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The Lewis County Democrat! I'l/BI.IBHKl) KYKRY WEDNESDAY, hX I rfAlVVULK&PHELPS. i KUITOI13 AN!) PROPRIETORS Office, 66 Main-street, lowville, N. Y Terms of Subscription. Two DoM.Aii8u.yeiu 1 if puid in advance. It not paid within tho year, i'lFrv UKNTS addition.' ul will bo charged. Poor, disabled soldiers, mid dvuilpid old men, who uiinnot uli'ord to support a paper in their iuiuily, upon leaving their mimes ut this ollice will rcocivo an occasional copy grutuoush. Terms of Advertising. Twelve Lines niako a Square, and where an advertisement is less than a square, it isuharg- cd as one, unless u special agreement is made in the contrary. •Space. | 1 w.|!2 w.|l iu.|2 m.|SJlu.|6 m. |lyr i square. jr6o|a.oo|a'.6u|4rBo]8.oofio.oo|ioT6b 2 squares |\2.0u|8.0o|4.\60|?.o'()|9,()()|l2'.ob|T8nb S squares'! 2.o6|4.UU|o\CO|^U0fl'2TuuH400|2200 i-TolumiiT | 4.67J|e.oo|y.uu|iruuiuou|i8uoj.si)6u i column ] 0.(JOJ8.UU|12O(l|lu(JO|2bui.'J26U0|4eb6 l^olumn.|1000|1400|18UO|22U()|3bu6|St)duiiJcob LSADKD SPECIAL NI LEWIS COUNTY DEMOCRAT rales. Transient ad™l oics double tho above risers one-third advance of the above. Notices inserted as News Matter twenty cents first line, every subsequent line fifteen cents. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the publishers, until all arrearages are paid Job Printing 1 . Our facilities for Job Printing are not sur- passed in the county. To this branch of the business we pay particular attention, und be- • pe we can give good satisfaction to all who [vur us with their patronage. f BUSINESS CARDS. €11 AS. W. BDKDHK, M. U. PHYSICIAN <k SURGEON, OFFICE NO. 88 STATE STREET, RESI- aenca No. BO State-Street, one door South of the Baptist Church, Lowville, N. T. H. »\ lilJLlIOUJN, M. JDV PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, 01 OQIIAN, N, Y., Has permanently located at this pluce for the praetiee of his profession, and will promptly attend to the sick at all hours of the day and night, 10 C. ». IJUOD, M.JJ>. PHYSICIAN & SUliGKON. PKIt-MANKNT JIESIDKNOK, I'xru.xjxr. jxr.-y. II. SIIltAUIl, FASHIONABLE HAIR DRESSER AND SHAMPOONER, Will put razors in order,and keeps thobest quality for sale. Perfumeries of all kinds. Shop over A, JI. Waters & Co's Clothing store Lswville, N. Y. 'ii.\s>. \iwmatuKiiiL AT1'@RXEYA COUNSELOR AT LAW, Solicitor and Councollorin Equity. Lowville,Lewis County. U£Mifit.¥ E. i'UEtfVEK, ATTORNEY AN D COUNSELOR AT LAW, Lowville, Lewis County, N, Y. O.lioo in the Leonard block. n8 JK»\V1KI> DJcCARTY, ATTORNEY AND COURSELOR AT LAW, Constableville, Lewis County, N. Y. Oflicc in Thompson's Block. 20 joii^ as. 'ffiaiAHi', ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Office in Doig Block, Lowville, Lewis county, ST. Y. Particular attention given to Bank- ruptcy Cases in the United States District Courts. 80t JDJBWJGY & TALCOTT, A TTORNEYS & CO UNSEL OPS A T LA W, AND NOTARIES PUBLIC. Fin and Life Insurance Agents, LOWVILLE, N. Y. . WORTH IiEWSY. 9 LEON TALCOTT EDWAKD A. BStoivN, Jr. TORNEY <k COUNSELOR AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OWVILLE, LEWIS COUNTY, N. Y. e over 68 State Street. Particular utten- n to Collections and Conveyancing. 6 ~~n. wn iTi A 7m s'V~ (Successor to Mudy & Williams) HOTOGKAPIIIO STUDIO, No. 12 TIMUTT'S BLOCK, UTICA, N.Y. ntrance between 70 and 81 Genesee Street. Calland&ee the New Rembrandt Pictvrt VOL. XV. NO NORTH, NO SOUTH, NO EAST NO WEST ; BUT THK UNION AND THK CONSTITUTION. NOW AND KOHKVKItl' LOWVILLE, R T. \WEDNESDAY JULY 12, 1871 NO. 49 flULLElt'H HOTJ2JL, /-• li E N CII S E T T L E M li N T, 11. V. MILLER, I'ROI'BIETOII. This old-estab- lished hotel hus every accommodation that tho traveling public can denre. Pleasure paities will find this an excellent resort. 22 House and Sign Painter, AND GIIAINER, Lowville, IN . \V. PAINTING of any kind done promptly and to the entire satisfaction of all. Particular at- tention given to graining. 40 TOWN l$OT\r>« for feJAXOK. THE UNDERSIGNED WILL HELL $30,000 of the town of Wilua, Jefferson County, issued to aid in the extension of the Ut.ica & Black Kiver Railroad. These Bonds are very desirable to invest money in. They are good beyond any doubt. The interest will be paid semi-annually and the holder can always realize cash on them when wanted better than on any other security. They are far less trouble than bonds and mortgages, and while the interest is payable often and with more certainty ; they are safer as a rule. '. hey can be had in various denomina- tions of DKWITT C. WEST. Lowville, Aug. 29, 1870. 4tf Portable Stone GRIST MILL! THE SUBSCRIBER WOULD RESPECTFUL- ly inform the citizens of this vicinity that he has put in at his shop One-half mile we*t of the Poor House, in the To-wii ol\ JLiowville, a fir»t-class portable stone Grist Mill, with which he is prepared to do CUSTOM GRINDING at the most Liberal Prices. Those wishing Feed, Graham Flour, &c, ground, will consult consult their interest by bringing it here. The mill will grind 20 to SO bushels of grain per hour, the water-power i s ample, and satisfaction is guaranteed. 49tf AUGUSTUS WOOD. Lowville, N. Y. May 17, 1871. EARL, ALLEN & TAYLOR, PROPIUETORSOF S'uani Plaining & Saw Mill, OomstaTMevillo, 3N. Y. Manuf.ictarersofiSas/t > i?oors,i?Zin<?s 1 .rt/bj<M. ings, Brackets, Windows and Door Frames, Bal- usters, Cheese Boxes, Tobacco Cases, tbc, drc. Dealers in all kinds of Pine, Hardwood, Lum- ber and Timber, Ceiling Clapboards, Flooring, Shingles, Lath and Posts, ot which a large as- sortment is constantly kept on hand. Oav doors are all manufactured from the best kiln dried lumber, which includes Pine, Chestnut, Oak und Black-walnut, Ornamental Sash, Doors, Show Case and Store Fronts made to order. A Price list of Sash, Blinds and Doors, sent to any address. IS LANPUJJB HOUSE, LO WYILLE, N. Y. nN N. GREEN, Proprietor, (Former propri- etor ot Union Hotel, Antwerp.) 37 AIUIiUlCIAIV HOTEL, (Near R. R. Depot,) BOONVILLE, N. Y. . VINACA, PROPRIETOR. This new house is now open to the traveling public. It is com- modious and has extensive barns and sheds. Charges always reasonable. A gentlemanly porter always in attendance at the depot. 9 HKJJLrBUHT IlOUSE, BOONVILLE, N. Y. G. A. MAY, ProPRiETOR. First-class accommo- dations and reasonable rates is tne plan on which this house is conducted. 9 HUBBARD'S HOTEL., PRUSSIAN SETTLEMENT, CROGHAN LEWIS COUNTY, N. Y. i. R. HUBBARD, Proprietor. Thebestaccom- medations to be found at this hotel for the traveling public—careful attention, good sta- bling,&o. Passengersconveyed to and from the ateamboatlanding. The best facilitiesfor hunting and fishing parties can be found at this bouse, and excellent guides provided when desired. 48tf JACKMAN HOUSE, (Fronting on Court and Arsenal sts.) WATERTOWN, N. Y. Stages leave this House for all parts, daily. E. W. PETERSON, Proprietor. TlAVIfS HOUSE, _ SMI'IHS LANDING, LEWIS CO., N. Y. B. DAVIS, Proprietor. The Proprietor has his Barns and Sheds nil completed and fitted UB in the bestof style for the accommodation ifclie traveling public. \JLB - V'i 8 II© U SE\. ~ (LateBrown's Hotel,) G^.JR.VCX3:jA.€3rJSS r JST. \ST. R E PAIRED AND REFURNISHED THROUGH- eut. 0. S. LEVIS, Proprietor. Baggage conveyed between the House and Boat free of charge. Stages leave this House daily for all parts of the country. ftlRBY HOUSE, COURT STREET, WATERTOWN, N, Y UNCLE' BEN\ JAOKMAN, PROPRIETOR,— \ Uncle Ben\ having sold his entire interest in the \ Old Jackmaii House,\ and purchased the Klrby House, which he has put in the best order, will always be found on hand, at home. Free Hack to and from the Oars. . ZECIKW1TZ' HOTEL, ~ FRENCH SETTLEMENT, N. T. WM. ZESEWITZ, Proprietor. This hotel ha bee* recently built acd has excellent accom modatlons for the traveling public. Fishing and hunting parties will find this An excellent Resort. Sportsmen's goods kept on hand. 19 H 1 O B\TTir~H OTEL, GLEN8DALE, N. Y. D. 8. HIGBY, RaopwiroR. Ample accommo- ^.IIX? *1 m ?. n * nd b ° Mt - Conveyances J^rotonod for all parti on reasonable terms. 20 MISSES JONES & E1ST0N, HAVING KNTKRED INTO A CO-PARTNERSHIP IN THK Milliner] and Dress-Making HAVE REMOVED TO THE NEW BRICK Block, opposite Colton. Richmond & Co's store, where they are prepared at the shortcs 1 ; notic to supply their patrons and friends with the newest and Most Fashionable St} les in their line of business. To meet the wants of their many patrons they have added a Ladies' Furnishing and Fancy Goods Department, containing a full assortment of that class of Goods. All persons desiring anything in their line of business are requested to call. PortLevden, Dec. 1890. MISSES JONES & EASTON. Drugs I Drugs! DRUO-S ! 1871. 1871. ooavti'^LaxrTfr. OF OHIO, WILL, DURING THE PRESENT SEASON OF Navigation, run their line of Twenty First-class STEAMERS REliUI.AKr. T HETWEKV Cape Vincent, Chicago, AND INTERMEDIATE PORTS. These Steamers will form two daily lines from Capo Vincent, touching at Oswego, Clovoliind, Toledo, Detroit, CiIt'ii IIiiv('ii,yiioboyg!iii, Mil- waukee, and Cliicngo, Leaving Capo Vincent daily, on arrival cf the evening train from Watertown, connecting at Western Lake Ports with railroad lines for all points south-west and north-west, and at Capo Vincent for all points east, landing at ports in the St. Lawrence River en their up and down trip. Jfo Change of Steamers between Cape Vincent If Lake Ports. The Steamers of this company are unsurpass cd for passongeraccommodation, having Large Airy Cabins & State Rooms. Also Good Cabins for Second Class Pussengers. Tickets Issued for all Points West. Jg§TFirst-claes tickets include meals and state rooms. Baggage checked through to destination AGEXTS.— Charles Allison, Oswego, N. Y. ; A. W. French, Cleveland, 0.; W. T. Walker & Co., Toledo. 0.; II. P. Chamberlain, Detroit, Mich.; E. R, Matthews, Glen Haven, Mieh.; 0. J. Hale, Milwaukee, Wis.; R. Diefendorf, Chicago, III.; CeorKB A. Eudv, Ogdenrburgh, N. Y. w W.B. BUCKLEY, Agent, 42td Cape Vincent, N. Y. THE CONSCIENCE AND FUTURE JUDGMENT. I s.-it alone with my conscience, In a place where time had ceased, And we talked of my former liviaig In tho land where tho years increased, And I felt I should have to answer The question it put to me, And to face the answer and question Throughout eternity. Tho ghosts of forgotten actions Came floating belo:e my sight, And tilings that I thought weie dead things Were alive with terrible might. And the vision of all my past life Was an awful thing to face— Alone with my conscience, sitting In that solemnly silent place. Audi thought of a faraway warning, Of a sorrow that was to be mine, In a land that then was the future, But now is the nresont time. And I thought of my former thinking Of the judgment day to be, But, sitting alone with my conscience Seemed judgment enough for me. And I wondered if there was a future To this land beyond the grave j But no one gave me an answer, And no one came to save. Then I felt that the future was present, And the present would never go by, For it was but the thought of my past life Grown into eternity. Then I woke from my timely dreaming, And the vision passed away, And I knew the far away warning Was a warning of yesterday— And I pray that I may not forget it, In this land before the grave, That I may not cry in the future, And no ouo come to save. And so I have learnt a lesson Which I ought to have known before, And which, though I learnt in dreaming, I hopo to forget no more. So I Bit alone with my conscience In the place where the years increase, And I iry to remember the future In the land where Time will cense ; And I know of the future judgment, How dreadful soe'or it be. could distinguish was tlint wo were in a gnrdon—Ironi the rose bushes lliat scattered over us ;i niiuulo spray from the dripping lo.ives—ami before a loii^ rumbling wooden buildings. es r sked NEW JERSEY STEAMBOAT CBMPANY! 1871 People's line Steameru 1871 FOR JVJEW IfOKK. Daily, (Sundays Excepted) at 8£ o'clock, P. M. THE STEAMERS 13 3K. E3 \WW , CAPT. S. J. ROE, Monday*, Wedneidays and Fridays, DEAN RICHMOND, OAPf. W. H. CHRISTOPHER, Tiietdayi, Tlmrtdayi and Saturdays, At 8} o'clock P. M., or on arrival of tho Trains Hudson River Railroad Tickets good for State Room Passage. These Boats will connect with the Trains of N. Y. 0. R. R., R. & S. R. R.' and A. & S. R. R. All Checked Baggage transferred free as usual. An \gcnt of the Line at the Depot al- ways on arrival of Trains, Freight taken as Cheap as by any other Line. For particular apply at the Ollice, 283 and 285 Broadwav, Albanv. J. W*. HARCOURT, Agent. Albany, May 6th, 1871. 86 HIGGLES BY BRKT IIAKTK. THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING REFITTED the store formerly occupied by the late JOHN DOIG, with the intention of making it a perma- nent Mwati Reduced in Prices, AT Taylo ar * m JEWELRY STORE. 70 Genesee Street, Utica. I AM SELLING SOLID SILVER CASES with Full Jeweled Movements, warranted for good time .A.t\ $18.00, Better Grades, 820, $25, *30 i AN siai.ixa'TiiE THEY ARK NOW HEC .•; WM*,ANP Trill KEIP CON- STANTLY O.N 't CnOICK.STOCK.O* DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, WINDOW-.QLASS, Pure Liquors, for Medicinal Purposes, AND ALL KINDS OF TOILET GOODS. AlSO, A GOOD ASSORTMENT 0>' GROCERIES. The above stock is entirely new, purchased since the Great Decline in market, and will be sold Cheaper than the Cheapest. An experienced Druggist will take charge of the Drug Department. Physicians' Prescriptions carefully prepared. t^~ Remember the place, Corner Stoi-e in Dole? Block Attention is invited to our stock of PAINTS AND PAINTRHS' Toois, also, MACHINE On. KIRLEY & PELTON. Lowville, April 25,1870, AMERICAN WATCH IN SOLID GOLD CASES. For $75. O O Better Grades, *85, •100, *ias, I HAVE THE HOWARD, THE WALTHAM, THE UNITED STATES THE ELGIN, And give customers a choice or an opportunity to exchange after trying any one of the above kinds for any other maker. Orders by mail will meet with attention, and on receipt of goods they may be returned if not satisfactory. All Goods Warranted. W. S. TAYLOR, 70 Genesee St., Utica N. Y. uirioir HOTEL. QLENBDALE, LEWM COUNTY, N. 7 , I. H. ?O0T, IWMJHO*. Tblt new bote) Is jutt completed, sud Isio first nit* ortfttibr the accommodation at the poblle,' Mr Horias sad Oartf*|eiIp jrMdl; MM to «onr«y ptttlM from tb«- de^oi to Ul POBT LEYDEN- DUALS IN Grain, Flour, Salt, Water Lime, fifliort« and (Slilpw, AT WHOLESALE: * KXTAII. AT THE Z0WE6T LIVING HATES. Motto :—Nerer to be Undersold. STORE ON MAIN STREET, HEAR CANAL BRIDGE. 18yl NORTON DOUGLASS. Ten Per Cent, Interest, FIRST-CLASS REAL ESTATX, MORTGAG- ES and COUNTY BONDS, bearing »nnu»Hn. terost, at Ten per cent., In the State of Iowa, where it I* tht Itgtl rate, guaranteed by a per- feetlT responsible ejttr, ean be bad by Inqulr- In* oi DiWITT 0 , W*8T, Lowtllle, N. Y., or addressing ' JAMBS H.BA8T0N, '•*' Deeorah.Iow*. •IT COST: FOR THE PURPOSE OF Changing my Business, 1 SHALL SELL MY EKTIKK STOCK, CONSIETINB Or AT COST, FOR CASH! THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH GOODS will find this a faTorable opportunity to buy ft' supply for the entire year. TO SECURE THE BEST BARGAINS. J. C. VAN BR0CKL1N. Lowtllle, May S2d, 1871. 42 TOWN BONDS FOR SALE! We weru eight including tlio driver. Wo had not spoken during the pas- sago of tho last six miles, since the jolt- ing of the heavy vehiclo over the rough- ening road had spoiled the Judge's last poetical quotation. The tall man hosido the Judge was asleep, his arm passed through tho swaying strap and his head resting upon it—altogether a limp, helpless looking object, as if he had hanged himselt and been cut down too late. The French lady on tho back seat was asleep, too, yet in a halt con- scious propriety of attitude, shown even in the disposition of the handker- chief which she held to her forehead and which partially veiled tier face.— The lady from Virginia City, traveling with her husband, had long since lost all individuality in a wild confusion of ribbons, veils, furs and shawls. There was no sound but the rattling of the wheels and the dash of rain upon the roof. Suddenly the stage stopped, and we became dimly aware of voices. The driver was evidently in the midst of an exciting colloquy with some one in the road—a colloquy of which such frag- ments as \bridge gone,\ \twenty feet of water,\ \can't pass,\ were occasion- ally distinguishable above the storm. Then came a lull, and a mysterious voice from the road shouted the pait- adjuration— \ Try Miggles's.\ We caught a glimpse of our leaders as the vehicle slowly turned, of a horse- man vanishing through the rain, and we were evidently on our way to Mig- gles's. Who and where was Higgles ? The Judge, our authority, did not remem- ber the country thoroughly. The Washoe traveler thought Higgles must keep a hotel. We only knew that we were stopped by high water in front and rear, and that Miggles was our rock of refuge. A ten minutes'splash- ing through a tangled by-road, scarce- ly wide enough for the stage, and we drew up before a barred and boarded gate in a wide stone wall or fence about eight feet high. Evidently Miggles's, and evidently Miggles did not keep a hotel. The driver got down and tried the gate. It was securely locked. \ Miggles! O Miggles !\ No answer. \ Migg ells ! You Miggles ! \ contin- aed the driver with rising wrath. \Migglesy ?\ joined the expressman persuasively. \ O Miggy ! Mig!\ But no reply came from the appa- rently insensate Miggles. The Judge, who had\ finally got the window down, put his head out and propounded a se- ries of questions, which if answered categorically would have undoubtedly elucidated the whole mystery, but which the driver evaded by replying that \if wo didn't want to sit in tho coach all night wo had better rise and eing out for Higgles,\ So we rose tip and called on Miggles in chorus ; and then separately. And when we had finished, a Hibernian fel- low-passeftger from the root called for \Maygells ?'' whereat we all laughed. While we laughing, the diiver cried \Shoo 1\ We listened. To our infinite amaze- ment the chorus of \Miggles\ was re- peated from the other side of the wall, even to the final and supplemental \Maygells.\ \ Extraordinary echo, \ said the judge. \ Extraordinary d-—d skunk !\ roar- ed the driver contemptuously. \Oomo out of that, Mitfglos, and show yourself. Be a man, Miggles 1 Don't hide in the dark ; I wouldn't if I were you Mig- gles,\ continued Yuba Bill, now danc- ing about in excess of fury. \ Miggles I\ continued the voice, \O Miggles 1\ \ My good man I Mr. Myglmil!\ said the judgo, softening, the asperities of the name as much a* possible. •'Consid- er the inhospitality of refusing shelter from the inclemency of the weather to helple88f'emale«. Really, my dear sir--\ But n succession of \Miggles I\ ending in a burst\ ol, laughter, drowned his voice. Yuba Bill hesitated no longer. Tak- ing a heavy stono from tho road, be battered down tho gate, and with tho expressman .entered the eneloatire. We foilowea. Nobody was to be aeen. In AT TBI Bdnk o£ ILiO-wville, Bmn par oent. Ifitereit, Payable 8?ml annu allr< LOWTIIU,D«.1». 1170. .-- t 0. M. BROOKS, BANK1R.' tho gathering darkness all that we \Do you know this Mi the judge of Yubn Bill. \No nor don't want to,\ said Bill, shortly, who h-lt the Pioneer Stago Company insulu! in his person by the contumacious Mi •Mile*. \But my dear sir,\ expostulated the Jiulgp, as he thought of the barred gate. | \Lookec here,\ said Yuba Bill, with fine irony, \.hadn't you better go back ! and sit in tho coach till yer iniroduecd ? jl'm going in,\ and he pushed npi-n ihe , door of the building. ! A long room lighted only\ by tho cm- j bers of a fire that was dying on the 'largo hearth at. its further extremity; J tho walls curiously pnpeied, and the .flickering firelight bringing out its j grotesque pattern ; somebody sitting in 'a large arm chair by the fireplace. All this we saw as we crowded into the room after the driver and expressman. i \Hello be you Miggles? said Yuba I Bill t o the solitary occupant. i The figure neither spoke nor stirred. ! Yuba Bill walked wrathfully toward it, land turned the eye of the coach lantern '. upon its face. It was a man's face, prematurely old and wrinkled, with very large eyes, in which there was that expression of perfectly gratuitous solemnity which I had sometimes seen j in an owl's. The large eyes wandered I from Bill's face t o the lantern, and fi- |naliy fixed their gaze on that luminous ! object without further recognition. \Miggles! Be you deal? You ain't dumb anyhow, you know .\ and Yuba Bill shook the insensate figure by the l shoulder. : To our great dismay, as Bill remov- ed his hand, tho venerable stranger apparently collapsed—sinking into half his size and nn vmdislinguishnble heap of clothing. \Well dern my skin,\ said Bill, look- ing appealingly at us, and hopelessly retiring from the contest. The Judge now btepped forward, and wo lifted the mysterious invertebrate bad; into his original position. Bill was dismissed with the lantern to re- connoiter outside, for it was evident from the helplessness of this solitary man that there must be attendants near at hand, and we all drew around the fire. The Judge, who had regained his authority, and had never lost his conversational amiability, — standing before us with his back to the hearth, —charged us as an imaginary jury, as follows: — \It is evident that either our distin- guished friend hero has reached that condition described by Shakespeare as 'sear and yellow leaf or has suffered some premature abatement of- his men- tal and physical faculties. Whether he is really the Miggles—\ Here he was interrupted by \Mig- gles! O Miggles! Migglesy! Mig!\ and, in fact, the whole chorus ot Mig- I gles in very much the same key as it I had once before been delivered to us. I We gazed at each other for a mo- ment in some alarm. The Judge, in particular, vacated his position quickly, as the voice came direetly over his shoulder. The cause, however, was soon discovered in a large magpie, who was perched upon a shelf over the fire- place, and who immediately relapsed into a sepulchral silence, which con- trasted singularly with his previous volubility. It was undoubtedly his voice which we heard in the road, and our friend in the chair was not respon- sible for the discourtesy. Yuba Bill, who re entered the room after an un- successful search, was loth to accept the explanation, and still eyed the help- less sitter with suspicion. He had found a shed in which he had put his horses, but he catr.e dripping and skep- tical. \Thar' ain't nobody but him within ten miles of the shanty, and that 'ar d—d old skeesicks knows it.\\ But the faith ot the majority pro\ed to be securely based. Bill had scarce- ly ceased growling when we heard a quick step upon the porcb, the trailing of a wet skirt, the door was flung open, and with a flash of white teeth, and a sparkle of dark eyes, and an utter ab- sence of ceremony or diffidence, a young woman entered, shut the door, and, panting, leaned back against it. \ O, if you please, I'm Miggles!\ And tltis was Miggles! this bright eyed, full throated young woman, whose wet gown of coarse blue stuff could not hide the beauty of the feminine curves to which it clung; from the chestnut crown ot whose head, topped by a man's oil-skin sou'wester, to the little feet and ankles, hidden some- where in the recesses of her boy's bro- gans, all was grace;—this was Miggles, laughing at us, too, in the most *iry, frank, offhand manner imaginable. \ You sec, boys,\ said she, quite out of breath, and holding one little hand against her side, quite unheeding the speechless discomfiture of our party, or the complete demoralization of Yuba Bill, whose features had relaxed into an expression of gratuitous and imbecile cheerfulness—\ you see, boys, I was more'n two miles away when you pass- ed down the road. I thought you might pull up here, and so I ran the whole way, knowing nobody was at homo but Jim,—and—and—I'm out of breath—and—that lets nie out.\ And here Miggles caught her drip- ping oil skin hat from her head, with a mischievous twirl that scattered a show- er of rain drops ovot us ; attempted to put back her hair; dropped two hair pins in the attempt; laughed and sat i. L --! J- XT..1.« TJMl n.llkh.i.t.mt. up down beside Yuba Bill, with herbands crossed lightly in her lap. The Judge recovered himself first and essayed nn extravagant compli ment. \ I'll trouble you for that thar har- pin,\ said Miggles, gravely, Half a dozen hands woro stretched eng'orly forward j the missing hair pin wai re- stored to its fair owner; and Miggles, crossing the room, looked keenly in the face of the invaled. The *of«mn eyett looked back at hors with an ex- preiiion we had novor seen before,— Life and intelligence seemed to strug- gle hack into the rugged face. Mig- gles laughed again,—it was a singular- ly eloquent luiigh,--und she turned her black eyes and white teeth once moro toward us, \This aillieled person is—\ hesitated the Judge. \ Jim,'\ said Miggles. \Your father?\' ' \No.\ \Brother ?\ \No.\ \Husband ?\ Miggles darted a quick, half defiant, glance at the two lady passenuers, who I had noticed did not participate in tho general masculine admiration of Mig- gles, and said, gravelv : \No; it's Jim.\ There was an awkward pause. The lady passengers moved closer to each other; the Washoe gentleman looked abstractedly at the lire; and the tall man apparently turned his eyes inward for self support at this emergency.— But Miggles' laugh, which was very in- fectious, broke the silence. \ Come,\ she said briskly, \ you must be hungry. Who'll bear n hand to help me get tea ?\ She had volunteers. In u lew mo- ments Yuba Bill was engaged like Caliban in bearing logs ior this Miran- da ; the expressman was grinding cof- fee on the veranda; t o myself the ar- duous duty of slicing bacon was as- signed ; and the Judge lent each man his good humor and voluble counsel. And when Higgles, assisted by the Judgo and our Hibernian \ deck pas- sengers,\ set the table with all the available ciockery, we had become quite joyous, in spite of the rain that beat against the windows, tho wind that, whirled down tho chimney, the two ladies that whispered together in the corner, or the magpie uttered a sa- tirical and croakinge.ommentary on their conversation from his perch above. In the now bright, blazing fire we could see that the walls were papered with illustrated journals, arranged with feni- nine taste and discrimination. The furniture was extemporized, and adapt- ed from candle boxes and packing cas- es, and covered with gay calico or the skin of some animal. The arm chair of the helpless Jim was an ingenious va- riation of a flour barrel. There was neatness and even taste for the pictur- esque t o be seen in the details of the long low room. The meal was a culinary success.— But more, it was a focial triumph,— chiefly, I think, owing t o the raio tact of Miggles in guiding the conversation, asking all the questions herself, yet bearing throughout a frankness that rejected the idea of any concealment on her part, so that, we talked of ourselves, of our prospects, of the journey, of the , weather, of each other,—of everything I but our host and hostess. It must be ! confessed that Miggles' conversation was never elegant, rarely grammatical, and that at times she employed exple- tives, the use of which had generally been yielded to our sex. But they were delivered with such a lighting up of teeth and eyes, and were usually fol- lowed by a laugh—a laugh peculiar to Miggles—so frank and honest that it seemed to clear the moral atmosphere. Once during the meal we heard a noise like the rubbing of a heavy body against the outer walls of the house. This was shortly followed by a scratch- ing and sniffing at the door. \That's Joaquin,\ said Miggles, in reply to our questioning glances; \would you like t o see him ?\ Before wo could answer she had opened the door and disclosed a half grown grizzly, who instantly raised himself on his haunches, with his fore- paws hanging oown in the popular at- titude of mendicancy, and looked ad- miringly at Miggles, with a very sin- gular resemblance in his manner to Yuba Bill. \That's my watch dog,\ said Mig- gles, in explanation. \ Oh, he don't bite,\ she added, as the two lady pas- sengers fluttered into a corner. \Does he, old Toppy ?\ (the latter remark be- ing addressed t o the sagacious Joaquin.) \I tell you what, boys,\ continued Mig- gles, after she had fed and closed the door upon Ursa Minor, \you were in big luck that Joaquin wasn't hanging round here when you dropped in to- night.\ \Where was he ? asked tho Judge. \With me,\ jtaid Miggles. \Lord love you, he trots around with me at night as if he was a man.\ We were silent for a few moments, and listened to the wind. Perhaps we all had the same picture before us,—of Miggles walking through the rainy woods with her savage guardian at her side. The Judge I remember said something about Una and her lion ; but Miggles received it as she did all other compliments, with quiet gravity. Whether she was altogether uncon- scious of the admiration she excited, —she could hardly have been oblivious of Yuba Bill's adoration,—I know not, but her Very frankness suggested a perfect sexual equality that was cruelly humiliating t o the younger members of our party. The incident of the bear did not add anything in Miggles' favor to the opin- ions of those of her own sex who were present. In fact, tho repast over, a chillness rndiated from the two lady passengers that no pine boughs brought in by Yuba Bill and cast as a sacrifice upon tho hearth could wholly over- come. Miggles felt it; and, suddenly declaring that it was tinmo \turn in,\ offered to show the ladies t o their bed in an adjoining room. \You hoys, will have t o camp out here by the fire as well as you can,\ she added, \ for thar ain't but tho one room.\ Our sex—by whioh, my dear sir, 1 allude of ctnrse to the stronger port ion of humanity—has been generally reltov ed from the imputation of curiosity or a fondnoM for gossip. Yet I am con- strained to say, that hardly had the door closed on Miggles when Wo orowded together, whispering, snick- ering, smiling and oxclmngtog •flspi- oions, surmises and ft thousand specu- lations in regard to oor pretty hostess and her singular companion. I fear that wo even hustled the little imbe- cile paralytic who sat like a voiceless Meinnon in our midst, gazing with the serene indifference of tho Past in his passionless oyes upon our wordy coun- sels. In the midst ot an e.voitiwj dis- cussion thu door opened ngaiii^ and Mitrgles reentered. But not, apparently, tho siune Mig- gles who a few hours before flashed upon us. Her eyes wero downcast, and she hesitated for a moment on the threshold, with a blanket on her arm, she seemed to have left behind her tho frank fearlessness which had charmed us a moment before. Coining into the room, she drew a low stool beside the paralytic's chair, sat down, drew the blanket over her shoulders, and say- ing, \If it's till the same t o you, boys, as we're rather crowded, I'll stop here to night,\ she took tho invalid's with- ered hand in her own, and turned her eyes upon the dying lire. An instinct- ive feeling that this was only premoni- tory to more confidential relations, and perhaps some shamo at our previous curiosity, kept us silent. Tho rain still beat upon the roof, wandering gusts of wind stirred the embers into momenta- ry brightness, until, in a lull of the el ements, Miggles suddenly lifted up her head, and throwing her hair over her shoulder, turned her face upon the group and asked :— \Is there any of you that knows me?\ There was no reply. \Think again. I lived at Maryville in 'ii3. Everybody know mo there, and everybody had the right to know me. 1 kept the Polka Saloon until I came to live with Jim. That's six years ago. Perhaps I've changed some.\ The absence of recognition may have disconcerted her. She turned her head to the fire again, and it was some sec- onds before she again spoke, and then more rapidly :— \Well you see, 1 thought some of you must know me. There's no harm done, any way. What I was going to say was this : Jim hew\—she took bis hand in both of hers as she spoke— \used to know me, if you didn't, and spent a heap of money upon me. I reckon he spent all he had. And one day—it's six years ago this winter— Jim came into my back room, sat down on my sofa, like as you see him in that chair, and never moved again without help. He was struck all of a heap, and never seemed to know what ailed him. The doctors came and said as how it was caused all along of his way of life —for Jim was mighty free and wild like,—and that he would never get bet- ter, and couldn't last long any way. They advised me t o send him to Frisco to the hospital, for he was no good to any one and would be a baby all his life. Perhaps it was something in Jim's eye, perhaps it was that I never had a baby, but I said 'No.' I was rich then, for I was popular with everybody,— gentlemen like yourself, sir, come to see me,—and I sold out my business and bought this yer place, because it was sort of out of *he way of travel, you see, and I brought my baby here.\ With a woman'« intuitive tact and poetry, she had, as she spoke, slowly shifted her position so as to bring the mute figure of the ruined man between her and her audience, hiding in the shadow behind it, as if she offered it as a tacit apology for her actions. Silent and expressionless, it yet spoke for her ; helpless, crushed, and smitten with the Divine thunderbolt, it still stretched an invisible arm around her. Hidden in the darkness, but still holding his hand, she went on :— \It was a long time before I got the hang of things about yer, for I was used t o company and excitement. I couldn't get any woman to help me, and a man I dursent trust; but with the indians hereabout, who'd do odd jobs for me, and having everything sent from the North Fork, Jim and I man- aged to worry through. The Doctor would run up from Sacramento once in a while. Ho'd ask to see 'Miggles' baby,' as he ca lied Jim, and when he'd go away, he'd say, 'Miggles, you're a trump—God bless you ;' and it didn't seem so lonely after that. But the last time he was here he said as he opened the door to go, 'Do you know, Miggles, your baby will grow up to be a man yet and an honor to his mother; but not here Miggles 'not here!' And I thought he went away sad, -and—and —\ and here Miggles' voice and head were somehow both lost completely in the shadow. \The folks about here are very kind,\ said Miggles, after a pause, coming a little into the light again. \The men from the fork used to hang around here until they found they wasn't wanted, and the women are kind, and don't call. I was pretty lonely until I picked up Joaquin in the woods yonder one day, when he wasn't so high, and taught him to beg for his dinner; and then thar's Polly—that's the magpie—she knows no end of tricks, and makes it quite sociable of evenings with her talk, and so I don't feel like as I was the only living being about the ranch. And Jim here,\ said Miggles, with her old laugh, again coming out quite into the firelight, \Jim boys, you would admire t o see how much he knows for a man like him. Sometimes I bring him flowers, and he looks at 'era just' as if he knew 'em ; and times, when we are sitting alone, I have read him those things on the wall. Why, Lord !\said Miggles, with her frank laugh, \ I've read him that whole side of the house this winter. There never was such a man for reading as Jim.\ \Why asked the Judge, \do you not marry this man to whom you have devoted your young life ?\ \Well you see,\ said Miggles, \it would be playing it rather low down on Jim to take advantage of his being so helpless. And then, too, if we wero man and wife, we'd both know thai I was bound to do what I do now of my own aooord.\ ''But you are young yet arid attract- ive—\ \It's setting late,\ saW-giggles gravely, \and you'd hotter all turn in. Good n'ght, boys;\ and throwing tbo blanket over hor hoad, Miggles laid herself down beside Jim's chair, her head pillowod by tho low stool that held his feet, and spoko no moro. The firo slowly faded from tho hearth ; we each sought our blankets in silenoe; and presently thoro was no sound in tho long room but tho pattoring of tho rain upon tho roof and tho heavy breathing of the sleopors. It was nearly morning when I awoke from a troubled dream. Tho storm had passed, the stars weru shining, and through the shutterlesa window tho full moon, lifting itself over tho BOICIHU pines without, looking into tho room. It touched tho lonely figure in tho chuir with nn infinito e impassion, and seem- ed to baptize with a shining flood tho lovely head of tho woman whose hair, as in tho sweet old story, bathed the feet of him she loved. It even lent a kindly poetry to tho rugged outline of Yuba Bill, half reclining on his elbow between them and his passengers, with savagely patient eyes keeping watch and ward. And then I fell asleep and only woke at broad day, with Yuba Bill standing over me, and \all aboard\ ringing in my ears. Coffee was waiting for us on the ta ble, but Mitrgles was gone. Wo wan- dered about the house and lingered long after the horses were harnessed, but she did not return. It was evident that she wished to avoid a formal leave taking, and had so left us to depart as we had come. After we hud helped the ladies into the coach, wu returned to the house and solemnly shook hands with the paralytic Jim, as solemnly set- tling him back into position after each hand shake. Then we looked for tho last titno around the long low room, at the stool where Miggles had sat, and slowly took our seats in the waiting coach. The whip cracked, and wo were off. But as we reached the high road, Bill's dexterous hand had the six horses back on their haunches, and the stago stopped with a jerk. For there, on a little eminence beside the road, stood Miggles, her hair flying, her eyes spark- ling, her white handkerchief waving, and her white teeth flashing a last \good by.\ We waved our hats in re- turn. And then Yuba Bill, as it fearful of further fascination, madly lashed his horses forward, and we sank back in our seats. We exchanged not a word until we reached the North Fork, and the stage drew up at the Independence House. Then, the Judge leading, we walked into the bar room and took our places gravely at the bar. \Arc your glasses charged, gentle men ?\ said the Judge, solemnly taking off his white hat. They were. \Well then, here's t o Miggks, God bless her !\ Perhaps ho had. Who knows ! Farmer's Wives. The farmer's wife has plenty of hard work to do. We all know that. She has plenty of dirty work besides. She cannot fold her soft white hands and t-il in her elegant parlor and await a stream of fashionable callers. No ! Farm life means work—hard, rough, continuous work. It. means somethiug else, too. Let us see. First of all the farmer's wife lives much in the companionship of her hus- band. She has him, body and soul. To her he can bring all his vexations and cares. She can understand them all—can sympathize with all. The day's work done, how sweet the twilight hour, the evening converse ! There is time for interchange of thoughts and feelings. Husband and wife are part- ners in all business relations and can fully understood each others cares, trials and perplexities. Very different is the case of the mer- chant or the professional man. There is no partnership here. Day by day the husband enters the lists in the keen competitions of business, anxious to gain wealth or honor that he may there- by gain wealth. He only cares for the money so that his wife may spend it. She does not understand his business —cannot understand it. So their paths in life diverge. They have few inter- ests in common. The beautiful dreams of \united hearts and hopes,\ whioh maidenhood revels in, are forever un- fulfilled, and the married pair go on in separate paths to the end of their jour- ney. The farmer's wife has also the com- panionship of her children. In the farmhouse there is plenty of elbow room for the little ones in their mother's presence. They can go with her wher- ever she goes. She can always listen to their prattle—can direct their first efforts at thinking and doing. No \kindergarten\ ever invented presented so good a school for tho little ones as is afforded in the farmer's home. Could some hard working farmer's wife, who is discouraged at the difficulties of her post, once step into these city palaces and see how utterly impossible it is there to afford children the develop- ment, physical and moral, they ought to have, she might be reconciled to her lot of seeming hardship. Lastly, the farmer's wife is sure ot the future. The house she has labored so hard to beautify and render comfort- able may, in almost every case, be hers till she removes t o the better land. No fear of a turn in business, or an adverse wind of popular disfavor, which, in a moment may reduce her to penury.— No 1 the small accumulations are in hu- man probability never t o be suspended. The quictstream will continue its course not like a \ summer fountain, dried when our need is sorest,\ but fed by springs that heaven opened up when the foundations were laid for this solid earth, when seed time and harvest were ordained—it will grow deeper and broader till lost, in the boundless ocean. Think of these things, my good lady, and don't complain of the toil, the dust, and the roughness of your rural life. «•••••——— —Norwioh, Connecticut, has a tur- tle marked \B.C. 10«6,\ supposed to be the one whdse voice Solomon heard in the land. —-\I saw him kiss your cheek 1\ \ 'Tis true.\ <<0 Modesty !\ \ 'Twas strictly kept; He thought me asleep ; at least I knew Ho th'ought I thought he thought I slept.\ —•Little sixyers old Georgie, having been instructed by his Aunt Katie to pray for his papa, and being one wett- ing interrupted in his devotions, and told by her that he must now pray for his mamma replied: \Aunt Katiejyou just hold your horses now. Wn#y runniu' this prater, you or mel'V . • —Courtship, like Canada, borders on the United States,
