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NO. 18.
MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 18T6.
VOL. IX.
Jumbcr and Hardware.
LINDLEY & KEMP,
—DEALERS IN—
Agricultural Implements,
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC
Hardware,
IV FOARD k COMF.GYS' WAREHOUSE.
♦I ill at own, Del.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Heckendorn, Wiley, Moore, Concave and
Farmers Friend PLOWS; Plow Castings,
Grindstones, Pump3, Scales, Corn Shellers.
Churns, Shovels, Forks, Spades, Hoes and
Rakes,
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT.
Iron and Steel, Horse and Mule Shoes, Horse
Nails, Blacksmith Supplies, Chain Traces,
Haines. Trowels, Nails, Spikes, Locks, Hinges,
Bolts. Files, Chisel*, Levels, Planes, Bevels,
Wrenches, Picks, Mattocks, Hubs, Rims,
Spokes, Shafts, Long and Short Arms, Clips.
Springs, Enameled Cloth, Gum Canvass, sc.
A complete stock of TOOLS and Supplies
for Carpenters, Builders, Masons, Sadler9,
Shoemakers and others, with many House
furnishing articles. We invite the public to
call and examine our prices.
ßSS-Ho trouble fo show goods, [mar 18
LUMBER
-AND—
HARDWARE.
G. E. HTJKILL,
Successor to
J. B. FENIMORE & CO.,
Oppotitt the R. R. Depot,
MIDDIÆTOWN, DEL.,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Lumber, Hardware, and General Building
Material, Sash, Doors, Shutters, Blinds,
and Mouldings, Paints, Oils, Var
nishes, Glass and Putty, Bricks,
Building Lime, Hair, Etc.
Constantly on hand.
—ALSO—
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT,
TOWN AND COUNTRY PAINT,
( Heady-Mixed. )
"Blatcliley's" Celebrated Cucumber Wood
Pumps and everything in the building line.
Having made arrangements with large
wholesale dealers. I shall he prepared to fur
nish large bills of Lumber for huildings. such
as I'may not have in stock, direct Irom wliole
jale dealers, thereby securing the lowest prices
possible to be obtained.
Give me a call, and get my prices, before
purchasing elsewhere. Fel>5-ly.
WORDEN
Mi aiä Mill Mills,
Saab, Door, Blind and Peach Basket
Factory,
AND LUMBER YARD.
I would call attention to m.v large stock of
white pine Hemlock Lumber always in stock.
Also, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Shutters A Mould
ings, which I will sell att-ity prices. Buying
my lumber by the cargo, 1 am enabled to offer
extraordinary inducements in prices. In
quiries by mail receive prompt attention. All
kinds of mill work to order. Peach baskets
a specialty in their season.
Jan 1—6m
J. E. WORDEN,
Smvrna. Del.
APRIL. 1875.
HARDWARE, PAINTS,
AND
CUCUMBER WOOD PUMPS.
Or. E. HTTICIXjIj
—SUCCESSOR TO—
J. B. FENIMORE & CO.,
DEALER IN
LUMBER AND GENERAL BUILDING MA
TERIAL,
HARDWARE—Building, Household and
Agricultural.
PAINTS—"AVER'LL" and * TOWN and
COUNTRY"— all colors; jeady mixed; the
best and cheacest— in quarts, gallons and
larger package*.
PUMPS—'BLATCHLEY'S" CUCUMBER
WOOD— acknowledged the best.
-NEW
STOVE AND TIN STOEE
in Middletown.
Elhtson & Benson,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
STOETZES,
HEATERS, RANGES,
AND TIN WARE
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
We have in stock the most popular and
best Parlor, Cook and Room Stove manufac
lured, amoxg them may he found the Home
Delight, Morning Light, Florentine, Tuscan,
Bon Ton. Florence, Charm, Belle, Regulator,
Centennial, Palace Cook, Golden Eagle,
Eureka, Combination Cook. Wabash, Model
Complete, Victor Cook, Pretty Range, Pet
Range, and can furnish on short notice any
other stove manufactuied.
We invite special attention to the Regula
tor "Revolving Top" for convenience. Sur
passes anything in the stove line ever offered
in this market.
Stoves repaired on tbe shortest notice.
Roofing and spouting a specialty.
We hope by giving our personal attention
to business, and making moderate charges to
receive a share of the public patronage.
Oire us a coll.
ELIaSGN A BENSON,
Middletown, Del.
Utiddlftoum prcctorg
CORPORATION OFFICERS.
Tows Commissioners — T. E. Hum, Presi
dent; Tiios. Masse.v, Jr., Secretary ; Jas. H.
Scowdrick, G. W. Wilson, Wm. W. Wilson.
Assessor —C. E. Anderson.
Treasurer. —Isaac Jones.
Justice or the Peace. —DeW. C. Walker.
Constable and Policeman. —Vacant.
Lamplighter. — F. C. Schreitz.
NOTARY PUBLIC
John A. Reynolds.
TRUSTEES OF THE ACADEMY.
Hon John P. Cochran. Pres. ; Henry Davis,
Treas. ; Samuel Peninglon, Secretary ; James
Kanely, B. Gibbs, R T. Cochran. N. Williams.
Principal of Academy. — T. S. Stevens.
OFFICERS OF CITIZENS' NATL
BANK.
Directors. —Henry Clayton, B. Gibbs, B.
T. Biggs. John A. Reynolds, James Culhert
IC. C. Fenimore, M. E. Walker, J. B.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
President. —Henry Clayton,
Cashieb.— J. R. Hall.
Teller. —John S. Crouch.
sun,
DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL CO.
J. M. Cox. Pres.; Samuel Penington, Sec.;
J. R. Hal', Treas ; R. A Cochran, Jas Cul
bertson. Jas. H. Scowdrick, Wm. H. Barr. •
CHURCHES.
Forest Presbyterian. —Rev. John Patton,
D. D , Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
at 10.30a.m and 7.00p.m. SundavSchool
Lecture on Wednesdays at 7.00 p.
Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 2 30 p. m.
St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal. —Rev.
Wm.C. Butler, Rector. On Sundays—Morning
Prayer, 10.30 a. m.: Evening Prayer, 7:00
p.m. Sunday School, 9 a.m. Evening Prayer
ou Fridays at 5 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal, —Rev.L. C. Matlack,
D. D., Pastor. Service every Sunday at ïO.GO
a. m. and 7.00 p m. Sunday School at 9.30
a. in. and 2.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting on
Thttrsdavs at 7.00 p. m.
Colored Methodist .—Rev N. Morris—
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 10.30
p. m., 3 and 8 p. m. Sunday School every
Sunday at 1 p. m.
at 9 a. m.
ra.
MASONIC
Adoniram Chapter No. 5, R. A. M. Meets
in Masonic Hall on the second and fourth Fri
days of every month at 8 o'clock, p m.
Union Lodge No. 5, A. F. A. M. Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays of every month
at 8 o'clock, p. m. Masonic Hall.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Damon Lodge, No. 12 Meets every Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
Peach Blossom Grange, No. 3. Meets every
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Grange Room
in the Knights of Pythias Hall.
I. O. 0. F.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No 9. Meets every
Thursday evening at 7j o'eik. Lodge Room
•in Cochran H*1I, No. 2, Cochran Square.
BUILDING AND LOAN.
Middletown B. & L. Association. —Samuel
Penington, Pres.; A. G. Cox, Secretary. Meets
the first Thursday of every month at 8
o'clock, p. m.
Mutual Loam Association of Middletown.
— Jas. H. Scowdrick, Pres.; A. G. Cox, Sec
retary. Meets on the third Tuesday of every
month at 8 o'clock, p. m.
on
MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY AND
READING-ROOM.
E W. Lockwood, Pres.j.J. T. Budd, Sec'y ;
Rooms in Transcript Buitding. Reading
Room open every day until 10 o'clock, p m.
Library open on Wednesdays and Saturdays
from 3 o'clo k to 5 p m.
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
Penins. Agricultural and Pomological As
sociation. —Wm. R. Cochran, President and
Chairman of Board of Managers; J. B. Clark
son, Secretary. Annual Meeting fourth Sat
urday in January. Next annual fair will he
held on October 4th, 5th and 6th, 1876.
DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
Meets for practice every Monday evening at
8 o'clock.
POST OFFICE.
Office Hours. —Opens at 6 30 a m and
closes at 9 p m every day except Sunday
Mails for the North close at 7.30 a m, and
2.45 p m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 15 am.
Mails for Odessa close at 10.23 a m and 7.30
p m.
Mails for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
dose at 10.23 a m.
DELAWARE RAILROAD.
Passenger trains going North leave at 7.46
a m and 3 01 p m. ; going South at 10.33 a m
and I- 55 P m - Freight trains with passenger
ear attached, going North, leave at 5.20 pin;
going South, at 6 30 a m.
8TAGE LINES -
Stage for Odessa, with U. S. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival of the 10.43 am and 7.55
p m mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival of the 10.43 a m
train. _
Spring Clothing!
SPRING CLOTHING!!
We have just brought from the city a large
assortment of
MEN S AND BOYS' SPRING A SUMMER
CLOTHING,
which we would like you to call and examine
before buiing elsewhere.
Just call and examine our
$10 SUITS
and our §5 PANTS and VEST. We know
that they will surprise von, as they are all
wool. We manufacture our own goods, and
can sell them nt reduced prices for the cash
Clothing is cheap, hut we are selling ours
CHEAPER! What do you think of a good
suit of Clothing at
j Ufiffit flBBkli
!
j VALISES Ac,,
1 , , , .. . .. .
i l"« 1 7. 0U wll ! find ,ha ' ,hev ' are cheap as the
i Clo.hmg Come one ! come «11 ! and give us
; a cn '*> at '*' e d' et0Än Clothing House,
$6, $7, $8 and $10 per Suit?
I We have, also, a large assortment of
S. R. ESTES & CO.,
Middletown, Del.
NOTICE.
The Board of Commissioners will meet in
their office on the Second and Fourth TUES
DAYS of each month.
Persons having Bills against the Town will
present the same at their regular meetings, as
no bills will hereafter be paid unless properly
passed by the Board,
apr 22—3m
T. E. HURN, Pres't.
Select fjoefnj.
The Magic Isle in the River of
Time.
[It seemed to he undecided for a time, who
entitled to the authorship of the follow
ing poem, hut public sentiment, in that after
time, which sums up and passes just judg
ment upon all human acts, pointed toward
Mary E. Bachelor as the likely fountain of
E., Cecilton, Md.]
There's a magical Isle in the river of Time,
Where softest of echoes are staying;
And the isle is as sweet as a musical chime,
Or the exquisite breath of a tropical clime,
When June with *he rose3 are staying.
'Tis there memory dwells with her pale
golden hue,
And mii3ic forever is flowing,
While the low musical tones come tremblingly
through,
Sa-tly trouble the heart, yet sweetens it too,
As south winds o'er the waters are blowing.
There are shadowy hills in the fairy like Isle,
Where pictures of beauty are gleaming,
Yet the light of these eyes, and their sweet
sunny smile
Only flash round the heart, with a wildering
wile,
And leave us to know 'tis but dreaming.
And the name of the isle is the beautiful past,
And we bury our treasures all there;
There are heings of beauty, too lovely to last,
There are bosoms of snow with the dust o'er
them cast,
There are trepes and ringlets of hair.
There are fragments of song only memory
sings,
And the hoard of a dear mother's prayer :
There's a harp long nnswept aud a lute with
out strings,
There are flowers all withered, and letters
and rings,
Ha'.lowed tokens love used to wear.
E'en the dead, the bright, beautiful dead,
there arise.
With these soft flowing ringlets of gold ;
Though their voices are hushed, and o'er
their sweet eyes
The unbroken signet of silence now lies,
They are with us again as of old.
In the still of night hands are beckoning us
there,
And with a joy, that is almost a pain.
We delight to turn hack again, and in wan
dering there,
Through the shadhwy halls of this island so
fair,
We behold our lost treasure again.
0, this beautiful isle, with its phantom-like
show,
Is a vista unfadingly bright,
And the river of time, in its turbulent flow,
Is oft soothed with the voices we heard long
ago,
When the years were a dream of delight.
was
this rill of music.
Id
Written for the Middletown Transcript.
Tie School Teacher's Experience.
BY ALEXIS.
"I shall accept her invitation, see
her and have a flirtation," said careless
Frank Münder.
"Then, by Jove, you'll regret it, for
she!ll use you as a character for one of
her stories for the local papers she
writes for." This reply, coming from a
"chum," Will Beaob, was received
with a burst of laughter bordering on
mockery and a challenge from Frauk.
"Let the result be as it may, I shall
Come with me, Will, and watch
the finale; for she is a green little
country girl' and apt to believe any
thing I may tell her in regard to my
feelings towards her Then, you know,
i'll throw in some praise for her beauty,
be it ever so small, and then my object
will be gaiued."
"Then goodbye for the present. I
decline to witness the cruel joke; that
is if you carry it to a point of success "
As the two separated, a thought
Will's miud to write to the
go
It
iu
on
a
of
an
an
came over
voung lady iu question and give infor
mation that would put her on guard
for any assault on her affections, but
he postponed it. intending to do so after
Frank had made the visit.
Down near the quiet and retired town
of Odessa, Delaware, lived the timid,
pretty little school teacher, Lillie B
Laurine; living so faithfully for her
neighbors' welfare and caring so little
for her own that there seldom came a
cloud over her life that was not easily
dispersed. Ther-ehool children had been
trained and drilled by loving persuasion
to leave off their former habits of throw
ing each other out of windows, jumping
off the school house and tearing each
other's books to pieces ; so the days
came and went with no unusual change
of scenes, except when a new scholar
was brought in and had to go through
a formal introduction to the whole
school. Vacation arrived at last, just
as spring, who had beeD rather lardy,
made her appearance. Lillie, tired
Lillie, concluded to pay a visit to hei
relatives in Philadelphia, and in this
wav found recreation. After her arrival
in the city, every place of interest was
visited, enjoyments in number were
added, and the time for her return home
was drawing near, when by accident
she was introduced to stylish Frank
Münder. She did not act the silly
goose apd do as most young girls do :
fall in love with him or his stylish
clothing or moustache It was with her
dignity coupled with intelligence, and
to diaw a closer intimacy one was
obliged to associate with her a great
deal. The evening before Lillie left tbe
city she said :
"Mr. Münder, I should be happy to
have yon call on me in mv Delaware
home this summer. Peaches, pears,
grapes, apples, strawberries, and all
other fruits will be in abundance, and
I'm sure you'll enjoy them when fresh."
"Thank you. Miss Laurine, I shall
be happy if I can accept your invita
tion."
an
of
of
It
at
So the two parted with nothing to
regret, unless it was Frank for having
to part with his last subject for a flir
tation. The fact was he had met with so
many rebukes from Lillie that he hegan
to half like or "love" her.
August was a glowing month. Peach
orchards blazed with large fruit, and
apples and pears were in abundance
Every Delaware heart throbbed wiih
thankfulness for such bounteous pro
On the 12th the Laurine farrn
vision.
house was a scene of active preparation
for the coming guest, Frank Münder
The carriage was ordered in the even
ing and Lillie and her younger brother
drove to the Middletown depot to meçt
him. Of course, he was welcomed ip
he
of
for
the manner of an acquaintance by
Lillie, and when home was again
reached and introductions made, Frank
fur the fir?t time felt his mission to be
sinful to be carried into execution, and
half resolved to steal away that night,
riskiug his knowledge of the road to
find the railroad station. But a mis
sion of this kiud is never left undone. Its
results are so overwhelmingly pleasing
for awhile, that every obstacle is
crushed, and the flirt walks over the
soft feelings of his victim with a banner
of "regret" following after him or her
Every attention was paid him and the
days stole rapidly up till they reached
two weeks; two weeks in paiadise al
most to Frank He would accompany
Lillie ou trips to the orchards, drives
to town and boat rides on Appoquiui
mink creek The old resolution at Iasi
came upon him and he commenced an
attack on the affections of Lillie.
"Miss Laùrine, why not let me call
you Lillie? I much prefer it, as it wi'l
prove that I am gaining your friend
ship."
"You may do the former, but as to
the latter you always had that Friends
meet and part only in friendship, Mr
Münder." In an instant she rebuked
herself for such a sentence, not that sh<
meant to seem solicitous, but her very
words betokened as much, and be. took
advantage of them by replying.
"Can we never be more than friends
to each other, Lillie? In my stay with
you I have learned to care ever so
much for you and your gentle manners:
aud I plead for myself earnestly Will
you be more than a friend to me some
day ?"
A choking sensation came in her
throat, followed by a desire to run
away and escape the sudden and un
looked-fot questions. She looked up in
bis eyes. They were ever so earnest,
ever so trustful, but, O, the bidden de
ceit of the heart; so the innocent little
school teacher gave way to his petitions
and iu a half dazed manner forgot her
dignity enough to say she trusted him.
She was, for the first time, a silly,
thoughtless girl.
The two separated, he assuring her
of bis coustauey and she acknowl
edging her fullest confidence in his
avowals.
School opened again, finding Lillie
in her former position as gentle pre
ceptress over quite » lirge number of
scboCrs. She was as happy as ever,
perhaps a little more so. for where is
there a woman who will not be happy
when she is aware that all her life has
been trusted to a man whom she deems
worthy of it. Duties were fulfilled by
the pretty little school teacher in the
same earnest manner, and she still
gained the love of all parents who sent
children to the school.
Letters came from Frank and were
answered punctually. After awhile
they came reluctantly and grew to be
very unfrequently and finally stopped
Frank Münder knew he had accom
plished bis design«, and. so informed
his "chum" Will Beach, who imme
diately discountenanced him as a friend
and wrote Lillie the following note:
nr
out
by
the
"Philadelphia, Sept. 12.
Miss Lillie B. Laurine :
I presume upou your time so much as to
inform you that Frank Münder is a flirting
adventurer, and would caution yon against
W. B "
us,
ing
and
of
his
he
cut
a
No
to
the
him.
Lillie stood in silence and thought
over the few words of the note
Beach was a friend of hers, she kDew.
It was euougb that it ended where it
did She was satisfied with the ending,
for when such deceit was made practi
cable, she lost all respect for the man,
but used no sentence to form a curse ou
him. It was over, and she did not go
into premature decay. There was out*
purpose iu* her mind, aud she carried
that out by writing a touching piece of
poetry for the local newspaper, describ
ing her feelings at the moment of being
deceived
It was very pretty, she telling him
how her trust was ensnared, how her
life glowed with hopes of future hap
piness, aud bow all this was crushed in
one mass of deceit and burled iuto ob
livion. She seldom referred to tbe
matter; indeed, her pareDts were hardly
acquainted with any of toe facts. The
local paper often afterward received
contributions from tbe little school
teacher, and no outward sign escaped
her to show that any deep regret was
lurking way down in her earnest heart-.
Of course, she resulved to ever live an
"old maid" by shunning the society of
young men, but she fouud a brown
faced country admirer afterwards, who
iu his acts and not his words was dis
covered the true aud manly affection
that proved ever after good, noble and
pure.
Münder lost all self respect, was
avoided by former friends, and goaded
on to desperation by the continued
regret of his life of ruin, finally forged
a uote for the purpose of being made a
prisoner, so as to be excluded from the
sight of family and friends.
0, girls, if you but knew the ways
of man ; if you but knew one half the
regrets of the broken-hearted girls, you
would look upon the stranger with much
reserve, thereby saving yourself from
an intrigue invented solely for the pur
pose of gaining your confidence for a
moment to throw it away a moment
afterwards, to be covered with the rub
bish of regrets for a life time. Ouly
an intimate friend should ever gain ad
mission to your affections if you are
disposed to trust them out at a premium.
Will
we
are
use
on.
in,
but
get
the
but
to
ale
To
it
you
is
rest
An Expensive Funeral -The
funeral of Mrs Roxcellana Keyser,
the widow of the late Ernest Keyser,
an eccentric millionaire, took place
from her residence in New York, on
Thursday. Her sister assumed charge
of tbe funeral. There were eighty car
riages in the procession ; the hearse
was drawn by six black horses, and six
of the carriages were drawn by four
horses. Tbe casket was made of oak,
lined with white satin, and covered
with black velvet costing $11 a yard
It was covered with gold fringe, and
had a solid gold plate and six chased
gold handles. The cost of the casket
was $2,000. The floral decoration
were superb and cost nearly $1,000.
Mozart was up io tbe morning early
at hia music.
of
we
are
or
in
We
The Boy's Characteristics.
If there are any loose straw, chip?,
sticks, old barrels or boxes anywhere
within his reach and he can get a
ich, be will make what he calls a
••bonfire," stand around it, and hold
his bands before it until be gets smoked
all over.
If there is a pond or puddle of muddy
water anywhere about he will take oil
his shoes and stockings, roll up his
clean white pants and either wade in or
get a dirty board or plank and push
himself about until face, hands and
clothes are one uuiform dirt color from
top to toe.
He will go over any fence or wall or
through any tangled thicket of briars,
thorns or brushwood, regardless of the
strength of his trousers, even when it
would be quite as handy to go around
by the proper path.
He will plunge into any muddy
ditch or swamp after a mud-turtle or a
and thm, after carrying it
about awhile, will throw his prize away
He will climb any ladder, pole,
scaffold or tree, with no understandable
except to get where he knows
he ought not to be, and with the sure
result of getting into danger.
When bis kite lodges in a tree or a
telegraph .wire he will try to get it
down by throwing sticks at it until the
kite is broken all to pieces, and will
uch time and energy in this
vain pursuit as would serve to make a
dozen other kites.
He will trudge through the snow and
-lush in preference to walking on a per
fectly clean path or pavement.
He will spend hours in throwing
clubs and stones to knock "candles"
from the catalpa tree, to knock "beans"
from the locust tree,to knock "switches"
from the ailanthus tree, ahd to knock
••button-balls" from the buttonwood
tree; and then when he has got them
and got bis clothes in disorder he will
gather up his "candles,"''switches" or
"butten-balls." and immediately find
he don't want them and give them
away to some other boy who don't want
them either.
He will make a noise without any
possible reason for it except the "fun"
of making a noise.
Finally, he will get his clothes dirty,
bis fingers cut, or his shins or head
bruised, if there is any show or chance
for either within a. mile.
Wherein the average American boy
differs from the American girl : This
"differentiation" is a problem for the
"evolutionists" to solve.
to
is
ina
minnow.
reason
spend as nt
nr
Written for the Transcript.
Observation No. 1.
If we take notice of what transpires
around us, many little amusing thing!
happen in a country town, especially it
you are shopping, a business very much
liked hy the ladies.
Occasionally a husband will accom
pany a wife, but according to custoui,
ladies go by themselves : we are going
out shoppiug now.
The first store we enter is occupied
by several; the clerk and, of
the proprietors are in ; the former meets
he does others, with a smiling
course,
us, as
countenance, while the proprietors are
otherwise engaged.
Presently customers pass out. leav
ing us to be waited upon for the time
being.
As is conventional, proprietors are
pleasant.it is seldom we see them hand
some. but will say for these, they are
passable; the youngest is a birkie bairn
and a usual occurrence, occupies most
of his time in arranging some part of
his toilet, or walking up and down ad
miring his good looks, reflected in the
indispensable looking glass.
All this is quiet amusing to young
ladies. For a short time we linger over
some article, then pass out to see
something else ; going down the street
enter store number 2, customers
come out, as we pass io, leaving one
still half recliuing in an arm chair
While we are being waited upon, a
second person makes his appearance
taking a seat beside No 1 ; comments
passed ; No. 1 remarks to No. 2
that if he (No 1) was io No 2's place,
he would not spoil his good looks but
cut off the down that was inclined to
shade no 2's upper lip, in other words,
a moustache. Now we would advise
No 1, not to spoil bis good looks, but
take the advice he gave to No. 2, aud
the scissors well. We are prepared
to leave, and say to those behind us, if
the glove doesn't fit, why don't put it
L. B.
we
are
use
on.
The Rule of Economy. —"Take
care of the pennies." Look well to
your spending No matter what comes
in, if more goes out you will be always
poor The art is u«t in making money,
but in keeping it. Little expenses, like
mice in a barn, where there are many,
make great waste. Hair by hair, heads
get bald, straw by straw tbe thatch
goes off the cottage, and drop by drop
the rain comes into the chamber. A
barrel is soon empty, if the tap leaks
but a drop a minute When you mean
to save, begin with your mouth ; many
thieves pass down the red lane. The
ale jug is a great waste. In all other
things keep within compass. Never
stretch your legs further than your
blankets will reach, or you will soon be
cold. In clothes, choose suitable and
lasting stuff, and not tawdry fineries
To be watm is the main thing, never
tnind the looks A fool may make
money,but it takes a wise man to spend
it Remember, it is easier to build two
chimneys than to keep one going,
you give all to back and board, there
is nothing left for the savings bank.
Fare hard and work hard when you arc
young, and you will have a chance to
rest when you are old.
If
VVe all complain of the shortness
of time, and yet bave much more than
we know what to do with Our lives
are spent either in doing Dothing at all,
or in doing nothing to tbe purpose, or
in uothing that we ought to do.
We are always complaining that our
days are few, and acting as though
there would be no end to them.
The greater the knowledge, tbe
greater the doubt.
Written for the Transcript.
MY SON.
Sad mem'ry with my spirit now
Is buried with the past,
And deep within my heart's alcove
I listen to the last.
The whisperings of other days
Come shadowing o'er my soul,
Like fleecy clouds athwart the sky,
Beyond my ken's control.
They speak of thee, mine own Bernard,
The first the Giver gave ;
But soon He took the gift from me
Unto Himself, to have.
I saw thee draw thy long, last breath,
In peace it passed away—
And heard thee lisp with feeble voice,
''Thy will be done alway."
Thy voice was truly mnsical,
When of a Sabbath morn
Ye sang an anthem to the name
Of Him of Mary born !
And when that voice in prayer was raised
Up to his Father's throne,
It was a joy unspeakable
To call thee, then, my own.
0 ! how I miss thy merry voice,
That sang so sweet and clear,
As ye came bounding home from school,
YV'ith free aud joyous air.
And, oh ! that bright and sparkl'ng eye
Beneath a raven brow,
0, how I lov'd thee, then, my son,
Nor less I love thee now.
1 will not say on thee alone
My hopes werecen'er'd all—
Yet 'round my heart thine image clings
Like ivy to the wall.
Thy brothers nestle 'round my hearth,
Th? sisters, too, are there,
But lonely stands, where erst it stood,
Thine ever vacant chair.
Such thoughts as these arc crowding fast
Upon my troubl'd brain—
Like day dreams ye have gone for aye,
And ne'er will come again.
But raem'ry with an iron grasp
Holds o'er my spirit sway,
For ye «re never absent from
My weary heart a day.
Z. McD. Roberts.
The Tea Party.
The following is a puzzle ; in ans
wer, I want the n*mes of the places
given so as to read like the following
sample: Henry gave a tea party, to
which be invited many of his friends ;
among them. Miss Jeunie, who sat at
his left and Mr. Jones at bis right, &c
PUZZLE.
An Island of the royal blood, north
of America gave a tea party ; to which
he invited many ladies and gentlemen
of his rank ; several Saints also partook
of his hospitable blood.
A Miss Land sat west of him and a
Mr Land east. Three groups of
Islands robed in furs sat side by side.
One Island east of America, was also
there, and took from his pockets, in
stead of a bottle of' cologne and hand
kerchief, a flask of lamp oil and a ball
made of a fish found in the waters sur
rounding him; this act caused much
merriment among the ladies, who said
he acted precisely like a domestic fowl
A ntaid from a city in Greece, whom
Byron speaks of being so beautiful,
honored them with her delightful pres
ence.
A miss city of Italy brought with
her some superb paintings.
A n.isscs peak and island, north of
south America were there.
Three Saints of the Windward Is. and
one Miss island of the Leeward Is, ap
peared in light fabrics An Islaud
east of. Porto Rico by the name of the
day, on which the massacre of the
Huguenots occured, asked blessings at
the table.
The oldest city in the U- S. honored
them with her august presence, robed
in white, embellished with orange
blossoms and magnolia leaves.
Five peaks from one of our Terri
tories, also five from a sister state;
among them, the three sitting side by
side robed in becoming garments, look
ed very pleusiug, tbe Mr. Mount,
comiDg from tbe northern part of tbe
state, wore a white cap, this caused the
ladies to laugh, and the gentleman,
declared he must be one of tbe ancients
The Miss Islands, southeast of China,
were also there and looked quite spicy.
The Miss Islands, sitting east of them,
were adorned with beautiful shell head
dresses. While some of the misses Islands
sitting east of Australia, were quite
friendly and sociable with the Mr. Is
land sitting north east of them.
The table was waited upon by a river
in the north of south Am., flowing
through three divisions.
The decorations were beautiful.
Beverages of China, Brazil, Madera.
Bordeaux and also one made from a
fruit grown in Italy, were served up.
former in the Lervers ware, the latter in
ware fro_m Venice.
A fruit from Sicily, sat at each end
of the table ; two dishes of two different
kinds of fruits from Spain came next.
A palatable dish made of a prairie biped,
also a roast of a rooting animal com
mon with us, sat near the side.
A large and a small water foul came
next ; while in the centre, was a dish
of a large horned animal, found in the
mountains of Pennsylvania aud Virgi
ma.
A shell fish, obtained from the wa
ters of our bays stood in two large
tureens; while on one side sat a dish,
filled with a vegetable from the earth,
from new Jersey, on the other, one
from Ireland. Flour mingled with
milk and baked, sat here and there
A weed from Havana, the King
kept at his elbow.
Every thing passed of pleasantly ;
and the guests were so delighted with
the King, that they termed him, an
animal of pleasure used in Jerusalem.
Lillie Bell.
'
The rainbow is one of the most sur
prising of natural phenomena. The He
brews called it the " Daughter of Won
der " The phenomenon i« seen in the
falling rain or dew, and not in the cloud
whence that rain or dew proceeds. It is
caused by a reflection and refraction of
the sun's rays from the globularaparti
eles of rain. The face of this beautiful
iris or bow, is tinged with all the priini- |
tive colors in their natural order—name- i
ly, violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, 1
and red. It always appears in that part |
of tbe heavens opposite the sun.
A great composer—Sleep.
Evils of the Credit System.
It has involved a large majority
our people in debt, who are no more
able to pay to-day than they were the
day they contracted their indebtedness
At least a large majority of them may
be so considered. It makes men ex
travagant and indifferent when they can
buy what they need without paÿiug for
it at the time. They become indifferent
about collecting the money due to them
selves, and therefore lose a great many
accounts which might bave been col
lected if attended to in time, whereas,
not being required to pay cash at the
time, they become indifferent as to
whether the bills due to themselves are
paid. The consequence is they lose a
great deal by neglect and have even
tually to pay their own bills with in
terest, which often takes the profits of
many months and even years of bard
toil Then let our people look to it in
the future and pay cash, or do without
many things which may be considered
luxuries and not among the necessities
of life While this system cannot be
adopted in a day where the credit
system has been so long in vogue, yet
our people will find it greatly to their
advantage to begin at once to reform
the system of labor and business, and
pay cash for what they get, and do
without many things for which they
could not pay. Wheu this system is
once adopted, there will be fewer Con
stables' or Sheriffs' sales, and more in
dependent men among us. The com
petition in business is one of these
evils. It causes men to force sales
where there is the least possible show
to get money, in order that their sales
may be as large or larger than their
neighbor's. The first thing they know
their shelves are clear of goods and
they have no money to buy more. Then
one note after another matures in bank,
so that their credit is either gone or
they must make sacrifice of some article
of property in order that they may keep
up their credit or keep out of the hands
of the Sheriff.
It is true that many men have made
fortunes from small beginnings, and
often those small beginnings were bor
rowed capital, but where one man has
risen to eminence or to fortune in that
way, th lusands have amassed wealth
by paying cash for everything they
bought. They were careful not to ex
tend their business faster than their
knowledge to control and manage it
was acquired, and this is just as im
portant as the means themselves, and
may with as much propriety be called
cash capital, for without such skill it is
utterly impossible to succeed at any
business —Salisbury Advertiser.
The Way of the World.
A thief is a contemptible being, nf
course; but in many cases haid want
forces men to sin. Poverty is a fearful
strain on a man's honesty. The poor
man who lives an honest life is enti led
to more credit than the man of wealth
The one is forced to fight against temp
tation, which comes to him under the
guise of waDt and necessity ; the other
has no motive except greed or ambition
to tempt him from the path of rectitude
Yet when a poor man sins against the
laws of the land, how few sympathize
with him, or seek to shield him from
the penalty incurred He has no friends
and the heaviest penalty that can be
iufiicted is considered light enough for
him. When the prison doors close
behind him, hope is shut out forever,
for be knows the pardoning power will
never be asked to interfere in his be
half. But the rich criminal is looked
upon as simply unfortunate; he is lion
ized ; Justice bows in his presence,
and seems to ask his pardon for the un
pleasant relations which it bears toward
him. If he is convicted, it is an ex
ceptional case, his sentence is made as
light as possible; his prison life is en
livened by pleasant enjoyment, and
cheerful assurance that his confinement
will be short ; and he soon walks forth;
the recipient of executive clemency.
The Vest Pockets. —A young man
from one of the rural districts was iu
one of our tailor shops getting meas
ured for a vest the other afternoon.
"Married or unmarried?" queried the
merchant, after taking down the num
ber. "Unmarried," said the young
man with a blush. "Inside pocket ou
tbe left hand side, then," observed tbe
tailor, as if to himself, making a mem
orandum to that effect. After a mo
uient's fause, tbe young man from the
suburbs inquired: "What difference
does my being married or unmarried
make with the inside pocket of the
vest ?
"Ah, my dear sir," observed
the tailor, "all tbe differeoce possible,
as you must see Being unmarried, you
waut tbe pocket on the left side so as to
briug tbe young lady's picture next to
your heart?" "But dou't the married
man also want his wife's picture next
to his heart.
queried the youth.
"Possibly there is an instauoe of that
kind,' said the tailor, arching his eye
brows, "but I never heard of it."—
Danbury News.
We are iu daDger of ruining our
promising plans, in themselves very
good, by the habit of putting off until
to-morrow what may be done to-day.
"That letter may be answered to-mor
row ; that request of my friend may be
attended to to-morrow, and he will be
no loser." True, but you are the loser;
for the yielding to one such temptation
is the signal far the yielding up of the
whole citadel to the enemy That note
and valuable fact may be recorded in
my common-place book to-morrow."
True, but every such indulgence is a
heavy loss to you Every hour should
be preseveringlv filled up
People who sit at their front windows
and stare at their neighbors from morn
ing till night will, perhaps, not be deter
red by the fact that a South Brooklyn
woman in this line nf business had her
nose frozen fast to the window pane one
day last winter, and was subsequently
obliged to have the tip of it amputated
Nevertheless, the affair cast the radi
ance of a profound joy over the entire
neighborhood.
Sensible opinions—Those which co
ineide with your own.
fterittits.
To owe men is a bad omen.
Texas has nealy two thousand miles of
railroad in operation.
A thousand probabilities will not
make one truth.
Florida watering place hotels are clos
ing for the season.
Those usually deserve most from their
friends who expect leaBt of them.
Australia exported, in 1875, gold
dust to the amount of $15,889,525.
Ought to be allowed to sit down—
A merchant of forty years' standing.
Blind people, like blinded finches,
sing better but louder than those who
see.
Happinpss grows at our own fireside,
and is not to be picked in a stranger's
garden.
The moment a man is satisfied with
bimstlf, everybody else is dissatisfied
with him.
Millais, the artist, bas been offered
$75,000 for a single picture not yet
painted.
Tbackery once said, very finely, "
Next to excellence is the appreciation
of it."
Lost time is never found again, and
what we call " time enough" always
proves little enough.
Glory will Jo very well in homeo
pathic'doses ; but it is poison, never
theless.
Some men are so far-sighted they look
through and beyond objects, and awear
they are not.
Merit readily recognizes merit. Cer
tainly he cannot have it who doesn't
know it when he sees it.
To the old man, there ia in the heart
of a rose or a violet the fragrant echo of
scores of dead springs.
Look well into thyself; there is a
source which will always spring up.if
thou wilt always search there.
I never aaw an oft-removed tree, nor
yet an oft-removed family.that throve as
well as those whosettled be— Franklin.
Happiuess is having what one likes ;
contentment ia liking what one baa;
contentmeut is only the pale ghost of
happiness.
There are more sorrows of women
than of men, just as in heaven, there
are more eclipses of the moon than of
the sun.
A Persian proverb says; "There are
only two days for which to feel anxious.
One is the day that is past, the other ia
the day to come."
Drink water From water Venna was
born. It ia the mother of beauty, the
girdle of earth, and the marriage of na
tions.
Absolute, peremptory facts are bul
lies, and those who keep company with
them are apt to get a bullying habit of
mind.
Excitement promotes the develop
ment of genius, as a phosphorescent sea
is the more brilliant the more it is agi
tated.
Contentment is more satisfying than
exhilaration; and • contentment means
simply the sum of small and qniet plea
sures.
A man rarely speaks of himself with
out loss. Hia accusations of himself are
always believed; his praises never.—
Montaigne.
Somebody wants to know why news
papers will persist in abreviating a son
of temperance and make an S. O. T.
of him.
A man in Oswego county proposes to .
wear to the centennial a pair of trowsers
that his grandfather wore in 1776. He
pants for fame.
The way to conquer men is by their
passions ; catch but the ruling foible of
hearts, and all their boasted virtues
shrink before you.
Most lives, though their strength is
loaded with sand and turbid with allu
vial waste, drop a few golden graina of
wisdom as they flow along.
Society is a strong solution of books.
It draws the virtue oat of what is best
worth reading, as hot water drawa the
strength of tea-leaves.
A home for friendless women and
girls is about to be established in Wash
ington, in which they may be trained
for useful avocations ic life
The surest remedy for chapped bands
is to rinse them well after washing with
soap and dry them thoroughly by apply
ing Indian meal or rice powder.
One cent per bushel makes a differ
of ten million of dollars in the
ence
alue of the annual crop of corn in the
United States.
How the moon's fair, pale light and
all its magic pass away when it is
brought near by tbe telescope ! as when
the future becomes the present.
Some men are kinder to the occu
pants of their kennels than to their fam
ilies. They will treat wife and children
like dogs, but not dogs themselves so.
The heart that is at once softened by
gratitude and the tear of joy will show
its thankfulness in this, at least, that it
will be milder towards others.
One of tbe happiest and most inde
pendent of the human occupations is
that of an intelligent farmer, whose
land is paid for and who keeps oiit of
debt.
A prominent lawyer at Petersburg,
Va , was so ccufused recently by the
entry of his wife into the Court-room as
a spectator that he broke down in his
argument.
Truth being founded on a rock, you
may boldly dig to see its foundation ;
but falsehood being built on the sand,
if you proceed to examine its fonnda
tions, you cause its fall.
Fools and madmen have their para
dise, and are much pleased with their
imaginary honors as they would be with
the real. This has a tendency to make
them averse to all methods of cure.
We should always he slow in choos
ing a friend, and still slower to change
him. We should always be courteous
to all, aud intimate with few; never
alight a man for poverty, nor esteem
any one for his wealth.

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