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gCTErUL BUSIWESS DIRECTORY
- M. II. WITT,"
TAILOR,
BRADFORD, EttMONT.
norm ta Hardy" Building, in rear of S. T.
fleorge' Store.
. 'JT. ItllTKPHV.
DRAPER ANi' TAILOR,
KBAIiroRU. VERMONT.
STiop ovor IliiUutt'a Store. uul next dnnr to
Dr. Scott'n olrice. 1
ATTORNEY AND COtXSELLOR AT LAW
Mnitir and Solicitor in Chanrtru, and Pension I
and Claim Agent.
HRAOrOKI), VERMONT.
ki;v. J. it in i"r.,
AO EXT VOU MESSRS. J. KSTKY &. CO.'S
Cottage Organs and Perfect MelndeoiiM.
1)K WJFOKIi, YbHMO.VT,
Orders olieited. Instruments warranted
ml wnt to any part (' tlie country.
ii. . voiirai:,
ATTORNEY AND COl'NshLl.OR AT LAW.
HKAIrilUU. VKKMOXT. 1
l.l.I.l ttl.IKM,
LICENSED jCCTI().'KER,
IIIIAIIIDHUBHMUXT.
jr. KiriLMi;
PHOTOOSAI'IIKB,
WH.L.V RtTER, VMIMONT.
1
t'ai:i.i. 11.iTi.11,
TAILOK,
BRADFORD, VERMONT.
Stop n Hardy's Building, first door up stairs.
J. A. 11.1 HOY,
(With Win. O. Hardy,)
PRACTICAL WATCH.VIA KER.
Sture in No. 1 ! I;inl,v' liaili'in.
II. fi I'KK KI.A-M.
IKON rOLWDiCU ANl MACHINIST.
Abu .Manufacturer nf Agricultural Iniph incuts
IIKAIiFoKD, VKUMONT.
H. it. s 'i: i;.s,
fROi'RIEl'OK TUOITER HUl'SE,
IKtlih'OIIU, V E II 11 o r .
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PUOi'iiltlUU M'Ki.Mi HOTEL,
.1 E W II c It I , VI.IUIJM,
n.. 0,1 I,,v,.,-v at ladled.
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A. 1. c. ucui:,
13rSE. MUX. AM) i IR.VA.MKSTAL
i'ainr.-r, lhiiiuT. t izi'i d i',(t'."-,yrr,
iiu.nn'.i:u, v 1 i.m,,n r.
Aho, dealer ill lli:is. (lls. Varili-'irs. anil
l'ai.it ctek of evt-ry il.-.-i-i inline, i'ii-titiv
Frame. Mimii!i;i;j and liiuss. 1
J. o. i.ivii.s roi:,
ATTOUNKV & (.H'X-il.I.I.OU A!' LAW.
Sfilititar in Chuitreru. Lire fc .fire nj.ir.mft
Aytni,
W.T Tol H.UM. VI llVf it. 3
JTEALE.sl A IK AiE.Xr.clVH. fc.Vi.lNLLT.,
and J'r'u 'witi urecif ir;
ItKl D I'll II 0 , V E II M II N T .
JUrnRvi-.i. ii. Ktt.ii u.is.T. I'ii .n-r.
Ilm-lfiiril ; Hoi. W.ri. i. C n: East
aa.u : J. & .1. I., le !i. llav. r!i.:j. X. ii.: J. 1;.
L'pinca. M. !.. Uoston. Miis. 4
S. J. 'iiVOi.i.,
lUHXLSi MAKLU A. 1 i.I .'-! : I : II,
I. tT r,)l!i ril. KllMi 1. I.
PHVrtit.'IAN' A V t M'liOtOS,
tiihhuh. vr.i:wor.
n titK si. ruutvn.
PHYSICIAN AND SU RISE OX.
CliRINTM. VI.RUONT. 4-l'illt
II. i. 13 lliiV,
( Vsiste l hv ,T. A Hardy.)
WATCH- M A K i'. It A N" l JEWEL
mt Ain -til'. vi.:i"ovr,
Ti. u.;.. W it .1., .. Ci.nk-and ,Ti-vc!vv.
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.hi
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and Talde I'mierr. SiHM-t... li .
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anted
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ftentioa toordeM Ly r.
Ilrdv' Imil'liac.
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J. UXiEVA t;o"
BKATTLEBiT"
., VERMONT,
M4)rrACTi Rr.ii.s or
r, Barsrsnif, aol Bwiwsr Ore.m
with ''"
,'OT It'liualll Tretllido, foiled l.ld
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v Orn.
II. 11
lliN AN'I'.
Aent.
LIVKUY STABLE,
(Ufar of Tr )tlrr Iloan-,)
iV OSCAR .ASILT..
Pnrtira furuishnl with
Single or Double Teams,
at abort notice, mud at
REASONABLE PKK.T.3.
CaniKiti remliiiem t the depot upon the
Arrival of the trains
Hridfoid.,liiiie 11, 1VA
I
lAlll'ETS A l'
HEIHCKII I'KH KS. l.'ICII
vy Aii-Wnoi,
He.'iin. Oil I In.'.i. Ilia,-- Mattiiu.
Cottuti lUekin. nt
K. A II. T K ICY ES ,V (O S.
it) TO V. V II. T. KKVI.SA i n.,
, WHERE
Villi I in L'et uood All Wool lli-l, linen.
ta-ll-
lonahle color. for 'iHe., uood 1'iint.s lioin l.i lo
Soe., nnd ni her Hi thu Omul i'iiiiillv a- t'ha.
Altl.( H KNITl HE.-I.dl'NiiES, so
ia.i. E.i,v l loiii-i., Stul1. il li'oel;i:t;! ( '.mil-..
::! Kent ttnd llnek ClialtK, What Nots, Ta
blet, Mtrrnt'M, Window Sliades. tVc., at
K. A II. T. K EVES .V CO S
fJEx. I hit II A III ). AH"I'. WlU'Ml IN.
A Villi Ultelitiou to hi" slock of pHlllr, UHHIIt't
lag his lHiiroiisth.it hiolnu been iiiuchao il .11
th imwt flivoralile terill. he Will (live urea.
L-ulucfiucuU to l.'a.li. mid Ready 1'ay huyei-.
Wanted, in exchuniie, and for rush,
tfmltsr, Vhttte, Kijijt. Ilrnut, Mitjitt Swjur, V
liidiM, I'tlli, unit Wool,
Fur lilcli the Idhut iniukel price will he
jiinl.
a. n. Mown,
D E N TI H T ,
OrrirK in IIaudt'i Soi tii Hi ii.i imo,
llrndlbrd, Vermont.
fpEETII HI.I.I Il WITH (UH.l! AM) Sit..
M. vrr. Also, Insi rti-d nil (Snld, Silver, mid
Vilh-niilfi il linhlier hne, In the hllent inipiov
xl tnudi rn Btylen.
IVicen T net of Teeth on Viilennlzed till li
tter bine rni!i nil the way liotn Klve tn Thirty
'ira UolUlK, Ki'conliiiK to atvle anil lnih,
WOUK WAHUASTEn.
Tlnnltiirit,.litne la, WA
1
CAIIATOUA STAR HI'HINU WA I EH. fre.li
O frmii thu iMitltni. hr the rim. or in miniller
ililiea. nt REYES STOKE, Newbury, Vt
f.t.M VO I'.Si Ml'
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VOLUME 1.
tsii: imcixim:i run ii:nr.
LiK nnliim! tliriinh hi ilimeon rate,
r'wlilv mill rulil. ilie nnn iii ; Ii ;l,t
Citiiiei hTi n:in i-tniwil hiui, itim awl late,
A il it l,i;iiu-il t lie -i iit.
iieelillK llll Ill" ntra v Im iI.
Hit. Iiainl iigiliuMs lii.i ilnM,ii;i2 henil
lii" lil lies cheek i iimeti ami li.ir !,
I'li.-iliur.! hi irav. nrleeted l a;d ;
And o'er lii. himy iiiiei-M linw
Hi- long, ili.dievelh d l.ick ul snow.
No iiiteftil lire It. -fore hi.u lnwr..
Anil yet the winter Imat.' i-chill:
And o'er hi h.ili-1'lad iier-iiin fj.'fM
The lreiiue.it nr 1 1t 1 ill !
Silent, nave ever and anou,
A rittuiiil, halt iiiitnuur and half groan.
r'nieeh aiiurt the iainlul jirip
III tiii'iiliUulferer's bearded li;i;
Had and crnhin i I he late
Ui old nue chained iiml dd:ttc 1
,lut Clod ! why Hex that old 111:1:1 there I
A iimrilerei- Mlnit eH hi 1 i inm U-d,
Wlioeeyt'-balUlhnmt;li him horrid hair,
(ileum on hi:ii. lleice and red ;
And tin' rude eiitb and heurtlesii Jeer
Kail cruriin hi, lonthui etir.
And, nr in waketnl,ien or in .sleep.
Nerve, tie!, and iii.';e thrill aod ereep.tf
Whene'er that l'tllhun'4 to.in limb,
'liniwni with murder, touche him!
What Iuia the .ray-haired jireMiiier done?
ll:i.. tnni-iU r tai,n d hi.i hantU wilii mn-e I
Not o; his criineV a rniiler one ;
Hun M A HI. Till, oil) MAS l-ooll!
I'or this he haieK a li-lon' cell
Tim titteat enrtlilv tvue nt hell !
I Kor tiiii. the liimu tor which he puiircil
I lli.s younu; Idood on tin' luvndeiV NWord,
Andcoiinteil lulif the ii-all'nl coiit
H1.1 hlmnl-:ninel liiierty is lost!
! And mi, for Mieh a j-laee of rest.
j lid )iii .oiier. iliuiiM-d thy Mood an rain
U11 t in.c. rd'- ln-1 ' ,iiul llankcs cro.-t,
j And Sal .itoa's i i..in f
; Look toitli thou man of many sc.tr.x,
! I iiiouh thy liiio iluni'on'n ilou barH ;
Ii inu-t lie joy, i.i-omTi, to i-ei
' i on iniiiuinh'iif njireared to thee
j lie it am iu-auila iii-'eieell
: 1 i.L i:i;;u i'vj. i;, 111 m , , . .u v. il !
nn, hli tile tn il- iliitl lire t to: yllllH,
I Ai.il 1.1.1 the si.my h.i:, ller on t ;
I . ii.-111 " r i.-eii,n,i : ii.i io.i, 1. -j. 1,1 one.
U '.eli.uk.U i. 1 r.iiti'.' .-limit :
1. t ..n.tM 11. 1 , l'i'iir..i dnialin
i 1 -i hiKnir. Ii.,i rty. ami lame :
j ill ii I 1 ne kk I n -t rai.i be heard,
I V n u f.l '1,, 011 e.ie'it .-1 i nnd i'ld,
! A .id ! thiaj; i'1'ii bientli ane
I l o i-i ,u-e " uiir .l-.H ion- liberty !"
i ii.lt when ilie Jiatii'it e.luiion jal's,
j l nai i: i.-on's c.iti n uti jI-miny nil
j And in, o-i,,u i: ali s liii' siiitarf ami stars
I l;i e oa t in- W1..H .1:01 ' lull
I iii .k e that ini -oiit r's ai d ear
j Iteji See I I In J;e:..-I III eill'i I' I
i 1 .1: I: 1.1' t.i.'n a. id i.iili.i; eye
i I . ki. Mi ll a: vim; ;i.i.-, n:: , J '
j s, , ,,v 1:1. : nl ,1 a: : c'nii. ed of limh,
! What is our carnivi.l tn iiim t
j il'i'VII im ii the 1 V'.V tli.lt i'i.,d hini thus !
j I'nwi.ithy Ir 1 man. U t it lind
) No i'":e;.' lt:'ln lie w it in: i:i cUl';iO
i Oi 1,'i'i and tinman kind !
I 1. 11 n :in- ji'-Nii!1 ti i.., i, ,ub,
';d 11 !e'r troe.i it h.o.s.l 1 Inntu
1 lie i, inis of ; i tir pas inje i oil.
I o tin- t' 1 e si'.n and nir to tiod ;
Ni, 1,'i.j' r dan- ;i- ei i.ni' tu lo.aml
I lie cha.-tnin of tiie Aludhly'.-inind.
WillTTIER.
1 in
A ,-lnirt tiinf since ilu 1 1 nvoliiig
j .tt-nt I'm' 11 l:uyv iiiihlisiii.ij; Iiohsi1
Sin 1 1 1 i - city Iiml iii rHsiiiii 10 ' jnii
tii" ;it ii country Imifl.il"!. nsii.s,u;i:
i with liitn, cNiiniiiii'il fln lock id' his
I ruoin I'.ooi- '" '""' retiring. Fimiin
l , s;iii -cii tm y, iif ilri",v out Ins iv
1 oilvcr i'lnl Iih w iioi f. iiinl jMoi cci'ifi!
I :u con ut !iis mini';,, of wliu'h he hii.i
! ;l liil'o'e snvi. eo.lt cleil from :i",rHf
.if t ho Ii,
nise lor which he ti.i elcil.
"' ' I throughout the country. This iiiter-
e ti ig p o -ess was undergone by th.
i ght o; a tallow dip.'' and occu
I pied nearly half in hour, at the ex
liiiiiiioii of which lime tin- traveler
! prepared to o to bi d, tilst l'V look
nig under tlntt a-licle of tiiriiiture
ii hiibit usiiallv- indulged
by
e.s
louiiieis at count iv til vet
i -iaUy w hen currying fat purses
and secondly, by untying the strings
of his ladiiilo overshoes. Now, it
happened that our traveler was one
of those practical fellows who try to
kill two birds with one stone," and
lie tried to untie his overshoes and
look under the bed nt the same time.
As he did so, hit eyes eiieounti red
the huge proportions of a massive
human head nnd shoulders protrud
ing from a heterogeneous collection
of the baud-boxes and nameless
. lumber stowed awav there, ami a
j cold sweat In. !;e out simultaneous
Iv over his body, at the base thou
of being murdered and robbed by
such a giant.
Not ;i moment was to be lost, for
lie felt that the would be robber and
assassin saw that he was seen. The
r.ivclcr seized his money and his
revolver at the same instant, and in
ii voice tremulous, we were going to
a,, with fear, he (b mantled the il
liiin to come forth. No reply.
Ah, thought the traveler, the ras
cal is going to shoot me, and quick
as lightning he cocked his weapon
ami banged away at the gigantic
head under the bed. and then rudi-
cu to 1 he door ami called lor iicip.
The report of the pistol alieiulv
alHiiiied the house, and the land
lord, the occupants of adjoining
rooms, rushed towards the scene of
excitement. 1 In traveler was
thought to be ciay, for there lie
stood his eyes starting from their
spheres, his libit on end, and his
trembling hand grasping his revolv
er, w hile his bloodless lips miirmtir
cd: " I've plugged him sure!" I've
plugged him sure."' e pointed
mulcr the bed with bis revolver, and
the landlord catching a glimpse ol
the situation, stooped down, with
I lie caudle, ami drew forth a bronze
bust of Daniel Webster, with n
bullet hole through the forehead,
'the murder was out and no ainounl
of explanation could save Ilie crown
from laughing at the tiavcler, tun
keep t hem from calling for number
less drinks ut his expense tint
night.
The reason why l'lesident Juhii
sou is so defective ill his giaiiiiiiiir,
Is, that in science lie never Ims pro
twded further thau the iiruuuuu " 1."
BRADFORD, VERMONT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1836.
whit tiif. i:ui-i:i:k
1 oi..
I am 1111 engineer. Ever since the
:iu! wiisl.iiil, I've tniveled ve r
it ecry day, or neurly every (lay of
my lite.
For si j,'ooil while I've had the
Siiine (iiifine in charji'e the Sati
Francisco (he prettiest engine on
the roiiil, ami :is well niiitiareil, if I
do nay it, as the hest.
It was a .southwestern road, run
ning, we'll say, from A. to Z. At A.
my e,ood old mother lived ; nt Z. I
hail the sweetest littir wife under
the sun, and a liahy or two; and I
had also a dollar or so ut liy for a
rainy day. I was ait odd kind of a
man. licinjr slna up with an engine,
watching widi all your eyes and
heart ami soul, inside and our. don't
tend to make a man talkative.
My wile's name was Josephine
and I called her Jo. Some ieole
thought me unsociuhlc ami eould'f
understand how a man could feel
liiei'dly without sayinjt ten words
an hour. So, tliouli I liad a few
old friends ood ones, too I Inid
not iis ninny aciiaiutances as most
people, and did not edre to ha ve.
The house that, held iijv wifeand I ta
llies was the dearest place oi-i"Hi'tii
to me, except the other liotie that
held my old mother, up to A. v-
I'd never lieen to a clllh. or miJtPd
myself up with stratijjrerx in anvsnc'i
w:iy, and never oliould if it hadn't
been for Craniiv. You see (Jrnnbv
wasoiieurthf share holdeis. a hand
soaie, showy fellow. I liked to Jtifril.
witJi him and we were friends. Tie
fn rode from Z. to A. and hack
aiiin, iiud onee he said :
" Von oiijiht to l.eliiitjr l0 tlto Sci
eiitilic C'lul), (ueldon.'1
" Never heard of it," said I.
I a;n a metiilier," said ho. " We
meet once a fniini jlit and have a
jolly oo,i time. We have srnu
aino'i-st us now. I'll propose you if
yon li ;e."
T was fond of such thinjra nnd I
ha:l ideas thwt I fancied I'liuht le
w.rtli sometltiny. r.Mt (hen sin en
X;7icer don't hiive nights or days to
himself, and the club would take one
evrnin a toitiiiiiht from Jo. 1 said
I'll ask l.er. If whe likes it. vcs."'f
" Ask whom !"' said lie.
"Jo." said I. 1
" If every man had asked his wife, i
every man's wife would have sjiid,
can t spare you, my dear," and we i
slu u'd have had no club at all," said
lininbv. I
r.nt I made no answer. At home i
; I told Jo. She said : I
" I shall miss .yon. Ned: huNyou i
j 'lo hive such tl.iugs. iin.l tiietl if Mr.
jtiranby belongs, they must be supe- !
' l ior men." I
! No doubt," said I. j
i It isn't every Imdy that could b j
I made n member." said Jo. "Why,:
i of course, you must say yes." ' j
j So I said "yes." nnd (irnnhy pro- !
'posed me. Thursday fortnight It
: went with him to the rooms. 'There j
neie some men with brains there,
some withi'iit. The teal business of
the evening was the supper, and so
it Wiis every meeting. i
I'd always been a temperate num. i
I actually did not know what cll'ecr !
w ine would hiic upon ine ; eoiuii.g !
to drink more of it than I -ver had ;
,. ,1 1.. I. .11. r . . i
glasses I wanted to talk, after so
many more 1 did.
I seemed like soniebodv else, the
words were so ready. My little ideas
came out and were listened to. I
made sharp hits; I indulged in re
partee; I told stories; I even cane'
to puns. I heard somebody say to
(iiiinby; " liy George, that's a man
worth knowing ! I thought him dull
at first." Yet I knew that it was
better to be cjtiiet Ned (rHehloti,with
his ten words an hour, than the
wine-niiide wit I was.
I was sure of it w hen, three hours
after I stiiiub cd up stairs at 1 ome
to find Jo waiting for me, w ith her
baby on her breast.
" You've been deceiving me," said
she, I've suspected it, but I was
not sure. A scientific club couldn't
smell like a bar-rooui."
" Which means I do," said I, wav
ing in the middle of the room like a
signal Hag at a station and seeing
two Jos.
" And look like one," said Jo; and
she went and locked herself and the
biiby in the f.pare bed room.
One club night as I was dressed to
go, Jo stood hctore inc.
" Ned," said she, " I never had h
fault to find w ith ymi before. I'll say
that. You've been kind and good
and loving always ; but I should be
sorry we ever met if ymi v." ere to go
on in this way. Don't ask me what
I mean. You know."'
".lo," said I; it's only on club
nights."
" It will grow," said she.
Then she put her anus about in,
neck.
I' Ned," saitt she, "do yon think a
thing ho much like a bo; tied up and
st i appeil down demon us sttuni is.is
lit to be put into the hands of a
drunken umn f And some day,
mark my word, the time will runic
when not only Thursday night, bill
an ine nays oi ine vvecli will lie the
same. I've often heard you Wonder
what the feelings of an engineer
who has about the hhiiic as murder
ed a train full of people must be,
iuid you'll know il' you dou't utop
oi ..i ,,,. litoe, i loumi ir;,, ,lot , ., I trailed the shore;
put the sti-am on. Alter so many I , c, ,'. ,,. i !.,....,.
whcreyoii a'p. A steady h ind and i
it clear heiul have lHe:i your lile.-w-ins
all these years. Don't thro.v
t!if:u awav, Nt'il. If you don't care j
for in love, do not ruin yum. .:!'." '
Mv little Jo! . S!i; s-ioai- I'ro ii Iter !
heart, and I bent over an I kiss.-.l
her.
" Don't Ik afnld. child." I sai 1
I'll-iievev pain you a, 'a n."
And I meant it; hut at tw-flve
that ni'ht I felt that I had forgotten
the promise and my resolution.
I couldn't fo hoin: to Jo. I made
up my mind to Aleep on the c'iU so
fa iiml leave the place for good the
next (lav. Already I felt my brain
reel as it never had before. In
in i
hour I was 'in a kind f Hinxr. !
It w.tn moi uiiiar " A waiter stood j
ready to brush my coat. I saw a
jrrin on his black fact. My head
seemed alxmt fa burst; iiiy'-hand
tn in'iied. I liMikwl sit mv W'iitch.
I had just the minutes to leach the
del ot,
Jo's words cain tfl mv
mind.
Was I tit. to hike. charge of the, en
gine f I was nor tit to answer. l
ought to have asked some silir
man. As it was, I only caught k J
hat and rushed away. I was jrwt
in time.
"'-The tian Francisco glittered in i
the morning sun. The ears were II I - j
ling rapidly. From my ist I could
hear the peojile talking 'milling
each other good lnc, promising to
writ, ami come 'again. Amongst
their ''as a old gentleman I knew
by slMnt one of tlie s'larelioidmrs :
liewas bidding two timid girls adieu.
"(iood-bye, Lon I heard him
say; " don't 1m nervous. The' San
Francisco is the safest engine on
the line, and Ci ueldon the most care
ful engineer. I would not be atraid
to trust every mortal I love in a
batch to their keeping. Nothing
could lumpen wrong with" the two
together."
I said. " I'll get tlrongh it some
how; and -lo shall never h ive to talk
to ' me again." After all, it was
efisv enough. I reeled us I spoke, !
hoard the signal." We were off.
Five hours from L. to 1)., live
hours back. , On th last I should
jbe myself ag'iin 1 know now. I saw
a red flutter aid n-ver guessed what
it was imtiFwe were past the thig. I
liearda shriek tind we missed down
train at the wrong pi
Two min-
ittvs tiioiw dud ni'wio aid have had h
collision. Soniebodv fold inc. 1
laughed. I heard him sav
in! I.v i
resjiec
course, Mr. (tin
don,
vou
know
witat miii are about.
Then I was aione ;nal v eulering
whether to go slower or faster. I
did something, the ears rushed on
at a fearful rate.
The same hiiMi w ho had spoken
to me before was standing near inc.
I heard some (piestiim.
IIoa' many md s an hour we were
making f I didn'l know.
" Ilattle. rattle, rattle! I was try
ing now to slacken tin' speed of the
San Francisco. I coiiid not I'Miiem
ber what 1 should do. Wa -t it tliis
or
w;
that t
s p!avi!
Faster oily
; with th" i ii'-
I'dster.
ine like
child
Suddi
loar ;i
where.
nly there wis a horrible
crash ; I wa.s ll in r stun
I'.y ;i miracle 1 wa only so-
the track and the river's edge
and
stood there gazing at my work.
The engine was in fragments, the
far! iti splinters; dead and dying
and wounded were st tc.vti around
men and women
ago and tender v
and children old
tilth. Tiiere were !
I groans iiml slirieksot despair. 1 lit
'CI... I
maimed cried out in pain. The un
injured bewailed their dead : ami a
voice unheard iy any other, was in
my ear. w hispciing Murderer !'
The news had gune back to A.,
and people came thronging down to
Hud their friends. The dead were
stretched on tliegr.iss. 1 went with
some of the distracted, to Iiml their
lost ones. Searching for an old
man's daughter, I came to this : a
place until', the trees, and ti v b id
ies lv ing tin le in all tin in lgid hor
ror an old woman and a voting one,
a baby and two tiny children it
was fancy it was pure fancy, born
of my anguish ; hey looked like
oh. great Heaven they were my
oh( mother, my wife, my children !
all cold and dead.
I low did they come on the train !
What chance had brought this
about f I screamed, I eiasped my
hands and tore my hair. I gazed
on the good old face of her who had
given me birth, on the lovely lea
tures of my wile, on my innocent
children. I called them by numc;
theie was no answer. There never
eon Id be never could be. Ami as
I comprehended this, onward npthe
track thundered aiiouier tram
red eve glared me ; I Hung
my
ine self before
lo atoms!
it ; 1 IV ! t ik ci ii.shin;
His head is extremely hot,
1 said
hoiiicImiiIv .
I opened my eyes and saw my
wife.
" How do you feel P she said, ' a
'ittle IH-Iter f
I was so rejoiced nnd astonished
liy the sight ol' hT Ihut I could not
speak at llrst. Site repented hei
Tuestion.
" I must be crushed to pieces,' t
Bald, " for tho Ualu went ovor rue j
pinion
hut I ftvl no pain.'"
" Tiic-re he jj.ks ahont thf train
.ig lin," said my wife. W i.v Xe 1.'
1 tried to lii.n'e tiiere wasno'ih
iu'X Mk matter v;t:rm ; I snt up in
aivovn room: oti.iosite ni; a cii.)
in which in v
t.vo childicn were
, :i tiii.v. ! ild, l;i!y
and e lildi'i a sale!
or could it !' .'
ti'll m.' what has
asleep, tie Mile 111
In'. id. My wit'..'
VVas I delirious,
" Jo." I cried,
happened.'''
" It's nine o'clock," said Jo. "You
came in siii-h n div.idl'iil stare from
the club that I couldn't wa'.te you.
Yon wi'i'e not tit to mat "i re stcaai
and rix.i iieople's lives, flu1, San
i'Vsv icisen is h dt" wav to A., I su
pas.-, and yo'.i've leen lViiit(tiiii
mwto death witli voiir dreadful
talk."
And Jo bi'oan to cry.
It was a (lream mly" awful
diva:n, but I had lived tlnoi
i;h it as
tiioujfii it were reality.
is mere
ii bible in the house,
Jo:
Siiul 1.
" Aie we heathen f asked Jo.
t ' Bhe brotight it and I put my hand
on it and took an oath (too solemn
t'5 nit;:it here) t hilt what had hap
:en Hi never should occur again. It
iM'Vt-r.lias. And if the San Fran-
eiseo mtf comes
to grief, tne ver
ns it might, to be
diet uill not be.
ol'tmriV c.igineer mis druttk
taiu:i ii-oish ru
1'1C(tI KM UT S.
A correspondent of the New York
Timex gives the following :
The country will remember that
during the w inter our government
o'oliiiiied assurance of tie' hopeless
ness of the rebel cause by coining
iiilo possession of tin' testimony of
(.it'll. Lee before a committee of the
rebel Congress, which was never
re .
ported to the House, except in se
cret session, if at all. A full histo
ry of the njanner in w hich the gov
ernment obtained that information
would be more interesting' than any
romance, but it is too soon yet to do
more Mian outline it. Toe evidence
of (Sen. L'e was taken kite in the
winter by this committee, and long
before the committee laid determin
ed what coiii'Sti to pursue almost
before the ink vas dry upon their
noses tin entile statement of the
IH'boI li lioi n, woli, 'or word, 'i ns
in possession of President Lincoln
iit Washington. In tin' room where
the commit tee met wap a closet, and
from that closet immediately after
the adjournment came the priceless
information. Outside the house ii
at once changed hands. ami :i second
.puny walked leisurely through the
, stteets of i;i, li!no;ul with il, until
' upon the e.ivii'on.s he encountered
' one of the common country carls o.
this Si'ciio'i pioceei'iiug with half ol
ii lie-vly killed beef to the rebel
lilies in Until rs front. No commit
, mention that the most lyn-ecd
; coiilil perceive passed between the
man and Cart, and the I'oran-i gratia
! ally changed his direction, and was
. soon walking hack in the direction
I whence he had conic. The cart went
1 on. reached ami passed through the
! rebel ramps w ithout molest. il ion
j and reached the pickets, where i;
! hailed as it matter ol course. The
! beef Wiis dest ineil for the house of a
', planter just beyond the rebel lines.
and in plain sight of their out posts,
j and about eijnal distance bet ween
! them and our own outposts. Those
explanations made and a careless
i search of the cart made hv tji. rebel
sentry, that is, a look into it, th
,,alt proceeded on its wav.
Just
IS
:. . . l.i i i
it neareil the house a small party ot
our cavalry made ii ilash at it, and
to the utter surprise of the rebei
pickets, who saw the whole all'.iir,
our men only hovered a moment
around tUe cart, then galloped back
with one more thniithey came with,
leaving cart and beef and driver
and mule behind them. They did
Hot know it then, but under the
beef wiis a man, iiml the man had a
package, ami the package conlsiu
j ed the statements of Hen. L"e be
fore the committee of Congress il
few hours before.
In outline, this was how the thing
viis done. It may seem strange,
but Lincoln mid (Irani knew h n ;
before many of the highest ollicials
of the insurgent govern men i the
sworn statements of their etmnunti
tier IIS to the hopelessness of fur
ther existence. Knowing that the
government and (iraut had this in
formal ion cvplains many things In
count t lion w iih tin; arrival wi.hiu
our lines of Hunter, Stephens and
Campbell at the tin f the Hamp
ton Uoads conference, which ut the
lime was explicable. The feat of ob
taining this iiilbrimitioii is unrival
led in the annals of war, and grad
ua'ly as the facts come to liglil, it
will be foil" ' that (Irani ha I cu rv
day such particular information
from the rebel enpilol, thai he knew
what Jell'. Davis was talking about
each day in the most privsie of his
conversations with his cabinet mid
members of his Congress.
A stray contra and from down
South was lately ii apectinga horse
lower In operation w lnm he broke
out thus i "Mister, 1 have seen
heaps of things In my life.hut I nev
er saw anything whara horse could
do his own work, and ridu himself,
too."
0
NUMBER 25.
TJlIi UVITTRDF IHTIlOOfC-
U1.
Two little boys were standing ut U
gate. Tin y were both of the safntf
age ; but one of them was tinely
and tiisiefiilh dressed, while the
v'lothi'H of the other was coarse and
ragged. It was in the autumn.
1 lie litis ;ers were Im.sv tn tiiecorn-,
lieM, and just from a strip of wood
beyond. iloated out the sound of. the
woodman 'a axe.
Have vou no better clo'lics.
lienny
V !" asked thu we.l dressed
boy.
u No, I havn't, Johnny
Why don't vou get better ones ?"
"liecanse 1 can't I have nci man
ey. I Ciin t get work by whMMt to
earn money." liv
" That is bail, ll-'iinv. Are you
going to school this winter J"
fe. i jviiess not Johnny. I must
stay out and. do such little jobs as I
can find to do. I would like to go
to school vert much. I Wish I knew
as much as you do Johnny. "
" Pooh ! 1 don't know anything.
I am sorry for you. I am glad I am
better off, but that does not nia' e
me fee prou !. It is a sin to b pr u '
(rod ma le you sis good as 1 am, it
vour clothes aiv ragged."
Heun.v took his little friend by
the. hand. A tear glistened in his
eye.
" You have always been kind to
me, Johnny," said he. "You never
hooted at me, nor taunted me, like
the other boys. So 1 have some
limes taken up your quarrels, and I
will stand by you w hen we are men.''
4 Look here, Hi'iiny, ! Would
you like to work on a limn all win
ter f (lood clothes, enough to eat,
and a little pocket money, it nice
family to live with flb? plenty of
irurl:
I would like that."
" Then I can help yon. It jmt
occurred to me. My I'ncle Abbot
wants ;i U: tie boy on his farm. I
will give, you a letter to him."
Two days afterwards IJeiiny stood
in front of Uncle Abbot, waiting a
repiy. Uncle Abbot was a pleasant
looking old nui!', tu t yet stooped,
'out with hair quite gray. He put
on his spectacles, opened Johnny
Allen's letter, and read as follows :
Meadow Urook, Oct. 0, lSlo.
" Uncle abbot ThiS iS lienny.
He is a good Uov. He iS Poor &
has No Home. Please Keep Him
and Give liiin worlv. your netfew
" Jollu aiLen."
Now Johnny wasa small boy, and
not so well learned as lienny sup
posed him to be. lint not withstand
ing the spelling, misuse of capitals,
and want of punctuation, the letter
ot introduction was siPHeient. Un
cle Abbot g ive Penny a home for a
numbei o ' year?'.
It watt an October night in Phila
delphia. The air was cold as No
vember. It was late and there was
not much noise in the streets, (n a
cosy room sat ii man. He looked
can worn iiml haggard. He shaded
his brow with his hands. His wif ',
a beautiful woiiihii, sat by him.
smoothing his hair and speaking
words of encounigi incut to him.
" It is no use, JJei'iC," he groaned,
"li'i cannot command hoi thous
and dollars by lo-niorrow, I must go
to the wall. The ba'ks are tight :
there is no money to be negotiated
for on the street. I am a ruined
man."
" Perhaps this may be of use to
you," said his wfe, handing him a
slip of paper.
lie went to the lamp, and read as
follows :
Philadelphia, Oct. !th lsilo.
" 77tc Hi-xt Xntwnttl Hunk J'hiU
ililfihin. Pay to John Allen, or or
der, ten thousand dollars.
I.i.N.JAMtN r.EUWIt'!C
" Ilelle what does this mean i It
is a check for ten thousand dollars.
Who is lienjaiuiu UcrwiekJ'
" the gentleman stopped here to
day you were not in. He telt sor
ry, and left the check and this note:
' " .My Old Friend Johnny Allen
While in this city today I heard
that the failure of jour bank would
seriously a fleet you. Do you re
member the letter of Introduction
vou gave me to our Uncle Abbot !
It was exactly twenty years ago. A
few years ago I bought land in Ve
nango eoiiniy. It proved to havi
oil on it, and I am unite a rich man
If the accompanying check will aid
vouaitv. please use it. ion ran
make it right sometime.
Your friend, PENNY."
John A len cried. John Allen
kissed his wife, and his wife kissed
him. John Allen did not go up to
the wall, which means to break up.
And all on account of this miss
spelt letter of twenty years ago.
(')NT'. OF Till: II4IM) I PS. A
Western pap r tells u story ot u dis
tressed avric iltiirist s " -V farmer
dropved in h.-rc on Wednesday uM
to pa'v his rent, putting on a long
lace to correspond with the times.
On entering the house he told the
landlord that times being so bad he
could not rais the money at nil ;
and dashing a bundle of greenbacks
upon tho table, said ! " There, that
is all I can pay." Tho money was
taken up nnd counted by Mr. 11 ,
the landlord, who Kiiid ; " Why,
this is t.vit!tf us much lis, you owe."
" (iive it to ine again," said the far
im r " I'm dashed if I hain't took
It out of tho wroug pocket !"
A 9f K14DT.
TV mntt hlta:ist ilv fcrialit S
All blnodlcM lay the antratden ann
hi n frfe.hmi fmm her mountain briibt
Exclaimed." Now duit't Iw fMisb !
An honr pmwM on : tt- Tnrk awnke ;
A hiimole bee ie,.tit tlituon-ruii (,
To hover in thh nulphur nmokd.
And pread its pall apvj the ky;
Ili eehoi'n nxe the wttleriiwnn ;'
He was u 11 of hiffh renown ; ,.
And deep, the pearly rave, among,
Gilea Serojjgit courted Midly Brown.
I Linn! rnar the wind. Inconstant blar,
And rdmi'lcna wt t lie sun at even ;
s When twilight ilews are falling fant,
:? And rolls the thuuder drum of heaven '.
Oh. ever thun from ehfl-Il.ood hour.
By torch and trumpet t'M4t arrayed,
" IJeiienth your ivy manMi-d tower,
1 lie liulfrog crHtk lib serenade.
Oh. my love U like the red, red rose ;
He bought a ring with pny trne;
Sir IJamey Bodkin bruke h me.
And, Su.'a.ii.i.m RmiiTi.-k DUu !
Yankhe SL'iTootMAUJisrxGEau
n. v. A letter in the 'ew York
Time from Georgia thus speaks
the Yankee lady teachers there, ai l
of their status and labors:
A very pleasant diversion in
traveling through the South- ii to
vi:dt the ' Yankee school warms,
who n'omtiid ptentifutiy. If yon see
a tall one, with a fresh, ruddy edni
plexion, solid, square built form, nhrt
one or two Chris hangingdown from
her light brown hair, withn inoiler-ate-sized
waterfall, you may bet your
existence she is from the State of
Maine. Little, natty girls, with loop
ed up skirts and iasliioiiable outfit
generally, are from Massachusetts.
With rare exceptions they are all
from New England, and they are
the, bitterest, most uncompromising
Uadieals imaginable. The most of
the South cannot appreciate the fact
that really rellued and intelligent
young ladies can be educated to abe
lief that in leaving couifortaole
homes, dear friends and pleasant
snrrouudings to teach the young
African idea how-to shoot, they are
doing a Christian duty, and are
prompted by Mie same spirit which
sends hundreds of Christians abroad
as missionaries to heathens. The
white natives, too, have an idea
that these teachers are really in
structing their scholars how to
shoot iu earnest, or in plainer words,
that they are abolition emissaries.
sent here to incite insurrection and
House the freednMhi to deeds of
bloodshed and wholesale ma-ssacre.
For these, and other obvious rea
sons, the " Yankee school inarms"'
are shutout from society of any des
cription except that which they fur
nish for themselves. They gay that
they take pleasure in the perform
ance of their duties, and lind1 conso
lation for the lack of other pleasures
in observing the progress of their
s holars ; but the way their eyea
gleam, and the cordial reception
with which they greet a Yankee
sympathizer, proves conclusively
that they are still ameauableto the
natural desire of their sex for social
intercourse. The scholars, they say,
learn as fast as white children, and
t u; blackest, pure Congo is as apt a
the brightest l'rulatto. KThe etforts
of these women to elevate the freed
meii ennnnt be too highly apprecia
ted, and I am afraid that they do
not receive their due meed of praise."
Racy Letter from a Radical
Iitis.uiAN. The following has been
received to-day by one of the Crown
oUieers at Toronto, purporting to
:ome from Micheal Murphy :
Dt'FFALO, Nov. 7, 1SGG.
S'tV; The Fenians', Irish-like, I
am almost ashamed as aii Irishman
,o say, nave auuereti to tueir ene
mies. Now, I wish to propose a
ohm to end ail this trouble for vou
in Camilla. Get torether all your
Fen a i prisoners and take them to
the American lines and set them
tver, with a warning not to be
aught again. That will end tho
matter at once. Tlrese fieople might
have made vou trouble if thev had
g ne with the Union party. They
have gone, as they always have,
with their-enemies, and now will
have to get their help trom them,
and little can they get from them.
All they wantof them is their votes,
ami now they know they can have
them in any event, so they will give
them Yio aid to invade your ccoutry,
for they see they can only go tiiere
against the lie publicans, as they
always have been.
Countrymen, I am very sorry to
say, protest to love liberty, but still
go with the xirty that (hies not love
it. They do not understand the mean
ing of the word ; in fact they know
not how to realise it.
There will le an - end "to Fenian
troubles here an I elsewhere. You
will s"e so. Let fco your prisoners,
and the only thing whioh will give
the agitators n;:,y. !i;ng to agitate will
be gone. All w ill conclude that , it
is best for Ireland to remain under
the control of L'nglMid, as they have
not sense enough to control them
selves. Yours truly,
(Signed; Micuael Mfurnv.
A cooper who was in need of
hoop iiolcs beset a man to furnish
him with some. Where'll I get
'em !" questioned the num. " Any
where ; ' steal 'em, if you can't do
better' The hoop-poles were fur
nished and paid for, when the coop
er happened to inquire of the seller
where he got them. Stole 'em, as
yon told me to do," was tho answer.
" Where did you steal 'em f" " Oh,
up In your woods," returned the
man, jingling his pockets.
Tla who lives. f.ir himlf sload
lives for a mean. tWlovn . . .
Lord Clarendon is dying. flaHr. tho
iifl'ixjts of tobuuuo s Jioklag.