics, the tradesmen, the professional men, all—all turn with gratefulness to the asso ciations of Saturday night. The race for the week is then ended— the struggle with the outside world is then* ovef, and armed with the wages of industry, they seek at an early hour their homes. There the members ot the household assemble from their different call ings, and the prulent housewife makes her reckonings and prepares for the Saturday evening market. The servant girls, boarding-house mis- “ Allons!” she said gaily ; but spite of her light tone, there was a sober light in her byupseldom seen there ; she realized she was “ Introduce^me, please. cannot return a desper^te^game. ih A STEAMER a. R. YOUNGS In answer to our enquiries as to what she ought to he as sweet as silver bells to accord Will on and after Tuesday, May 14th, leave remuneration for their long years o f toilsome did at “ Massa W illiam ’ s,” she smartly an- 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, Penn Yan. . 1 Geo. D. A . Bridgman, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. ALL KINDS OF Job Printing such as Hand-Bills, Circulars, . Cards, Labels, Bill-Heads, Ball Tickets, Ac., executed with neatness and dispatch, at the Ex press Office. Offic'e in the Tunnicliff Building, Corner Main and Jacob-sts., up the iron stairs. S. H . Welles, LAW OFFICE, MAIN STREET, TWO DOORS South o f Oliver Stark's Bank. Also Life, Fire, Marine and Accident Insurance Office. Capital! and Assets over $13,000,000. 1 I 0 0 Morris B row 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 - - - - _ . . . - . - - M. W . Eastm an & Son, 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- den, Yates County, N. Y. Will attend to all calls in this line of business, with prompt, ness and dispatch. 1 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. 1 D . B. Prosser, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Penn Yan, N. Y. Office first stairs below Oli ver Stark's Banking Office. - - » 1 Jere. S. Reed, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE 3 d DOOR South of thev Post Office, Main Street, Penn Yan, N. Y. AU Work Warranted to give satis faction. Charges moderate. 1 Penn Yan, Hammondsport, 9:30 A. M. 1:00 P. M. service perhaps in the cotton field or rice I swelled, “ Oh, I waits on de table, sweep up save the few threadbare garments de house, arid wash up dishes.” YATES COUNTY 0FFI0ERS. Judge and Surrogate —WILLIAM S. BRIGGS. Justice for Sessions —ELI FOOTE. Sheriff— JOSEPH F. CROSBY. Deputy Sheriff —EZEKIEL W. GARDNER. Clerk —SAMUEL BOTSFORD. Deputy Clerk —ALFRED REED. At 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. swamp- that barely covered their bodies. Owing to some delays in arranging school- W e clothed her, and in removing her stockings, which had probably not been tak- des ^ , T , , wotfTsfttd-Again, what if to Boston without hearing her voice. It had Churchm won ? She dared ^T think, _ le . she should recede. with her face and figure.” “ I see no opportunity at present to gratify your desire,” said Churchill, somewhat cold ly- tresses, hotel-keepers, rich and paorf betfi their footsteps to the market. See thefrf nofy they stow away for the Sa_hbatn feast, steaks, sirloin^chops, flesh, fisn, fowl, vegetables, infinuwm; and nmrk/ as they pass from stall to stalllthe kiria expression o f face that says, “ Peace oirearth and good will to men.” | . a, P . . ,, . A . Readeyif you are mourning for man’s in- \ . . A , , v • , gratitude to man, if yon are soured at the went straight up the lake towards the head - - J playing' What selfishness of human nature, by all means go waters. The gentlemen followed her. As tQ th{j gaturday evening market> rooms, our school did not get fairly started en from her feet since they were placed there till the-middle of the month, and then we months before, we found the fibres of the found ourselves with 350 scholars, and the wool so closely adhered to her flesh, that it wildest creatures I ever saw. Many of them was with difficulty they were removed, had never been inside a schoolhouse before, This little girl, homeless and friendless, and consequently knew not a single letter, has been sent to the north*, and we rejoice to “ We will' seek the opportunity, then. Buckle on your skates; we will overtake her.” yet none o f the party exerted themselves. They glided easily, saving their strength for the final contest. Swifter and swifter flew They are dissipated as they are prosper ous in life, and humble as the portion may look to those more affluent, it is destined to “ That is easier said than. done.. For Miss figurie of the girl, the distance be- g]aj(jen a household, for as next to eating said Ashe ; and presently the two gentlemen PeoP,e cal,ed out l° them that U wa3 dan‘ T0W N OFFICERS. Benton — Jonx 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. Fox, Supervisor; J oel M. C lark , Town Clerk. Jerusalem — P hineas P ark er , Supervisor; D a vid H. P arish , Town Clerk. Milo — J ohn C. S cheetz , Supervisor; H enry T. H ermans , Town Clerk. Middlesex — T homas U nderwood , Supervisor; O l - nor had the slightest idea of what was re quired of them. But we were not to be dis couraged, and soon they conceived some idea of order, and manifested a strong desire to do right and become wiser and better. • t hear that she is with a kind family in Mas sachusetts. * But already I have written you too lengthy a letter. ' I have witnessed so much since be ing in Richmond, that H is hard to write the They progressed rapidly, and soon we most interesting facts.. .p ^ were able to form classes, and to hear our Should this letter, so hastily thrown to- pupils reading for themselves in the small | gethc^ prove acceptable, I may— if you de sire it—write you again, at some future tithe. I trust your friends will, with you, contin- The cause Words. To assure you that colored children are capable of learning, I need only say that a ue in your good and noble work, large number of my pupils, between the ages of educating and elevating the Freeimen is set out. in pursuit of her. Both started w e ll; Ashe a little more bright perhaps; bnt Churchill was his supe rior in endurance. Asia saw them coming and divined their motive. It pleased her to allow them to overtake her. They passed a little by, then turned and met her Her brilliant eyes softened slightly as they met the expression in Churchill’s, and a little conscious rose-color flushed her cheek. He gerous to go so near the mouth of Rock Riv er, the principal tributary, but they did not I heed the warning. They were too muen ex cited to think' o f peril. ; v‘ * ‘ ' On went Asia, the scarlet feather stream- r iv e r S. B uckley , Town Clerk. - ---------- -------- r r— , --------- - 0 - . — ...................... ......... 0 ------ ,.0 — - ------------------. . , .. , . , ~ Potter — J areb D. B ordwell , Supervisor; A sh - sjx au(j twe]ve wfi0 knew not a single let- a ju s t one, and merits the sympathies o f a l l . * ouc e ^ e ain ^ ar? in 1 s so > le y M c D onald , Town Clerk. 1 ’ & i > j i . ................................ Starkey—H ers c hel 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 owney , Town Clerk. Ul OlA aUU I Vi l CIVC WUU R1JCVY UUl O i S ilicic I C I i - I a J L I D l UUC. < U i UUC>IftUllCO 1CIS U U b S H I Vs A X . j j . l ' o I / w * » P M il j1 1 ter when I commenced teaching them, are “ Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou | u ,^ „ l ? a.u * just finiishing the National First Reader, and shalt find it after many days.” Vance is a swift skater.” - . tween er an er fo lowers materially length-1 some^ ng g00d is a surety of having sotne- “ At least there is no harm in trying it,” en^ ’ ai^ e ^e£an^ earnest.^ thing good to eat; the eye turns pleasantly and the nostrils expand pleasingly upon the bulk and savory scent o f a Saturday evening basket. ‘ • 9 Note the face of the little white-haired urchn as he sees stowed away what is known to be his own choice bits, and upon his re turn with glowing hands holds up to the ravished eyes and tickled stomachs o f broth ers and sisters what has been bought at the Saturday evening market. There you will here those pleasant greet ings, those kind expressions that tell o f good will and kind feelings. The better feelings of the human heart are allowed to develop* themselves, and as good humor is contagious ing out behind her like a war flag, and her silvery laugh o f defiance now and th^n float ed back to the The color and texture of the ice was differ- will go into the Second Reader in a very few VILLAGE OF PENN YAN. President — S tafford C. C leveland . Trustees — S eymour T racy , H iram B irdsall , J ames S. P ow e l l , 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 a r l . Treasurer — J ohn E llsworth . Police Constable — F rederick P oyneer . RELIGIOUS SERVICED M. E. CHURCH, CORNER MAIN AND CHAPPEL-STS. I am, truly your friend, V ’i . * / 1 • , . * M. J. COOK. Mrs; C* G. J u d d . - * ; v days. • ; . . , - Another class from ten to fiften years old, that was reading in words of two and three letters, is now in the Second Reader, and be fore I go home I hope, to' see them fairly I p recollect once there was a dispute be- Tlie M o s t B e a u tiful H a n d . “ This is Mr. Ashe o f Boston, Miss Vance.” . She acknowledged the introduction with gay courtesy. Ashe was fully a match for her in small talk, and .the acquaintance pro gressed rapidly. The two, so lately strangers, whirled off ent here.' It was dark, and they could see the water gliding steadily beneath} Still they would not hesitate to follow where she dared to lead them. f ■ \ Asia swept aronnd the last point) o f land out into the broadest part of the lakri, oppo site the mouth of Rock River. The gentle- men followed. Ashe was ahead : Chbrchill was a little behind, and not so agile. Ashe’s handsome face gleamed an<l his eyes sparkled as he sped on, the ice bending together, leaving Churchill to return or fol- beneath his weiSht> and the water bubblin« started in the Third Reader. * Exercises in Geography and Arithmetic tweemthree ladies, which had the most beau tiful hand. One sat by the stream and dip- have been introduced, and they show' won-1 pe(j her hand in the water and held it up ; drful ability in computing numbers. loto at his lesiure. He hesitated a moment and tl^en he joined 0 Maud Eastford. _*r‘ ; . * . ^ . fT.. * Maud,was unusually brilliant that day. through the air holes with a hoarse sound. He knew how insecure was his footing, he knew the risk he ran ; but Asia, a little be fore him beckoned him on. let all go to the Saturday evening market. See the little woman with the big basket; give her pleanty of sea room, for that basket is freighted with the hopes of a boarding % house. Watch the smile of approbriation from the fat boarder as she bears in triumph the unctious basket before hi9 window; and old tray wi.gs his tail, and his eyes brighten as she passes into the kitchen. The little cnildren are standing at the door to welcome Bridget; and Becca, loaded to the guards, another plucked strawberries until the,ends The keen air had coiored her pale cheeks He made an attempt to advance ; but the has(safely anchored her cargo, bought at the _ _ . — . . _ — _ _ ^ ^ _ A a A Y a a A I a a a a _ A Y a 4? 4 4 i t k t A A a A A A ^ A tk This, I think, will compare very favorably 0f fi6r fingers w*erepink ; and the third gath- with our Northern Schools. ered violets until her hands were fragrant.- Of course our pupils are interested in their An old haggard woman passed by and asked Jp?'reS* Rev. D. D. B uck , Pastor. - Services every Sunday at 10£ A. M., and 7:301 school, else they would not have progressed I « W fio will give me a gift, for I am poor ? ” P . Bla scarlet, and her blue eyes flashed like sap- Maud and Asia were rival beauties. One 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. so rapidly ; but to prove it another way : All three denied her, but another who sat They were close by a wuoded island, of Maud’s skates had become loosened. She Last winter, after the cold snowy, days made nearj unwashed in the stream, unstained with their appearance, one of our teachers.noticed J fru^ an(j unadorned with flowers, gave her a that a certain little boy watf missing ftvery | gift and satisfied the poor woman. And seated herself on a,fallen log, while Church ill arranged it. tf* — • .* ' *. • Just then Asia and Mr. Ashe swept by.* recess, and his brother found in his place, then she asked them what was the dispute; I ^ “ r ^ i^saw the bright flush on Asia’sface, r~v: - - Norris’s — — „ BILLIARD HALL, NO. 13 MAIN STREET, Penn Yan, N. Y. Choice Brands o f Cigars and Tobacco always on hand. 1 GROVESTEEN & CO., PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURERS ■ 499 BRO ADW AY, N EW YORK. T h e a t t e n t i o n o f t h e p u b l i c 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, French grand action, harp pedal, iron frame, over-strung bass, etc., and each instrument being made under the personal supervision of Mr. J. H. Grovesteen, who has had a practical experience of over thirty years in the manufacture, is fully war ranted in every particular. The “ Grovesteen Piano-Forte” Received the highest award of merit over all others at the Cel ebrated World's Fair, where were exhibited instru ments from the best makers o f 4$ LONDON, : ^ PARIS, ■'••• — . GERMANY, V : . PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, . -> ;*. • BOSTON ANfi NEW YORK; and also at the American Institute for five suc cessive years, the gold and silver medals from both o f which can be seen at our ware-rooms. By the introduction of improvements we make a 8 tilt more perfect Piano-Forte, and manufactur ing largely, with a . j ; STRICTLY.CASH SYSTEM, are enabled to offer these instruments at a price which will preclude competition. . , h * < PRICES: - No. 1 Seven Octave, round comers, Rose- BAPTIST CHURCH, MAIN-ST. Rev. E. P. B righam , Pastor. Sunday services at 10:30 A. M., and 7:30 P. Mi Prayer Meeting on Tuesday and Thursday Upon enquiring, she learned that they only had one pair of boots between them, and so > evenings. Sunday School at the close of the service.- - - ___ PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MAIN-ST. wood, Plain Case, No. 2 Seven Ocfavp, round corners, -n wood Heavy Moulding* No. 3 Seven Octave, round comers, wood Louis X IV ., style, $300 00 Rose- $325300 Rose- $350 00 Rev. D avid M agie , Pastor. Services every Sunday at 10J A. M*, and 74 P. M. Meetings Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Sunday School at the close of morning service. ST. m a r k ' s CHURCH, MAIN-ST* * Rev. T. F. W ardw ell , 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 , pine - st . , T * ****** j * * v . ▼ ^ . 0 0 — * * ^ ^ k Rev. D. E nglish , Pastor. •* Services on the first and third Sundays of each month. * • \» ' ; . - v . * . First Mass at 8 A. M.; Second Mass at 11 A. M. Vespers at 4 P. M. i Sunday School at 3 P. M. MASONIC. ■ ' \V 0 a 0 * ¥ , • * M * ( ^ ^ r ^ ♦ # • MILO LODGE, NO. 108. .3. Regular Meetings at Penn Yan, on Friday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter. *• * • 1 •'* * • ■ ’• L . ; • 1 * ' t ] , , / < • r J 1 - \ DUNDEE LODGE, NO. 1 2 3 . / 1 ^ 2 ? Regular Meetings at T)undee, on Friday even ings, on or before the Full Moon, and two weeks thereafter. * . SENECA LAKE LODGE, NO? 3 0 8 . Regular Meetings at fDresden, on Satufday evenings, on or before tbifFull Moon, and every two weeks thereafter. • - * k — • ■ a r .. . RUSHVILLE LODGE, Noi'377 ? . . Regular Meetings at Rushville, on- Wednesday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, and every two weeks thereafter. . i* PENN YAN R. A. CHAPTER, NO. 100. Regular Meetings at—Penn-Yany-on-Monday evenings, on or before the Full Moon, an^every two weeks thereafter. ■ ~ ^ + - they were obliged to change, that both might come to school and read. ... In my school, many little fellows waded orning j through the cold sleet every morning, with out even a covering to their ieet, while oth ers came with rags wound around theirs. Four evenings in a week, we held a night school, for the benefit of those who labored and they told her, and lifted up their beauti ful hands. “ Beautiful, indeed,” said she, as she saw them ; but when they asked her which was the most beautiful, she said : “ It is not the hand that is washed clean in the brook ; it is not the hand that is tipped with red ; it is not the hand that is garlanded with fragrant flowers 5 but it is the hand that % gives to the poor which is the most beautiful hand.” And as she said the w*ords her wrin- stood before them an angel from heaven, and having authority to decide their dispute. Theodore Tilton. F orce o f H abit .— There is an Eastern through the day.. It is a splendid sight to | k]es fledj her gtaff was thrown'away) and she see the old uncles and aunties bending1*over their books, side by side with their children, and as you speak to them about their stud ies, hear them exclaim, with tears in their eyes , cc Tank de Dork, I’se allers prayed fur dis yer time to. come, and now I hopes to read mv Bible ’ fore I dies.” :-K/ . 0 i . But I will not dwell longer on this subject for all of my experience has not been in the school room, and you may be pleased to hear something of my duties outside. •These 1,500 refugees, previously referred . ■ i * _ _ r . ^ i _ _ . to, who have been thrown upon, the cold charity of the world, homeless and friendless have' certainly deserved our warmest sym pathies, and we have spent many an hour during the past season, in visiting .them in their destitution. and caught something of the subtle fascina tion in Ashe’s dark gray eyes. * And he, who had loved with his whole soul Asia Vance for three years,\had never been ableto win from her a smile half, so tender as that which how wreathed her?face fgp this stranger.,, o:\r r - • • v Churchill’s thoughts were bitter. Perhaps his countenance expressed something Of what was passing within. Maud Lent toward him one curl of perfumed gold touching his hot cheek 1 What a sweet voice she had! “ What troubles you, Mr. Churchill ?’’ For a moment the man i a s tempted. He looked up into her beautiful face so near his own thot he could have touched the scarlet tale of a magician 'who discovered by his in-1 lips with his. T & ^ 1 ! < « . i * 1 1 * . . . cantation that the philosopher’s stone lay on Maud loved him, and: Asia was a cold and » l 1 I B 1 . the bed of a certain river, but was unable to heartless coquette.0 - * ' . ? determine its locality definitely. He there- He took the hand thafcl Maud had laid on fore strolled along the bank with a piece of his shoulder, and half encircled her waist iron in *his hand, to which he applied succes sively all the pebbles he found. As one af- with his arm, but his native truth conquered. Because one woman flirted be would not be ter another they produced no change in the I false to himself. So3he answered Maud very metal, he flung them into the stream* / At | quietly : ice cracked beneath his feet 5 there was an Saturday evening market, unmistakable roat* all around ; the water Ob, for a life of Saturday nights and a was ankle deep ; and it was frighfully eyi- jubilee o f markets, there to find the opiate dent the lake was breaking up. the relaxant, the balm, to cure the sicknesa He had heard the, country people tell how of an over-taxed mind. very suddenly this was sometimes accom plished ; but he had faintly realized it until DOW.,,-v; •- ; •; 4T /,,*.. ; .“ Good God !” he cried,<£ all is lost!” . v To go on was death. He was not. ready to sacrifice himself for the chance o f out-skat ing Asia Vance. R evolutionary A necdote .— Mr. B., a iriferchant o f Providence, Rhode Island, and a man quite celebrated afterwards for his liberality and public^pirit, was the owner o f a most fortunate privateer, which sailed out- of Providence. On one occasion, when she. He turned quickly, and like lightning he J ^ unshipped a cargo * o f sugar, &c,f glided back to where the ice was yet intact, from a very rich prize, in rolling it in-' gathered his breath for an instant, and then |to yar^> one ° f hogsheads stove and a quantity of sugar fell out. A pool wdman in the neighborhood, seeing the disaster Van* and filled her apron. Mr. B., from the loft made for the shore. S0 0 0 0 W • Churchill’s eagle eye took in the scene at a glance. His breath came quick, and his heart beat like the billows o f the sea.. And now his great strength served him. Over the yielding ice he glided on, gaining percep tibly on the scarlet feather. A moment more and he should be beside lifer. . Suddenly she stopped, transfixed with, hor ro r : At last she realized the deadly peril o f her position. _ r-j: ^ : I el * of his store, called out to her, “ \What are you doing there ?” The poor woman looking up The retort answered, “ Privateering, sir.” was so forcible that that the merchant imme diately made her a present o f the entire hogs~ head. ------ —*— — A. T. S tewart the R ichest M an nr the C ountry .—The internal revenue re- I — r . Churchill strained every nerve, never for turns of New York show that the income o f a second losing sight of the graceful figure, Alexander T. Stwart last vear was four mil- last he hit upon the object of his search, arid the irno became gold in bis hand. But alas! he had become so accustomed to the “ touch 2“ Thamk y 6u .rM N o thing1 troubled me. . j ,., — — ■ — — * Shall we join the company ?” * 1 Arid piqued and1 and disappointed, Maud , .?We found many of them 1 and go ” movement, that the real stone was I assented; with none of the comforts of life, not even I involuntarily thrown into the river and lost a chair to sit upon nor a bed to lie in, and I to him forever. during the cold days—when the thermometer I the fate o f the coquette? This story .well allegorizes ! She has tried and . — I 1 • 1 » . - — ■ • ■ ■ ' ■ ■ 1 a . . i a a 1 ' ■ . * •. — | I S . Asia, little 'coquette that she was, could not be unmindful of the, attractions of Mr. Ashe. His blonde face,. with its ’ golden stood several degrees below zero—it was not discarded so many hearts, that at length she brown beafd arid hair, would have won the TERMS— Net Cash, in Current Funds. Descriptive Circulars sent free. 1 C JERUSALEM COMMANDBRY, NOr if»7~ ' Regular Meetings at. Penn Yan, on the first Monday after the Full Moon in each month. * uncommon to find families -without a stick of 4 4 * 4 . 4 wood or a mouthful to eat/ —- I! ‘ In one ward a woman was* found bedding over a few dying embers^ with five_half-clad childr^ around her, and a dying child in^her arms.. .-, A poor: apology of a bedstead.with a tattered army blanket constituted, the bed**; ding1 for the entire family. . Two or^three old tin plates and a frying pan were lying about but there was no occasion to bring them into throws away the right one fro habit, v. 1 : , i • * * • J J » r F % 0 m A % J t f 9 * * •» * ^ p Douglass /Jerrold calls women’s arms, “ the serpents that wind about a man’s neck, killing h ig hest resolutions.’^1* The | . 0 a . 04^ * M * • ^ * u oldest inhabitant! ’^says he, don’t object to them kind.of serpents, a Vir s '-: '**0 i c ' t s s • He who - leaves duty undone .will soon find himself undone. pure force of love o f almost' any susceptible young lady. Asia liked the courteous deference of his manner, and she was net averse to reading the admiration . expressed in his eves ; and besides,-his marked Attention made the other ^ wt f . _t* a f t f 0 * ¥ % - ^ ^ ^ ^ belles spiteful towards ber, and Asia Jiked that? She, did care bow- -hard_tjie, other girla.5 felt Against -her- y she- k nev^ that her bright eyes would more than set that all right with the other sex. standing so frigidly erect amid the roar arid tumult all around. h a s: «*;A . Another instant, and it seemed hours to him, he had thrown his arm around her. - - ~** I have won you !” cried he, hoarsely. ?* She was white as death arid her still fingers clung to his arm with a grip of despair. tc Oh, Verne !” she crife'd, “ we are lost;” *<£ We must trust to the wateri ' See ! :3t is growing deeper!” lion seven hundred and eighty thousand dol lars, the tax thereon, at ten per cent, being four hundred and seventy-eight thousand dol lars. This is undoubtedly the largest income. iA the United States, and probably there are not manv that exceed it in the world. Even as he spoke, his feet were swept from under him; the whole \ mass o f ice heaved 4 a.a f 0 0 * I and groaned; and then the large cakes drift ed tumultuously around. - - * 0 4 0 • • * • 4 0 + t W 0 > 4 0 Churchill was a strong swimmer, and he battled bravely for the victory. Sometimes it seemed as i f he must go down, but his will was like iron and his.strength indomitable. He fought his way through those A negro driver o f a coach in Texaff, stopped to get some water for the young la dies in the carriage, and being asked whatl he stopped for, answered; “ la m watering mv flowers.” Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; aud comr raon sufferings are strouger links than com mon joys. _ .. : cakes of ice, .torn and-bleeding, but:neveiL humbugs despairing. v . *i 'I'/cz.:.;/.. 1 At last he caught the 3plia.nt branch of a willow which swept far out over the water, Ji£/g£*There are many millions o f bugs in this coun):ryj but the most numerous are tho The way to get a good wife-^ge| good girl and go to the parsorw s N • «
