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p.O O per Annum in Advance ; O therw ise. ( Y ’ « 2 .5 0 . • V i V * 4 . - Ì ' - ' . > \ 1 1 \ M3M The Oneida I Dispatçh. P I tTRDY jh D. A. JACKSOy, Proprietor». PUBLISH E D l EVEHY SATURDAY, I ,. IN OÍÑEIDI a , N. Y. I : > in Merchant’s Exchange, 3d S tory, Office • ÒòRiipn ,1 i\. ! I Xt»VHRTIS : 1 Square , •¿\Square ¡, if Qolun) ofm - I in and C hestnut S ts . 1. T J B M J f S : per Annum ,iu. Advauoa; otli— erwjise, $2.50. »t .. ' | o paper IdlscontinueCuntil all arrearages are . ----- f ÜÍS.OO w i -. ------------------------ «id, except at the option- of the publishers. ¡Jolun \J.GofumjiJ... I <@P7i squáVe. : xcrlbéd S Î 35 -“ i r ñve l)n,é¡ I <V 3 T ; Qolurau v-*nd Flv ■ l ' t s ^ r tl003, W: lngly. V3T dressed a,Tïo: Oiieií w æ ered: 1 N. Y1 »lg»»«««!'; i $m tú ta *§itmtm, -fjfllitirsí, parrai Mtwa. >L . X I I . ONEIDA, MADISON CO., N. I., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 , 1865 . t ■ . 1 • ' a ____________ • i v 7 i Office in M erchant’s E x c h a n g e , Corner M ain and Chestnut Streets. J N O . 2 5 in^s l M A T E S . \ i *. . i 0^* AD WER TISIJYG. ko . |.Jlw.U 3.wi I 3m. | 8rp.J. | ly. us. h ¿¿ore V8-5(i i 6.00 ¡I 9.00 1 4.00Ï1 ’’\A'w'.'j AÔ.'(^i)\'T\ïïlôS\ 6.CÖ’ri lO.Wl j ÌS.ÒÒ Ì Il »»••» [xteen lines ó'f1 soil'd m atter oj 85.00 I 17.10 ¿Ï'.V hô 6Ö.ÖÖ Ü çgal advertisements Inserted a t y law.--i I ; usiness'Cards, In. Card Column, permear:.. less make one the rates pre I not exceeding uslness Notices will be Inserted In the Reading a t the| rate] of Fifty Cents for] the first.line, 3ents for every subsequentllne, each Insertion. insert ysyr $ early jidverhsers have the privelege of qhang- ing qlaatjlerly. There! will be !n’o deviation, from a d v e r ■¡Used rai{ :sj unless ¿'special contract Is made. •• dvertlsements not accompanied w.ithi dlrec- lbe insertediuntli! forbid, and>charged accord. t 11 letters, communications. Ac1., should I be ad* o - I 1 . PURDY & JACKSON, ! i Oneida; Ajartlson(Co., N. Y. ‘ JJ.gP' P&llNTf c fac all de; TVe hd 'c facilities unsurpassed ¡for executing] t scription i of Job Printing, with neatness andjdispafcA, ,' ind at t| oderaté prices. , ! [ .. 1 ; | | . ' •r I B U S IN E S S ¡.¿Y,!* i I ; A . J . P t K , ney ! anö COUNSELLOR at law , n, N. Y. Office iu Empire Block. JDIIS. P Ü R D Y A J A C O B S . JI ANS \¿.SURGEONS'—Office iu bev-i Block, eedond story, Main St;, OucUlai1 l î b W A K Ô Î I . S P O O N E R , ATTORNEY Goo » R S : surg r a t b ’i W. R. H . , W . Cheslu rfi s s i N G E R a j t j e : iv k i í n i s , i ft.TTOlfNfeYS¡¿ lÒOUNSE Oueic sty o JT A S ., I I . , JEW M . 1MB.I NO t I i I y Ï U B L l b for* Onei'da]county. - Couuiissio.ner of Deeds]for Michigan. Com ‘ \ ' Com Com <■*\ rfi. &.\ COUNSELLOR AT, LA.VV,1 , i Office overS. __X— — ' C E N T E R , !)fliÆn i 0 n eiik, -Mad iso n ¡ C o , N. Y. i Office ove H. mviú’slStóre'J Madison ' J_ : _ I - I i i* i f Ü! F I T C H & C A R ONSi &'PHYSICIANS. Block; up stairs. 1, > -, XTCii, M.| D , res. ¡cor. ' Bn akpeiîter ],1 M. \D., res.]- t streets, NVal; i id &. Cherry, cor. Broad dc j| 3lf. a t ]:LA\ v , a, Madisóu ]Co., Ni ¡ Y. 0 Bice.ou Main ^posi.te Uuion Rriutiug, Office, j - ■I.j.N.j JTIESS'IW tlEIt, .i NOTAËY PUBLIC for MacUson) Co.:1 Also Li cense l Goycrnmènt Claim Agentjior Bounty, Back I Bay,! Pcusiohs, &c!,. =1 e ■.] I ] ¡ _____ ¡ Also ' : i gray. re, j VO SBCT DT HBAYVV. .Talking of sects till late, onp eve, ; Of the various doctrines the saints believe, 1 That night I stood iD.a troubled dream, Bv the side of a darkly flowing-stream. ■ 1 ! i ] i ] « And ai“ Churchman” down to ¡the riyer came, \When I heard a strangd vojee pall his Dame ; “ Good Father, stop! when you ¡cross the tide, Ybu must leave your ifobes on ¿nh other side,’ ¡But the aged father didmot mind, -And h<8 long gow]n floated one jbdhind, . And down to th e stream his way h e took, QiB pale hands, clasping a gilt-edged book. 1 1 i | I “I’m bound for Heaven, and wheq I’m there, I shall want my book of Comm.on Prayer; \ Aha though I put on a’6tarry crown. I should feel quite lost without my gownJU- I-'-*’ . ! Then he,fixed his eyes oh the shining track, . .But bis goiwn was heavy, and held him back, Aha the poor old fellow tried in vain _ A single step in'the'flood to .gain. ' ; ] * * \ I saw him again on'the“other side, But his silk-gown floated on thje tide; And no ond aske'd in that blissful spot Whether he, belonged. to 1 the enunen’ or not, Then down the river a Quaker strayed, His dress of a yombre flue was iiinade; i “ My coat and hat must] be all pf I cannot go any other way.” Then, he bnttoned his coatistraight up to hU I chin, | I And steadily, solemnly waded In, And his broadlbrimmed bathe palled down1 | ■ tigfit ' '' ' I ^ 1 \ j Over his forehead so cold and white. But a strong wind carried away bis bat; A moment] he silently sighed over.lhat, And- then, as he gazed to the farther 6ho The coat slipped off and, was seen no mdre. • I • [ i I I > As he cnterediHeaven his suit pf gray Wout quietly Bailing- away—away.; And none of the angels questioned him About the ¡width of his beaver’s brim. I ; i i Next eamelDr. Watts, with a bundle of psalm#' Tied nicely up jin his aged arms,- &• - ' And hymns as many,very nibe thing, That people in1 Heavcu, “allround,” might |siug. | j ' But I thought that jhc heaved ar anxious sigh, As ha saw that ¡the river run broad an.d 1 igh, ] And looked rather surprised, aj one by )ue Tlie psalms aud liymns in the wave6 »'•» j dow-u. -j ! After him, ¡with hi} MSS.,- Camc Wesley, the pattern of godliness, But he cried, “ Detir, me, what shall I do ? The Jwatcr' has shaked’ them ! ¡through and | tuvough.” | ]i | J | | I , , And there on tlie river,:far and,¡Wide, Away theyipveiit- dbwn the swolieu tide, j And the saintl astonished, passed through | alone, r ] | Without his manuscript, up to the throne, Tllen, Lraye'ly walling, two saints by ni me, Down to the streain together came; , But as they, stopped at the river’s brink, * 1 saw ohe saiut|iropr the other shrink] went “ Sprinkled or plunged, may. I alsk yon, friend, How vou attained jto' life’s grveatj end?” “ Thus, with a few drops on my ¡brow,” “ But 1 have he'en dipped*, as you’ll see n,ow iiissiouer of DeédSj'ío^lllinóis. ¡j mssiouer ojflDeeds for NYiS-cpusiu. . j iis8ione'r,of Deeds for Iowa, II la’ll * ‘ 1 r M INSÙ lì ble a: Lorilla Maiiha tanj Atlanti 5, issiiüajiER. & j e n J k i m s . owing relia; „NCE. AGENTS for the foi d-sheure companies:' i \\ ^ nnnn d ÌCash capiUil and surplus. $1,310,000, ’ 1 \ p i I $¿50,000. u h !'n‘ ! *$300,000, -I • 4# I In j ; Jl J;.] L. BADEER,' A T T O R N E Y ] ] <to| c o u n s e l l o r , j CHITTENA^G O, N k ; y . BENTLEY ,& GOODELL Office in riéíd s ’ B lóck, ,* - i\ a m I ÓNEÍDAi-N -_Za T. B kntlet , RESIDENT DENTIST, iu Jlerchant’s C l C A R S K ATTO N. W. m G oodell , ‘ E . C ; Sxchàngi [ I E U R Y ìéida, n 1 Y.- \Office up-^8taij:s, Main St. 1NEY AT LAW, ; Oneida, Mhdisou: Co.', Office ih Stone’s Block, Madison St.‘ Ì H O E C R A F I & ATTO - On da, neys & Madison Cò./N. Bloâk,- overlRiveuburgh’ ì Stofei - J ohn S nöw C’oitìrpissioner pf Deeds for Michigan and Wis ~ - cousin PHO \V , COUNSELLORS AT:LAW¡ V __ > t « . » w k ___ ?T_ • « » „ i ____ Î ‘ Y. Office in Empire » Qf/MiA i .Tfmv S n A w Oi A. H O L E E M B ^ C K ¡0G R A P H A N D, A jM B R Q T Y P E GAD-. ‘L E R Y , ¡ M a in-street, O u p ida, N .iY . P ic tu r e s all k in d s dnd si*it of i guaranteed.1 sizes“at t -’I • .Offi ^ite tli -, All É.- o s t b A iv i >^| i i , .-1- .Madison co.,N.|ir;’ 11 e East tide of Main street,! e iiYalra'th Block. , ■ work warranted. I i I, u .ONEIDA LQDGE Meetings every first an ini each month, • idk. 'I I M A S O N M J . ! iGE,No. 27T \holds satisfaction you; Ànd I really think]it will.liardly do, As I’m|‘ close communion,’ to cross witlil Y ou’re bound,if kliow, to the realms .of ¡bliss, But you must go thait way, and I’ll go this.” | | I | 1 * r ’ Then16traiglitw;ay plunging with all his mighty Away to the left—his lriend tolthe right}; Apart they went from this world of sin, And ht last'to^ethjer they entered in. And now, when the-river was rolling on, A'j Pi esbyteriau church went down ; | Of Wo'men/-there|-seemed'an innumerable | throng, J \ I , But the meni còuld count*a# they passed 1 »long. I\. ! And concerning llhejoad they could never I agree;- - | ’| ■* | . The old or the new way, which it could be, N'or ever for a moment paused to think That both would l'ead to the river’s brink. I l l Adn a constant mui;muring, long and loud, Caine ever up from the moving crowd, j “|Y]ou’re in thè old way; and*I’,m in thenew, That is the false, and this is the true.” Or, I1 I’m' in tlie old way, and - you’re in the I new, ] | « ’ - . That, is the false, and this is the tree.” But th]e‘brethren only seemed |tq speak— Modest the sis'ters walked, and’meek. 1 r: 'f - • 11 * , But if ¡ever one of them chanced to say What troubles she m'et with oh the wav. How] she longèd-to pass on the other side, Nor feared to dross over the swelling tid#, P ■ ' I \ I . A voice aro8e from the brethren then, •“¡Let no one speak but the holy ¡men ; i]or have j’ou hot heard the words of Paul, .let the women keep silence all?” ,! 1 n *!' watched them long in my curious dream, THE INTELLECTUAL WIFE. « a :ec; to nié Suc it was or [i a ing wpixian in her Alec, dear, coaid you attend ne mifiute, if you pleaae f ” soft, pleading little voice as —such a pretty, half timid look; as owned it, silling there crimson ni'erino dress, with a greatIwork basket overshadowing it, like thi type of\Juggernaut! There was not a. wrinkle\ in her linen collar, not a tpeck Ion her brilliant apron, while, e'rery,golden thread in her bgir jay'Mnjooth a id shining as if it wer.B. glistening' satin, instead of hnman tresses. ' ] ' Mr.lVerdon laid down his book with ostentatious despair. i“ \Wiiat do: you want now, Cathe rine ? I It is a little singular that a. man can’t get five consecutive minutes of readih]g in this house; | no sooner^ do these tu isy children getj off to bed than a dozen distract ’m other disturbances ^tart up to one’s brain.?’ * 1 sorry to : disturb you, Alec,” _ much endurihg wife, but, I at to know whether you would }our new shirts made with but- Btudsf” i d l buttons !” groaned Mr, said the only w'a prefer ton's or “ Studs, an w Verdoini rathler uielo dramatically. “ Upobimy wjord, Catherine, it seems as if yoiur mind revolves on nothing more important than a Vound of house hold concerns. As if I cared how you make my shirjts I” ;. ' _ Jy | “ BuW you are Very much displeased, dear, because your last set tern.” | wánt t|o 8elah.’| “ N f , • « But 1.1» cidédlÿ- intba “ I, S urel^ dear, I made the collars t‘o fteran old-ifashioned pat- ] coorsi I was. A man don’t go about looking like Methu- b u t - ” my dear Catherine, I am de- Ved to see you oinking -anno mere domestic drudge.”. Alec.— djon’t rinderstand you, á wife and'mother should make it her ftfst aim to study the comforts of h er’ ‘1— b J e— ” ' “ Tó —to a true. evening, in conteso ashamed!, dignant read ?V “ Tim child ! ary to jectua’ scribe i a cerlain ¿xtent, 'Mrs. \Verdon |ertain extent this may be quite ut when! Mr. Peterson asked your opinion of —■— ’s work, the other •you astonished everybody by ig you had not read it. l was Catherine—confounded—in- !” Alec, what time do I get to >! t.iiVie! e! time! you\must take time, Let domestic, cares bp second- jultivation of. your intjel- to 1,he c naturje. ¡Why, I cannot de- you, mjy dear, how deeply mortified I was at) Mrs. Leon’s conver sation] when every .one i^as discussing the neW literary constellations, by your confuted siler ce. While [Mrs. Ogilvie —why, j she was positively sparkling, fn her ready irgpment and Charming critical xaste.” r, ) “ Yes!\ retorted Catherine Verdon, stung 'at last i nto something like retal iation] “ and Mr. Ogilvie waa ¡there raggjd shirt bosom and ¡the butlor gone vfrom his dress Till! tifuy 6todti by the borders [of the stream; s i thought, the twb ways met, TheuJ [just asl Batiali the brethren i ere talking yet. the hpiving tide curl^oppo- its- regular third Thursday everi- Hall in' Stone’s new I J . JA. B E i l i i l E T iT y i'! I0 MANIJEACTIJRÈR of Tin, Copper1 and Sheet t J-JT Ware, and .dealer-in Stovep- and Iron Wuife generally. : Number 4; ErApire nnÆdaL » '*'• I Block, M A R B L E W O R lC fc. j. MONUMENTS and Head atones* Of / WeverV style ke|»ti. constantly I on-hand I or made to brider ¡on sllort'¡notice.- • The best^f American or Italian ] ,Marble used in all cas.eL^hop, on Madision street, Oneida. .F. B. HARVEY]'Proprietor. H O T E L , 1 [• S T . , ' B A C O N i'X3IEXlijPS ¡nl8tf C. BACON; Proprietor. INSURANOEv 1 l l i f e , .J f lh o c id e n t , F i r e . [¡Tew York Life Insurance Co. J j Assets $4,000,000. . P[rofl's oT business, all divided among assured, • Travelers Insurance Co. Assets $500,00ft. Insured against death or disability from acci- d,onti}| of all- kinds-. Morris’ Tire Insurance Co. Assets $l,000,00p, , 5 Albany City iFire Insurance Co. ! - A-ssets $300,000. All strictly First Class Companies, offering low rates,! settling losses promptly and liberally. I Fatjm buildings insured one, three or five year* t*-thé lowest rates. • . oce J Oneida,Valley National Bank. June 15th 1865. iiiyl;! 1 JL W, BARKER^Agent. ren we . . ,H . I . And would talk on, till Carried them ¡over side by si S]ide oy side,, for the way waslqne, The’ ioilsome ¡journey of life was done. 1 -| ! ' | An'd priest and Quaker, all whq died, Qaihe out alike on the other side— Nb ¡forms', or crosses, or books] had they, /. No gown’s of silk, or suits tof gray, ’■ b 0 creeds., to guide them; or MSS., For all had’pul| on Christ’s righteousness. gone rentarkedediarked with a lower coat.” “ As I r before, my]dear, buttons ^and I shirt bosoms are ,npt a prelimit ary consideration!.” “ An<i,” went on Catherine, ‘‘the dre8sumker s iys that Mrs.-Ogilvie has no moVe ideal kittenl “ All of Housekejeping than SucH coffee she says—” dressmakers’ress taitle !” . V erdon, with! a lofty ur- arm. “ Ishouldn IF of bjé. C are for Tip E yes — particularly w II aîk .—Tjhere are many affections tbl^ eyes th(at’’ are radically incura- Pefsons of scrofiiloiis coustitu- tio'ns] without any special l]ccal mani- festajlibnsj of it,. often determine the disease to the.eye^ liy son»]) erroneous habit o'r practice, and it remains there for life. It kriow.some. Jd ehi li tati n g it or.lender adlverse infiu is useful, therefore,, to of the causes which,: by he-elye, invite disease to it ipcapableiof resisting ences. ^eliding b!y twilight oujyhtjnever to be1 indulged in. A safe ruje is—neyer after sundown, or before sunrise. -Do |not allow yourself to read a mo ment in an.y reclining posit,ion, Whether in Ibed or on?1 a sofa. 1 1 Reading bn* steam-.or sail-vessels should nbt be largely indulged in, '' be cause the slightest motion pf a page] or your j]ody alters the focal! point, and re'quii es a ¡painful strainiug effort t~ re[adjlust itL - j A 1 sudden change between bright light ind darkness is always pernicious, ,Letl the light, whether \’natural or artificial, fall on the page ¡from behind, a little to one side. I 1 rEvery pareqt should peremptorily forbid all sewing by candle or gas light,] especially of dark materials. I N ever bathe or open the eyes in cold water.* It is always safest, best^ and most agreeable, to use warm, wa ter for the purpose over seventy de grees. rupted Mr ish of ¡his left] what kind of coffee I drank if I ¡had wife like Laura Ogilvie H Catherine lushed to Jier very head, blit she bit her lip in resolute l t 1 *• - 1 1 * . j self-control. “ I ¡want very much to please you, Alec, said she meekly. 1 “ Will you tell me how jto be intellectual?” 1 j tylrJ Alexander Verdon pulled his mpsta'che in »rather a puzzled manner. ‘f Why—why, my dear, you must read all the new Works, to begin with, and keen up with the general newspa per cilrrhnt; :md take a critical survey of paintings ; nd statutes —and all that sort of thing, you know.?* “ Yes, | but Al|ee—” 1 “ Njow, Cithie, t really wish you would let me, read a little iu peace. I get sb p t t l f time to cultivate my Softly Jo mind !” Mrs. rerdpn sighed her self as'khe cut the buttoln holes down the front of Mr. Alexander’s shirts. ical region, tfiat \Alexander gathered up his suspenders and retreated in dumb despair1. ^ . | “ Holes in my stockings big enough to jump throiigh, and the cologne bot tle not replenished. And I’ve-cut my nose, shaving] and no Cathie put oh sticking plaster. ~ do really thidk it would, b’e have my wife| appear like Laura Ogil- vie. I wonder what Ogilvie does when A«-cuts his nose!’’ I ’ Mr. Verdoi^-finished his toilet anu went down tbwq, with this snbject of maryel yet uridecided fn.bia mindl Tfic dry hells were clanging one, oh the same dajp when Mr. Verdoh ran hurriedly up\1 his front steps, and en tered his own domicil by tl e subtle aid of a convenient little night-key. «notii^inWife! Cathiei!” 1 here to Bqt theu I nice to ; Catherine i. But no wife, aproned j household fairy, met hin on the stairs, with gold br.own curls tucked neatly ¡back of the ears; and bright eyes spark ll come. She must be down in the] tPg wel- . __________ kitchen, was his thought, as he ran down, three stepslat a time, and presented himself .before the small damsel of twelve, who Was.the only domestic that ecbnomical Catherine Verdon kept. | “ Where’s your mistress, Pplly ?” “ Sure, sir, she’s gone to *ee a pic ture gallery, sjie told me, down town.” “ And when ig^she coming] back ?” demanded Mr| Verdon, biting hig with inward vexation. ] “ She said she mightn’t bo back be fore night.’’ 1 “ Where ara the children?” , “ Gone to their Grandmam’s in Brooklyn, sir. ’ j ' “ And what am I tddo for a ner ?” “ Sure, sir, ][ don’t know.” “ Here’s a pretty fix,” grumbled Verdon to himself as he stamped pairingly aboAt th e , kitchen.j “ I’ve asked Howard and Talboyb to lips dine here at three, got into Cathie ! .What demon _ W hy couldn’ have held my ¡tongue the other ni: I should really like to know w h a t\am to do.” hair in perplexity. He preceded his |;uests up the nar- stairway, biissjfully unawareucawar of ith er garra that g¡ de i, I’d row the >sh-b ¡¡sprinkled net and sooty countenance, friends such a task to maintain gravity. 1 j I f “ Recuse me ond minute, gentle men,3^—growing hot dll* over, a i he caught a glimpse of himself in the parlor .mirror, and dodged out tp i erra vate his toilet, muttering tb himself “ Wh.at has become,of Cathie ? ' g l v c «• r . V . . J - _ a —•— mtc _i_ _ only here !” ! As be’ issued onc i* mftre frftn his room, a soft familiar voicesound^d on his edr, and his .heart gave a great bound of delight. Cathie had return ed in yqr y truth, and was in the par lor at tin t instant, talking wfth his friends. f “ C|athie !” he ‘whispered, the djoor lialf ajar, “ Cathie !” Bujt she was too busy descanting on the iqerit^ of some pjre-Raphaeli tist to pay any attention to he band’s husky summons “ It’s burning, Cathie,” he whisper ed, cotnin|g into^the room and ho ding e ar il us- F: twitching cni I smell But Gai.hie off in her “/i thin th^'inside Verdon.' cabbage boards at \joys kee s the cabbage' quite plain.” her sleeve. jently nevfer stirred, norjbroke pretty, enthusidstic chatter. I ought to have greased of that pot\;” thought Mr ^ ATAtliinr# L n f tiSrim io nr*rl hut tongue and and Howard Nothing or dinner the Cosmo'politan, and Tal- \ ' ‘ What f . Bs a Frendh cook, ill they say ? 'Cath|ie, Isay—it’s al- ost threb o’clock.?’ “ Dinnei* ready !” djactulated Polly, ostentatio isly throwing open the door. Dinner was ready, as Mr.lVerdon found to l|is cost, as|he ati]dana Mr]r] Tal- boys followed Mrs. ¡Verddon M • and Howard into the dining room, where, 1 1 had a cook, book,,” groan- erdon in great tripulajLibn. y^u fry fish1—and araab- tumultúously “ I say,'Ca,thie!” 1 MrJ Verdin rushed! into the room where Cathie was’ sit ting, in the uidst o f . a pile of bqoks, deep in Some late publication, with his matafinal* to let but half Completed, and a pair of suspenders floating wildly in the air, likejthe reins o f a runaway hof86 “ Well, Alexander!” ] “ Whore are my shirts? I’ve torn the last respectable one pf thje old set half way across the back.” 1 ‘^They>aren’t finished!, Dear.” “ Notj finished, Mrs. Verdon ?” “ No.j I j^ish ,yoil wouldn’t inter rupt me[ Alec. What’s the use of woman’s trying to bdintellectual,.when a arejranning in and al questions about and stojekings and shirts? Madameed, de Stael nevjer had her mind .disturbed about ghirts,| I am sure.’? “ But1 what’s a fellow W do],-with his shirt split across the back?” “ A h ,; what indeed?”1 mused Cathie\ in a voice so plainly indicative that her mind was far away in soine raetaphys ^6nt witjh per- shaving soap], He tore his “ P o lly!” , “ Sir.’!’ “ What is there in tne house for din ner ?” “ There’s a tongue^ sif—and’ a Icod- fish—and a cabbage, 1} believe]” “ Bring ’em on, Polly, and I’ll cook ’em myself. You know how to bpil a tongue, don’t you ?”; “ I don’t know, sir.” “ I wish I had a cook book,]” gr ed Mr. Verdon “ Any how bage is very good boiled“, with buftler. Fetch bn the frying pan, Folly, and bring l£ts of kindling. I’m afraic the codfish is a little rough and drycon found the creature, how it sticks to tlie pan!_ Polly, you set the table, while I strip off the nice big cabbage leaves4- those little sprouts aren’t any use down ¡in the middle. I’ll send tb the bakers for an apple pie, I guess. I wou dn’t have Ho ward and Talboys sup'pos 3 we didn’t keep a professional cook for any money. If Cathie, were only at home!” Mr. Verdou dropped tbrepabiage leaves one by one immediately into the pot as he spoke.” . i ] “ Sure, sir,”i interposed the staring liandmaiden, “ Misses always washes them first.” ; “ Washes ’cfai?” ejaculated Mr. Ver dou. • “ What’s the use) of that when the pot is half full of water ? But wo men go to work by the hardesi. Give that tongue, Polly; and ¡a sharp knife—I suppose the plaguey thing lias got to.be skinned. Hal-lod!” Mr.-Verdon uttered an agonised howl as the knife slipped, infiiptingj a disa greeable gash in his hand. He tiled it up~with his pocket handkerchief]1 and w^nt on wi.th.ijiis rather difficult job. “ There !” he exclaimed, as hei trir ump.hantly jammed the tongue down among thfe cabbage leaves; 1 ‘ that’s donel Buit I’m afraid my fish is quite old—it do.es n’t fry at all favorable. Perhaps I ought to grease thje pan.” He t,6ok the fish ont by the tail, and anointed the hissing pari liberally with butter;/then set the establishinent ( 0 n the fire once more. | But just as he wa8 bending over the fire, his sleeves turned back, and his countenance ,dropping with jierspira- tion, there was a sudden sibilation and; an npwardtblaze;) the butter had taken fire—so had Mr. Verdon’s lair and shirt sleeves. ; , Luckily, he had presence o f mind enpugb to dip his face and arm instan taneously into the pail of water that stood in the\ sink; and at the moment that he stood there scorched and drip ping, w ith' singed hair and no coat, over the highly-flavored ruins of the luckle^codfish, Polly threw the kit chen door wide open and announced: , “ Please sir, twb gentlemen.?’ And Messrs. Howard and ¡Talboys entered, considerably surprised at the state of.thingsiheforei them, j* , “ Hallo!’’ exclaimed Mr. Talboys. “ Why, what’s the matter,’Ver dou?” queried! Mr. Howard. . “ Not. a cfse of spontaneous combustion, eh ?” While Alexander, scarlet and con fus jumbled vainly for the linen cuffs, .garnished with [gold sleeve but tons, that had blazed into light oiuders long. ago. « p _ I « he stammeied. “ Very stu pid of the girl to bring you down here—I just came for a glass pf water —let me escort you up stairs,” Mr. epejsed the sid^ nearly upon a greasy table-cloth, skinned tiugue, with one calcined, end a,handful of jurned cab bage, forming a green i^and upon a mammoth platter.’ Therejl was a half loaf o*f bread, a sootly po^ of “butter, and a tall Lin coffee-pit, .wlierein Polly Bad brewed a rnuddjr and villainous mixture tbat she fondly fancied to be coffee. ; j _.1 I 1 Alexant er V erdotx ooked with eyes of piteous appeal to t is wuo.j “ Cathie, perhaps ihese, gentlemen would not object to waiting until ahem—on; cook coulc prepar suitable* repast?” ery nice, . J. m sure e a more looking- dreamily straight said “ It’s v Catherine, before hei “ Very jood, indee|d,” said Mr. Tal boys. Oh, excellent,” exclaim,led Ho un ar.d. . i ! ' ‘ ‘wAnd, after all,” îpsuméa 1 Catlife, “ j t ’s o f very little consequence what we eat or drink, as long as the higher cravings of the intellectual ¡nature are satisfied.” don coughed dubiously, and carve the tongue, vowing never to iuvitp company when Cathie was occupied iff cultivating her mind. The geptlemen. played ¡with their. , and dallied with] their Jbrks, of them essayed a second tor erueJ Mr. Vei began to tea-spoone hut neither mouthful of either coffee. ]\i ] with deep “ You don’teat “ Oh, I assure ybp, Howard. . ‘‘ Have Talboys.’1 “ No more gue.- r. Verdon noticed this mortificatioa] | • . anything, Ilow.ai’d.” ’ 1 very heartily, I responded Mr. bavp dined ” ¡politely thank Talboys, ¿pasmodicall|y holding on to his plate. “ Howajrd, I think this hour.” charming cabbage or fact a little more ofj the tongue, you,” returned we have an en- arid intellectual 1 excuse us?” said Howard, [a littlelof the foot jelly ?” 1 exchanged, “ I want to { ask you a question.” W e ll!” “ Your wife is a oult^va see are. one prolonged wail, o f horrpr. ' ! ------------------- ted woman?” Nowhere else in-JLhe]Sooth are ecehes; “ Yes she’s that, apd she’s nothing, of* blood heing enacted on an eqaaliv of faded, dëso-. 1 J else,” groaned .poor Ogi yie. “ My wife is not—that is, intellect is not her forte. She’s s dear, sweet, domestic little thing, with no pailticn- lar taste for metaphysics or transcend ental theories. Now,r would yo;u ad vise me’to make ant intellectual woman ÿourP\vTTe r^ orûnT11 ^ 'nstaucev “ Would I advise youto take strych nine, or jump ffffin'to the river at high tide! Man, if you’ve gut a wife like that, don’t^for pityj’a sake try to alter her instincts ! Take b.er as she is, and be thankful from the bottom of your heart. Sure, you fton’t want, to live like t h i s * j He looked with à scornful shrug the shoulders around the late ropm, and added : ’“ My wife shines fn society — this is our home.” And Alexander Verd leave fully cured of the have his little Cathie lik 3 Mrs. Ogil vie. “ Catherine,” he said, somewhat sheepishly, as he once more came to the little table where she was so drows ily cutting the self-same leaves, “ you have consulted»my wishes !in one thing, will you consult them in another?” “ Yes, Alec.” ' “ Leave off trying ;to become Mad? ara$ dé Stael, and be my own little Cathie once more.?’ / * > The bright color flushed to her iém- plçs._ in- on took ambition his to but at ^ “ But I thought you wanted an tellectual wife, Aleq?” ] “ My dear, I fancied that I did; I am entirely convinced now th have been an egregi&us. fool.” ; Which, was so verytjinprecederited a declaration for Mr. Alexander Ver don to make, that, we th was entirely jnRtifiBd in this new proposition tie household .fain came ink his, wife açcedipg to And so th|é lit- back to his and hearthstone once more, and shirts dinners were nearer perfection ithan ever. But Catherine ha!s learned a lesson: ¡she fhas bcopme a compa^ra” usband in the highest A n O il S tory .—TiiQ Rine Dispatch r> 4 on 4 V\ n f TW« i T* n aa L A WL / .Of* _* i i 1 . _ . vid Kennedy & Co/hav^i a lar^e refinery just across ,the road from to her the Word, and- can reid and almost ak ag 8he can keep ho snse talk use. that delia sitjling in the es of a new vol- he said,' half gageraent “ I f out hostess wi bowing courteously. “ Won’i. you stay fir, ice-cream--and—fcalvfs questioried Mr. Verdon, drawing on his imagination for a hypothetical des sert. ! “ Thanl: you—we conld|n’t, possi bly,’3 said Mr. Tallpys. I And Mr. Verdon could, not avoid a aim percep tion that his .guests Were glad »to de part When he had returned ifrottt seeing them off, Cathie was parlor, cui,ling the leav ume. i “Oh! Catherine!” sadly, half angrily, “ ¡why did n’t,you go dojwn nnd'see a,hou|t the dinner.?” “ Dinner?”] repeated Cathie, w]ith wide opei .eyes. ‘[¡Why, Alec, I thought you wished nje to become in tellectual. I ,’m sure you said yourself that doraistiq cares oiight to be sec ondary to the; cultivation of my intel lectual nature]!” , ‘ i hanged the door stain in a genu ine rage “ I wohdei;”—he thought—“ if this state of things is inevitable. I ’ll and see Ggilyie—hanged if I don’t And hje ciapped on his hat find straightway went; ' It was nearly twili ght of a cold De cember daly, when he entered Dr. Ogil-s' vie’s parlor. The furniture was shabby and thatched with (hist-^-the torn cur- tains hun^ drearily» from Jtheir hooks, and an asihy fire waa jsniquldenng j in the grate} while* Ogilvie hirnseif, in a faded d ressing-gbwu; ~sat|. in an easy chain smoking a cheap cigar. “ Ogilvi?,” said Mr./Yferdon, after the preliminary salutations had been states that Mr. Jacob Althoff, of city, recently'discovered that his was partly filled with oil. He went to pumping and secured 32.„barrels. Da- oil ______ _ Al- thoff*s, and also a!n immense ihid'pr- ground1 tank, holding some eight hun dred barrels. Althoff showed, them .Ihe’pil, aud they bought thethirty-two barrels at about six dollars a bar 'elj— quite a reasonable price—and thoujgbt tiiey had . made a good little upbe. They contracted for all of Jacob’s cjel,- Tar oil at the \same rate. The'i Utten waited patiently for more to ho lect. Meanwhile Kennedy & Co. hail occa sion to examine their underground tank. Near the top was (found a crev ice, and, they smelt sojnetliing besides' oil. They soon found that when their tank,was tilled up to this crevice] the oil found its way out of the tank, and penetrated into tjieir neighbor’s cellar. They had not only lost considerable of their oil, but had bought back thirty two barrels of it at over six dollars per barrel! and had contracted to keep on doing so ! The leak wap shopped in- stanter, and Althotif’s cellar is 'not so valuable as it was. We understand Mr. A. intends to send in a.bill for damage done to his cellar by-filling it with petroleum. The money so far re ceived he of course retaink 1 R eign of T errór iií E ást T¿ n .2! íes - SEE.—The accounts from East extensive scale, membering how The Union men,[ re tti ey were h united down jn the earlier years of the wart are resolved th a t . their persecutors shall not live with them in pèflce on any terms; 1 T he surrendered rebels. upon the other hand, claim sr'iCl,c9~ tion of protect, them- But as oil and water will not mix, eveu with muchi shaking, so thBsó two element^ suuid out in unrelenting^ hostility. Murders are o f daily Occur rence, but they are;not murders by [, stealth or done for robbery. Tlie r u l - / ‘ ing passion is “ revenge.” A Tad oif sixteen pioks out the man. who dealt his father the fatal blow, and shojots him. Returned Union soldiers talee summary justice for outraged wives] or ; daughters. ©Id men sacrigcp 'to ¡the manes o f their slaughtered sons. For four years has East Tenne^effb^en ridden by rebel outlaws with deedsj o f 1 blood, until, every house can show the ( stains upon its door-posts. Just npw the Union soldiers are being discharg- ~ ed and distributed among their homjes. The Knoxville W h igi recounting, the horrors of those days^'shys:, Gov. Harris arid his rebel advisers could . have presented all this? but they were not then so zealous in favoRpf law atid order as now ! But npw Gov. Brown-1 low is called upon in Iqud and eloquent terms to stop, .all attempts at [Violence. J He is told that he can stop it if he. will—t!hat he will be blamed ¡if he dc es not slop it-^and that the character! of the country will sufferif any more acts of 1 violence , are perpetrated, j Brównlow sajTs that he can’t be with several thousand returned sqldiers, djis-, persed ovqr a> dozen counties, to see. • that each man acts wifti propriety, aucl j observes the spirit arid letter of tjib law.’’ He leaves eaeu man to do that himself. I i A n e c d o t e o f * D a n i e l -[W e b s t e r ^— The Worcester Spy^ in noticing t : e .death of Branch Pierce, the hunter o f 1 Plymouth ^yoods, with whom W o K s t o r “ 8 °! b d ^ i in . h i i n j k l ing, relates ,t^e following interesting incident.lof the departed statesim 1 “ It was Mr. Webster’s enstofn the hunting season, to travel ‘acre from Marshfield to the Plymouth Woods, .and meet theot'her huntsmen at the cabin of ‘Uncle .Branqh.| ,C>n one of these excursions'he washover- taken by a storm which, lasted all dajy. No other huntsmen appeared sjt the cabin, and solitary sport was\ out-’of .the question. But Mi. Webster, w6o often made small occasions. great by’ his wonderful genius, was not at.a loss- Jor entertainment. Adapting, hims ¿If to the peculiar religious inclining of liis hosts while they pursued their usn'al homely occupations, he .read1 and rjer- peated a multitude o f 1 psalms rand hymns with {which much reading haA' made him familiar. Hour, after hour the great statesman paced the floor- ]>£,' that cabin kitchen,- repeating with hlr magnificent voice the inspired psalms of David, and Watt’s undying hymnls^ with only Branch Pierce and his wife forj listeners, N o cliurch or cathedral. ever listened to grander or sweeter* music than that with which Daniel Websteri that day'filled the cabin .of the hunter, of Plymouth W oods; aid. no audience ever listened to his own\ triumphant eloquence with speh d e>- , -light as its humble -tenants listened ,{b the familiar psalm]s, which for them re ceived new inspiration as they tolled from his marvellous lips.f’ Alexander Verdon and strode off dow,n go i” A T emple D iscovered at P om - PEit. —Letters from Naples describe^ .temple of Jjino, just: discovered in the redent excavations at Pompeii. Three hundred skeletons were found crowded within the ! sanctuary, a propitiatory service having evidently been held in the hour ihey wjere overwhelmed. Tlie statue of the goddess, with1 its at tendant pealcock, the tripod in front of the a'tar, JLhje golden censor, the jew els on the person of the priestess, the rich vessels holding the deposit of ani mal blopd, are the main! particulars dwelt on. The eyes of Juno were the mpstvivid enamel, her arms and whole person richly decorated vnth gold trin- keis, aud bèr gaudy hire} J resplendent with a cluster of glittering ,gems. Aromatic ingredients layL calcined within »the censor, while gorgeous lamps and bronze ornaments strewed the tesselated pavement. A P leasant P arlor P astime .—A favorite play with Dr. yfhately was # Penciling a little tale on a [piece, oft paper, and then making bis right hand neighbor read and repeat it lira whis per to the next man, and so on ¡until everybody had done the same. But the last man was always required to ^ritc what he had beard., and the mat ter was then compared with the origi nal retained by his grade. In many instances the matter was hardly recog nizable, and Dr. Whatel^f1 would draw an .obvious moral; hut the cream of the fun lay in his efforts to ascertain when the alteration took plaee. His analytical po.wer of detection prbved usually accurate, and the mterpblations were playfully pilloried. This play is palled *‘:Hussiari Bdandai,’* M y M other .- t -S ome gentlemen passing through the beantitnl village of Renton, in the’vale of Leven, Run-* bartopshire, about nine ojcloqk at night/recently, had their attentio'n directed to a dark object in the church* yard, and found a boy o f tender years laying asleeh across a newly-raade grave. On questioning him,; hesatd he lived four miles off at Dunbarton, and added, sobbing, ?‘I just‘cam’ cause my mother’s grave was here]” - His mother had been bnried there a short tiriie before, arid his Peeking la refuge at her gravq was a touching episode in one who could scarcely have yet learned to realize the true charac ter of that separation which ' knows! of no re-union on earth. Thither had |h |e instinctively wa'njiered to sob orit his sorrows, and to moisten with his tears the grave. o f onje who had hitliertjo • been his natiiral protector, for he had eyidently c^ied himself asleep.j T h e . pen of Sterne alone could Ao justice to the narration of so affectipg an in cident. 1 1 ■ u “ Sir,” said a newlyifledged legisla tor to a fellow-passenger on the* Hud son River Railroad, “ are you goin \ tio the Legislature.?’? “ No, thank Gpd ! not so bad as that. I’m going tof the State PriBon!” , A cheese factory of sufficient capj^ city/forthe milk of onethousarid coys has hoenereoted at Sinclairsyiile, G-hau-. tauque: County.. i. Thirty cheesea are turned out“ dajly^ftoto the milk of nirie hundred , - ^ A nioe old l#Ay^r that A 1®1 thinks it. v v' little quicksilver id’ make su 6 h Awful' hot raising it an Ipch or so.
