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prom the Valley- orDrnth, From AppleUn' -onrtal. t r . i ,wnig Poo w;re wr.ttan by Frederck . .i Mnuol o tv - eat recently, , 1 i', 'i ilr' i-J by Joi ' ui- Wlc of ' - . anl n proiVy tJ ln : i- t fjec, r' litis wre dousilew, d -tt-.- - J b "ie ssy wau maerel lilmia Ar.t a i IS MAINE ASO IN All -N I u jct yon (ain't tbeai bene. nd fDuo'om ont awaytioja litre , fhoy'ra scratching all the garden np, n i T.ld'f cone wa'Tu va'a: 'tai'miai ait.'( c intrery, as a rale, od cen'ity otieys my will . .. t'longh she beard me, iff pat - th, there' Lorenzo rettenxUr i, -met herald be' stopped to talk I'hvm hens will ct op everjthie. w - wanting her to uaa wait Wa'al, It ia nio to walk In Bprlng. Uf - took her hand come that won't do She seema t stand UDOmaon pllli ; i ,i hetter lttthm know I'm renal, iHl evening, Mr.Fettangill 1 lit In'tmirf me it ain't const V I wa ah my time has besa and gone . t t!nn rd rely no idee , w IV.-'y was a getting on. stow np, and pretty aeon ; -, lay us old vm on tbe shell", -( n a smart young manual- I'll tend tJiem Leas niyself. U icked one! fco Lhni it is you do yon? r along the trail from your home, the Lt t see I watch ler, little titer she u o'tber kind lather oh, go kind -te- c- here. -it Ab, Dolorat, it i toen fur French, sir, Mi lain om woadtr, anl your davaa k oat . i.z a ban Ire 1 1 males, has tin Amer i ar brother Manuel, aud to-morrow be . . .it an4 old, ant I cannot wateb your i (if''"; , o myllaauel, there ii one. fl shall s ' i sprinc tin' Wht ia that whtoh lie nowseeuj -c. upon her : 'o praised - it U, itdced, a ring, and such a has lrei mules, and he takes way my ter. n mere ch, sweat yoang lore, It maVea ' heart stir e here ah ' be shall hare hla dr.nk r mi -ths whiskey Ai e in ! orw1 1 shall feed her dotes CONfeTANCY. uataln eatcp in the blerra Nev !a. : . cl-the:, bo iloquise. t . I!rr r. handkerchief now. u ng my clMh I fd lin tj' .r ' :ii-Lice tt: Well, how ii r ever have erep' ia hero hat is the other name ' it mast be Isabel Kfne t tter. her What a htu.e t iu) a lovely little tliicfi. j. uiVer how could I forget ' 1 1 w hen that handerca itf 1 took i ' -ne l- married jet V '1 keopn her irlih Uk 1 it!- 1eccli I lliere it wa Kje i i w I hear how the wild rarf mng wee alone- there wa nohwly by. ' 1 1 irre .t many i-ret'O-terras thin. , ; -ci"i t'ie handkerchief tj my heart, x to keep it fir eernd ever - - n t hems lac -the let it derart, I -e iUl it should so from me never. 1 . i pt ra promise .r all these years , 1 id more taithfol thanjoo. itiu are married. I have my fear i woman known to be true ' - i " forjtten taa quite, nnd I i, 'nic tne snb troui jonr t aodkerc'- uf, , 'i -cetus as thuici it would never get rirj ' t it i i t-w my tssurcd beiiet t I rlu.l et married , when this trip's thtutili 1 -' l1 ii-ake the heft hatband in the world, iu-c I atn eer constant and true i id- tu j ra,; oa ihe clothes line eur'.o'. , J f Wuat'athat Why, J m. old Kij, vuidtd and by a irrizi y, jou aay , ,v i u killed him! Uood 'thai iB cause fir yy ' ,' i:m (Inwa here, fellows, th.s side of the way -util r-ut evil 1 think you will find i ji i tar trom fun tT be clawel b a bear, r' 1 r.:u u soxe stuff his wonnds to bind , .uj tke tliit old handkerchief over there .Miscellaneous Rcurfiteg. THI. IEA'XS- COl ItTSIIII'. . . iw.Y. i ho l.ai.Jn imw. and richef i woman in all . mntiybidcwai-ihewidow Adam". The .-mn tujt and belle at tiitccn.a liride at utt'CD. a widow at twenty, endowed with T brj m'. and lt latin in the upper f arieli t!i imi!:n' pasture and w wdland, and i ind in tnnk stock. little wonder tliat t i nijrh hci erapc had not dimintshe'J one uTan 1 l er rcy cheeks and bright tycg . Htii: fchrnided in the widow's vail, that m mlv e e and manly hearts should lit' di-i-ud towards her: W wonder that when i Mcighins jarty from the "Port" chonid .-.t he- on a bright moonlight evening, that the ji ettv widow eh iuld look htr best, and Ik- t lasted as never before, over her Thanks ..it cake. Bwcet eider aid ehoiee oil Ja maiea. or tiiat when the beaux and liclles tfie next i cning were eonj;iTrated in the K-h.tol Iiousc on the "Orecn," to praetiee i ln.ir finginp. wbieh was juH beginninft fci -tijierwdc the old-lashioncd "dcaeouing out." that the handsome widow and her surround ing should become nutter for discussion. "beacon I'lufl at the -rincs," had a holy 1.. .rror of this new style of finding. Though a man onlv a little past forty, be h!d in fai rcd dif jain an infringement cf hi sabati . a. pru i ' es. lt made him a person of mark to s-.-ind in th.' deacon's seat licf.ire the puli it and read two lines of the psalm, ( r th'i-e in the unpins gallery t- turn n.to mcl uy. b.i the diacjn.ihat cvening.uad .It tersiirici to go oei to the school house to M p the I'iMirdcrlv proceedings. Six weeks awidmcr. I dare not aver how strongly other reasons urged the step. Lt no one infer that the delunct Mrs. Cldfl was lor gottcn, on the contrary she was remembered ft try hour in the day He was lonesome, ii-liouc was at sixes and sevens, his chil dren unrulv. Then he was conscious ol a -trange sense of freedom the feminine w. rid w.Li-.igain open to him; it was pleasant to ;:izc at th" lonly maidens or t e society. Tic ira- hih in the s.wial scale; iast year ncrscer ol the poor, this selectman of the t wn. spoken of as tieing likely to be sent to 'V high and mighty (icncral Court on the 'o . iIng. With hi-i standing in the church. irely he might aspire to the lurest nnd i r'iet of the land- A huge lire of green logs was sputtering .in 1 sailing in the wide stone fireplace of the rude, half linishci temple of learning; the tallow candles, stuck into square blocks, whittled lrom a pine sti?k,cast a weird light over the clumsy desks and seats, backed and disfigured by their various occupants, east ing ghostly shadows over the time stained and smoke embrowned walls. t.rotiped around the smoking fire and perched hither ard thither upon the bencties aim uees. were some thirty lads and laes. singers at tho Hircen," and a few friends, come to assist in the acquirement of sacred harmony. Deacon Clult was nJ artist 1 fear ho "arcelv understood the lull meaning of the term till, as be pushed aside the clumsy outer d wr and stood in the little vestibule, the pict 'jresqucness of the scene arrested his tops, and caused hiui t stand unobscned ,n the hair open entrance to the larger room. A merry laugh rang round the gr 'up as ihe dcacjD paused; a curly haired, blue eyed miss, perched upon the lront desk, ex . bimca Klbridge Clifton expects to marry the n. hand handsome widow we visited last night, but the lady ia a good Godfearing KedenuVt. and would not look twice at such i Tom Paine infidel and Jellcrsonian Iemo ,iat. Now John Pike has a chance. Cheer Upjohn, if the school inarm did give you the mitten. I heard the widow dams ask vui the price of salt hay. Another uproarious appeal w.-" the re spmse to this sally. "Who 'S this widow Adams'.'" inquired a oung man, throwing down the bellows with which he had been coaxing the fire. "My cousin.Mrs. lke-ic Adams, the fair est and wealthiest dame in the country," re plied the damsel on the front desk. "Where does she lie '" "On a splendid farm in the upper parish, it's a magnificent place- D n't you wish to 1 introduced? Very likely you could cut out Clifton." 'And what would Miss Mean on if he lid ?" qutricd a distinguished looking young wan who was lcanicg aga.nst the teacher's i'k. "Marry Deacon Clulf. Girls, you ve a . hunec ! I saw him pecking round the mecting-housc Sunday. His wife is cold in the ground by this timennd he is still young .nd good looking; lias lots of the ready, is a '.ig man intends to lie bigger; lias only s:x rcsponsiblities Girls there's a chance! Hurrah 1 1 vote Tor tho deacon the boys may have the widow. Bring on your book, let 's proceed to business." Beiore the preceding had been half epokco Deacon ClufT had retreated across the entry. At its close.forgetting his mission he fairly bolted and ran, never stopping till past the pond and green, when wiping tins perspira tion from Ins brow, he began to gather up his ideas Yes. the little minx was right, he was still young and good looking, rich, and a man of note. Woo was thi widow dams ? He mut learn ! To bo sure it was rather quick after his wife's death; but then, some ol those young fellows would obtain hcr.and doubtless she would prefer an older more staid man like himelf. At any rate, and 1 1 could do no hurt to introduce hiaisclt. He needed some pigs of course on such a farm there would be an abundance of pork its; at lca&t, pigs could be an excuse for a -all. He would ride up to tho upper parish the next Thursday lecture and ascertain where the ladv resided and have a look at her, if nothing more. The Thursday alter noon lecture was a graat institution with our forefathers. A hall holiday to the schools, it was as regularly attendei as the Sabbath services, nnd those ir bedth permitted, were seldom omitted. The January thaw had coiae. It was poor iCitrVfititfiYit in iiiiimi m , immmi i --'-irr--TiTrwnniiMMii iiiiubwiiiwimiiiwimi mmmwiim VOL. XLV. NEW SERIES, VOL. XVIII. Jeighing, no as Deacon ClulT was an expert horseman, lie determined to tike to the saddle. The widow Adams was an orderly woman -she never infringed upon custom or pro priety; sbc would certainly have attended the lecture had not Iier next door neighbor slipped upon the wet doorstone and broken her leg; consequently, the liandsomc widow wae assisting snuffy, clumsy Dr. Bich in his manipulations, instead of being present at the afternoon service. The old.unpainted. Kjuirc meeting house, with its rattling windows and heavy doors, basked in the sunshine upon the hill-top. Males and females dismounted lrom the saddle and pillwn at the horse block, near the prin njal entrance; tho long, row or sheds 1k? camclilltd with sleighs, tlic square pews, Uig seats and wide galleries were thronged. The head chorister pitched his pipe, the tithing man with his long poie seated him self among the boys in the gallery; the three deacons took their place in front of the pul pit; the pastor in his wig,blaek gown and white bands, walked majestically up the centio aisl, and slowly ascended the stairs leading to the high rostrum; the sexton stealthily tiptoed lorward and humbly seated liimstlf upon tho lowest step. The parson rose psalm lwok in hand, the centre door slowly and noiselessly opened, the sexton sprang" forward and ushered the stranger who bad entered into one of the bestpewB, hesiie a very quiet, demure look ing young lady, Notwitlistanding her sombre countenance and modest demeanor, Tabitha Dole was one ol th greatest witches that ever danced to black Sambo's fiddle. She and Misvs Meare had attended Atkinson Academy togetlier rnd became cloae friend. Tabitha had lieen un:ng at the firccr lixcw Deacon Clijffhy sifl'jtanJ had there leEried of bis widowed estate. Consequently, when, after service thr nigh which he had been unusually devout be inquired for the residence of the widow Adauis, t! e y ning sprite at once fathomed his intentiai. Now there was another widow Adams, a woiu.m -I sixty with two unmarried daugh ters. M.san and Hannah, residing within a stODL's throw of the meeting house; thither the iiusL'hcvbus girl directed the Deacon. But a" he stopped to speak to the patson and other dignitaries, eho ran or to apprise Hannah Adams, whom she lound alone, of his comir. Hannah was the fiancee of Tabithn'-i brother, msnager of the widow's tarm, white Tabitha had promised to wed Edward White, another young man employed upi.n the prei.iiscs. Five minutes sufficed, amidst giggling and auppresid ei iculatons, for Tabitha to un fold a plan, and Hannah 1 1 accede to it, by which the deae"n was to be victimized. 1'ahitha met her lover as she returned up the ! ill, and informed bim or the part he was expected topi ly in the drama, so when the suit-ir. proud ot his horse and horseman ship pranked up the long lane, everything was in i'ca.!'ncis for an appropriate recep tion. The W'irtiiv in in ncicr dreamed ol any mistake. A br,rc substantial farnfhoase with long turns and an abundance of outbuildings, surrounded by "U liards, fields and meadows, everything c inoed wealthh and care. Hannah anMvired his knock. "Yes, the widow Ad;nu- resided there. She was ab sent, bat would return by sunset. Would not the gentleman walk fn and wait, the man would take his horse. Pigs, oh yea there was quite a number, he could look at them;" S3 Kdwnrd White threw the bridle over bis arm and the deacon accompanied him to tne stable More and more pleased after an inspecti in of the place,andmany in quiries, all of which his companion managed to answir satisf.utorily. the visitor returned to the house, where a meg of flip awaited him, and he was pisced in a large arm chair b side tl c firi m t.c clean, bright family room. The log snapped and sparkled in the huge hre-plact, tlic long dresser, brilliant with rewter and inanv Iiucd crockery, gleamed in the firelight; the tea kettle sang merrily on iKn l.imr ttniMimrd' th BlimtfT t.lhlp. with it r..tlrx .ai.ith. nn.l Im.nititullv Tviintrd china was drawn out in tne centre oi me ncany ' sanded lior. When Edward hitc bad banded him a nicely lighted pipe the visitor felt remarkably cjmfirtible,and as he puffed curls uf smoke about his head and watched pretty, btixum Hannah Adams as she bustled aoout, he tnougrit it tne niaia was so goou i lookinc r-nd he never doul.tcd hrr to be the serving maid what would be the mistress? lie scarcely cared, he liked the loka f tln-J ' girl, so spry and deit in her movements. With Imlf closed eyes be gaz.'d, a- the pies and doughnuts were placed on the hearth to 1 warm, bread, cbce and cake out, the toast dipped and sausages fried. Chang, chang, chang fame the helli good, -Il-fahwned, resounding tells. A j large, low. cjmfirtablc yel' w sleigh, drove up i the door. Two Iadi.- in mourning and 1 sable furs were assisted from the robes of rtrone coverlet-, the f.mt Move was out, men jit. mtc uroe w w unm ivu. UCttCJn t luu rum: i iniruuuwu. A tell, gaunt, rale, wrinkled wornaii, in I large, runnd-glasK-d, silver mounted spec- tacks, ent?rci, fullowed by a black eyed, I tunny laced y jur.ger one. ' My mother, the widow Adams, and my I sister," M:ss Sjsan Adtms," said Hannah in j her most mudes-t nnd Switching manner. , The deacon ccrUinly experienced a nervous start. For an insunt his t jngue was paral vzed, his brain whirled, all bis ideas seemed resolving to chaos. But he was ft man of the world, prided himself on always leing equal to any situation. There was a mistake; this was not the woman or place he bad fcougbt. bat it should never tie known, so with his nio-t courtly air he gave hi name and inquired respecting the swine. "Mrs Adams had nut thought of dispos ing of any, her hired help ate a great deal of pork during the summer, but perhaps she : could spare a couple; her foreman, Mr. Hole would W home soon. They must consult bim. Tne gentleman must st p to tea; alter that there would he plenty of time for busi-ne-w.'1 The supper was a very-sociable one. The deacon learned that David Dole was the prospective son-in-law, as well as foreman to Mrs. Adams; but be was even more pleased with Mies Susan than he bad been with ber younger sister. She having been initiated in the roguish plot, played ber jiart to perfec tion, and the mother, though perfectly igno rant of the conspiracy against the visi tor, or of his mistake, too shrewd to believe that tiic purchase of a couple of pigs was his sole errand. Pleased at the prospect of such a respectable inateh for her eldest daughter, she nroe to be ? gracious and entertaining as possible. Tne widower; surrounded by so much femi nine sympathy, became extremely confiden tial. "With tears be dilated on tl.c Iwauty andwrtueof his deceased epousc, gave a detailed account of her illness and death. concluding by a graphic description ol his loneliness and domestic troubles, v. oras ana sighs of consolation were then arouna mm. The widow bemoancauur uerea-eu i-oauuiuu "but she was an old woman and bad two such dangdtcrs. jicr gmt ww iujr utc eldest, had been such a e unfort since her husband s deatb: The guest looking unutterable things at the damsel, "was sure it must be so,' while hhc comforted the mourner with shy. little glance-", and sweetly tipped halt tin.siied sen- teuoos. ved with a sled- Sunrer over. Mr. Dole arrit load of wood, drawn from a distant wood lot. Tbe bargain for the pig having been satis- factorily concluded, Tabitha Dole came to spend the evening. Apples were urous"1 nuts were brought.and a bowl of hot punch mixed. The tall clock in the corner struck nine, Tabitha dunned cluak and I100J, and escorted by Kiward White ostensibly started home ward, but in reality the pair proceeded no farther than the ling back kitchen, when raking open the smouldering fire they quiet, ly seated themselves upon the settle in the chimney corner. Mrs. Adams rolled up her stocking4, took the knitting sheath from her side, and pla cing both on a high mantel, brought the large family Bible and politely requestod Deacon ClulT-to ret the house in order," which, after a slight show of modest hesi tancy, be proceeded to do in bis best style, which was really very good. Prayers over, tha widow, complaining of fatigue, but begging the visitor nut to hasten his departure, sought Iier bedroom. The young ladies and Jlr. Dolo liecimc more en tertaining. Some cold chicken was brought, and another mug' of flip made as n tonne toafAr before the guest set out on bis long cold ride. Tbe merriment increased, till somehow the deacon found himself alone with Miss Susan Adams, who was demurely knittio" in her mother's low rocking chair by tbe small round light-stand. He pushed Li" scat forward, and strove to take the work from her band She coquciusmy reeiaicj. ti, .hnifvmt f.iTwanl another bitch, some- thing intended to be sweet and complimen- tarv was stammered, then everything swam before bis yision, his jes closed, bis head sank on his breast, and the pious, distin guished Dcicon ClufT was fast asleep. The maiden's needles clickcd.the firo snap ped and sizzled, the cat purred on tho hearth the clock tick-tacked, tick-tacked, then rang out eleven. Thodeacoa never moved. The door leading from tho back kitchen was cautiously opened' and four merry faces peeped in. Miss Susan cut up her knitting, and with a motion to silence, softly opened the dairy room door.and bringing forth a tall upright churn, she quietly placed it between the sleeper's knees, and then noislessly alter ing the lire with ashes she blew out the can dle and .joined the gay quartette in the next room. A little suppressed laughter and the young men went to their chamber, while the girls betook themselves to their sleeping apart ment, a bedroom adjoining the kitchen. I need not state though the lied was sought it was not to sleep. Towards morning Deacon duff awoke, rubbed bis eyes and shook his benumbed limbs. Over went the churn with a great bang and rattle on tho broad brick hearth. The cat with a terrible Basing, flew up the chimney and took refuge on the lug pole. The widow lifted her night capped head, and muttered that the uncanny witch Goody Sleeper was at her tantrums riding hither and tbitber through the night on Ler broom stick. What was she up to now? Some mischief at the barn, she warranted; Bbc must cut some liair from one of the critters tails and burn it on the morrow. Comforted at the thought of this specific against evil, she dozed oil again. Meantime the deacon was becoming conscious of his wbeaea bouts and situation. A good deal or shame, vastly provoked, yet in spite af bis iic Bomewhat amused, he silently groped out his hat and coat from the entry, then as quietly made his exit from the front door, which bad been considerately left unbarred. Making his way to the barn by the light of the moon, he easily procured his lsnee; thj bridle hung upon the stall, but the saddle was missing. A bareback ride often miles was no pleas ant prospect, but after searching awhile the deacon concluded it muse be done. He was only too glad to have the moon suddenly ob scured, that he might escape being recog nised by any chance wayfarer. Nothing occurred to ioterrujt his lonely ride. Near day be arrived at his own door, a w iscr it not a sadder man. Some weeks later upon rising one mom ing our hero espied what at first he took for a ild animal porched in a tree oppo site h is chamber window, hut which upon examination he finnd 1 1 be his missing saddle. All parties kept his own counsel. The vear waxed and waned. Choir singing was established at the "Green." even a liass viol had been introduced, much to the Hor ror of the older members who were scandal ized at such Papistical innovations. The yonng and bcautilul Widow Adams had be come Mrs. Kidridge Clifton, and Hannah Ad ams and David Dole had been cried three .t imes in the meeting, when the post brought a letter to Deacon duff. What was his as tonishment to find it an invitation to the wedding. Taking hear; of grace he determined to P-. .' ., (In alovelv winter ceDinz uc apiin iuudu limself riding up the long lace The large house was thnmzcd. Toe brulc and her bridematd, Tabitha D.i.e l-oked as lovely as maidens ever looked. Mrs Susan as mis tress of ceremonies appeared to a great ad vantage. l3th the bridegroom and the groomsman, Edward White, were espeoially attentive to the deacon. Mrs. Adams, little wotting the reason, ehided him for not be- lore renewing his vi"it. Mi-s Adams sweetly I hoped they should see him again, vie did ! not hope in vain. The orthodox year ol mourning having ended, after a little coquettish prudery the I lady cjoscntftl to fill the vacant place in the 1 deacon's household, and before the lapse of ' another Year, his (amdv received a mistress, .7 i L and his children a mother, wiu verified the scriptural description of a perfect woman, i lier cuiiorcn ri-i: up auu ca mivs-ij. husband also, and he rrai(eih her nr.- 4wn wurM ftraioc uvi iu mv In his latter years Ieacon Cluil was fonJ of relating how he found hif second wife, not failing to assure his hearers, with a merry twinkle of the eye. that he bad never regretted his vint to the idow WfitrT'l W.V'J- Adams. , 1 IS A HKI.-IH TI1K 1 -lREST St WIN. MSCIIINK 1 ToKTi I THE HORtn H)W the whct-h i: A WtlN I- tandinp- on the stens of the hotel nt Bridgeport, Conn., the other day, 1 asked of the landlord "Have you anything in Bridgeport wurth seeing?" The Yankee host looked :it me with a. mingling of pity and contempt, and, Yan ? I kee-like. answered inv ou.tion by asking nnot1CT thcr Ilaven'tyou ecr licarduf the bigfactiiry -iiaven tyou tier iicnxu n , A. J Machir liaDd 10 'Cmper iU Tha'dt.eard of it, as who has not? but it i Off from the main shops is a huge room had slinp, d my memory that the great Bee- I n-e the eabincts and cases are finished and hive of industfv, emptying l,o00 persons, stored. Thry look like mirrors as I pass by, and turning out five hundred and twentv reflecting cred t on every hand that had to machines icr day, was located at Bridge- ! d tb tbem. Here I learn something irt ' ) which may rc news to even those who have a "if vou want to see a sight as is a fight," Wheeler o. iUn cccupying a corner of the continued the worthy man. 'vou go over there i sitting nx)m. Ihe tables are not composed tell them you arc a Detroit newspaper man, of one solid piece of board, as one would im and they'll put you through all right.' I f 'ur or five thin bjards solidly I had the whole day before me, and was j glued together. This effectually checks any not lone in making up my mind to heed the , landlord's advice. 1 did not need a guide m show rnc the route. I knew that nothing but a powerful mam facturing company could occupy the mammoth buildings, whose chimneys ent up Mich tall columns of tmoke in tbe morning air, and I sauntered towards them. Imagine to yourself a building hav ina frontage of one thousand feet and a depth of seven hundred, three stories high, and cut in twain by a public street, and you have the outside view of the great Wheeler k Wilson manufacturing establishment, only vnnr imaffinftlinn rill nnt do lUStice to the size of the building. Ths main building seems as if it could furnish room for fhe thousand workmen, and manufacture all the machines Mld in America; but, three or four years ago it wan found just one-halt too small lor tbe demands made for the Wheeler J: Wilson alone, and eo'this other huge pile of brick and mortar was erected. Put the two together tind it makes a building iihich gatisGcH even Yankee rampoaity. Seeking tho office 1 am greeted with a cheerful 'Rood mominp.'aml when 1 give my name and state iny wishes, tbe polite clerk calls in Jlr. V. A. Terry, the Superintend ent of the eatablibbctent. We 'shake,' and he informs me that 1 have liberty to look through every nook anil corner, lie volun teers to co alone, that 1 may nave some one j flt band t0 an8WC: inquiries, ana we start j out dust at this point I feel like rnnninc away lrom the manuscript, and leaving tbe ttory unfinished. If a man bad to bo set down tic fore a haystack, and asked to assort the dif ferent lengths ofhtraws, his trouble would tie Iiardly greater than is mine to go at it in de tail and stato what I saw. The first sight you get as the doors of this immense mill are openea is mat ot uett, puiieyr, auauing nou machinery, and you almost beliefs that tbe I power of Niagara is wanted to keep so much , maci)ir.erv in motion. What a bee-hive ! As Tni. .tand nnd look down the long shop.wliicb gjemg to have no end, you bear a rumbling, a striking, a grinding, a polishing steam hiss es, hammers go, iron and steel clink, and scores of men and boys dodge about under their rpcr caps. You would imagine that by getting fifteen hundred men in one build in all ' would be confusion and excite mcnt.but it is'nct so. As vou walk along, vou sec that every movement made by men or Iwvs . it .1 ' r . l . 1 .r..i nnu metnouic as inc uiuuuus ui mo ucaumui machine which is here seen in parts. I!ut there is a bit of excitement after nil. The operatives have got word through the office that the establishment is four thousand ma chines behind its orders, and they are strain in" every nerve to catch up. For days before my viit, the Factory turned out live hundred and twenty perfect machines per day, and the men worked fourteen hours out of the twenty-four; 520 every fourteen hours would bo a fraction over 37 m'chincs fur hour,' or ono for every minute and a half from six o'clock in the morning until eight in the evening. Just think of that ! and yet work in" at this speed, the Superintendent finds himself four thousand machines behind or ders. As we go alon down the seven hundred leet of busy lire, Mr Perry explains that this gang of men are working at the bed plates, this'one at the short lever and connection, theso arc at the hemmers, and so on all through the machinery part of tbo machine. lleatso explains to me mat mc mcu uu noi ! work directly for the company, but the pic ces of the machine are let cut to contractors, who hire experienced wortmen, the company I furmehing tools for all. Everywhere I go, I eee perfect system and wonderful accuracy. Not OD.y must every contractor work to plans and guacs, but each most work eo that his work will tit all other work, and the machine as a whole bo absolutely perfect. There are no false blows, no needless tiling, no waste of material or muscle. 'J he days do not come and go more regularly than each blow is struck here. As we go, we note tho Automatic Machine that makes the rotating hook the most wonder ful machine 1 cter saw and when told that this part of the Wheeler & Wilson was dif ferent from any other machine, and that this rotating motion, which is continuous in one direction, with no 6tops or starts, as is the eaHi with all other machines which tale the lock stitch, was the great principle which had made the Wheeler & Wilson the leading machine for fiiteen years, I lingered until ad moniohed by Mr. Perry that tiino was on tho move, and wc ra?s in to the gang drill, the jig, and the wore of other wonderful ma chines which are called into use in framing some part of thid wondirful machine. One punches tho holes lor the wrews, another makes tho screws, another the bobbins, and you tec so much that you hardly remember anything. Wc here kc a hundred machines being tested. They are placed on gig and run by machinery. Kvery machine is sub jected to this trial in order that there may exist no vant of harmony between tho vari ous part-. This ought to be a good test, but it is not conndcred w. On the contrary,the testing process has only mbt commenced w hen the machines come oil" the table. Each jart now gets a cloeo Kxutiny. and if there is the minutest deviation from truc,it is cast aside as old iron. ' Absolute perfection is a motto here which is adhered to a rigidly as if the human hand was not capable of making mis takes. The deviation of a hair's breadth in samp part1 of the machine might cau?e a tan gle in the whole. After teveral tests, each one rowing more rigid, a machine which fasten them all is sent to the fin.il testing rttoto, where men are constantly buy. As the machines are handed in they are tested with fine needles and coaree one ,long ttitch cd and line ones, fine cloth and tieavy Kim ples, and there is no way in which It is not tested. I lingered long in the needle department, becaut-e it was there that the most skillful workmen, and the most delicate machines are employed. One will hardly find a tewing machine needle as email as a hair, but the finest fcem hardly larger, and it was a que ry t j me how the eyes were made until i saw the little drills'at work little bit of stee! threads that one had to look at twice to ec. In connection with the needle depart ment, 1 find the only 'lasses' yet seen about the establisnmcnt. iney are maimy cm- ployed in asborting and wrapping the needles f bavins little to do with their manutactLie. I You have seen a company of soldiers march? Well, the monotonous left 'left i of the Captain, is like the monotony prevail- 1 . . . '. ing here. Eight band left band this way that way never mitring a movement, and the longer 1 stand and liok, the firmer i my belief that this man or that woman is an au tomaton, whose eyes, fingers and head are moved about by some hidden machinery within. It is wonderful that men can be s i trained, but it it were not so. the Wheeler X Wilson would run fast and slow, jirring and . jogging, because not & pcrleet machine Bt pcricncc has shown each contractor that au work not pericct in every detail, win ue re jected, and the expense thrown back on his private puree. usi mm caru wutcti a jcb eier exercises in the manufceure of a war 1 is exercised here. Time has been tunning away like horse, and it is noon. Just like a regm ol soldiers, obeying the order to 'carry arm the signal of noon time is obeyed by c. operator about the building, and the : .m from labor to refreshment is eo euddu- . i marked as to startle one. As the men and the wheels become still, one ha.- i N :t. chance t" note the depth, width anl '.cu ol tnc huudinfis.lwnien emtatn,tor ; .i I j .11 .. i item, eighty thousand dollars wort1 girders, which support the roof. A trip back t the hotel, a g Yankee meal of corned Iteef at! and I return to the bee hive 1 r through the shops devoted to tt ture of the cabinets, nnd the ti1 ! machines. Just one naif of fit t Lit e-, t i . k building is devoted to thi" work l t r- w- r in, the uperintcndent tells 'hjpsusc up nearly 'JINI.OUO leet .ift' i choicest pine lumber every in nt!'. uii that the bilbj paid each month t r tin1 any, rosewood and walnut woull -tirttn -t , any roan in business. I did not a-' rt.ur I what it costs to run the whole est t' hihni nt i for a single month, but should su( thit I the product of a faying silver mine w ul i required, the cost ol ground, huilduitr un ehinery nnd tooh must have used i-i halt a million dollars before a sewing in was turned oat. Here in these iv i planing machines, smoothing machini-1 ur ehi , 1. ingmachinofl turning maeh iocs, and ma 'i m -without number, all running at once, .wi i fic or mx hundred workmen d dging arou 1 and among them. Almost every blow i- "truck bv machinerv. only needing a human disposition to warp or spring. But, as the afternoon wears away, we make shutter stops at each department. There is one room where I linger, although tbe super intendent cahts anxious glances at bis watch. It is among the artists, the men who give the lat touches to the beautiful machines. Those who have a Wheeler A Wilson with decora tions of gold and jearl cannot realize the la bor and skill rcp.ired to faro and complete the beautiful patterns. The artiet who gives life to the bit of canvas, and who has his reputation at stake, has not a tak more deli cate than have these patient and well-paid 1 toilers. Now, we talc a run for.and merely lance I at the foundry, the several different boilers j required to furnish tbe steam, at tbe piles of lumber and iron, and the dozen store houses cont lining other materials. There are men and boys coming and'going, machines are be ing packed, boles lieing shipped, orders com ing in by telegraph and mail, and the idea that ono single human mind directs and con trols every thing, almost staggers belief. 1 sit down for a while in the officc,and the gentlemanly assistant superintendent, Mr. llurd. gives some general facts. Kighteen years ao, t 'ie annual sale ol sewing ma chines of all makes, was hardly more than 1.000. Last year the Bales were ovt-r half a million and the sale of the Wheeler .k Wil son went far to make up this grand figure. IIow many stitches can a rapid seamstress take in a minute? About thirty. Here wc see how machinery triumphs 01 er muscle. The W. A W. machine makes 1,300 stitches per minute worked by foot power, and each is far stronger and more terfoet than any hu man hand can make. When run by Eteam, as is tbe case in many of our largo manufac turing, eetahl stmiends, tho machine makes 3,0110 jer minute. It is calculated that a competent mm or woman can with this ma chine do the work of eight persons, and do it well. There is not now a civilized coun try in the world where tho Wheeler tc Wil son machines aro not in use. They have niado their way to China, Egypt, Japan.Tur key. South America, Mexico, Asia, Africa, Newfoundland, Australia, Italy, Spain,Cuba and to every people who have use for a nec die and thread. There are agencies in every foreign city of importance, and missionaries act as agents in the far oil countries. Hut this article would never end if I did note hop it off at some point. I merely went through the mammoth factory to satisfy per sonal curiosity, and I should not have at tempted a letter but for tho thought of the thonsnnds of wolverines who think that no machine equals the W. & W.,and who may be interested in learning how it is made and where. Ihlroit Eichange. To Sjjokehs. The great tobacco controver sy continues to ajritate Great Britain. The Dublin University Magazine for September takes np the subject, saying, by way of apolrgy'Our deft is littered with books relating to tobacco." One thiDg seems to bo sufficiently evident Few habits are rnoio expcnM.c than the habit of wnoking. Tobacco is shown by official figures to cast more than bread in Germany, Holland, the United States and England. The total ex penditure in the last named country in ISGb tor tobacco and snuff was X11,43S.L99. These figures are important, but two things should be remembered. Tho firut is, that all aggre gates of expenditure of a nation arc startling. 1c would be the tame with the coet of a country's buttons or pins, or friction match es. The cost of tobacco is not large if its use be in any nay serviceable. Is it? HsMaTIHril BURLINGTON, VT., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, Our writer says that it is not. It is a poi son. Jt may call "henbane." he says, cousin.and claims kinship with belladonna. But even this fact is not conclusive, there is poison in bread or in most other articles of food. It ii undeniable that there is rwison in tobacco, but it is not a poison which, acts rapidly and fatally, and His only m indi vidual cases that it acts perceptibly at all. However, if the use of tobacco does produce xnorlfid affectiona of the body, it is well that everybody should know it even the ladies, since this Dublin writer affirms of his own knowledge, that many ladies are in the habit of smoking privately. Xow, let it be distinctly understood that the use of tobacco produces locomotorotaxy ! I f wo may judge by its impressive name, this muse be a frightful disease to have. It may be explain edtbat '-locmotorotaxy' means no more and no less than a general paralysis of the nerves supplying the muscles. Therefore, good sir, if you will puff your meerschaum tilled with : Lone Jack" or "CoporaP' m a ttatc of ignition, understand that you may be seized with locomotorotaxy at any moment, and rendered forever incapable of figuring m base-ball matches and other games implying the TOSi-cssion of a healthy biceps. Hat this is not all. Ifvou will tmoke you mutt just make up yourmind to submit to one or all of the following di.eases : Giddiness, sickness of the stomach, dyspepsia, diarrhea, angina pectoris, liver complaint, heart oompUint pancreas complaint, nervousness, amaurosis jaralysi-, ajoplexy, atrophy, deafness, nausea, ulceration of the gums, check, and mucous membrancc of the throat, hysteria, hypochondriasis There, reader, only read that and go on blowing your cloud ,if you can ! You uill ? Of course you will? We might lling a whole medical dictionary of the largest ize at Your bead, and it would not retoim you. Ue have noticed the &ct that men, as a raac, arc not ti tc scared out of their little indulgences by scientific terms. "Is the cxcrKs.you kno'.v,"and what is peculiar ii that nobody ever lu the excess. A'. V Trtbu n e Marriszea a hundred years ago differed in moy respects from those celebrated at tnis time. It is interesting to real over the record of some of those occwions. Here is an account cf a m&rrisge celebrated in England in June. 1 700, by which Miss Eleanor Shotten, an agrruble yoims gentlewoman,' became Mrs. Wm. Ponk Iid, the groom being ' a consideiable firmer, cf Great Foiiota." nesr Uothbury. in the county of Cumberland. Of the entertainment giten en this occasion we are told tht it was " Tery grand, there being no less fhn one hundred Ami twetitv oaarters of lamb, forty-four qutr- tr nf vp1 twmtv ntiirters oi mauon, sou a great quintity of beef; twelve hams, with a I suitable number cf chickens, etc., which was 1 rrith it Silf nVrF nf brand v made . into . twelve doxen of cider, a gret miQV gallons of wine, and ninety bushels of mait made into beer. The company consisted , 0f five hundred and fifty ladies and centlemen, i who concluded with the musio of twenty-five j .. i i . l . 1 . 1 Ut. . .n.tn ttdJiers ana pipers, anu me uv " wuuuui- . ed vrttli the utmost order aod unanimity.' ' ( Who abe to Dlame foe Tohass ExvaAv- juitfccx Weventure todoubt the statement, so often repeated, that women generally, American women in particular, are extrava gant. Women, it is true, are the slaves of con ventionalism, indooey tne communis oi lasmou eTen tDoee commands are felt to be a bur- den ao I a weariness. If they are thus obedient V' ftsb-.n, the - 'Vr sex eaa-f- the obedience, n 1 t lie trn r i" ineref re e nrsou tu them both. D-it men av ty nature eon :.'- They p ai arn. n to tU'a - wh n ti mtn ie wi ii gh i tup -fei'i e, a-. 1 is -ii BU'-h attcn a t . tli nut u' f vine ths." tv r.t hs '! .n ',u !n the maj nty cf .i.'ann s wi mc n are the c rrcct.f rather tiau the prmjUrs of ex rraaar.cc Many a can !iu f uni a pro let. t w it tu 1 1 .n tii s parnco'.ai the l-cn cf teacher. It h true t a p1"- parous c' iisps in Amrr ca m da in 1-ixu'ie wbkh many 'nies are in-'tn-s-sttnt with rrulecee, and at all umesare hu-t-fTasfanipes t society. But this rasiun i r disp'ay is i en e.tciula'ei I y the am -ti mf nnaiy tSeextravagar.ee if women In all (i h la.tjness, men, a a role, leud fie wav o ' r. stt , i! posit ii n is deterxn'ned by expen btu-p. and Dot t y culture rste anl w-rtb. s lung w,.' l-o'i American men anl wnien be '.n ler r temptati -tis to spen 1 with prodi gality b Jt we rutest rgainst the ha-. fat tr'ut n," t - tne odp sex a! ne a fu!t wh'cS, wh-ever it ei e!S. isc-nnnnti Wth A bat w nee I if- itru-r c.a stanlari Most w.. men ti,o h wnefs of a 1 fe - f display tut i 1 rv 1 f w c eiy o .lges We wish taat i . re nt them Wi n 1 rebel aud l.t-eratc ibt ir rtt wr ill ! e then sen that tSf 'isar Is of them Kuji'y Wib 'lie Wi -Id's eja-t. cs. t fish .n, un ier pri test, and are liv.n,; in the b n lie f l.ar tt that in lescnt's'ilf nify iomtn t' cuo teuiplti 'U-lv s'vlel Mrs lirundr, ut m e sr tr'y cil'ed ib-' w t' 1 Mjt -t - vrlic i Is there no' fir th' 'ii s me op- Je ivercme ' T V, ' ' m rig t ie can h- dues ! r i ,l e at the late I'a ifrn a clectu o wis one wh i was very annous Du the d bef re iie e'.ec'i. n several aoijaaintanees suggest eltba he in is j voire pateri ' You can never win, 11 fel uv, un'ess y : grt pasters," S4' 1 they. 1 You need a great nurarer, t io, t .r eer, holy wi.l ' aeratob in yi.-ir fat r " Ine suggeeti. n was easant : th" can b laie c 'inted his cash capital wm -h lay m his right- t hand antaloons p -cket fterward he walked ( t a print uig-base, and rder i ae printing of j ihhi copies bei'ing 'n mine Yoa will ! have them gummed an 1 cat, of coarse," said tje p inter man No, I think not I'll do that myseif," replied the candidate. Dubious ly dil the printer look at him, but as tbe cash i was paid in advance, he siid nothing. The printing wis not done until after 'J o'clock at night, and the candidate, who hal been walking up and down the hatchway, marched triumph- , antlv toward home with his 30 000 pasters. ' " Abont one-half of them will he watted' j thought he; ' the balance added to the straight , tickets will render my election sore." They sat up all ntht fixing' the pasters the candi date and bis wife, and his wife's mother and his j eldest daughter. Tbe candidate spread mucil age over the basks of the printed sheets of pa- r: theJihtfrhanirth.moaa line imiiut ! toratodrT.acil taa wife aa.l her motb,r I cut until their hnJs tin f titl Ja 1 fwollra. To o'cloc'.-, o'clock. 5 o'clooSc cm, anj still tbe; workl awiy, jnwaiDj; at erery clip of the i ihenrs. The carpet wm Hrewn with scrp cf piper, the table rireakeJ with laucilagr, md the candl'Jite himself was a 'eratnbalatiDg eoart pla&ter, to gummy wis he. " M7 dear,- raid his wife, at haiNpast 5 haven't you enough ? thumb is almost cut in two with the shears, ! and crandm.1 is quite done too " " We had I better keep cn, my love," replied the candidate; I shall need them all " pear me !" said she; " I didn't know there ere 30.0U0 voters in the city." -4Uf course you didn't; women are not expected to know anything about poli tics " The oandidatc had no sleep that night, anl at an early hoar in the morning sallud forth to distribute bis 20,000 pasters. Then he worked all day, spent a good deal of money for whiskey anl a good deal of bretah for notc iog. Then be spent another 21 boars in seeing the ballots distributed. In his own precinct, where he hal worked so hard, 800 votes were cast, of which he received two, one of them by means of a paster. Elsewhere his luck was sim- .ar. wn going noma no re.ponueu s.piy ,0 going home he responded savagely to tne creeiinc vi nis wire, woo leu ture uenu . b , ? ... w . , , .,n n-va been elected, with: ! circulated d0,000 pae- ters, and I got just 30 votes If you ever say pa:er to me again, I'll sue for a divorce. lm j going to bed j Doston AnruiK In the New York Tribune j appears the following : There is refreshing contrait between the ac- counts of the entertainment cf tbe Grand Date Alexis in Boston, which we print to-day, and that of New York's elforts on a similar occasion. The Grand Duke had all tht New York cocks, wine merchants and upholsterers could do to make his visit agreeable, and a charming trip around the harbor was thrown in. But Boston bids htm welcome with such voices as those of Winthrop, Kli&t and Lowell. It is something to have a plenty of money to hire Paris cooks, but, after all, there is more real American flavor in the verses of Oliver Wendell Holmes and the wit of James KuBeell Lowell. LofcT axd Tounu. In searching outside of books for strange romances, co more interesting is ever found than the following vicissitudes of real life extending over various widely separated parts cf the globe. Twenty years azo an Ea gluh merchant at Rio Janeiro, Brazd, who though going to that place a poor boy, had acquired a fortune, went home on a vi.it While there he met a beautiful orphan girl whom he wooed, won and married, and Jhe two returned to Brazil, where two chill ren were born to them and for years they lived in the relations of trust and affection which should always exist in the best assorted marrisges. They occasionally made visits to Kngland, and on one cf their trips the merchant heard rumors prejudicial to bin wife's fidelity, which by degress fanned the fiame cf jealcui-y within him, and he directly and openly accused her of what report had whispered to bim. Although the lady indignantly denied the fault aod cballenged bim to his proof wbicb he was enable to produce, coldness and distrust so grew be endeavored to explain to his nearest compag upon them out of tbe rupture, that by mutual non de voyage that the part:cnlar Said in the consent they separated, he fixing an annuity up- j barrel had too much benzine In it ; but tbe geo on her. Weary on his part of old associations be I tleman said he bad an engagement higher up, made bis way to North America ; dd consider- ! and could not wait for tbe explanation. Mr. able trading in the West, acd had his head-1 Gray continue his ascent till he met Mr. Jones, quarters in St. Paul, Minn., where, though ' who informed him that there waa no necessity grave and taciturn in the extreme, and avoid- ' for htm to go up higher, as everybody wis com ing close intimacies, lie made many friends by , Ing down; so Mr. Gray started back to te with his consideration for other ieoLle and strict i the rarer. Mr. Gravs widow offers for sale the honor ro all his buMUss transactions. By the laws of Brazil bta wife was allowed to marry again, and this she did after a few years,! although by such a step she fctftlted her annuity, HerhuibanJ, an educated but poor gentleman in feeble heilth, soon dieJ, and she, with two children by her first husband, wa left in-destitute circumstances. Knowing nothing of her husband's whereabouts the, folio wing some mysterious impulse, came to the United States, and in the fall of 18G9 found herself V1 St Paul. There the long eeparted met once more, and in ipite cf the crosses that hal been borne, and the suspicions that had been excited, the oU love was renewed, an! a new wedding was the remit. Since then they Hred more happily than ever at the West until the other day, when they left New York for England to end their days in their old borne. The Last of the Commune. SHOOT IS Q OF CJSSKL, FC&&E ASD B3U&3XOI3. At half-pist six ths prisoa doors opened, and I siw Ros&el came out, a30onipnied by the cler gyman and alrocite, who, with him, entered the van which wxi waiting to recti re them, and which drove off at once with its eworL Rowers step wm ci!ta and firm, and his fas? pate, but resigned an 1 plaetd. Uiargeots, the sergeant, followed him, pnffins great jets cf Bmoke from his cigarette, and assuming an attitude of defi ance aad ialitTereaee which prod used a painful impression. Ferry was even more jiunty ia tatuner. lit, loo. was seeking, and jumped Into the van with the air of a man who ws do iog every l hi dj for efft. Ii is httf an hoar's drive from the prison to the Artillery Butts on the Xain if dttory. A thick hor frost whitened the pUis, and a cold moruiop air swept sharpiy across it. For cud g tiree sides of an imni -De equare were arranjred. two dtep, about three thuustad men ; the fourth aide was filled up by the high wound which forms the butt, and io frcnt of wh vb, at intervals of about thirty yarJs, weie threu white atakes ; before these Hike w trr the three ebooting parties, compose 1 each ot telv men. At the left corner, and about thirty yania from the nmtest tube, were a primp cf&o.-rs and about a dozen civdtanf, with the JrucH anl hagle Here I WAV sttiou?J In a few moments the drums announced the arrival of the vans, which drew up in the middle (f the iqure. and fiom each one a pris oner decendttt Kuaeel, still accompanied by his paster an! advee', between whom bo walked, aueudel by a :rgle gendarme, ap nnwhel the stake nearest t me He wai still calm, and the exprei m of hn face on: of per fect eAf Taere was u entire attaencftof I an)tbio like hrvab. as artyioia like fear I His attitude ws exady ibt which a brave j man's under micti circumoiance ahuU have beeu lie ih ok bands wroiy with those who I were with h in, ant also with an tracer rho ! came on and fool to mm, an-I once more atked in a clear t.u.e. , aujW.etous a'.!, if there w9 one of his jalg s present, a be wis-hed to shake him by thebnl bore ne tiled, a an ; lone that be admitted he had d -ne but duty io condemning bim This c.ueed a moment ueiiv and buzx in the grutip in wh.ch I wa. but no officer answered tu the appeal ; u Rmm! quietly took eff h. (treat c-at. put h; back to the stake, drew hitwi f up to lull he;gbt at the ... I k arm anil IttmiiiiiJ usaat; wis um ws """uk- motionlees. Meant.aic the oUu-r two priioners approached tbeir rwppctive attais. the tergeant with a leas .waggencp but perfectly firm atep, Ferre. with j even Itore leaiiji mir iuu unuir, tun rtuv- j ing and p iff og lare jets, that there might be i no mistake ft!' ut t' Wbashort, qnuk step' he waiked up tj u.- sTakc, taming sharply , rounl and 1 lily Ucug thi shooting party. I When the wh te han-erdi.ef. with which the1 eye ef ti ther two wr" I L ng bandaged, was pr.d..cd be wivel his hand denently, flung hit bat cau.tssly upu the ground, drew hm- self up to in foil height, which cannot be i m re than f ur feet six inches, and waited . rbingly tor the fital word It was impuS- ' t ' r men to :ie dte'h with more (heroism tiiin Kcssel, cr with greater effrontery and in d i-nice than the otber two. The speoiacle, whuh had up to thia time been invested in my .'..as nation with every element of horror .seemed in -1 reaecce cf eo much cov'nefs to be robbed . f r,i t its terrors, ft hen, indeed, the final word ki' g n, a&d the fatal volley rang oat simal- j tint- is'y from three shooting parties, who had i a i a ivanccd to within tea paces, I bad alsctt i erase 1 ; realize- the ternMe natareof ttetrage-iy w'i was paing before me. Rossel was bot by a f it tv if the cjrf of bogineers to whieh he bt u t ge-1, and they showed a trae mercy. As the t-y ring out, wi'h a srgbt spring be fell back It vd. There wa- not the lapse of a eecond tweinthe moment he wa- standing a strong ,an, ar.' that in which his corpse was ly- inc 'i t'legrounJ.without even a quiver. It was ( n ' 1 ijwever.with the other two. Boargeoie, wh i wit in the mtddle.fell at once, bnt wa found t 't i. ' detd. an 1 a told ter, as is usaal io sneh j Ci.is, i ut the man e if hit rifle to his head, j ar ! the sharp ring seemed to cardie one's I i Ferre, who was I Kkm down tbe muz es r the rifles wbico, were aimed at him, feme! to have nerved ntmreii i saoa a p ica tbar he remain d standing motionless atter the i New Vork Clt, only nt rrfXllt l,oefises rwo ..then had fallen, tor two or three second i afteT etamination under th- new law; 658 must he st. -i apngbt after the whole volley had been hf lhettwTW h ine U( t December or firel fr.m the first rank. I: waa not antil tbe , tofler fi(ie toi mpimttit At least one-third secr. 1 rank fired, one or two seconds later, that of tbe -3 w nte the Srit time as h s knees Iow!y Nnt and be sank gently to the ' nnBt en un I. Even then the dread fa I coup d grace ' . , wb.ih proved thatinthe opinion of the doctor l 10 bnchburg. Mass . ,.y down in a fly h e w.i not quite extinct, bad to be fiveo, and i wh7l r!J tb S with a shudder of relief, as if I had pawed ' wl ,"1 ,,h hV? rU",OS through some terrible nigbmare, I horned from hur?- ,ha deiectel her and gave the the spot, leaving the army in the a-t of marchine hen the engine w stoppe.1 tbe c it past the corpse. As I cast a Wtt look at them. " rtt"1. ' maKintf sixty revo- I could not tut feel how fibVrcnt was the spirit , iut,," "f10"1 toT ;hrte hour" h lt a ' which had animated each at the laat moment. Ros- , J lDt "r lI rescuers, sel had died ct mmenlieg his sual to God ; Bour- Mr. John Cbapmnn, tbe tdttorof tbe Salem, geois ha 1 gone through tbe form of confers 1 on. Pa., Reenter, does not begio work on bis Mon and died pmhably in the ignorance of a super- day morning pat er until after midnight of Sun stitious so,der ; while Ferre died, caring as I day. The habit is now quite fixed upon him, little for his own life as he had for those of others, and declaring, in the last lines he ever wrote, on tbe morning of his death, that be would die, as he had lived, a Materialist. Cut I.mion Tim. t 'Dramatic and Musical Notes- ; 1. 3. Gilmore had charge of tbe music at the Duke Alei's' ball, at the Boston Theatre, Friday even'ng. The new ip-ra bjue at IVovidence. ona of tbe finest theatres in t&e country, was formally J!!. Mo"'1. 1,h.'' P0"" lT 'B - a " ,lJrfM V. V.r ""J1 and the coineJy of Fashion " by the stock company, tho who'e concluJiag with a grand dinner to the s'o-:kholders Tbe new theatre ia greatly admired for the oompleiene of its ap- r,"""l",a Adelina IVti was reoalled. after her first per formance at Moscow, twenty-nine times.' Tbe Howard Athecicum has killed off the St. James, tbe opposition variety theatre at Bjston, and the doors or the latter are doted. Tbe Howard not only gave a more attractive show but entered into a combination by which per- formers who wsepted a situation at the T wry mm van ilKarrail frm smruurtn sat nf the principal variety hatle ot tbe country. Dtignoli, the tenor, in May, 1567, with tbe members of tha Tarepa-Urignoli troupe, under Strakosh, were travelling from Chicago to Cincinnati on the Chicago and Great Kiterh railroad, and when near .Loansport the ctr in which he was sitting overturned ; he was thrown cn his side and his collar bone was broken. lie was unable to appear in opera that season, lie instituted a tuit tt recover damages lor the injuries sustained by bim. The ew tml ia Vork Cit. 4ml the jar. .- n-i, a in 1 gave lingnoli &,eort.iu. An appeal was taken , w ,,. nJ-Vt months sco. Lately they rendered their de- cteiMon sustaining tbe Court below. George Lingard, one of the most talented members of the famous Christy Minstral troupe, died lately in London. Tbe whole of the minstrels rurroanded the last resting place of their departed friend, and sing the hymn for the dead in an impressive manner. An insane musician attempted tu kiss Miss ! NlI!lon at oei" hotel ia New York cn Tuesday, and was ants ted Vieax temps has accepted the portion of first proftssor cf violin at the Bniffels IConrerva tory. llottiini. the rrpvrrar nt aNinti--hit,itt hn ! gone to Ksrypt as Impressario cf tbe Cairo Ope ra. Recently at Madrid he received from his enthusiastic admirers a chaplet cf gold. Ambroifs Thomas, whose Migncn has been received with such favor in New York city is adapting his opera IVyche" for the Grand Opera. Mifs Kate Stanley, the new Stalaeia for the Black Crook,' has arrived. She is said to be the handsomest Baalish actress who has yet visited New York. Rubenein, who since the retirement cf Liszt is the greatest of piano virtuosos, will visit this country next year. Not a Satisfactory .Experiment. Here ia a bit of grctefqae humor from New Orleans : Mr. Gray discovered a non-explosive illumi nating fluid. Tobhowhow safe tbe compound was, he lav ted a number of his friends to meet him in his room, whither be had brought a bar rel of the fiaid, which he at once proceed el to stir with are! bet poker. As he went through the rcofofbis house, accompanied by his friend', 1 secret for tbe manufacture of tbe non-explovive fluid at a reduced rate, as she wishes to raise money enough to buy a silier-handled coffin, with a gilt plaCe. for tbe late Mr. Gray. No cards. 1871. Comical Answers by Aspiring School Teachers. The minds of some people in Henry County, Ohio, have been much disturbed by their friends beiDg refused to teach schcoL To satisfy the disturbed minds, the School Examiner of Henry County, CUrkion Divlf.furnlihes them, through the columns of the Newcastle Courier, the fol lowing answers given by disappointed applicants to ths questions asded them : Qaery What is affectation in reading?' Answer ' It is affecting to hear a scholar when he gets up to read, to speak his words dis tinct and mtud his punotnition marks. Affec tion Is sympathy for the piece I havs my class sitting, bat when one reads they rise to their feet Denne sugar, sincere, ct A. let, I cant define; 21. sincere, more sincere, most sincere; 31, calf, calves and calves ' Generous was defined as a person with a free will; stlary. a sum paid for work; sugar, mineral; scissor, spilled einrs ; skull, schull; gnaw, pnaw. Location was defined as a situation for a term. " Presently, any thing that is to take place after awhile. Iowa wts spelled Iwsy. What is the difference between the local and simple value of a figure ? ' don't understand the question. What is a cubio yard ? 1 It is a cubic yard contain iog a certain num ber of solid inches.' One requisition wsj to write 891 in I'oman characters, and out cf a number of marvelous comb-nations of the alpSabet I aetect the follow ing CCC,CCC,OCC,LXXIV. Pitch is a raising or lowering of the voice. Emphtcis is placing more d.stres on some words " The food is first nmticated, and then passes through the phalanx. Respiration, is the sweating of the body. Tteebeet is formed of two bones, the sternum and the spinal obord The animal part can be shown by pooling a boo in actd The Ohio riier flows X rtbeait, and forms the Northern boundary of Osio. -he Red Sea and Yellow Sea are in Europe.' Craiil is in Am The beautiful i oecery and fertile sjilledto tbe d i ico very of America. The number of brotd acres laying untitled led to the discovery of America, At the time of the discovery the Indians were kind and in good circumstance!. 1 They was in a critical condition at the time of the discovery. Virginia obtained its name from t&e Virgin Mary ' Virginia, so named by Queen Victo ria calling it a virgin State. POLITICAL. A prominent politician who is understood to know Tweed's plans, says that the Bors" will not resign but mean a to take bis test in the senate at any cost. He has in his possession lists of bribes accepted by republican members of the legislature which wou'd roia the latter if published, and he thinks this fact will prevent any attempt to contest his election. Frederick Douglas has announced in the .Vrir Era. nobliihei a. Washington, his fixed and unconditional purooe to support General Grant for renommaticn and re-election. He admits that'this will be opposed by imeof the best friends the colored race has eter bad inside and outside the councils cf the catioD.but declares that Grant, of all men in the land, is most dreaded by the reactionary elements which have arieea in the wake of deteatet rebellun and slavery The Evassvi:le (lad ) Cowttr says the object cf the Democracy is victory, and if this can be ata nel " by an alliance w. u honest Republi cans, who are strong encugh to ji re ut a victory we are ready to extend a helping fcatd. Toe generosity of this decUra::on tquals the " won derful condescension " of Hans Breitmion,when be ssys i)t any nun who irife me bis ft t - Votwer hi tolelicl pe iikall rjr r rryzrltt Atk bo!i4tjai fritndt py me. I. i-Ool lector Murphy is on the slate for police commissioner, vice Hank Smith, to be removed. Tweed will be compelled to wi'hdraw from the Tammany Society. This is the " uc kindest cat ofa'l" The World calls upon the Democracy to give up the Klei of nominating a Democrat for tbe 'residency That certainly woukl be a good thing to give up, be as we have already sug- gesiw. a "'ii mmg woa.u ior :ne enure P"J 10 g.ve up tae gnos. flltliUXT OTl. Tnc recovery of hicago nooe the fire is the marvel of tbe century. Only two months since the fire broke oat, and already there aie as many liquor saloons a ever ' Even the disciples of faro, keno, and otber probta are reaorg ambling. Vhxra jo Evening Pott Oat of the 1,1 drazgiftis a&d drag clerks in as be has maintained it for the last fllty-six years. A Washington letter says Mi.' Minnie Chin-, dler. only child of Ztcbimh Chandler, Michi gan's millionaire ?cntor, ie soon to be married to Mr. Eugene Hale, one cf the Kepreeentatires in Cocgres, from Maioe. Miss Coaad'er has been one of tbe belles of Washington the past two seasons. She is quite yonog, is m nitnral blonde, has a tali, graceful agate, n very at tractive taoe and lively, Uciaaticg manners. Street lamps are lighted again 00 the north side of Chicago. There are 78 raiiruids in Germany, owning 1 i-.l miles 01 rct. , 1 The ptivate art galleries of 'ew Vork city are ' 1 worth nearly a million dol'ars j Thirty-six ihonand persons are rtceiviag 1 temporary relief in urooKiyn, .V 1 . ' Tbe Rev, T. l2witt Talmajge is reported to have said in a late discourse : " If there be one gulf in bell deeper thsn another, it shall be the doom of these new -paper men whose pen is stabbing to death the parity uf American so ciety." Here is a marruce notice from the N Y. Sun I i..n.u ir.,i..u, v-k-- - ....... . 1, at early candlelight, in tbe wigwam of the bride, in the town of Mason. Mion county, Tex-w.by Justice James M. Haater.Senor Robert Girdoer of the Mexiotn Republic to Mi.s Amy ferryman or tbe iIJ Cat trtte of Seminole IndWas A St. Louis firm makes a fortune yearly from the receipts of fifty liquor htr on steamboats, for which it furnishes potables anl tenders. It is a grand river hr monopoly There is a man in 1'adacab, Ky., who breathes through a silver tube in bis throat. It is imme diately below the apple, and goes into the wind pipe. He can only talk when be places his finger on the tube. He has been in this condition for eleven years. Young Gent Might I ask you, Miss- ah. ' Miss Very sorry, sir; bat I am en- aged for the next three dances " Young Gent It is not dancing ah it is it's beg your! pardon, Mies ; you are sitting on my hat ' i ! A lady's wardrobe is considered incomplete j without a seal-skin jacket. Some beatiful muffs have made their appear- ' ance, which coat S260, . It is fashionable this seaiuu to border a fur laekst wi-h another kind of for. I Mrs. Dorcas Rice cf Jaffrey, N. n , was 102 years okl on the 10th tost. Mansfield Hatch of Newton, N. H., was found frozen to death in the woods oa tbe Cth inst. Two beer bottles by his tide explained the case. He was 45 years old. A veteran tramp' ninety-four years old, is now peregrinating through Ohio. He has beeu on the tramp for seventy-five years, walking, on tbe average, C000 miles a year. lis ia now en roufe for fens. The grind duke is gradually learning Ameri can nomenclature. In one set ia which he danced, at the Brooklyn ball, there were three la lies named respectively Smith, Jones and Brown. A mouse ia Belfast, Maine, was found the other day frozen stiff upon a hammer, investi gation showed that in picking up something that lay on the iron head of the hammer the tongue of tha mouse had frozen to it, and being unable to get away it had d:ed. In November, 9,260 Germaos arrived at New York,3,.j00 mora than came in the same month last year Tbe whole number of Germao arri vals this year, 78,928, is an iccreise of 10,212 over the same period last year. Mis Minnie F. Austin, a native of Nantucket, la now associate principal of tbe Sin Francisco Female Seminary, and a member of the Califor nia State Board for the examination of teachers. New Bedford toasts of a tame partridge. It was placed in a cage with same quaile, but eats from a man's baud without quail ing. The publishers of Beecher'a life of Christ" have already sold nearly sixteen thonaand copeis of that costly book. NUMBER 20. Correspondence. From Washington. Rumored retirement of Secretary Akerman. The government money vaults examined. -Vo frauds discovered. TTie Anti Grant movement. Wasuixotox, Dec 13. Dear Free Press and Times: ! The retirement of Attorney-General Akerman is no longer a matter of doubt and guess work. From good authority I have learned that he will withdraw from the Cabinet this week, and that ex-Senator Williams of Oregon will succeed him. It is geeevally believed that Akerman will re ceive an appointment to a life position. Hw earnest efforts in favor of the administration en title him to consideration. At the request ot Treasurer Spinner,a cumber of bankers' experts have been employed by the Secretary of the Treasury ,to search the vaults and count the money ia the hands of the various heads of divisions and to investigate all the books, accounts, and moneys cf the Treasurer's Bureau. The work went on without cessation from Saturday evening till Monday momicg.and covered every department of the Bureau, except ing the sealed packages in the vaul's. The ac counts of one teller showed a balanee of S30 in his favor and another 20 cents short. All others tallied precisely with the money, each effiee ia responsible for. The result is a triumph cf the Secreury cf the Treasury and Treasurer Spinner over those who are dispose 1 to carp at their ad ministration. El ward G. Bradford, Esq., was nominated by the President yesterday, as United States Dis trict Judge of the District of Delaware, vice Hon. Wi.lard Hall, resigned. Mr. Bradford is a sound and consistent Republican, and while at the bead of the Delaware Bar, he was appointed by President Lincoln United States Attorney for the same district, which position he held until his opposition to Johnson's ape tacy caused his removal. He was twice nominated for Unite 1 States Senator by the Republican minority of the Delaware Legislature, and his appointment is, withal, one suitable to be made. Senator Sumner fittly denies that he had de nounced all movements to defeat Grant. I am willing to believe he has never yet given up the hope of attaining the Presidency himself, from his present ridiculous attitude. Senator Wilson has been interviewed, aad states that he has tried to brieg about a leen cUittioa between Senator Sumner and the Presi dent, but was UDsucaeesful ; that he (Wilson) is convinced that the Republican party is stronger than ever before, aad that Grant is the strongest man in the party. It is stated upon high Democratic authority that a few evenings since a conference of lead in;; Democrats in Congress was actually held here, with several anti-Gran Republicans, who are at work organizing an opposition party to coalesce wita toe democracy to prevent the re-election of President Grant. It is said to be the desire of these sore-heads and traitors to Republican principles, to bare the name and cime of running the opposition themselves, 'and to leave the Democratic party ostensibly free jJTJot This announcement is fully set forth by Zeta of the BaltinaoreSa who is one of the race t accurate Washington correspondents, and is known also as tbe correspondent of thertew Yore florid. He says the parties to this secret arrangement object to their nama being a fed in print ; and well they may desire io conceal their perfor mances, for when discovered (which they are tare to be) tbey will unquestionably have leave to retire from the Republican ranks to the tase of the Rogues March. But, as there is no earnest movement among the real teaders of the party, when tbe utile game of the pes sum Democrats comes to light, it is quite likely that tfie anti-Grant men, wnom they pretend to me, are not Republicans a: all, or if so they are men of very little character and no influence as Republicans. Correspondence of tbe Free Press. Letter from East Tennessee- raixiTirx simplicity wast of la as is' asd s jhbt educational pbospects. ! Kxoivilli, Tenn., Dec 10, 1871- ! .Vest i Edxtort : Not long sioee, I paid a short visit to the home of a wealthy farmer, a dozen miles or so from this city. The people iter e of the regular Southern stamp, formerly slave holders, are very much like good substantial farming people in Vermont, exeept in point of educational tastes ; and also their houses, groaiuis anu surroundings, are not as well kept as those of ordinary Vermont farmers. The proprietor of the place visited is a descendant of one oT tbe old settlers of the coo a try. The slaves of which be was tbe owner are now all gone, except one old negro, Uncle Phil." who till lives in his old hut near the house, and who, when told by tbe Yankees taat he was free, and could leave his master if he would, replied that be didn't think he could find another cmokehoue like Mai?a George's. Tbe oldest daughter was educated at the North, and is a very interesting young lady. She declares her self stall a 14 little rebel,' and sajs if another war should come, she will raise a female regi ment to fight for the Southern cause. She ad mits that she likes tbe Yankees, and that they are eaperior to the people of the South in cul ture and eoterprise,and tht things are extremely tljw and behind the times here m Tennessee. It is from 15 to 30 miles from one vi.Uge to another in this region, and even tbe mam roads are very poor. It would be unsafe for a stranger to drive, at night, over the road between the country residence referred to and Knoxville. The genuine Tennes-eaa ridea on horseback and dont mind bad road, and wagons are regarded ; rather as a Yankee innovation. Some of the stndents come in to Knoxville every morning on horseback, often riding two on one horse. AThe better class of people here, a small min ority, live quite respectably ; but the mjjrity, tbe " poor whites, inhabit log buts, and live in tbe most primitive style. Their d.et is uniformly corn bread and baoou, and their dress bome-mtde t blue jeans. Their ltucuige abounds with odd expressions. Tbey " meet up with you on the 1 road, greet you with a 41 bow dy, (for, how ' are you ?) reckon its a right smtrt chance for rain, have their tiu plowing " right smart done'' and will have It done done" sacn. They are doubtful about the necessity of books and Iarnin ;' bat are mostly upright and quite religious, and not at all troubled with skepticism. The other day in a Sunday School class, in answer to a question as to the direct aid of divine grace in resistance of temptation, (asaa appetite for strong drink, or tendency to bursts of passion) oce of tbem a&fumed a contemplative air, for a moment, and replied, Wal, I don't know sure as it would cure a feller a!t up, but I 1 reckon it would jest come right smart near it, any how, if he tnel right good h:mself 1 Bat wita all their simplicity, tbe people among tbe mountains of iat lennescee have a great deal of good ntture, and good sense ; and tbeir religion is of a very practical character Dur ing my visit at this country residence, I heird some accounts of religious revivals, which had occurred in towns where the war had left an in 1 tensely bitter feeding among the population, who , were so divided, as was the case here The min I isters told the converts that religious people must " be at peace with all men,' and in many cases, these revivals hal restored coneoid in com munities where "hatred and strife had been ex i tremely violent. 1 In Political alftirs the people have very great 1 confilence in their leaders. My not is a John- son man, has known Andy and been associated with him for years in political life, aod thinks him the greatest man in the United States." I am informed, however, that this A. J., having t&fcsided from the larger public life, is now "rerving tbe people' in the little city of Green- ville, his native place, ia the mt,re humble capacity of road master The one great complaint of the people here is "areity of mJ- Anion g1 all classes of business men the cry is : We want mcney, but it is almost impossible to get it here. Tbe East Tennessee University, in this city, i'i presje t for want of ready cash. The institution, having commenced operations, as an Agricul tural College, holds about S300.000 in Ten nessee Slate bonds, and ai these are cot payabl for some time to come, and are pat ing six per cent., the trustees prefer, if tbey can, to hire money at ten per cent, for present use. giving security cf two for one by depositing 810,000 or so of these bonds as collateral, or by the most ample security on their real estate ia the city, rather than to raie money by selling tbe bonds at their present mirket discount Perhaps some Ver mont capitalist may be disposed to correspond with tbe President, Dr. T W. Humes, on the subject. Toe University, which is ao au cl 1 institution, is cow taking a new start, and with this endowment as an agricultural college, has good prospects ahead. Our Methodist brethren are getting critical, and there seems to be occasion for it. The paper, accuse many of tha clergymen of saying dis-cip-Une for riis-cipiiae, tres-pais and tres passes for ires-pass and frrs-passes. rre-ttrict for cis-trict, and taler-nicA- for tabernae'e. To which the Mtth&litt alii two on their own acconnt which we strongly aa'pec: need not be confined to the ministers of that church. Tbey are tbe use of mot'efy, (cnc-ht!f) for modicum (a little) ; and predicated on. for predicated DawKisa CiDxn, To keep ft sweet lhrouh the year, filter through clean fine sand, as soon as from tbe press. Pat into a clean cask or bottle. No cask or barrel should be used tbe second time for eider, for tbe fruity flavor is to ba preserved. Foand. la dreamt. Ions years aj, I taw a fact A. woman's noble, sweet, acd fair. That shone, npoa me from some happy place. And bade- me seek her there. So, forth I went, anl traverrol rosny waj, Peoplei with fair, atd rich, and ycen. And aometlreti turned to wander tr to sasa. Bat fjQDd not ber aaoc. Yet once we met . b 'the was my btart, I ween, DsemiBS attained th s al 1 antbt -, Bnt ah: tne- world's cold shadow irew cetwecn. And still 1 foend ber net. Sbe died . I sought her zrave with sVexn Cheer, Th to sine to lighten my despair. X tand a lorm or clay, within a bier. Cat her I found not there t Whit mere ! The fleih decays ; but la my heart bhe lives u ever, f eh and rIr. J "mi, wn0 mxA'ix, us. aha is where Then ait, Anl 1 shall fled ber there ! Julian HaittUrn in Jpfltttnt JrurnaU An I npnbllftlirfl Poem of Coleridge. THE FADED FLOWER. Cnsratefat be who plnek'd thee from tbe stock. Poor faded tf. w'rt i h. w Inhaled awhile thy odors In bis walk. Then onward uuM. and rtih in rlMir Ah, melancholy emblem ! bad I seen i ny moaaM oeaaues dewMwith evening's 3i, I bad net rudely e-opsed thy parent stem, But left thee, biushia;, 'mid the enliven green. And row I bend me o'er tby withered bioom. And drop the tear, m ra&cy.at my side. Deep tlthintc paiats tbe (air, trail Arr' tomb lame, swi cower, was tear, poor wanderers nride ' Ob. lost to love and truth, whose atlfUh Jny i Mieu uer veruu Be?i, ikii laiieu t Geiroy ' Atlantic Jrmatae, V Winter Krenlnz. The cbUl sharp wind. Huddled the thaeps tbeir wattled coatj cabinet And Hrloe tbe last leaf from the brmre old tree That en t bile bM (Mown Oa tbU w d lea fAilsauiden stooea. wntoh eloaJa the shepherd's mind With c.mlnT storm, atvi now ilenso anawflikes blind "be day, and smother earth In cruel glee , VvbiteneM na jrraw apaoo. atare, fa ewell letpthy loni;speil-bwwn4 slumber: 1 will his 3Ie home wtih hM.e, and by tbe hearth will telt AtrAMthld Binhily wuid'rlnxs t my bo) s, Ur penstve start at neetn haule-ery , Mo-t prize we now tweet facey's s u.p.e Jiys. IIK1.IG10US I.TKI,I-IQK-K C35Q1 fcQ ATfOS A L. The Congregational church at Iraaburgfa, Vt , baa received $300 from Mr. Fiifc, of the firm of Fist & Hatch, to be expended ia purchasing a Bible for tbe pulpit, hymn books, m library for the .Sabbath school, and the balance to auist the ladies in furniching the church. Mr. Fisk'e father was formerly a pastor of the Congrega tional church m drat-burgh. Tbe congrega tion at Cabot is much iacr rated since Rev. Mr Adams commenced his labors there. Iit Au- gnrt. Tbe churrh at t Craft. bury is now without a pastor. Rev Mr. Johnson having re signed and removed to Philadelphia. Rev. William S. Hazen, pastor of the Congregational church iOjNorthfield, who has been absent some rx months oa a trip to Europe and the Eist, rt- turned last week to hie charge. Rev. A. G. Bowker, of Landgroae, died December Sd, after a short dines. He told his ftmily shortly after be was taken sick that be never would get well again Rev. John Nelson, one of the ablest Congregational preachers in Massachusetts, died at Leicester on the Oth. He hal been pastor there since lfM, although for a number of years only able to prescb occasion ally, and having had a colleague sines l44t. BAPTIST. Rev. Newton Glazier, Uteof Central Falls, It, I., haj accepted a unanimous call from the Bap tist church in Montpelter, and will enter upon the pastorate January 1, 1872. There is reports-1 qnite an interest in the Freewill Baptist church at Albany, Vt There have teen fifteen recent conversions, and fifty within fourteen months . The only Thanksgiving sermon in Berlin in four years, wav delivered by Rev N. Man ford, at the BiptUt church, Nov. 30. Tbe treasury of tbe Baptist Missionary Society is in debt over SlV.OOO, with a large falling off in the receipts for the last two tnc c ths Cause, diversion of charitiesto tbe Chicago and North western toUerer?, probably. A Baptist church recently advertised ra a paper of that denomination that tbey wanttd a minister. So many replies came that the elerk found it neces sary to advertise that they did not want s minister, in their next is?ae It is stated that tbe preaching of a Baptist urasionary, in it chapel near Vernon, Delaware, baa indeced the whole church that worshipped there to aoandon its former sectarian connection and join the Baptist denomi cation. M5TH00IIT. One cf the Cincinnati Methodist churches, St. John's, puts cards in etery pew Sunday morning with a printed request that any stranger who would like to receive a call from tbe minister, will pat bi address on the card and leave it in toe pew ; by which means many occasions for pastoral vists are obtained acd permanent ad ditions to tbe congregation are eventually se cured. - Tne Methodist Educational Ccnves tion at its recent session in Boston, puted resolutions, among others, that the Bibfe ought cot to be exclude! from schools supported and controlled by the State ; and approving of tbe opening of WesVyau University at Middle town, to women as naturally growing uut of views longbetd and advocated by tbe Methodist Episcopal Church. . CSirKBSALlST The Universalis! Society of St. Johns bury are holding regular meetings at tbe Town Hall Rev. B. M. Tilliton preaches to-morrow oa the 4 Advantages of Churea-goiog. The Uni versalis! church at Wen Concord has been rebuilt, and is to be dedicated December 27th. Sermon by Rev. L II. Tabor, of Norway, Me., in the morning, and in the evening by Rev. Mr Healy.bf West Burke On tbe 2Sib, Rev. E. L, Serif t will be ordained as pa 'or of the church The seraton will be preached by Rev. E Fisher. D. D.. President of tbe Theolozi.-! Sohool, St Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y ErHCIPlUAV. Ibe Protestant Episcopal Almanac for 1ST-, gives the following summary of statistics for that denomination : Bishops ! ; Clergy 2,h95 , Baptisms 38,1 Oo ; Confirmations I'l.ll ; Com manicants 'SZ4t'J'J' ; Marntges MfjS ; Bariala 16,711 ; Cndidaes Jer Orders 412; Ordin ations Deacons 124 . Presbyters 110-; Sunday-school Teachers 21,41 ; f UDdf-cbool. Scholars 229,090 ; 'oatribU.oas S0.G41.G71.S1. Tbe society fur tbe increase of the ministry has 161 scholars now on its l:st. and received 250 application during the past year. The Rev. Mark Antony D Wolfe ILwe. D.D.. is scon to be eoasecrated as B.sbop of the Doccee of Central Pennsylvania Rev. Dr. Hdl, missionary to Gieen, is now on a visit to this country ; and is temporarily disabled by a fait which dislccsted bis eaculder The editor cf the (lotjxl .Mes sen'jer, who is an eloquent and effective advocate of warm, reverent congregational worship, de scribed a strange incident in one of bis letters from Baltimore during the month of October At tbe olose of an afternoon service in one of the Episecpal churches, the Sunday scholars marched out in order ; bat, before leaving God's House. wheeled round with tbe pree sioa of military dis cipline in order to bow to the altar. Speaking ia the interest of the Anglican Communion. Th Church Journal avers that ' re have no sueh eastern. HOMAX CATBOUC- The new Roman Catbo'.ic church at Huoalj Falls, N Y., wis dedicated with very imposing and impressive ct rest omit on Sunday last. Large delegations of worshippers were present from the surrounding country. Tbe exercises were conducted by the Very Rv. Thca. Gal berry, O S. A . Cuinan-ary Gen. of the Order of A u goat io m thH country. It is stated that tbe Cahti'ie ti-sb jo. tttruliy, of New Jer sey, belie th: CbriMtn bnrUt should be re faced to ail who die from dridkm. and to all who sell liquor lodroukaids -On Wedoesdry ecmovencexl the lat sertrs of periodical fists, know n a tbe Ember Dsys. and cloed Friday They were mti'utedby Pope Caltxtua. in the third century, bat more forcibly inaugurated by the Council tf Plaaenti. in ifX5. Tbe word Ember is said by some to signify the dost and ashes poured on ths head-- of fisting and penitent persjns; and by others, to apply io the bread eaten at that season, which was baked on tbe embers of the fire only. Thomas Nat. Thomas Na&t. the great eari caturist, is thus described by his friend Nasby "Nat is a man about 31 years of age. and about fire feet seven inches in begat He has a keen, sharp eye, acd a good German face has black hair, and it dapper aad neat in his per son. I thick he was born in Breslau. Germiny and came over here when he was about three years of age. His father wanted bim to be a jeweler, bat he wts already betrothed to art Frank Leslie, I thick brought him out first ; at the,time he sent him to England to make pic tures of the great Heenan Sayers prtia fizbt. And then when the war broke out tbe Harpers sent bim South to sketch battles It was in 1&C2, juit after the election, when all the coun try waa clamoring fr peacs at any price, that be struck the particular vein in which he has since become famous. The picture hedrew then, entitled Peace, was grand. It represented a Union soldier's grave, over the tombstone of which was weeping Columbia. At tbe foot stood a companion of tbe dead loyalist, stripped of his arms, and shaking hands with a rebel armed to tbe teeth and with one foot upon tho grave. That picture mde his imputation. He was as well known the cext day as he is now. It wis circulate! by tte million as a campaign document He lives, I think, la One II and red and Twenty-fifth 8treet,New York, in a modest frame house. His wife and his three sons con stitute his family. They have no servants. At tbe end of tbe lot on which his hoase stands Is a one-etory brick building, where be does bis work. He baa there the quaintest collection of curiosities, chiefly cf art, that could be Imagined. His wife is alaly of rare intelligence, who a. s sts him greatly in bis labors. Sbe is a relative of James Par ton. Nt is a man of indomitable courage and rare intelligence- Politically be Is a most in'ecse radical The Technologist says : One cord of wood eat and split fine, and corded np beneath a shel ter while it is green.wilt furnish more beat after It has become seasoned than two cords of the same wood which has been continually exposed to tbe alternative ioflaence of storms and sunshine."