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ORLEANS INBEPENPEMfTAMARiT
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VOLUME n-NTJMBEB, 35.
Orleans Independent Standard
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
BY GROUT BROTHERS,
AT BARTON, VERMONT.
WM. W. OROVT.
J. QBOCT, JE.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
CRANE & IilSBEE,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
NEWPORT, VKBMONT.
W D. Crane. L. II. Bisbee.
Special attention paid to the collection of all
lawns against tho government.
J. T. ALLEN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
NEWPORT, YKBMONT.
CHARLES I. VAIL,
ATTORNEY, PENSION & BOUNTY AGENT.
IKASRIHOU, VHUMONT.
W.tt. I. TYLER,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
IKASBURQU, TBRMONT.
Uittce la tbe Court House.
DALE k HOWNSON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
UEKBT LINE AND BARTON, VT.
OEO. N. DALK. 1. B. ROBINSON,
Pensions, Bounties and all Military Claims pro-
tumd.
JOHN I, S.VHTLE,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
BARTON, VERMONT.
(iUoi'T imo's,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
AND CLAIM AGENTS.
IIAllTON, VERMONT.
Will attend the Courts in Orleans and Caledonia
Counties.
WM. W. OROVT. i, GROUT, JR.
V, II. I'ARKIIIIRNT, I. II.,
110 MYOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
JRASBl'ROH, VERMONT.
A. CURRIER,
MANUFACTURER SA8II, DOORS, BLINDS.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Will always he ready to attend to all calls in
ois line. Call at the old shop.
SAMUEL STANFORD,
DEALER IN PLOWS, TINWARE, FLOUR.
IRANUUROH, VERMONT.
Also Horses to let at all times, and general job
and team work done. Satisfaction given.
E. E. KAWSON,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Dealer in Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silver and
Plated Ware.
J. N. WEBSTER,
E H O'T O G H A P H E R .
BARTON, VERMONT.
Photographing done in every style of the art.
Small pictures copied and enlarged to any size
unci rnislud ii) India Ink. A large assortment
of Alliums and ova! frames always on hand, and
for sale cheap.
WM. A. CHASE,
CUSTOM BOOT AND SHOEMAKER.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Particular attention given to repairing. Shop
over the Standard office.
HALL & JOSLYN,
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, W. 1. GOODS, &C.
BARTON, TBRMONT.
A good assortment of Hardware, Hats, Caps,
Boots, Shoes, Flour, Salt, Nails, Clothing, &c.
"VM. JOSLYN Ac SONS,
Apothecaries and Wholesale Druggists.
BARTON, VERMONT.
HENRY C 1 1 A mTIeR LIN,
TIN-SHOP, STOVE AND HOLLOW WARE.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Williams' Soap Stone Stove, (best thing yet in
vented) Pumps, Sinks, &c. Repairing done.
fw7roiunson,
dry goods, w. i. goods, groceries.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Ready Made Clothing, Hardware, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Caps, Flour, Salt, Nails, Glass, &c.
JOHN JENNESS,
PROPRIETOR Of THE UNWN HOUSE.
' ' " OL0VER, VERMONT.
An excellent home for the traveler. No pains
will be spared to promote the comfort of guests.
R. II. LITTLE,
PROPRIETOR O F THE BARTON HOTEL.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Carriap cs in attendance on arrival of trains.
'the Stages all sp at this Ifouse: Also a good
Livery in connection with the same.
JM. HUHUARD,
HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTER.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Imitator of Wood and Marble, Paper Hanger,
Glazier, &c.
J. T. HOWLER,
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC MARBLE WORKER
BARTON, VERMONT.
Granite Monuments furnished. Shop on Wa-
Strict.
fl. S. HlCKFORD, -
CARRIAGE MAKER AND REPAIRER.
BARTON. VERMONT.
Good work and ready pay. Always at homet
LANE & -ADAMS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
and wholesale dealers in
Flour, Butter, Cheese and All kinds of
Country Produce.
7 Main Street, Springfield, Mass.
f. B.'LANB. ' ' !'''' pi D. ADAMS.
C. II. DWINELL,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Also dealer in Cassino's Spring Mattrasses, Cof
fins and Caskets.
J. E. DWINELL,
FURNITURE DEALER AND REPAIRER
' i LOVER, VBRMONl.
ke'bt. Sofas, Loun
ge, Curtain Fixtures, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Mir
urs. Pirtnra Vrmpu. Stuffed. Cane And Wood
eat Chairs, Tables, Cribs, Cabs, Cassino s Spring
Mattrasses. Also Coffins, Caskets. Furniture re
paired and Cane Seat Chairs bottomed good as
ever.
E. B. TRUE & CO.,
FURNITURE DEALERS
NEWPORT. TERMOWT.
A good supply of Stoves, Crockery, Tin and
nonow ware always on Hand, Also caryew.
I. C. BURPEE,' "
fUOPRlET OR CASPIAN HOUSE.
ORBSNSBORO, VERMONT,
TUn I. : l . . -.1,. arA at VPARon
U10 IIUUM3 19 Kept 1U UUU DLJ 1U 1.1
able prices. Special attention given to fishing
faitlCa.
JOHN E. SKINNER,
MERCHANT.
BARTON, VERMONT.
DR. E. PALMER,
SURGEON DENTI
S T
HKWPADT. VERMONT.
rw-.,i. -r i..-i,i!ifiii nnerationa in
entistry are required, because no operator is
re careful to avoid pain, more Pfrfecn?
BALLOU & HIBBARD, ". ; .
COMMISSION DEALERS IN
Bu, Cheese, Flour, Eggs, Beans, &c.,' &c,
lFaneuil Hall Sauwre Boston, aiass.
BALLOL- lvl A. D- HXBBAEJ)
D. WHITTLESEY. .
MERCHANT, GLOVER,' VERMONT.
I
ft
f.,tejKn stid Domestic Pry poods, Crockery mi
?re,lK?iVadeClothing. Hata 4S?2
TIF 1 I.FH I Fl
Fiih v?1 Md Groceries, lour, V"
pii:1 d Oils, Glass, Patent Medicines,
rKai9 Tools &c ic-'iM
INCREASED PENSIONS.
Full instructions have been received,
And all Claims for Increase of Pension, under the
iai acioi June otn, iaoo, wu do promptly prose
cuted by Grout Brothers, at Barton, Vt.
J. II. IIOLTON.
SILVER PLATER, DERBY LINE. VT.
Manufacturer and Dealer in Tin raped nnrl flai
riage trimmings. A complete assortment alwavs
. V, .1 - . - "
HORACE BEAN,
PROPRIETOR LAKE HOUSE.
NEWPORT, VERMONT.
Solicits the patronase of the traveling comma
nity, and will use his best endeavors to please his
patrons. Connected with the house is one of the
best Livery btables to be found in the State. Sin
gle or double teams furnished at short notice, and
aireasonaoie rates.
DUNCAN McDOlGALL,
TAILOR.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Cutting done in the latest style and warranted
to fit if properly made up. Also garments cut
and mads, All work done with neatness and
dispatch.
Orleans Probate District.
PROBATE COURTS will be held at my office in
Derby, on Monday, and at the Probate Office
in Irasburgh, on Thursday of each week, until
further notice
E. A. STEWART, Judge.
Irasburgh, Dc, J, J.803.
LEWIS HOLMES,
SUTTON, VERMONT,
AGENT FOR
Reynold's Improved Turbine
W ate r'Wheel.
It requires the least water for the amount of
power given of any wheel in use. Come and
see it. 25tf
Have received their NEW STYLES of
LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH COST
PAPER HANGINGS,
Selected expressly for the RETAIL TRADE, and
nuicii iiiey win sen ai pnees to correspona
with the recent decline of ' "
Gr O L 1 ,
Purchasers are invited to examine our assortment
NOS. 49 and 51 Court Street, nearlj opposite the
uoun nouse.
BOSTON.
ST. JOHNSIILRY ACADEMY.
Fall Term will begin Sept 4th 1866.
Winter
ov. 27th
Spring "
Summer "
30yl
Feb. 19th 1867
May 14th "
J. K. Colby, Principal
Sewing Machine Agency.
Now is the Time to Get You a Good Machine.
THE Subscriber has talc en the Agency and
spent some time in visitintr some of the best
and most popular Sewing Machine Establish
ments in New England, and is now prepared to
furnish Single and Double Thread, the
C ROVER BKERr
and Shuttle or Lock Stitch Machines; no better
in in; r j-iiimuuu , nuuuieu to ngm ana neavy
Family Sewing, and also to Tailor's and heavy
Leather Work at manufacturer s prices. Sam
ple machines can be seen at tie subscriber's
Sewing Machine Rooms in Bartcn, where a com
petent person will be in attendance to give in
struction to all wanting Machines, in relation to
sewing, and in keeping them in order free of
charge which will be of great benefit to newbe-
irinners.
t.lli 1 lOil.-
ing slightly repaired, varnished up and carried
through the country ly irresponsible persons and
sold for new machines. Many of them soon fail
and your money is lost. Buy yoiur machines of
responsible parties. JJevoting an my time to the
Sewing Machine business, I hope to receive or
ders from all in Orleans County who want good
Sewing Machines, at the LOWEST PRICE.
U Macnines turmshea tor ii and upwards.
Orders promptly attended to.
Barton. March 25, 1866 13m6
Photograph Saloon.
I
"HE subscribers have lately purchased the well
. known Photograph and Daguerreotype Sa
loon of Mr. L. D. Wilson, at Barton Landing, and
they are now ready to attend to calls for
Photographs, Ambrotypes, Melainotypes,
DaswerreMVpe,
nthe hichest stj'le of the art. They will take
Pictures every day in the week Sunday except
ed till about the first of May, when the Saloon
will be removed to Glover. Now is your time to
secure their services.
vll:14m6 JOHN HUMPHREY.
Glover, May 18, 1866.
Money Returned in Full
F, after a few day's use of GODFREY'S CA
TARRH REMEDY, its effects are unsatisfac
tory. Sold by V. C. GODFREY only, No. 831
Broadway, Pie w York; o a box; tew require
more. It is the prescription ot one ot tne most
eminent of living successful medical professors
and surgeons in the United States, and is known
to be a scientific, safe, and successful remedy.
Occasionally a case may have passed to an incu
rable state, for man was born to die ; but that
none may be imposed upon, tne above oner is
made, in accordance with the printed statement
on each box.
March J, 186$ J4
Pelts, Hides, Rags, Old Paper,
PR NT PAPIRt SACKlNGi,
Copper, Pewter, Brass, Lead, Old
Iron, l eathers, Bees Wax,
AND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE
taken in exchange fpr goods by
II. 0. WlilTCEER, Agent.
WOODMAN'S
BOOT AND SHOE STORE,
wiimot's building, opp. post ofpicb,
BARTON j V JK K 31 U Jn J. .
InAVE on hand a large assortment of Boots,
Shoes and Rubbers, of every style andyane
rv to which I ask the attention of the public. I
have the very best Gent's Thick and Thin boots,
Calf balmorals, Fancy Slippers, Misses' Cloth,
Goat and Calf baimorals. Copper Toed boots for
Children. Infants' Shoes of all kinds and styles.
Rubbers for Men, Women and Children. Also
BOOT RNB SHOE FINDINGS,
Knives, brushes, blacking, Threap Awls, Shoe
Nans Hungarian Nails, Heel and Toe Irons Cot
, T.ng and Shoe Lacings. In fact I keep
everything in the boot and 8hqe line, and that too
of the " " ' '' '
VERY BEST QUALITY.
ttive my undivided attention to this branch of
Eusineis and pay cash for my goods, and wi.l
SELL CHEAP FOR CASH1
Let no one wno wiue - -
i m onrutrlnr nrt.ir.leof
boots ana suocb, i e"
W H IPS
T n lull m m VH iim M ft -Jl II.
I also keep on hand a large na .i
mentof Whips. Call ana see -
Barton, Decl 25, 1865.
r tvt r t. A TVTJ ! ! L.AND ! ! I
Ndbumbug-a safe paying
Lands inviting to the emigrant
Western rcnnsylvania-are offered for sale. A
rle opportunity Is offered, all who have any in
rareoppw i different clime m pur-
"""J Z r. &mbU loctei
Any wishing to inter 0Vin u particulars W
and draft of the sn j jj7SKlNNER,' ' ' '
nfclftf Crtffcbuxv.Vt.
The Three Pictures.
I saw a picture ; light and shade
Were so completely blended
The eye could not dktinguish where
The one began or ended,
Save where the vices left a blot,
Or virtue brightenei sme lone spot.
It was a picture of the past,
From early days of gladness ;
The interwoven light and shade
Was mingled joy and sadness.
My checkered life I then could see
Portrayed by faithful memory.
It faded, and another came
Of more transparent brightness.
The rainbow's gorgeous coloring
Floated with airy lightness,
With glorious forms and scenes around
Upspringing from the enchanted ground.
The ocean and the ocean's isles,
Dim wood and hoary mountains.
Far wandering streams and praines wide,
Grottoes and gushing fountains,
And bright conceptions, rich, and rarp,
Imagination painted there.' ' ' '
It melted, and another came,
While grouping and arranging
The magic forms, the scene appeared
Continually changing.
Yet eyer luring, ever bright,
And ever promising delight.
That picture many a care beguiled
With changes bright and endless
And all-absorbing to the mind
Then weary, worn, and friendless.
Twa8 drawn by Hope, and proved to be
The brightest picture of the three.
Riverside Echo,
A True Story.
On the evening of the 13th ol Feb
ruary, 1850, two young men sat n a
comfortably furnished room in a New
York boarding-house. A bright lire
glowed in the grate, well-chosen en
graving adorned the walls, and a
bright light was diffused about the
room from an Argand burner.
Let me introduce the occupants of
the apartment a.s Tom Stacy and John
Wilbur, young men of twenty-live or
thereabouts, who were known in the
business circles as Stacy &, Wilbur,
retail dry goods dealers, No. .Broad
way. They had not been in business
long, but were already doing unusual
ly well. They liad taken apartments
together, one of which is now present
ed to the reader.
"lias it occurred to you, Wilbur,"
asked hi'si partner, removing his cigar,
and knocking a nay the 'ashes, that
to-morrow is Valentine's day ?'
"Yes, I thought of it this afternoon,
as I was walking up from the store.''
"So did I, and to some purpose, too,
as I will show vou.''
Tom Stacy went to a drawer, and
drew out a gorgeous valentine, an
etc.
"What do you think I gave for that'
he asked.
"I don't know, I'm sure. It appears
te bn very elegan,'' j
"It cost me ten dollars." i
"Whew!" whistled Wilbur, "It!
strikes me you aro either every ex
travagant or very devoted. May I
know what fair damsel is to be made
glad by the receipt of this elegant
missive :
"That's my secret," said Tom laugj;:
ing. ','1 don't niuid veiling you, how
ever. It's to go to Edith Castleton."
"I presume you feel particularly in
terested in the young lady ?"
"Not at all. But I told her 1 would
send her a valentine, ct la veto ! Shan't
you conform to tlie custom 'of the day ? '
"I had not thought ol it," said John,
thoughtfully, "but I believe I will."
"And what fair lady shall you se
lect as the recipient."
"You remember the poor scam
stress who occupies an attic in the
house ?"
"Yes, I have met her on the steps
two or three times."
"She looks as if times were liard
with her, think I 'will send her a
valentine,"
!'And what good do you think it
will do her?" asked Stacy in sur
prise. "Wait till you see the kind of val
entine I will send."
Wilbur went to his desk, and tak
ing out a sheet of paper, drew from
nis porienionnaie a. ten qouar out,
wrapped it in the paper on which he
had previously written "From St. Val
entine," and placed the whole in an
envelope.
"There, said he, "my valentine has
cost as much as yours, and I venture
to say it will be as welcome."
"You are riirht, I wish 'how I had
not bought this costly trifle. How
ever, as it is purchased, I will send
it."
The next day dawned clear and
rosty. It was lively enough for those
who sat by comfortable fires and dined
at luxurious tables, but for the poor
who shared npne of these advantages
it was indeed 'a bitter day.
Inan attio room, meanly furnished,
sat a young cirl. pale and thin. She
was cowering over a scanty wood
fire, the best she could afford, which
heated the room very insufficiently.
She was sewing steadily, ' shivering
from time to time as the cold blast
shook the window and found its way
through the crevices.
Poor child 1 Life had a very black
aspect for her on that winter day.
Shfi was atone in the world. There
was absolutely no one whom she could
call for assistance, though she needed
it sorely enough. The thought came
to her more than once iu her discom
fort. Is it worth while living aiy Ion
(TPT
r J5ut sne recollect irom tue em
of suicide. She might starve, to death,
but she wcrald not take the life that
God had given hen - ;
-' Plunged in gloomy thought she con
tinued to work, All at once a step
BARTON, VERMONT,
was heard ascending the staircase
which led to her room. Then there
was a knock at the door. She arose
iu some surprise and opened it, think
ing it must be the landlady or one of
the servants.
She was right. It was a servant.
"Here's a letter for you that the
postboy just brought, Miss Morris."
"A letter for me !" repeated Helen
Morris, in surprise, taking it from the
servant's hand. 'Yho pould have
written to ine ?"
"Maybe it's a valentine, Miss," said
the airl, laughing, "You know this
is Valentine's day. More by token,
I've got to myself this morning. One's
a karakter, (caricature,) so mistress
calls it. Just look at it."
Bridget displayed a highly embel-
liohocl jiot oi'itxl Mopoon4(.4toK o L i
female hard at work at the wastub,
the cast of beauty being decidedly
uiDerman.
Helen Morris laughed absently, but
did not open her letter while Bridget
remained a little to the disappoint
ment of that eurioijs damspl.
Helen slowly opened tho envelope,
i bank note for ton dollars dropped
from it on the floor.
"Heaven be praised !" she said fold
ing her hands gratefully. "The sum
will enable me to carry out the plan
which I had'in view."
Eight years passed away. Eight
years, with their lights and shadows,
joys and sorrows. They brought with
them the merry voices of children
they bvoiiirlit 'with them. newrmade
graves uupuiueas to, sqine and grief
to otjiers.
Towards the last they brought the
great commercial crisis of '57, when
houses that seemed built on a rock
tottered at once to their fall, Dq not
many remember that all too well,
when merchants with anxious faces
ran from one to another to solicit
help, and met only averted faces and
distrustful looks ? And how was it j
in that time of the universal panic with
our friends Stacy & Wilbur?
Up to 1857 they Fiad been doing an
excellent business. Thev had gradu
ally enlarged their operations, and
were rapidly growim
rich when- this i
crash eamc
They immediately took in sail.
Both were prudent, and both felt that
now was the time when this quality
was urgently needed.
By great efforts they had succeed
ed in keeping up till the 14th of Feb
ruary, 1858. On that morning a note
of two thousand dollars eau;e due.
This was their last peril. That sur-
with assured confidence.
But this, alas ! was the rock on
which they had most apprehension.
They had taxed their resources to the
utmost. They had called upon their
friends, but their frienus were employ
ed in taking care of themselves, and
the selfish policy was the one required
then.
"Look out for number one," sus
pended the golden rule for the time
being.
A3 have sait two thousand dol
lars were due on the 14th of Febru
ary. "How much have you got toward
it ? asked llbur as btacy
at half past eleven.
"Three, hundred, and seventy-five
do,Uai .-j," M'as the dispirited reply.
"Wus that all you could raise ; in-
it 1 1
quired hid partner, turning pale.
"Are you sure you thought of every
body ?"
"1 have been everywhere. I'm fag
ged to death," was the weary reply of
Stacy, as he sank exhausted into a
chair.
"Then the crash must come," said
Wilbur, with gloomy resignation,
' "I suppose it must."
There was a silence. Neither felt
inclined to say anything. For six
months they had been struggling with
the tide. They could see shore, but
in sight of it they must. go down.
At this moment a note was brought
in by a boy. There was no pqstniark.
Evidently he was a special messen:
ger." " '
It was opened at once by Mr. Wil
bur, to whom it was directed. It con
tained these few words only :
"If Mr. John Wilbur will call im
mediately at No. .Filth-avenue, he
will learn something to his great ad
vantage." rTbiere was no signature.
John Wilbur read it with surprise,
and passed it to his partner. "What
does it mean, do you think ?
"I don't know," was the reply, "but
I advise you to go at once."
"It seems to be in feminine hand
writing," said Wilbur, thoughtfully.
"Yes. Don't you know any lady
on Fifth-avenue V
Vone,
"Well it is worth noticing. We
have met with so little to our advan
tage lately that it will be a refreshing
variety.
In five minutes John Wilbur jump
ed into a horse car, and : was on his
way to No. , Fifth-avenue.'
He walked up to the door of a mag
nificent . brown-stone house and rang
il - 1. 11 TT- "i i il J'j i
me ueu. e vaa tusuumy aummeu,
and shown into the drawing-room, su
perbly turnished. . . : ..
He did not have to wait long. An
elegantly dressed lady, scarcely thirty,
entered, and i bowing said, i " You do
not remember me, Mr. Wilbur ?" : ;
"No, madam," said he in, perplexity,
j uWe will waive that, then, and pro
eeed to business. How has your house
i t T.. I ' M,
borne the ? crisis in wnicn so many o
our large firms have gone down ?"
John Wilbur smiled bitterly. i
We have struggled successfully
PKIDAY, AUGUST
till to-day," he answered. "But the
end has come. Unless we can raise
a certain sum of money by two, we
are ruined."
"VVhat sum will save you ?" was
the 'ady's question."
"The note due is two thousand dol
lars. Toward this we have but three
huncred and seventy-five,"
"Ixeuse me a moment " said the
hostess. She left the roonij but quick
lv ratiirned..
7here," said she, handing a small
strip of paper to John Wilbur, 'js ray
chock for two. thousand dollars, You
oan repay it at your convenience. If
you should require more, come to me
agan.
"iladam, you have saved us," ex-
claitied. Wilbur, SDrinrinsr to his feet
it, aehght. "What can (;ave inspired
in you such a benevolent interest in
our nrosrifintv r
I x j
"Do you remember, Mr. Wilbur,"
said the lady, "a certain valentine con
taining a ten-dollar note, which you
sent to a young girl occupying an at
tic room in ypur lodging-house, eight
yciurs since ?'"
"I do distinctly. I have often won
dered what became of tha young girl.
I tlnk her name was Helen Morris."
"She stands before you," was the
quiet response.
'You Helen Morris!" exclaimed
Wilbur, starting in amazement. "You,
surrounded with luxury !"
"No, wqnder you are surprised.
Life has strange contrasts. The money-
which you sent me secured to. come
from Qqci". I was on tho brink of
despair, and made application for
the post of companion to a wealthy
lady. I fortunately obtained it. I
had been with her but two years when
a gentleman in her circle, 'immensely
wealthy, oftered me his hand in mar
riage. 1 esteemed him. lie was sat-
istied with that. I married him. A
year since he died, leaving me this
house and an immense fortune. I
have never forgot ton yq, haiug ac-
cii!'j!;ti,Kj. icarned that my timely suc
cor came from you. I resolved, if
fortune ever put it in my power, I
would befriend vou as you befriended
me. That tiim- lias come. 1 Lave t
j,aii the uri tat,uhuent of my debt,
Helen Eustace remembers the obliga
tions of Helen Morris,1'
John Wilbur advanced and respect
fully took her hand. "You have nobly
repaid me," he said. "Will you also
award me the privilege of occasional-
It oliiitr nnrni vitn
' I s-Luii bo most happy," said Mrs
Eustace, cordially.
John took a hurried leave, and re-1
. . . ... . I
i. tin- Hu.ro k the clock struck
one. He showed hii delighted
i lier the check, which he had iust. r... I
ceived. ' hav'nt time to explain," he l
said "this must at once be cashed."
Two o'clock came and the li: m was i
saveu saveti irom itieir last peril.
Ilencefoi Ih they met with nothing but
prosperous gales.
What more ?
Helen Eustace lias J7guin changed !
her i!iue.; rhe is now Helen Wilbur,
ctiiw uuu.iuvi u'jm in eo tt u. ,
Fifth-avenue.
And all this came ot a Valentine !
o,,,l 1,..,. 1. K- f V.. !
The Woo'' O'jueaxkh, ok a Pkacti-
cameiiiv,Al memoky clergyman iu Wilt,
shire, walking near a brook, observed
a woman washing wool in a stream.
This was doue by putting it in a sieve,
and then dipping the sieve in the wa
ter repeatedly, until the wool became
white and clean. He engaged in con
versation with her, and from some
expression she dropped, asked her it
she knew him.
"0 ves, Sir,"- she. replied, "and I
hope I fethall have reason to bless God
to 'eternity, for having heard you
preach at W , some years ago ;
vour sermon was the means of doing
me great good."
"I rejoice to hear it ; pray what
was the subject?"
"Ah 1 sir, I can't recollect that, my
memory is so bad."
"How, then can the sermon have
dina you so much good, if you don't
remember even what it was about ?"
"Sir, uiy mind is like this sieve ;
the sieve does not hold tho water, but
as the water runs through, it cleanses
the wool, so my memory does not re
tain the words I hear, but as they
pass through my heart, by God's grace
they cleanse it. Now I no longer
love sin, and every day I entreat my
Saviour to wash me in his own blood,
and tc cleanse me from all sin."
Truly, a practical memory is the
jest memory.
It was a bright thought that of
Smithson the founder of the Smithso
nian, Institution when he was dying of
an unknown complaint, bmithson
had had live doctors, and they had
been unable to discover what the dis
ease was. At length they told the
natient that he must die. Calling
them all around him, he said: "My
friends, after I die, make a post-mor
tem examination, and find out .what
ails me : for, really, I have heard such
long and learned, qVns on the
subjecs, that I am dying to know what
the disease is myself. ...
Men are to be esteemed for virtue,
not wealth. ; . "?
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, . Heaven : gives us enough when it
givesns opportunity. ! -
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Overwarm friendship like hot po
tatoes, are quickly dropped. :
Live u;within' your 4 Weans," if you
would ' hive means 5 within which to
live 1
24. 1866.
Romance in Real Life.
The whistle blew, the bell rang,
and the locomotive had whirled along
side of the platform, whereon stood a
group of people, some saying their
last parting words to weeping friends
some eager and flushed with hope,
other hurried and anxious, Xq one
noticed the young girl who so quietly
stepped into the car and took her
seat without any words of farewell ;
each individual was too busy thinking
of himself, even after the train had
started on its way, to take thought of
that pale face, or cast a second glance
towards the delicate but trim little
figure that had. so silently appeared
among its travellers. But we may
follow her. ;f otl iftrs do not. am loam
what is written in that silent face.
An orphan going from the place; of
hsr birth to earn, if possible, a great
er pittance in the great metropolis, as
a saleswoman in a store. The great
metropolis of which she had heard
aiace a child, pictures itself in her im
agination, and a restless curiosity
combined with many anxious forebod
ings, ,11 her mind alternately with
hopes and fears. Morning dawned
and as the train whirled on, fast ap
proaching the city, the passengers be
gan to bestir themselves, and after the
customary bustle of arrival, they soon
were scattered fur and wide. Some
had returned to the embraces of Iqv-in-jr
friends; some wore hurrying
through the crowded streets in search
of their old acquaintances ; others,
forlorn and lonely, thought only of
seeking employment. Our heroine
was accosted by some friends, who
had lie;rd .!' her coming, and kindly
oil'eied her the hospitalities of their
home until she should find a home
elsewhere. A few hours later, her
friends, wishing to show her some at-
tentiou. invited her to go aboard an
ocean steamer then lying in harbor
She supplied with the delight of a
country lass, and her curiosity was
satisfied and pleased by all she saw.
A Liverpool packet was lyiug In-aide
the dock, and our liUta party des
crying it, thought they would visit it
also -
o, going aboard, they walked
up and down the deck. Meanwhile, a
little sailor boy a "jrily tar" in
technical language beckoned to them
saying, "Oh ! come into the cabin ;
you have not seen the best part of our
Mup. tey lonowea mm into a i
beautifully lilted up saloon. Our her-
nine was m testacies. A door open-
ed at the other end of the cabin, and a j
tall man approached his liable iorm
ana lonuv bearing ut iae same nine
llllt . T
t inipreiii" a!t with the feeling that he
nart-ini'iVst be the cantain of the ship. In-
traductions eiiMu.-d. In her delhrht.
ol"" heroine exclaimed : '-Oh ! 1 should
like to go to Europe on such a ship '."
It was tlie deep vuiee ol the captain
uiai answered. - n ou, you can,
1)'" will." "As your stewardes.-
I
i suppose,
sir?-'
replied the
vounir
hvlv, "As my wife!" exclaimed the
master. "As your wife, sir!" cried
the damsel in no feigned astonishment.
"you must be joking
N
o : 1 am ;
T
not, exclaimed vhe captain, " 1 mean
every word of it !" On the instant I
the color sprang to the cheek of the j
young girl her heart heat rapidly.
"Could he mean it ?" Concealing the
emotions of her heart she stood
buried in thought. The captain mean
while took her friend aside, and
showed him letters of credence from
some of the most respectable firms in!
Europe. Then, returning, he anx-!
iously awaited a favorable response, j
She, with trepidation, asked for a few!
hours to consider this unexpected
proposition, which was to be fraught
with such a remarkable change in her!
condition, her hopes, her fears alter
nating in her mind as she meditated.
It was finally agreed that he should
eceive his answer at 3 o'clock, P. M.
t the appointed time the captain
called, and with emotions such as the
tender sex only are susceptible, she
iclded her heart conhdmglv to him
who was to be her future lord, and to
whom she had been but a few hours
before an utter stranger. And in a
ew moments they were standing to
gether, brile and groom, he no long
er the dependent, orphan country
girl. What thoughts must have
whirled thron-rh h,-c brain as she
journied some thrcu hundred miles to
her native village to tell the woader-
ful story of her recent change, and
make ready for her departure for
Europe (on her bridal tour,) which
was to be in three days.
The residence of the orphan girl
was a village on the Erie railroad,
"where two roads meet." The groom
is Captain O., of the old Liverpool
line of packets. '
Somewhat Astonished. A family
in La Crosse, Wisconsin, have been
missing stove wood for several weeks
past. On the return of the family a
few days since, the cause was stated,
and Sunday night a very pretty stick
of fuel was left with others on the
wood pile. In the . stick were two
ounces of powder, for safe keeping.
Monday the stick was there Tues
day the stick wa.s gone. Wednesday
forenoon an explosion was heard in a
house near, and a kitchen was spared
no panes. ,u On going to the spot a
sight might be seen. , 1 he stove had
joined a piece conference , A kettle
of pork and cabbage shot up through
the roof like an arrow.1 A dish of
apples .that were stewing on the store
gave the ceiling the appearance of the
map of T. California. A cat . sleeping
under the stove went through the win
dow as though ; after the devil or the
doctor. -- The cat has not been heard
froui since, but a smell of burnt cat
hair prevades that house very thor
oughly. A flat-iron was hoisted into
a pan of dough, a chair lost three
legs, the wood box looks sick, while
the roof of tho house looks like a
bursted apple dumpling. The occu
pants of tbe ruins say : "Such tunder
never " comes before, or I puys a
lightnin' rod, py tarn J"
Connecticut Blue Laws.
An Exchange paper gives nearly a
column of "Puritan Laws" which are
said to have appeared in the North
amptonshire Spy in 1787, fr0m
which we clip the fallowing:
No one shall travel, cook vituals,
make beds, sweep house, cut hair or
, -tut oauuaui ua .
No one shall run on the Sabbath
day, or walk in. the garden, or else
where, except reverently to and
from meeting
No woman shall kiss her children
on the Sabbath or fasting day.
No one shall buy or sell lands
without permission of the selectmen.
A drunkard shall have a master
appointed by the selectmen, who are
to debar him from the liberty of buy
ing and selling.
No minister shall keep a school.
Whoever wears clothes trimmed
with gold, silver or bone, or lace
above two shillings per yard, shall be
presented to the grand jurors, and the
selectmen shall tax the offender at
300 estate.
No one shall read Common Pray
ers, keep Christmas or set days, make
mince pies, dance, play cards, or t'.uv
on any instrument of music except
the drum, trumpet and iewsharp.
No Gospel minister shall join people
in marriage ; the magistrates only shall
join in marriage, as they may do it
with less scandal to Christ's Chur. li.
When parents refuse their ehildr. n
convenient marriage, the magistrates
shall determine the point.
The selectmen, on finding the child
ren ignorant, may take them away
from their parents, and put them in
better hands, at the expense of their
parents.
No man shall caurt a maid in per
son or by letter without first obtain
ing the consent of her parents;
penalty for the first offense, 10 IV
the second, and for the third impris
onment during "the pleasure of the
court
Married nerson
must live toireth-
or m. immisoued.
Kvery mule shall have his hair cut
round, according to a cap.
Tub Chai.kk okthe Alps. Those
who have not in person visited the
Chalets can form but little idea of the
primitive simplicity wilh which these
rude dwellings are Uui'it. In so.ne
piaees they us e merely made of la rue.
stones piled on one another, with a
sloping roof, and surrounded In a
narrow gutter to carry off the rain ;
others, when situated within reach of
the forests, are huiit of rough logs of
wood placed across each' other, the
interstices being fiiled with moss and
dried leaves ; these are better than the
stone huts, as they are much warmer
and retain less damp. The whole
building is about twenty feet by four
teen feet, and divided bv a slight
wooden partition, the larger portion
being used as a cow shed. Above
this apartment, and under the slan
ting roof, is the pi ace where the hay
is stored, and which forms the shep
herd's sleeping chamber. The re
mainder, a space of about fourteen
feet by six feet, is reserved for kitchen
and parlor, and is not un frequently
shared by one or two favorite goats,
or even a pis. This part is open to
the roof, and through a trap door, kept
open by means of a long fir pole, the
moke finds exit, chimneys not being
in vosue. it has also another slisrht
partition or screen across one corner,
which is appropriated as pantry or
larder.
There being no windows, davlight
is admitted through the door, which
is kept open for that purpose. The
tloor is ot stone, or rather a mixture
of earth, rock and stone : and there
is no fire-place, a fire being made when
required, on the ground in a corner.
Its furniture consists of a wooden
bench or settle, and perhaps a large
stone bowlder, which serves as a table
or seat as may be required. The
kitchen utensils comprise two or three
porringers, a kettle and a few wooden
spoons besides two milking pails.
Above the hearth, which is formed of
stones, is suspended a little wooden
crane that turns on a pivot, upon
which is hung the great copper caul
dron" that the king of the herd brought
up in triumph on his head from the
village below, and in which the milk
is scalded preparatory to making it
into butter and ehcese. There is no
lack of vcntilatiot. in the dwelling, for
around, above and between the bare
rafters which form the walls the wind
and cold air from the glaciers above,
whistle freely, though this is in a meas
ure tempered by the : warm and fra
grant breath of the cows, which . are
closely packed every night within the
hut. Cliambcr's Journal.
All genuine advancement must
come from within. " i
.Whenever you .take a drink, be
sure and keep your nose abovexzer.
Forbearance, charity and faith are
the cardinal virtues of life. ,
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A religion that '.Wer 'suffices.' to
govern a man "will ! never 1 suffice to
save, him.
WHOLE NUMBER 645.
TEMPEKANCE COLUMN.
A Sad Story.
A YOUNG GERMAN COUNT DIES IN THE
STREETS.
It is seldom that Americans have
to complain of modesty on the part of
foreign gentlemen possessing titles of
nobility who visit this country. On
the contrary, we have been more giv
en to lionizing imposters and swin
dlers, who affect foreign airs and call
themselves "Counts" than to "enter
tain angels unawares." The police
authorities however, were recently
called upon to investigate a case
a -7r j1P! sa4 fete encounter
ed by a titled son ol a yi uuU ,
in this city. It appears that a few
years ago, a young German, about
twenty years of age, came to this
country on a pleasure excursion, ne
was the son of exceedingly wealthy
parents, and heir to a title well-known
in his land, and which had been hon
orably borne by his ancestors for
many years. Arriving in New York,
the young man stopped at the St.
Nicholas notel, where he boarded for
several months. He had plenty of
money, dressed well and made many
friends among the young men ot New
York. He was careful, however, to
keep his title in the back ground, and
but two or three persons to whom he
brought letters of introduction, knew
him as a person of rank. Even these
two or three persons were shunned by
him, after a little while on account of
their knowledge of his social position.
It was soon observed that the yom g
man was quite intemperate in his l:al
its, and frequently the servants of the
house were obliged to carry him to
his room and put him to bed, so much
was he overcome by liquor. It finally
became a matter of serious concern
to his friends, and they endeavored
to check his intemperate course.
Their efforts were useless, and he
continued to get intoxicated daily.
He was finally forced to change his
residence, and found board in a second-rate
boarding-house. He seemed
to have lost all control of his appe
tites, aud, knowing his degraded con
dition, to have ceased to correspond
with his parents and friends. Money
ceased to come to him, and he began
to feel the want of it. His jewelry
soon passed into the hands of the
pawnbroker, and his apparel became
threadbare. He was unable to pay
his board and was turned into the
street. From one boarding-hou3e to
another h; sought shelter, but was
not allowed to remain long beneath
any respectable roof. His cravimr
lor liquor possessed him still, and
whatever he could pawn or sell for
either money or liquor was disposed
of. At ieugth to such a fearful slate
of degredatiou did this appetite bring
this titled youth that he became an
inmate of a low, filthy negro dance
house, and the associate of thieves
and prostitutes of the vilest des no
tion, in this horrible place, ra-gs 4,
filthy, diseased and drunk, the .voung
man existed for several weeks, the
degraded companion of an equally
degraded woman. One cold niji.t in
winter, after having drunk him.-c,! to
a beastly state of intoxication, he was
kicked out of eveu this den of thieves,
because he had neither money nor
what was worth money, into the
street. On the following morning a
policeman found him lying on the foot
path uear the place, dead dead from
the effects of vile whiskey and the in
tense cold. His body was taken to
the City Hospital. He was a stran
ger to the police, and the thieves and
prostitutes knew nothing further of
him than that he was a drunken white
man who had no money. An inquest
was held upon the "unknown man," a
verdict of "death from natural causes"
was rendered, and, at the expense of
the city, the dead body of the young
German Count was buried among the
unrecognized dead in Potter's Field.
A short time afterwards his parents
died, and an heir was wanted for the
large fortune left by them. An effort
to trace the wandering son, who had
left his home a few years before, was
made. He was known to have come
to America, and the detective police
of this city were . called upon to find
him. They traced the unfortunate
youth, as above described, from his
splendid apartments at the St. Nicho
las Hotel to the pauper's grave
in Potter's Field. Yet a single link
was wanting to legally establish the
death . of this unfortunate youth.
Those who knew him, and to whom
he brought letters, did not see his
dead body, aud consequently there
was a legal doubt as to whether or
not the ; man whom the police found
dead was the heir who was wanted.
These friends had watched his down
ward career, and had often tried to
snatch bim ; from . distruction, but his
appetite was stronger than his will or
their' .counsels.,. One of the friends
hady oh one occasion, been badly beat
en by the low thieves ;when he tried
to take the young man from their den.
But not one -of those who , saw him
after death"could fnrnish thejink that
was wanted to prove that he who was '
the Count while living, was the pau- -per
whom the city, had buried. ' The i
estates were not settled for several ,,
years' and recently the New York
detectives were again called upon,and
again " went to work, but with the " "
same results The facts, as above re
lated, have been embodied in the form
of affidavits, and sent to the old coun- ;
try,' and it is thought that they will r
consequently pass to the next of km.
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