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paper in'the State, and thus otters
superior advantages fn advertisers.
JOB WORK:
Our office, besides one of Hoe's best Power
Presses, is furnished with a gdodJqlj
all the netessary materials for executing pliyii
and fancy Job Printing with ana dis
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HANDBILLS
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and all kinds of Public Papers klways on hand
Professional ... Gards-
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At n IN°M Citon S2<
' ' ' CHANCERY,
Towsontown, Md.
Will attend firOntpt!y*£tf prlMAifyly to all
busines4 ; e?Ori|ete(ijo lis : q[arTf J, ()i) &C -.A
Ja n. 1, TSO —t f. * ■ - i
R. W. DOUGftERTY, ~l
AVVOaME •/ AT LAW,
TOWSONTOWN,' MD. ' / 7/'
April I.—f>m. .
DR. J. PIPER,
Office —Reeidenc Tidings.
Office tonrs Mfll 7 A. M., to 9 o yloek A. M.
iIFroJO iin'4l4tld.l?.. iiia'elvk U*■ i
and 0 o’clock -P. M.
vioiir
a.I DR. SAMUEL KEPLER.
Offibiarul Result*re —NEAßE'PSOM CHURCH.
Towsontown, Dec. 31, 1804. —ly
J. XBLSON WISXEU.V l't I',. M, I'llH K
ATTORNEYS A T pA W .
\ | Office—No. 1 Smedley Row,
HAVING formed a partnership, will give
prompt attenti’oTt-M^atPlfeW*aud chancery
bus*u##p#nti;*i|p4fto their care.
Sep. 17, 1864. ly a^lT
Amos .•<*; ,:n>)
tiioii * fcl-tt'l
Office No. 21
TJ^CTLCS£ ; -i>i AtovOtUti* f Baltimore
■+>■ f - n
WILLIAM M. BUSEY, . .
ATT 6 a N 'it AirL A %
Nfy U Fayelj,e Street, Near CJif j
Baltimore, Aid.
April 1, ■ 1 • [
Theodore* Glocker,
attorney At law
..= ■. 3;! l • AS p* • •" •
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
No. 44 St. Paul street, Baltimore, Md. j
PARTICULAR attention given to Chancery
and Orphans’ Court business, in the Courts
of Baltimore city and county. ,
All communications or business left with Mr.
JOHN R. D. BEDFORD, Conveyancer,Towson
town, will be promptly attended to.
March 12, 1364.—tL . ■: - - ■■■
O. C. Warfield,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, • ■ ;
Towsontown.
PREPARES applications for
ci CCAiI n
BOUNTY,
BACK PAY and
PENSIONS.
Feb. 20.—tf •...■■ , l. ,i.
Jos. P. Merryman.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
71 West Fayette street, Balt.
Jan. 9,1864.—1 y " ' 7
e. MKRKYVAX. K. P. KKHC, It. . S
MEREYMAN & KEECH,
'.,j DENTISTS,:. - i
No. 50 North Calvert street, Baltimore.
Milch 26, 1864.—1 y ■ ! - > ■ ’’
R. R. Boarman,
ATTORNEY A T £L A W
SOLICITOR IN. CHANCERY. '
Smedley Row, opposite. Court House,
towsostOwv.. ! i . : ■ ii-f
WILL promptly attend to all business en*
trusted to his care. .
Jan. 18.—tf ;,y ; u ?/; ij • A til i
LSWIB B. WREELIER. , WILLIAM S. KKKeH
Wheeler &
A ourN BTY SAT *ll Ar
r i y. '’••••< and '' '' j
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, " 1
Office No. 1 and 2 Smedley Row, Tow^ttfwn,
HAVING formed a PARTNERSHrP'for thV
practice of Law, will give pompt atten
tion to the coUeqtiqppf elf in
general in tite Orpxians’Court'ana Circuit Court
for Baltimore county.
Aug. 27,1859—tf ' : 1
R. W. Tiuplkmak. Chas. J. Pensisgtox
LLf. /i. Wm. H. Siiipluy. t .• =
Agents for sale of Maryland I.ands,
Office {up No. 48
R. W. Templeman, & C 0.,, ~t
OFFER their services to the public for the
Sale of Farms, and Real Estate generally..
They have, as Surveyors, a general knowledge
of the lands of parts of the State, and unusual
facilities otherwise for the transaction of such
business. Platband desmiutiona ofaJl mop
erties they niSy* hi't’e*fot *s*J!efwifc lfeAceft in
book form. Parties wishing to sell or purchase,
will jjlMse oommunicate by letjier as above.
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
fTIHE undersigned, having; takyn up his res
f_ hi the Tenth District, on the new Turnpike
leading from Meredith’s Ford to Sweet Air,
respectfully nsks of the public a share of the
business appertaining to Building and Carpen
ter’s Work in g, e J c^ GE H MA T TI iEWS.
Jan.2B, 1805.—tf.
GEORGE C. McCOULL,
UNDERTAKER,
No. 131 Saratoga street, I door west of Howard
IS prepared to furnish COFFINS at 25 per
cent, less than the usual price, and of fine
finish, for cash. Jan. 28, 1865. ly.
wjniiEp/ rZ
4 N industriouß and.capable MAN to work
on a Farm either by the day on imonth.-*-
To a, faithful, sober man good wages wilt be giv
en. Apply to JOHN W. RHINE; manager for
„i i„ : ,u.i Mb.* JOHN B i OWENS, *.rf
Aigburtk Val*> Towsontown-
Maa*k4KrtY ,i j j iy/ *■ >• > r
County Adveriisemen&Si
p WIRKE.I STORE,
J n the Thriving Little Village of
WAREEIST.
GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICES IN ALL
KINDS OF GOODS.
flllfE proprietors of the “Warren Store” are
I offering great inducements to the citizens
qf this neighborhooti, that is worthy of their
Attention. We offer to tho public the best se
lection of goods that can be found in any store
in the country, and will guarantee to sell them
a l less than city retail prices. All goods sold
here warranted as represented or the money
refunded. Our stock consists in part of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,
CHINA WARE,
CROCKERY WARE,
EARTHENWARE, • ■
STONEWARE,
GLASSWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS. CAPS,
DRUGS, DYE STUFFS, OIL AND PAINTS,
MEDICINES, GLASS, PUTTY, WHITE
LEAD, LINSEED Jr NEATS FOOT
OIL, PAItaPHINE OIL, KER
OSENE OIL, MACHINE
•OIL, MACKEREL, '
HERRINGS, BA
CON, HAMS,
BP.EAST PIECES, SHOULDERS, G. A. SALT,
Fine Salt, Flour, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, Hom
ony Back Wheat,
TIN AND WOODEN WARES,
Brooms, Ropes, Plow Lines, Shoa Findings,
Wrot Nails, Cut Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and eve
ry article that may be lound in a well regulat
ed country store.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
of all kinds taken in exchange for goods at
riity prices. 1 ■- • ■ ■
H. P. THOMAS,
For Warren Manufacturing Company.
Auctioneer.
THE undersigned having taken out a Gov
ernment License for sth as well as the 2d
Congressional District, is prepared to attend
sales in any part of Baltimore or Harford coun
ties, or any othet portion of said Districts, ex
empt Baltimore city.
Having removed from Sweet Air to
towsontown, persons having business with me
Will please address me at Towsontown, or ap
ply to Mr. CliuVch, Advocate Office, Mr. Long
necker & Sons', American Office, or Mr. Nelson
Cooper, at his More.
J 1 SAMUEL C. WILSON,
j Dec. s.—tAlo * Towsontown, Md.
NOTICE.
THE firm of Eongnecker A Sons having been
dissolved, nil persons having claims
against the above firm, of, any kind, will please
present them to the undersigned, and all.per
sbns being in any way indebted either for sub
scription "to the Baltimore County American,pr
fpr advertising, are requested to make imjncdii
aite payment to the above. All persons indebt
•l to John H. Longnecker for subscription to,
ojr advertising in the above paper, previous to
November 15th; 1863, are earnestly requested
to make payment as above. Bills will be sent
Itb all so indebted.
11. C. LONGNECKER,
J. B. LONGNECKER,
J. 11. LONGNECKER,
j Jan. 7.—tf. , n.> •/1 ■- "
TO W SO N TO IV i\
FEMALE SEMINARY.
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL for young
Ladies.
Mrs. MARGARET R. SCHENCK,
Principle. •
(Late Principal <>f the Columbus Female Sem
inary, ©hie.)
The next term toill commence on Wednesday,
February, B th. Feb. 11.—4t*
LODI COMPANYS’
POUDRETTE.
"tTTE again offer this celebrated Manure to
W Farmers. After 25 years trial it is found
to be tho cheapest and best fertilizer used,over
10,000 bids, were sold last year, the domand ex
ceeding the supply.
For Tobacco, Corn, Potatoes and Vegetables,
it is unsurpassed. ...rt '*
The Cpmpany manufacture also, Bone Ta-feu,
(k substitute for Super Phosphate,) from Bones,
Blood, Offal, Night Soil and Peruvian Guano,
ground fine. Price SSO per Ton. .
Coe’s Phosphate; made by W. L. Byadly,
Boston. Having been appointed an Agent for
this celebrated Phosphate, we shall have a con
stant supply on hand.
Pamphlets with full particulars, with price,
may be obtained by addressing the Company’s
Agents, BOWEN A MERCER,
No_.3 Exchange Place, Baltimore. , ;
February 2(.—2m.,
r. s. cuih,
BACK PAY, BOUNTY,
Pension & Prize Collecting Agency.
THE undersigned, for more than three years
past Colonels in tho U. S. Army, attend to
all Claims against the U. S. Government, make
up Quartermasters’ and Ordnance Accounts for
'Dischaßged Officers, procure Ration Money for
Released Prisoners of War. Compensation to
Loyal Ownerß of Slaves enlisted in the U. S.
Jirmy or Navy secured. Monthly Pay for
• Wives and Mothers of Prisoners of War pro
cured. Soldiers’ Check Books Cashed, and
Cash Advances made on Claims.
post paid, or apply in person
to SCHLEY A EMERY,
,1 Attorneys at Law,
122 Baltimore at., (up stairs) Balto. Md.
March.2s.—3m..,i; i
1 • JOHN D. HAMMOND,
SADDLE, harness, trum,
AND COLLAR MANUFACTURER,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL,
rfjft - No. 348 Baltimore st., AffPiyßß
©U 3 doors below Eutaw
Zrt n W House, Baltimore,
It/fANUFACTURES and keeps constautlyoft
ill hand every description of SADDLES,
HARNESS, TRUNKS. VALISES, CARPET
BAGS, COLLARS, and every other article in
his line. All orders executed with neatness
and dispatch., July i 9, 1864.—1 y
PLOUGH CASTINGS !
PLOUGH CASTINGS !!
THE attention of Farmers and Merchants is
invited to my full and complete stock,_em
■ bracing all the various sizes of the Wiley,
I Woodeock, Smith, Atwood, Minor A Horton,
! Wisconsin, and other kinds, all of which will
i be sold low by the single piece or ton.
Also, a good assortment of Ploughs, at less
I than regular prices, at No. 142 N. Gay street,
i Baltimore. HENRY WILCOX,
r1 1 Feb. 6.—tf
TAKE notice.
PALL STYLES OP HATS, 184.
YtYTE are now prepared to fur
\\ nish our friends and
public with the FALL STYLES
OF HATS, for Gentlemen’s wear, HIBESSfik
which will compare .favorably with any sold
iji the city of Baltimore.
| ALSO, SOFT PELT HATS,
Latest patterns, for Gentlemen, Youths and
Children, some very beautiful.
8. HINDES A SON,
Oct. 15.‘—tf No. 160 Gay street.
SCHUCHMANN & REIto,
, KAJrrrACTtTKERS OF
..Traveling Trunks,
I > Valises and I.adlee Bonnet Boxes,
No. 6 W. Baltimore street,
BALTIMORE.
far TRUNKS MADE TO ORDER
Jan. 14> 1866.—1 y.
TOWSONTOWN. MIX, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1865.
Railroad Directory.
northern Central Railway.
TRAINS NORTHWARD.
Mail leaves Calvert Station at 9.20 A. M,
Pittsburg and Erie. Express ~..8.00 P. M.
1 Pittsburg and El in ira Express 10.00 P. M.
1 Harrisburg Accommodation leaves at 2.50 P.. M.
Park ton Accommodation. No. 1 “ 7.20 A.M.
Parkton Accommodation No. 3 “ / 5.00’P. M.
! TRAINS SOUTHWARD.
! Mail train arrives at Calvert Station 5.30 P. M.
Pittsburg, Elmira and Erie Ex press.. 7.00 A, M.
Harrisburg Accommodation arrives 12.20 A. M.
Parkton Accommodation, No. 2........8.30 A. M.
Parkton Accommodation, No. 4 7.25 P. M.
Pittsburg Express through without change of
cars. ■ . /
1 Express Train leaves at 10.00 oai^y.
Express Train at 8.00 daily, except Saturdays,
for Harrisburg, Pittsburg and Erie.
Express at 10.00 P. M., Sundays, for Harris
burg, rittsbnrg and the West only, arrives dai
ly except Mondays.
' Express at 8.00 IVM., leaves daily except
Sftturduvs.
Mail daily,except Sundays. Harrisburg Ac
commodation leaves daily except Sundays.—
Mail and Express will not stop between Balti
more and Parkton.
Baltimore Sc Ohio Railroad.
Mail Train fer the Ohio river will leave Bal
timore daily (except Sunday) at 9.00 A. M.
Express Train will leave Baltimore daily at
9.40 P. M.
Both trains connect kt the Ohio river for all
points West, Southwest and Northwest.
Frederick Train leaves Baltimore daily at 4.
00 P. M.; and Frederick at 7.00 A. M., Sundays
Thk Elltcoft’s Mills Trai,* leaves BaltimoVa
at 6.30 and 10,00 ft, M., iftixl 2.005 F. M* and Ell
lichtrs Mills at YOO and 11.30 and 3.30 P. M.
FOR WA SUING TON.
Leave Baltimore at 4.30, 7.00, 8.50, 9.40 a. m.
and 3.30, and 6.00 T. M. On Sundays at
4.30 8.50 A; -M., and 3.30 and 6.00:P. M. l Leave
Washington at 6.15, 8.15 and 11.15 A. M., and
3.00, 4.30, and 6.45 P. M. On Sundays at
8.15, 11.15 and 3,00 A..M., and 3.00 J\ M, Th^
O. ni. and 3.30 [i. m. trains only from'Balti
more, and the 8.15 a. m. and 3.00 p. m. from
Washington stop at waypoints. The 7.00, 8.5.0
a. m. and tUe 3.30 and 6,00 p. ni: from; Balti
more, and the 6.15 and 8.15 a. m. and 3.ooand
4.30 p. m. trains from Washington Connectwith
trains on the Annapolis road. 11
Philadelphia Ruiluoad.
Way Mail Train for Philadelphia tnd way
stations, at 8,25 a. m. i
Express Train for Philadelphia and New
York at 9.20 a. m<
Express Train for Philadelphia and New
York at 1.10 p. in. 1 i. .
Way Mail Train for Philadelphia and way
stations at 4.25 p. m.
Express Train for Philadelphia and N. York
at 6.35 p. in.
Above trains leave daily except Sundays.—
On Sundays For Philadelphia and New York
at 9.25 p. in.
For Salisbury and intermediate points on
Delaware Railroad take 9.25 p. in., train, and
for Dover, Delaware, take the 1.00 p. m., train.
Western Rarjiaiwl Railroad.
Leave Union' Bridge at 4135 "A. ‘ ii. and 8.47
A. M. Leave Baltimore at 9.20 A. M. and ’3.
P. M.
Stages connect dafly with Mahebester lin’d
Hawijute&iL at Glen Morris Station,.on arrival
ol 9.20 A. M. train, froni JJaltimore, and for
Uniontown, TaneytiAvp ’and flmmittsburg, on
arrival of same train at Linwood Station.
BALTIMOBB & TOWSONTOWN
raiitway.
ON an after Monday, October 10th, 1864, cars
will
LEAVE BALTIMORE EVERY HOUR,
In the Charles Street Cars, corner of Baltiniore
and North streets, .
FROM 7 A. M. TO 6 P. M., except 12 M.
And will leave
CGRNER EAST AND ENSOR-STS:, Old-Town,■
EVERY HOUR* /
FROM 7.15 A. M. TO 6:15 P. Mi,
Except at 12.15 noon.
The cars conueot at North Boundary Aveiuie.
LEAVE TOWSONTOWN EVERY HOUR,
FROM-1 A.-sMrrTQ 7E. Mp except xt 12 ? Me
AViar will leave the Corner of-EAST- AND
ENSOR STREETS at 11 .P. M.
Oct. 15.—tf _ A. D. BANKS, Agent.
CHANGE OF HOURS.
Baltimore, Catopaville & Eilicotus.Mills
RAI^AY.
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT. ,
ON and after Monday, October 3d, 1864, cars
will run HOURLY, ’
FROM 7 A. M. TO 12 M.,
FROM 2 TO Gl\ M., DAILY/ /,
i Sundavs included.
* PASSENGERS TO AND FROM ELLICOTT’S*
> MILLS will leave daily, Sundays included, at
• S and 11 A. M., and 2 and SP. M.
• Depot west end of Baltimore street.
r Tlie Old Established and Reliable
: Substitute Agency,
| GEO. COLTON & CO.,
28 Second Stnct, Nearly Opposite the Post Office,
HAVING been for a long time in the busi-
Iness of furnishing Districts and individ
uals with Substitutes, and enlisting Volunteers
for the Army and Navy, and being thoroughly
familiar with every department of our occupa
tion, we cah offer great facilities to those who
may need our services. Those who wantto en
ter the service, either as Substitutes or Volun-j
leers, as well ns those who want Substitutes for
themselves or friends, would do well to give us
a call.
Contracts taken for filling quotas, as
| heretofore.
‘ Exemption papers of all kinds carefully
* prepared and advice furnished. Claims of all
’ kinds collected with dispatch.
r RFMEMBER THE PLACE!
‘ 28 Second Street, Baltimore, Md.
Feb. 2a. T ?m. , ■. . , •, j
MARYLAND BAG FACTORY,
s GAMBRILL, HOOPER & CO.,
fi, W. COR. SOUTH A PRATT STREETS,
BALTIMORE,
j O HIP Chandlers, and dealers in Sail Cloth,
Netting, Seine and Sail Twine, heavy cet
ton, Flax and Ilemp goods generally. Also,
manufacturers of Cotton and Burlap BAGS)
’ Tarpaulins, Wagon Covers, Ac.
,11 Jan. 14, 1865.—tf.
JACOB HOFFMAN,
SADDLE, HARNESS AND COLLAR MAN
UFACTURER.
* No. 176 North Gay Street, Baltimore.
* I\/f ANUFACTERES and keeps constantly on
IT I hand all kinds of light und heavy Har
, ness, Collars, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Ac. Old
" Harness taken in exchange. Country work of
all kinds punctually attended to. Repairing
promptly executed.
Feb. 4.—3 m.
TO REAL ESTATE OWNERS.
THE undersigned are now dealing extensive
ly in the Bale pf FARMS and LANDS in
all parts of Maryland, especially in Baltimore
county. Those desiring to sell at good prices,
will send us a full description.
No Sale no Charge. .
J&-AU Legal Claims of soldiers prosecuted.
- Address, EATON & CO.,
Baltimore.
Office—No. 262 Baltimore Street, (up stairs.)
- Feb. 4, 1 !
• Id* 1-
Select ffccttir.
APRIL.
When the warm sun, that brings ,
Seed-time ntl harvest, bar returned again,
sweet to vlsit the still wood, where spring*
The first flower of th plain.
!•<#. laf IhV '
I lore the season well,
When forest glades are teeming with bright forms,
Nor dark and many-folded clouds fortf II
The coming-in of storm*.
1,! jli 1< ; o . . t.'.i . : .Hi /.'
From ,the earth's, leosened mould
The sapling draw* its sustenauce, and thrives :
Though stricken to thf heart.with winter’s cold,
Th* drooping tree revives.
Tlw softly-warbled song
Comes through the pleasant.woods, and colored wings
Are glancing in the golden tun, along
~ The forest openings.
And when bright sunset fill* , ,
The silver woods with light, the green slope throws
Its shadows in the hollows of the hills,
And wide the upland glows.
And when the day is gone, 1 .
In the blue lake, the sky, o’erreaching far,
Is hollowed out, and the moon di]>s her horn.
And twinkles many a star.
Inverted in this tide ‘i
Stand the gray rocks, and trembling shadows throw.
And the fair trees look over, side by side,
And see themselves below.
Sweet. April, many a thought -
Is wedded unto thee, a9 hearts are wed ;
Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn bro’t,
Life’s golden fruit is shed.
[ t ram, tfit Richmond Whig 0/ 1362.]
UNION FOREVER !
Perish the heart that would destroy
The temple of odr sires!
Perish <thC heart that hopes fer joy '
■ Inits consuming fires !
Let not (he monster he forgot
Who dares (0 light the'flimtf
Bat Curse him with a traitor’s lot,
And With a traitor’s name ( ",
Our fainting hopes refuse to die—
-7 Otrr : tott’ring bulwarks staiid :
1 ‘ ' Arid freedom's banner still floats' high
Q’er a united land 1
' The stars that gem its asure folds
May cease awhile to shine—
But tremble not I The arm that hold*
The flag staff is Divine !
i 1 ; , /, I■, ! I 1.'...
While the dark raven bodes despair
had still on fear renews, (?)
The noble eagje, high in air,
, Ilia onward way pursues
lie dread* not there the tempest’s wrath.
Though all its thunders roll;
But soars above the tempest's path.
Exulting to the goal!
ggi&tellattMws.
“They Didn’t See.”
‘I can’t get over the sight of that are
child,’ said Farmer Berryls as he rose up
from the table, where he had just dispatch
ed the lunch of cold ham, and warm bis
cuit, and apple pie, which his wife had
placed before him j and ho seated himself
in the great arm-chair by the stove, for it
was a day in the opening of December, and
tho afternoon winds were full of chill aud
snow, as they came over the mountains,
and beat upon the snug, small dwelling of
Farmer Berryls.
‘What child do you mean, Justin?’ said
Mrs. Berryls, as she held a recently deca
pitated chicken over a bed of bright coals,
in order to singe the skin ; and her little
daughter, Annie, who had been deeply en
grossed in trimming a hrown silk bonnet,
which her aunt had brought her at Thanks
giving, laid down a half finished bow ot pink
ribbon, and came close to her father, her
small, sun browned face and bright black
eyes full of interest.
• . ‘Well,’ said Farmer Berryls, clearing his
throat, and leaning back in his chair, ‘to
commence at the beginning. Jist after
Squire Loomis had agreed to pay mo five
dollars for cord of wood I took into
town to-day, and he was walkin’ round and
lookin’ at it, a man c&iue along leading a
little girl by the hand, jist about Annie’s
age here, only she wasn’t so stout and
spriugy like, and she hadn’t any color to
speak of in her cheeks, and her eyes was
as blue as a bit of sky that comes right out
of an April cloud.
‘ ‘Squire Loomis,’ said the man, ‘l’ve
brought this young’un over to yeur folks
to slay fora few days. Two of our chil
dren’s down with the whooping cough, and
grandma's laid np With the rheumatis’ and
mothers got her hands lull, without havin’
other folks’ young ’uns to take care on.*
‘ ‘Well,’ said the Squire, looking at the
child in away that showed very plainly he
didn’t much like the i<Jea of takiu her, ‘I
s’pose she can stay, but my wife and daugh
ters are goin.’ to leave town next week, and
won’t feel as if they could be bothered
much just now. Can t you find a place for
the child, Mr. Masou ?”
tho Treadles want to take her,
and have her bound out to ’em till she’s
eighteen. But, to tell the truth, I can’t
quite ipake up my mind to Jet ’em have her
until we’ve tried a little longer. They’re a
rough, coarse set, and I shouldn!t want to
put a child o’ my own under jist such folks.
She’s a slender little thing, and don’t seem
cut out for a drudge, and that’s what they’ll
be sartain to make of her; and mother,
she’s dreadful agin tho girl’s going there.
But folks must look out for their own flesh
and blood fust, and if somebody don’t offer
to take the girl before the next meeting of
selectmen, I s’pose we must turn her over
to the Treadles.’
‘ ‘Wall Mr. Mason, I’ll take her in for a
week, said the Squire, and then he went on
talkin’ with me about unlo&diu’ the wood,
and the little girl stood by, lookin’ from
one to the other in such a pitiful way that
I felt right down sorry for her. Jist then
somebody came along aud wanted to speak
to the Squire, and I turned to the stranger
who was hurryiu’ away, and I asked him if
that child hadn’t got anybody to look out
for her,
‘.‘Not a soul, sir Her mother died a
month ago of consumption .5 she was one of
onr neighbors, and lived by takin’ in sewin’.
She sot a world o’store by her child, and
it’s the thought 0’ that which makes me re
luctant to give hfer over to folks that’ll only
think bow much they can get out of her.’
‘The tears came into the little girl’s blue
eyes as the man said those words, and if
you could have seen her face, wife, it would
have been as much as you could have stood.
‘Dear me, father, what was the child’s
name ?’ asked Mrs. Berryls, holding her
: singed chicken in one hand, and her face
; struggling with pity and sorrow.
‘I asked tbe<3hild, and she said it was
Ellen Drake:’
‘Jist then, the Squire called her to come
into the house with him, and I didn’t get a
chance to say another word to her.’
‘Oh, dear, what if it was my Annie I’
1 excjpimed Mrs. Berryls, and the glance of
’ beaming mother-love she bept upon her lit
tle, daughter was dimmed by quick-starting
' tears. \! •** *•' a 4 * ■*•••■ * - *
‘Father,’ said Annie, seating herself on
her patent’s knee, ‘why didn’t you bring the
\ little girl straight home with you ?’
[ ‘Why, what sbofild I bat® done with her,
then ?’ playfully pulling one of the black
braids of Annie’s hair.
‘Oh, let her live along with me, you know.
What a nice home she would have !’
‘Yes ; but your father is a poor man,
Annie, and it costs a great deal to take
care of such little bodies as you.’
‘She could sleep in my bed, though, and
have part of my room, and we could man
age somehow about the dresses, T've al
ways wanted a little sister, father ; and
you won’t let her go to those cruel people,
who’ll be sure toabuse her? Just think, as
motlior says, what if it was your little ‘An
nie,’ father ?’
‘Wall, mother, isn’t she a cute reasoner ?
What do you say to it all ?’
‘As you say, we’re poor folks, Justin,
but I don’t believe the Lord will ever allow
us to suffer because we succored the 4 orphan
in her need,’ answered Mrs.'Berryls, as she
proceeded to dismember her chicken ; far
away down in her mother-heart there was a
voice which plead for the little orphan,
and indorsed every word which her child
had spoken.
Two days later, after the winter’s first
heavy fall of snow, Farmer Berryls went
into town, and when he returned he brought
with him the little slender, sweet-faced or
phan girl he had found at Squire Loomis’.
‘This is to be your home always,’ said. A
nnie Berryls, as her busy little fingers un
tied the child’s bonnet, ‘and my father and
mother will bo yours, and you shall be my
sister, and we shall have such pice times
together!’
The blue eyes grew wide for gladness.—
‘I shall be very happy here, I know I shall;
I liked your father the first time I saw him,
and wished he would take me with him.—
I’ve laid awake every night and cried all
alone, because I thought I’d got to go to
those dreadful Treadles. I know it would
have broken mamma’s heart if she had
known it before she died.’
‘O, I wish she kuew it now !’ exclaimed
her impulsive, sympathetic companion.
‘Maybe she does ; and if she doesn't she
will, in God’s good time,” said Mrs. Ber
ryls, as sho took tho little orphan’s hand,
and kissed her a welcome to her new home.
‘Come, supper’s all ready, and I know you
must be hungry now,’ and Annie Berryls
seized the other hand, and so the mother
and daughter led the litilc stranger into
tne kitchen, and towards the plentiful ta
ble in its centre, aud Farmer Berryls fol
lowed ; but ‘they didn’t see’ that over them
the angels looked down and smiled, behold
ing this sceue.
i 1
Make Friends Among the Birds.
Birds can provide quite well for them
selves, but they are very thankful for any
assistance. The robin asks only to be let
alone aud he will be likely to choose some
snug covert in the branches of an evergreen,
or other foliaged tree near the house in
which to commence housekeeping. He .and
his mate may be made very tame by frequent
ly scattering bread crtimbs x and other dah
ties near their haunts. They have been ren
dered so familiar by such means, that they
would come when called and feed at the
feet and in some cases from the hands of
their friends. Tho blue birds will hunt all
about the premises for some suitable hollow
with a narrow opening in which to build
their nest. They some times choose very
singular dwellings. An old boot hung in
the wood-house was for years a favorite
nesting place for a pair of these birds. A
workman once left his coat hanging on the
fence in a back lot. Several weeks after,
he remember it, but found other claimants
in possession, two blue birds being very
busy rearing a family in one of the sleeves.
A few plain boxes with entranco holes
just large enough, placed in troes or on the
buildings, will attract these pleasaut visi
tors. The pert and lively wrens, will quick
ly occupy similar accommodations, and give
much pleasure with their sprightly songs
and noisy chatterings. The martins go in
flocks and will require larger accomoda
tions. A box three feet long, six to uine
inches wide and a foot high, with openings
six inches apart will suffice for a small col
ony. The barn swallows will find quarters
in the barn, if openings be left in the gable
end, and the mud swallows if undisturbed
will make quite a cornice under the eaves.
All these birds will work faithfully for the
neighborhood where they are encouraged.
Moths, catterpillers arid worms will be de
voured by wholesale where birds abound,
aud tho music they make will certainly af
ford more pleasure than can be derived from
shooting or stoning such innocent crea,,
tures. — American Agriculturist.
About the Month of April.
The month of April was represented by
the ancients as a playful dalicing boy with
a rattle in his hand. Children are easily
made to smile or to cry, and the figure was
therefore quite appropriate as we expect
sunshine * rain to follow each other in quick
succession during the present mouth. The
name April, it is said, is derived from the
Latin word aperire, which means to open, &
at this season the buds and blossoms are
opening under the warm sunshine and fre
quent showers. The Dutch call it the Grass
month. It will be interesting to our young
friends to observe each year at what time
the various trees ami plants in that neigh
borhood first open their buds, and to write
dowu the dates. See bow much earlier the
lilac bush in the front yard puts fort leaves,
than does the apple tree in the orchard ;
and so with other shrubs, trees and plants.
Such a record kept from year to year will
show the comparative earllbess of the dif
ferent seasons. It will also lead the observ
er to notice other facts about vegetation, all
of which will furuish most agreeable em
, ployment for leisnre hours.
The first day of April is known as April
Fool’s day, and all over Europe, as well as
America, the custom prevails of sending
people on foolish errands or playing other
practical jokes, and then laughing at the
victims. How this singular practice origi
nated is not certainly known. Some think
it first prevailed among the Hindoos, who
keep up similar performances at a least cal
led hull ; this however does not account for
the origin of the custom. Others, perhaps
with more truth, say it is kept up in com
memoration of our Saviour being sent back
and forth between Herod and Pilate at the
( time of his trial. Whoever attempts to play
a trick upon auothor should make it a pleas
ant one ; such for instance as was carried
out by a party of young men on a poor
neighbor, whose corn needed hoeing badly,
while he was sick. Some twenty of them
assembled one fine moonlight evening aud
by 10 o’clock had it all in prime order.—
You can imagine the poor man’s feelings a
' few days after when he crawled out’ to try
and. do a little for his suffering crop.—
1 American Agriculturist.
1 fs*Men and women, girls or boys, feel
instinctively when they have fallen in with
i dangerous associates ;if they choose to re
main amongst them, they are lost: So, ill
i high tides, barks of light draught will floai
, over the quicksands ;in summer at low tide
the veuturdus boys and young ,P eo pl e wil’
play cricket thereupon ; but neither can re
main long in the neighborhood. The tim<
comes when the sands are covered with i
{ thin surface of water, and beneath is th<
shifting looso wet earth more dangeroui
and treacherous than spring-tide ice ; a f* t
j then it ia that to* touch is to be drawn in
and to be drawn in is death. : So it is Witt
, bad company.
Life at the Oil Wells.
A writer in the New York )Vorld, who
' has just returned from Oil City, gives the
following graphic And truthful sketch of
' life, men and manners there :
Life in Oil City is fast and peculiar. Go
I into a bar-room, or a sitting-room, and you
• will find a conclave resembling no other
• ever assembled on the face of the earth.—
I The representatives of millions of green
> backs and thousands of acres of oil land
1 jostle in company with teamsters, stage
-1 drivers, carpenters, workers at wells, pen
niless adventurers with small capital, na
’ bobs from afar, come to see what “all tho
row is about,” spcculatois of every class,
- and democratic people generally. Oil is
1 the great leveler. Your neighbor, no ruat
-1 ter. how wretchodly garbed or how detosta r
bly vulgar in his speech and mauner, inay v
’ be so far your superior in money’s worth,
• that, in this community, where wealth is
the only recognized aristocracy, he is held
I to be something more than a simple loafer.
Men accustomed to the amenities of civil
ized society here descend to the plane of
off-handed "slang absolutely necessary to the
establishment of pleasant and profitable
- intercourse. “Airs” are absolutely of no
account whatever. A dignified bearing
does not impress. The common courtesies
■ of a business transaction mayor may not be
required. They will, of course, prevail be
tween gentlemen here as everywhere. But
they are not generally valued or depeuded.
1 upon. Men who find that, by the mere
strength of their wits, they can make mo
ney here as well without a high and grace
i fal bearing os with it, cease to respect it
• jn others. The democratic principle ad
■ bored to in the oil business is, that all men
are equal. The very trick and essence of
1 money making is to make the man you bar
gain with believe that you are his inferior,
and that you are permitting him to gouge
you accordingly.
You have come down to look about you,
with the view of purchasing somo land.—
You casually allude to the fact loud. Lo ?
from tho mouth of a greasy individual in
the corner, who from his appearance, might,
in ordinary circles, be held a coal-heaver
or a roller of barrels :
“I’ve got a few acres np hero. Perhaps
you’d like to look at it ?”
“How many ?”
“ ’Bout two hundred.”
“What price ?”
“Thousand dollars an acre.”
“I say, Bill,” (up speaks one of the com
pany lo another man in a pair of worn-out
boots and a frayed overcoat,) “how much
did you git for three hundred acres ?”
“.Sixty thousan’.”
“Whew ! did they look at it?”
“No!” „
The oil conversation once started, soon
gets into a jumble.
Not until Oil City is left behind does
the full magnitude and bewilderment of the
oil mining region dawn upon the traveller.
Tho developments along the Alleghany
are simply nothing to it. A perplexing
maze of derricks is woven thickly along
both sjdes of the stream, from the banks to
the bases of the hills. Engine-houses, shau
ties, offices, tanks, groceries, taverns, em
bryo villages, give the whole valley an air
of activity such as surrounds the machine
shops and manufactories of large cities.—
Smoke and steam arise ; the clanking of
machinery and the puffing of engines sound
near and far. Sleighs and wagons fill the
roads, and are drawn np beside tho differ
ent wells, where the process of filling and
; shipping the barrels is going on. Men on
horse-back aod men on foot—hundreds of
them throng the crooked ways or linger
■ beside tho derricks. Knots of spectators
: gather to witness the yield of the large
wells, or to discuss the prospects of new
cues going down. The new wells and the
i old are easily distinguishable from each
other at a glance, the derricks of the forin
i er being freshly hewn and white, those of
■ the latter brown and stained with oil.
i Snubbing.
There are men exemplary in all the du
-1 ties of life who never passed a day without
! snubbing somebody—their wives, of course
(natural victims, used to be told that they
say nothing and do nothing right,) their
! children their servants, the uuderlings,
■ their acquaintances, their associates. Eve
• ry day something has passed their lips which
i has acted like a blow at the time, and work
■ ed on the recollection like a blister, which
1 has been repeated with querulous soreness
’ and been passed on to the world as a fresh
trait of character, which has added to the
growing barrier which daily rises between
the man and his specios. Not that we can
r cut him—we do not even wish to do so.—
l All the ceremonies of friendly intercourse
i continue to pass between us; there is no
5 reason they should ever be left off. Bnt at
t every encounter he gets shoved farther and
; farther away from our secrets. One by one
> he loses the key to the hearts of his friends,
5 who stand on the defensive, keep watch,
t shut themselves up in his presence with in
-3 stinctive caution, till we doubt not be often
- in his inner heart wonders at his own insola
-5 tion. For our part we are sincerely sorry
( for him ; and we are so conscious besides
.• that men may have the habit without know
- ing it, that wo would offer one general coun
-3 sol—never under any temptation, prac
-3 tice a talent for setting down on people
, worth caring for. Risk a good deal, take a
; circuitous route, leave good advice unsaid,
. or said in less trenchant telling fashion,
1 bear irritation, nuisances, what not rather
- than inflict any sudden wound on your
- friend’s self-love. Do not put him, on your
1 behalf, on the duty of Christian forgiveness.
- Allow him to rest in some ignorance of your
opinion, even though he may believe it
1 more to his advantage than it happens to be
s incomplete ; sacrifice the pleasure of being
p sharp and acute at his expense ; for it is ve
r ry certain that he will not like you the bet
o ter, and very unlikely also that he should
- himself be the better, for you having made
k him fell like, and perhaps look like, a fool,
i) If he is often put under the apprehension
-of it, the least that can be expected of him
r is, that ho will eschew your confidence, and
s' carefully keep on tho windy side of intima
r cy.
k " Here lies the secret of so many charges
e of ingratitude, and benefits forgotten, of un
y requited, unvalued sacrifices. Not that a
:- few, or even a series, of ill-considered, un
i palateable words ought to counterbalance
r real services, but that they put human na
’, ture to a strain which too severely tests its
n weak points. —Essays on Social Subjects.
d -*♦*-
Prince of Wales is to be cclips
a od by the visit of young Prince Napoleon
y to the United States. A correspondent of
- the Herald says he is coming here in a year
or two, accompanied by a magnificent fleet
of war steamers, have one or two leading
>1 ministers with him, and will make the visit
h one of great state. The length of time inter
!- vening will enable all our “distinguished or
u ntors” to prepare their speeches of welcome
it for the occasion.
—^ j
|( the time of expected invasiou of
j- Great Britton at the beginning of the cen
e tury, some of the town magistrates called
a upon an old maiden lady of Montrose and
e solicited her subscription to raise men for
is the service of the King. she
d answered right sturdily, “111 do nae sic
j, thing; I could raise a man for myself,
h and I’m not goun to raise men for King
(Jeorge.”
NO. 15.
Pensioners.
We select the following interesting state
ment from the late Report of the Sec. of
War i.
There are more than fifty thousand (51,-
135) pensioners on the rolls. Of these 5 are
revolutionary soldiers; 1,418 widows of rev
olutionary soldiers ; 22,767 army pension
ers ; 25,433 orphans and mothers of ar
my pensioners; 1,505 Bailors. The expen
ditures on pension account last year were
foar and a half millions of dollars ($4,595-
376 ;) and 1,812 bounty land warrants, rep
resenting 286,960 acres of land, were issued.
Of the whole amount expended for pen
sions last year. $3,500,000 were grauted
on account of disability or "death resulting
from service in the war of the rebellion.-
During the continuance of the war no trust
worthy estimate can be made of the amount
of money that will be required eventually
to meet the obligations thus assumed by
the Governmeot to our soldiers and sea
men. The report, adds :
“The list of pensioners is constantly un
dergoing both increase and diminution, and
at present aDd for months to come it must
be rapidly augmented, even should peace
be restored without further hostilities. It
is estimated that more than sovcn millions
of .dollars will be required to satisfy the
claims accruing under the pension laws da
ring the current fiscal year.”
It is recommended that the National
Banks be required to perforin the duties
of pension agents.
Go to Church.
There is no one tiling which helps to es
tablish a man’s character and standing in
society, more than steady attendance at
church, and a proper regard for the first
day of the week. Every head of a family
should go to church as an example of pa
reuts who have loved them and watched
over their best interests. Lounging in
streets and bar rooms on the Sabbath is
abominable and deserves severe censure,
because it lays the foundation of habits
which ruin both body and soul. Many a
young man can date the commencement of
his dissipation which made him a burden
to himself and friends, aud ah object of pi
ty in the sight of his enemies, to his Sun
day debauchery. Idleness is the mother
of drunkenness—the Sabbath is generally
an idle day, therefore if it were Dot proper
ly kept, it were better struck out of exist
ence.
Go to church !—lf you are a young man
just entered upon business, it will establish
your credit ! What capitalist would not
sooner entrust a new beginner who, instead
of dissipating his time his character and
his money iu dissolute company, attended
to bulrness on business days, and on Sab
bath appeared in the house of God. Goto
church with a contrite heart, and bending
a knee at the throne of your Maker, pour
out a sincere thank offering for the mer
cies of the past week.
The Loan and the People.
On Monday last a boy presented him
self at the counter of Jay Cooke & Co., iu
Philadelphia, and said that he wanted to
invest SIO,OOO in Seven Thirties. He un
covered that amount of money from his per
son in greenbacks aod notes of Ohio and
Indiana banks. It soon transpired that he
lived in the western part of Indiana, aud
desiring to invest in the Government Loan,
and thinking with a prudent simplicity that
it would be safest to get his bonds right
from Jay Cooke’s own hands, he traveled
all the way to Philadelphia to make the
purchase. While there he received the at
tentions which his patriotism and devotion
merited. . On Friday of last week a Ger
man came into the National Bank of Du
buque, having walked 30 miles from his
farm, in the neighborhood of Bellevue.—
His clothes were ragged—the appearance
of the man was that of a mendicant. ’Twas
an artifice to avert robbery on the road.—-
For, in the bank, he took out of his dress
$13,000, his own money in part, principally
his neighbors, intrusted to aim to invest in
the Government Loan. Every dollar of
the thirteen thousand had been dug by
these Germans out of the soil with hard
day’s work.
Rules to Observe when You take a Gun
in tour Hand.— Whenever you take a gun
in your hand, inquire if it is loaded. Should
there be no person to answer you, if the gun
is a muzzle loader, place the butt on the
ground, outside the left foot, having previ
ously fixed the hammer at half-cock, and
holding the muzzle in a forward direction,
clear of yonr person, draw the ramrod, and
insert it gently into the barrel. If there
is a charge in you will feel the thud of the
ramrod upon it whilst the rod’s upper end
will project about three fingers breadth
above the muzzle of the gnn. Should the
piece not be loaded the ramrod will sink
right down, aud the broad metal end will
soon announce the empty barrel by the tap
against the breech-plug. Never handle
a loaded gun except for the purpose of dis
charging it; and never at any time—eith
er iu jest or earnest—poiut a gun at
any living thing you don’t intend to
kill.— Chambers's Journal.
A New Mode of Bailing Hay. —Dr. R.
Wakeman and Mr. J. L. Ballance,of Port
Deposit, have invented and patented a ma
chine for cutting and bailing hay. The ma
chine is driven by power, and the hay being
fed into it, it is cut three fourths of an inch
loug, and falling into a box, a packer, ope
rating something after the manner of a pile
driver, compresses it into a solid mass.
When a sufficient quantity of the hay is
thus prepared to form a bale, it is turned
under a screw press, where the packing pro
cess is completed, and the bale tied with
wire and rolled out. A bale of hay thus
prepared and pressed will weigh 500
pounds, the dimensions of which are about
four feet loug, two feet wide and two feet
deep.
There is a great saving of feed when thus
cut, and the additional advantage of, being
able to store a larger quantity of it in a
small spare, will be likely to revolutionize
the old mode of paekiug hay.— Cecil ]Vhiy.
gyThc village of New Liberty, Illinois,
on the Ohio river, has been almost totally
annihilated by the high water in that stream
aided by a severe gale that swept over that
region on Sunday, the 12th ult. Houses
were demolished, and the inhabitants driv
i en out until there were but two dwellings
that had not beeu destroyed. Nearly all
the houses were swept from their founda
tions. The damage in the town was esti
mated at SIB,OOO and in the surrounding
‘ country still greater damage was ucne.
' frequently hear of our Generals
: capturing “pieces of artillery.” “What’s
; the use of continually capturing pieces t H
says Mrs. Partington. “Why not capture,
whole ones ?”
1 m
frit is presumed that Joseph was cast
[■ into the “pit” because his presence was
found inconvenient in the “family circle."
| rit has been so long since the Union
r forces were whipped that they have forgot
-5 ten how to be.
• “Joining hands aint matrimony,” s
t, custom originated by pugilists shaking
hands before they fight.