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BC*TABL.ISIIEDI8ftO. ) VOL.. XL.VI. MO. 13 t Oldest Newspaper in the Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. NOVEMKKK I, 1 £95. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. t *1.00 PER ANNUM 1 IN ADVANCE "A Set of Rogues" 1 must needs conclude that ho intended' to do us .in ill turn, for his face wore the most wickwl, cruel, malicious look that ever thirst of vengeance could impart. Indeed, I expected nothing less than that he would forbid the marriage on such grounds as we had too good reason to fear, and with this dread I regarded Mull, who also could not fail to see "him. Her face whitened as she looked at him, but her step never faltered, and this peril seemed but to fortify her courage and resolution, and indeed I do think by her high bearing and the defiance in her eye as she belli her lover's arm that she was fully prepared to make good answer if ho challenged her right to marry Mr. Godwin. But (the Lord bo thanked I) he did not put her to this trial, only he stood there like a thing of evil omen to darken the joy of this day with fearful foreboding. me to a new quirK lor tear Mon should lie known by any of our former playhouse companions. But this I now perceive is a very absurd fear, for no one in the world who had seen Moll three years ago—a half starved, long legged, raw child—could recognizo her now, a beautiful, well proportioned woman in her line clothes, and so my mind is at easo on this head. living book, ever yielding her sweet thoughts. This persevering, patient toil on his part did at first engender in my mind suspicion that some doubting thoughts urged him to assume his independence against any accident that might befall the estate, but now I believe 'twas nothing but a love of work and of his art, and that his mind was free from miy taint of misgiving as regards his wife's honesty. 'Tis likely enough that spite her caution many a word and sign escaped Moll which an enemy would have quickly seized on to prove her culpable, but we do never see the faults of those we love (or seeing them have ready at a moment excuse to prove them no faults at all), and at this time Mr. Godwin's heart was so luiiot love there was no place for other feeling. Venom from a rose had seemed to him more possible than evil from one so natural, sweet and beautiful as MolL "i ii not. i am resoiveu i won t, go there till tomorrow, fur this is no hour to be a -calling on ladies, and her husband being away 'twill look as if we had ordered it of purpose. Besides, if Midi's in trouble, how am I to pretend I know nothing of the matter and care less, and this Mother Butterby and a parcel of sly, observant servants about to surprise one at any moment? .Say no more—'tis useless—for I won't be )»er suaded against my judgment. " no one so much as ;ct a foot on your ST. JOHN'S DIVIDED. stair, madam, poor dear! .ys t'other.) AVOCA MEN HURT. " And you will see that all is closed carefully. And so good night, mother, and good night to you, Jane and Betsy ! Oh, Fell One Story at the New Silk MIll.Mon- Tlie New Parish of St. Mary's day Morning. my poor head! J Ad K tterick and Jamee Slattery, both well known married men residing In West Avoca, employed as laborers on the new silk mill bul.dlcg in Avoea, were severely injured on Monday morning. The scaffolding on the second floor on whioh they were standing broke, and both men fell through to the next flxtr. Slattery had one arm broken and hi* body was also badly brn Bed. Kltterlok was badly bruised about the hi pa, and suffered a severe cut on bis head. Their iDjoriee, whili very painful, are not considered dangerous. With a whispered "Gixxl night, dear madam," Mrs. Butterby and the maids leave the room a-tiptoe, closing the door behind them as if 'twere of gingerbread, and no sooner are they gone than Moll, big with her mad design, nips out of bed, strips off her nightgown, and finding not liing more convenient for her purpose puts the ham, pasty and partridges in a clean pillowslip. This done, she puts on her cloak and hood, and having with great caution set the door open and seen all safe and quiet below she takes up her bag of victuals, blows out the candle, and as silent as any mouse makes her way to the little private staircase at the end of the stairs. And now, with less fear of encountering Mrs. Godwin than Black Bogey, she feels her way down the dark, narrow staircase, reaches the lower door, unbolts it and steps out on the path at the back of the house. Estab islrd By FRANK BARRETT, Author ct REV. FATHER GttEEVE THE RECTOR. "The Great Hesper," "A Recoiling Vengeance,'' "Out of the Jaws of Death," Etc., Etc. When Moll was retired, Mr. Godwin asked if I could lot him have a few hundreds upon his account, and I answered very willingly ho shall. And now, setting aside enough to pay all bills and furnish our wants till next quarter day, I am resolved to give him every farthing left of the rents paid yesterday, and shall lie most hearty glad to be rid of it, for this money do seem to scar my hands every time I touch it. nor can i iook at "it out my neart is wrung with pity for those poor tenants who paid so gleefully yesterday, for surely their quittances will hold good for no more than spoiled paper if ever our roguery is discovered. Rev. Father Kelly Transferred as A Mili- "As you will," says I. tant to liev. Father If olDan at Ashley— "There's another reason, if other's needed," says he, "and that's this plaguy thirst of mine, which seizes me when I'm doleful or joyful, with a force there's mo resisting. And chiefly it seizes me in the later part of the day; therefore I'd have you take me to the court betimes, ere it's at its worst. My throat's like any limekiln for dryness now, so do pray, Kit, fasten the door snug, and give me a mug of ale." Rev. Fathers lDixon and Lavelle Ap- pointed Assistant* Here, aud a Third COPYRIGHT MS, fiy MacMILLAN CSt CO to lie Named. The Ion# expected division of St. John's Roman Catiolio Parish has a* latt been or dered by Kt. Rav. Bishop O'Hara. Tne division was recommended some time since by Rr»v Father Fionen, Rector of the Par Ihi, and therefore occasions nosnrprlse. It is generally regard-*1 as dreliable, on account of the extant to which the parish has grown during recent years. Bishop O Hara last week announced the establishment of a new parish to include Upptr Plftttoa and Duryea, which will be known as St. Mary's, the present title of the uoapel ou (JUuro'a Hill, whloh will be the heatfqaartt-rs of the new parish, being continued. It will be pleasing news to the many friends of Rev. Father Qreeve, who has been a curate in St. John's Parish here since October, 1886—this being his firet aud only charge since his graduation frrDm St. B Du a venture's College, at Allegany, N. Y , and his subsequent ordination to the priesthood—tiat he has been chosen rect Dr of the new p trlsh. The appointment is doubly pleasing, for the reason that while It gives Fa-her Gra ve a de ' served promotion, he remains m this community to continue his very wide acqiaintanc-j with our people. Tao services at St. Mary's were as usual on Sunday, but it is expected that by mxt Sunday, the new rector will be in charge. The Bishop has not as yet anncuacel the exact dividing line betw sen St. Mary's and St. John's parishes, but it is expected that it will be at about th-f Ravine crossing. Thia Father Finnen calcu'atei will give to 8t. Mary's Parish about 20) families or about 1,000 people, having about 800 families in 8t John's. There is at praient no rectory at St. Mary's Church, tut this,-it is thought, will soon follow of necessity. CHAPTER XXVI. (jruy mey may, our no rums rnev v Dec. 14 —Dawson left us this morning. In parting Mr. Godwin graciously begged him to ooine to his wedding feast on Christmas day—they having fixed upon CWstmas eve to be mgeied —and Dawso? promised he would, but he did assure me afterward, as we were walking along the road- to meet the stage wagon, that he would certainly feign some reason far not coming. "For," says he, "I am not so foolhardy am to jeopardize my Moll's happiness for the pleaoore this fan* woulC'give me. Nay, Kit, I do think 'twouldbreak my heart indeed if anything of my doing should mar my Moll's happiness." And I was very well pleased to find him in this humor, promising him that we would make amends for his abstinence on this occasion by cracking many a bottle to Moll's joy when we could come together again secretly at my house. In the afternoon Mr. Pearson's clerk l»rCmght the deed of agreement for the settlement of the estate upon Moll and Mr. Godwin, which they signed, and so that is finished as we would have it This clerk tells me his master hath already gone to London about getting the seaL So all things look mighty prosperous.not. For such a m;y 'h' v busiii* should have been lDegr.n a 1 nil) nun For County Surveyor. back. But she will not endure it.e in tl house (though God knows I am as wiL ing as any to help), saying that I dt hinder all, and damp their spirit for work with my gloomy oonntonar ie, which is no more than the truth, I fear. The sky very overcast , with wind in the I can say nothing about the ceremony, for all my attention was fixod upon this hideons Simon, and I had no relief until 'twas safely ended and Moll's friends preased forward to kiss the bride and offer tlioir good wishes, nor did I feel really at ease until we were back again at the court , and seated to a fine dinner, with all the friends who would join us, whereof there were as many as Could sit comfortably at the long table. This feast was very joyous and merry, and, except that the parson would be facetious over his bottle, nothing unseemingly or immodest was said. So we staid at table in exceeding good fellowship till the candles were lit, and then, the parson being very drunk, wo made a pretext of carrying him home to break up our company and leave the happy couple to their joy. Edward H. Post, the Republican candidate for C junty Surveyor, is the oldest son of Merritt H. Poet, the well known harness dealer of Wllkeebarre. Edward H. Past was born and raised in that city. His early edacatlon was obtained in the publlo schools, later he attended the Harry Hillman Academy, from which he graduated with high honors at the age of 18. The following fall .Mr. Pjst entered Yale College where he took a thorough course In oivil engineering and surveying, graduating with honors. Immediately after leaving college Mr. Post entered the employ of tie Wllkeebarre and Eastern Railroad, tien being surveyel. While with this 0 imp my Mr. Poet was engaged iu running tha lines, locating the titles and 1 warrants of lands then being bought for the right of way. In this way he gained a thorough knowledge of the old llnee and warrant) in many parte of the country. 01 the completion of the railroad he entered the employ of the Lehigh Valley Coal company as a mining engineer, and there obtained a thorough knowledge of the location and extent of the wtil measures. Liter he opened an offiie in Wllkeebarre, where he has sinoe conducted a successful and growing engineering and surveying business, oelng retained aa engineer by Ashley, Plytnou h and Sugai Notch boroughs. Personally Elward H. Poet is an hone t, upright, conscientious CHAPTER XXVHL This ended our discussion, but as it was necessary I should give some reason for not supping with Moll I gave Dawson a bottle and went up to the house to find Moll. There I learned that she was still in her chamber, and sleeping, as Mrs. Butterby believed. So I bade the good woman tell her mistress when she awoke that Captain Evans had come to spend the night with me, and he would call to pay her his devoirs the next morning.About once in a fortnight I contrived to go to Loudon for a couple of days on some pretext of business, and best part of this time I spent with Dawson. And the first visit I paid him after the return of Mi .11 1 her husband, telling him of their complete happiness, Moll's increasing womanly beauty and the prosperous aspect of our affairs (for I had that day positive assurance our seal would be obtained within a month), I concluded by asking if his exile might not now be stopped, and he be in a position to come to Chiselhurst and see her as he had before. Dec. 28.—This day Moll and Mr. Godwin set out for Loudon, all smiles and gladness, and Moll did mako me promise to visit them in London and share their pleasures. But if I have no more appetite for gayety than I feel at this moment I shall do better to stay here and mind my business, though I do expect to find little pleasure in that, and must abide by a month of very dull, gloomy days. south, and the air vr lild There is still a faint twilight, and this enables her to find her way to the wicket gate opposite Anne Fitch's cottage. Not a soul is to bo seen, and so, with her hood drawn well over her head, she spells on, and in five minutes reaches my house. Here, finding the door fastened, she gives a couple of knocks, and on my opening she. asks meekly in a feigned voice, which for the life of me I should not have known for hers, if I am minded to buy a couple of partridges a friend has sent and she ha s no use for. ""lKrT7 id our geese will lie all stinking belore they are eat And if it pour of rain on Christmas day how will the ox be roast, and what sort of company can we expect ? This puts me to another taking for dread of a new fiasco. Dec. 23.—Going to tho court about midday, I was dnmfounded to find no sign of tbe disorder that prevailed there yesterday, Ijtit all swept and garnished, and Moll in a brave seated at her fireside, reading a book with the utmost tranquillity, though I suspect she did assume something in this to increase my astonishment. She was largely diverted by my amazement, and made very light of her achievement, but she admitted that all had worked till daybreak, and she had slept but two hours since. Nevertheless no one could have looked fresher and brighter than she, bo healthy and vigorous were her natural parts. About 1 comes Mr. Godwin to cap her happiness and give fresh glory to her beauty. And sure a handsomer or better mated couple never was, Mr. Godwin's shapely figure being now set off to advantage by a very noble clothing, as becoming his condition. With him came also by tho morning stage Don Sanchez, mighty fine in a new beard, of the latest mode, and a figured silk coat and waistcoat. And seeing the brave show they made at table, I was much humbled to think I had gone to no expense in this particular. But I was yet more mortified when Dm Sanchez presents Moll with a handsome set of jewels for a wedding gift, to see that I had nothing in the world to offer her, having as yet taken not a iDenny of her money, save for the use of others and my bare necessities. Moll, however, was too full of happiness to note this omission on my part; she could think of no one now but her dear husband, and I counted for nothing. Here, that nothing may lie unaccounted for in the sequence of events, I must depart from my train of present observation to speak from after knowledge. A week before the promised month was up Moll and her husband came back to the cou' f , iuid lest I should imagine that her pleasures had been curtailed by his caprice she was at great pains to convince me that he h:»d yielded to her insistence in thi.C matter, declaring she was sick of theat'TH. ridottos, masquerades iuid sight eei g, and had sighed to be home ere sin- liad lDeen in London a week. Th's surprised me exceedingly, knowing how passionate fond she had ever beep of the plaj'honse and diversioiuwu any kind, and rememlx-ring how eager she was to go to town with her husband, and I perceived there was more significance in the present distaste for diversion than she would have known. CHAPTER XX Vn. I have said that when Moll started forward, as if to overtake her husband, she suddenly stopped as if confronted by some rhenacing specter. And this indeed was the case, for at that moment there appeared to her heated imagination, for no living soul was there, a little, bent old woman, clothed in a single white garment of Moorish fashion, and Moll knew that she was Mrs. Godwin, though seeing her now for the first time, come from Barbary to claim her own and separate Moll from the husband she had won by fraud. "No, Kit, thanking ye kindly," says he, after fighting it out with himself in silence a minute or two, "better not. I Am getting in a manner used to this solitude, ai . bar two or three days a week, when I feel a bit hangdog and hipped a-thinking there's not much in this world for an old fellow to live for when he's lost his child, I am pretty well content It would only undo me. If you had a child—your own flesh and blood, part of your life—a child that had been to you what my sweet Moll hath been to me, you would comprehend better how I fceL To pretend indifference when you're longing to hug her to your heart, to talk of fair weather and foul when you're thinking of old times, and then to bow and scrape and go away without a single desire of your aching heart satisfied—'tis more than a man with a spark of warmth in his soul can bear." "Partridges!" cries Dawson from within. "Have 'em, Kit, for your bread and cheese is mighty everyday fare." Dec. 26.—Down betimes yesterday morning to find tho sky still clear, the air brisk and dry, and ample promise of a fair day." To the court, and there perceive the great ox spitted on a stout fir pole, and the fire just kindling, John, the gardener, broaching the barrels of beer, and a famous crowd of boys and beggars already standing before the gates. And there they might have staid till their dinner was cooked, ere I had let them in, but Moll coming down from the house with her husband, and seeing this shivering crew, their pinched cheeks yellow and their noses blue with cold, and so famished with hunger they could scarce find strength to cry, "God bless you, merry gentlefolks!" she would have them taste at once some of that happiness with which her heart was overflowing, and so did with her own hands unbolt the gates and set them wide, bidding the halting wretches come in and warm themselves. Not content with this, she sends up to the house for loaves and gives every one a hunch of bread and a mug of ale to stay their empty stomachs. And, Lord, 'twas a pleasure to see these poor folks' joyhow they spread their hands out to the flames; how they cockered up the fire here and there to brown their ox equally, with all hands now and then to turn him on the spit; how they would set their bread to catch tho dropping gravy, and how they would lift their noses to catch the savory whiffs that came from the roasting beef. says I. "Let me see 'em, good woman," "Yes, sir," answers she meekly, putting her pillow slip in my hand, which perplexed mo vastly by its weight and bulk. uec. l C.—Hearing to displease Sir Peter Lely by longer delay, Mr. Godwin set oat for Hatfield Tuesday, we—that is, Moll, Don Sanchez and I—going with him as far as the borough, where Moll had a thousand things to buy against her wedding. And here we found great activity of commerce and many shops filled with excellent good goods— more than ever there were before the great fire drove out no many tradesmen from tbe city. Here Moll spends her money royally, buying whatever catches Iter eye that is rich and beautiful, not Cmly for her own personal adornment, l«t for the embellishment of her house C as hangings, damasks, toys, etc.), yet "They poem to lDe pretty big birds by the feel of 'em," says I. " You can come ai and shut the door after you." Moll shuts the door and shoots the bolt; then tripping behind mo into the light she casts her hood and flings her arms round her father's neck with a peal of joyful laughter. She stood there, says Moll, within her gates, with raised hand and a most bitter, unforgiving look upon her wasted face, barring the way by which Moll might regain her husband, and as the poor wife halted, trembling in dreadful awe, the old woman advanced with the sure foot of right and justice. What reproach she had to make, what malediction to pronounce, Moll dared not stay to hear, but turning her back fled to the house, where, gaining her chamber, she locked the door and tlung herself upon her husband'8 bed, and in this last dear refuge, shutting her eyes, clasping her ears as if by dulling her senses to escape the phantom, she lay in a convulsion of terror for the mere dread that such a thing might be. And I olwserved further (when the joy of return and or Bering her household subsided) that she 1 Drself had changed in these past three weeks more than was to be expected in so short a time. For, though she seemed to love her husband more than ever she had loved him as her lover, and could not be happy two minutes out of his company, 'twas not that gliwl, joyous love of the earlier days, but a yearning, clinging passion, that made me sad to see, for I could not look upon the strained, anxious tenderness in her young face without bethinking me of my poor sister as she knelt praying by her babe's cot for God to spare its frail life. "What!" cries I. ''Why, what can have brought you here?" "Why, I knew you'd have nothing to give my poor old dad but mold}' cheese, so I've brought you a brace of partridges, if you please, sir," says she, concluding in her feigned voice as she emptied the ham, pasty and partridges all liigglcdy piggledy out of the slip on to the table. and intelligent yoaag man. P.ofeasionally he is one of the beet of the engiaeers and surveyors of the oonotry, having the Indorsement of three of the highest engineering ant lorltiee in tie state, which none bat a thoroughly competent man can oitaln. And then he proceeded to give a dozen other reasons for declining the tempting bait, the sum of all proving, to my conviction, that he was dying to see Moll, and I feared he would soon be doing by stealth that which it were much safer to do openly. Another transfer announced yesterday by the Bishop is that of R Cv Father Kelly from St. J Dhi'j Parish t D be aesistaat to Rev. Father H Dban, at St. Lao's Parish in Ashley. Tils, wide not an aitaal promo tlun for Puller K illy, Is p:op«ly regard*3 ■ts su Dh, tor toe retson taat It places ht . in direct line to saooeed Riv. Father HD lan, who ts now regud*! as being the likely appointee t) the offiie of coadjitor to Bishop 0 Sara, his naon having beeii recommended to the Pope for appointment R-?v. Father K illy has been located here for tie past three years, and daring that time has ga oed miny warm friends Iney regret bis departure, but congratu late him upon his bright prospects win's taste, so that I think she would not buy a pair of stockings but she must ask herself whether he would admire 'em. And the more she had the more eager she grew to have, buying by candlelight, which was an imprudence, and making no sort of bargain, but giving all the shopkeepers asked for their wares, which, to be sure, was another always with a of Mr. Cod- '' But, Mrs. Godwin,'' says I in alarm. WlLKMBVitiB Pa.., Jalr 30, 183D, "Oh, call mo Moll," cries she wildly. "Let me be myself for this one uiglit." To whom It may coniern: This is to certify that I am personally acquainted .with Mr. Edward H. Post, of this city, a candidate for the offiie of County Surveyor and I take pleasure in stating that I kn Dw him to be folly competent for the position, and I believe that if elected he woald discharge the duties of the office with great credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the people. Mr. Post's engineering experience has fortunately been on a line which specially qnaliflee him for the office he seeks, and he Is withal deserving of it About a week after this I got a letter from him asking me to come again :is soon as I might, he having cut his hand with a chisel, "so that I cannot work my lathe, and having nothing to occupy my mind do plague myself beyond en- ROUSING REPUBLICAN MEETING Committeemen and Candidates Have a Then, at the thought that she might never again be enfolded here in her husband's arms, an agony of grief succeeded her fit of maddening fear, and she wept till her mind grew calm from sheer exhaustion, and so, little by little, as her courage revived, she began to reason with herself as how 'twas the least likely thing in the world that if Mrs. Godwin were in England she should come to the court unattended and in her Moorish clothes, and then, seeing the folly of abandoning herself to a foolish fancy, she rose, dashed the tears from her face and set herself to find some occupation to distract her thoughts. And what employment is nearer to her thoughts or dearer to her heart than making things straight for her husband? So she goes into the next room where he worked and falls to washing his brushes, cleaning his paint board and putting all things in order against his return, that he may lose no time in setting to work at another picture, and at dinner time, finding her face still disfigured with her late emotions and ashamed of her late folly, she bids her maid bring a snack to her room, under the pretense that she feels unwelL This meal she eats, still working in her husband's room, for, one improvement prompting another, she finds plenty to do there—now thinking that the hangings of her own private room, being handsomer, will look tetter on these walls, whereas t'others are more fit for hers, where thev are less seen: that this corner looks naked and will look better for her little French table standing there, with a china image atop, and so forth. This, then, did devote her time till sundown, whereabouts Mrs. Butterby raps at her door to know if she will have a cup of warm caudle to comfort her, at the same time telling her that Mr. Hopkins will not sup with her, as he has Captain Evans for his guest at the lodge. Conference. Yet her husband never looked more hearty and strong, and every look and word of his bespoke increasing love. The change in her was not unperceived by him, and often he would look down into her wistful, craving eyes as if he would ask of her: "What is it, love? Tell me alL " And she, as understanding this appeal, would answer nothing, but only shake her head, still gazing into his kind eyes as if she would have him believo she bad naught to telL If the meeting he.d in E igle free Hal) Isst week may be taken as a criterion, tepu linan ent'insiustn in the upper end ot 'he Fiftb L'g's'ativo D strict Is at a high oltch I j response to a call for a meeting if the local committeemen and party w irkers, more than a hundred prominent Republicans as«tmbled, and a ronslrg ueetlng was held. The county oandlda ee were present, and w-re highly p t-ased with the enoonraglng eports that made from all of the ilstrlcts Speeches were made by Attorley Ferris, Colonel Campbell aid others, D11 of kn enthuriastlc nature. In fact, ver»body present must have beeD lm■re-w d with the fact th Dt the workers of r.be party scent certain victory in the air. piece of This business However, this little chagrin was no more than a little cloud on a summer's day, which harms no one and is quickly dispelled by generous heat, and the tender affection of these two for each other did impart a glow of happiness to my heart. 'Tis strange to think how all things tonight look bright und hopeful, which yesterday were gloomy and awesome. Even tho weather hath changed to keep in harmony with our condition. A fresh wind sprang up from the north this morning, and tonight every star shines out sharp and clear through the frosty air, promising well for tomorrow and our Christmas feast. And smelling of tho geese, I do now find them all as sweet as nuts, which contents me mightily, and so I shall go to bed this night blessing God for all things. durance." seemed to me the most wearisome in the world, but it served only to increase 1st energies, and she would not be persuade! to desist until, the shops closing, she could lay out no more money that night. Supped very well, but mighty late, at the Tabard inn, where we lay all night. And the next morning, Moll's fever still unabated, we set out again a shopping, and no rest until we caught the stages and that by a miracle, at 4, and so home, dead beat Much concerned for my old friend, I lose no time in repairing to Greenwich, where I find him sitting idle before his lathe, with an arm hanging in a handkerchief and his face very yellow, but this, I think, was of drinking too much ale. And here he fell speedily discoursing of Moll, saying he could not sleep of nights for thinking of the pranks she used to play us, our merry vagabond life together in Spain ere we got to Elche, etc., and how he missed her now more than ever he did before. After that, as I anticipated, ho came in a shuffling, roundatwut way (as one ashamed to own his weakness) to hinting at seeing Moll by stealth, declaring lie would rather see her for two minutes now and again peering through a bush, though she should never cast a glance his way, than have her treat him as if she were not his child and she had ceased to feel any love for him. But seeing the peril of such ways I would by no means consent to his hanging about the court like a thief, and told him plainly that unless ho would undo us all and ruin Moll he must come openly as before or not at alL This is all very well, thinks I, but how about our geese and turkeys? Will our tenants come, or shall we find that Simon hath spoiled their appetite, and so bo left with naught but starved beggars for our company? However, before 4 o'clock an end was put to these doubts, for some in wagons, others on horse, with their wives or sweethearts on pillions behind, clasping their men tight, and the rest afoot, all came that were asked by me, and more, and pretty jolly already with all on the road, and a great store of mistletoe among them for their further merriment. And what ploased me as much as anything was to find all mighty civil to Moll—nearly all offering her a Christmas box of fresh eggs, honey and such homely produce, which she received with the most pretty, winning grace, that went homo to every heart, so that tho hardest faces were softened with a glow of contentment and admiration. Then down we sat to table, Moll at one end and her husband beside her, Dm Sanchez and I at t'other, and all the rest packed as close as sprats in a barrel, but every lad squeezing closer to his lass to make room for his neighbor we found room for all and not a sour look anywhere. Dear heart! What appetites they had, yet would waste nothing, but picked every one hia bone properly clean (which did satisfy me nothing was amiss with our geese), and great ch«*Drinfir when the puddings and snapdragons came in ail aflame, and all as merry as pigs—flinging of lighted plums at each other, but most Elmer H. La wall, General Supt. Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co. These cnaiges necessitate new assistants for Rev Father Finnen at St John's Heretofore he hai had twj. Njw the Blxhcp has granted three, and two have already been appelated T ley are R Dv F *ther George Dlson, of Avoca, and Rev Father Lavelie of Son'h Sorant in B ith of these were latel t ordained to the priesthood in Carboadale, and these are thslr first positions. The third curate for St John's remains t D be named. W. A LiATHROP, General 3npt Lehigb Valley Coal Co. I. A. Stearns, General Manager Susquehanna Coal Co. The editor of this paper haa seen the original of t ills letter, is acq lain ted with the signers and knows that the letter to ■genuine Can the intelligent voter find a better man, a more competent or deserving man to oast his vot C for than Edward H. Post. Of his qualifications yon have undeniable proof, O; the qnalifi lations of the other candidates yon know nothing. Bvery voter has a datf to perform, to vote for the beet man. Edward H. Poat to the beet man, to endorsed by m *n of both parties, men of undeniable integrity and highest professional attainments.—Wi kes barre limes These things made me very thoughtful and urgent to find some satisfactory explanation. To be sure, thinks I, marriage is but the beginning of a woman's real life, and so one may not reasonably expect her to bo what she was as a thoughtless child. And 'tis no less natural that a young wife should love to be alone with her husband rather than in the midst of people who must distract his thoughts from her, as also it is right and projK-r she should wish to be in her ownhon m recting her domestic affairs and teno C to her husband, showing him withal she is a good and thoughtful housewife. But why these pensive, tristful looks, now she hath her heart's desire? Then, finding I must seek some better reason, I bethought mo she must have had a very hard, difficult task in London to conceal from one, who was now a part of herself, her knowledge of so many things it was unbefitting she should reveal Upc. ix.—Moll mad all day oecause the carrier lxath brought but half her purchases, and they not what she wanted. By tbe evening wagon oome three seamstresses she engaged yesterday morning, and they are to stay in the house till all is finished, but as yet nothing for them to do, which is less grievous to them than to poor Moll, who, I believe, would set them working all night for fear she shall not be fitted against her wedding. Several other changes among the priests of the diocese have been mad a. Rev. J ihn Griffin, who for the past four years has be-n the aa-ietant at St. J Dhn's Church in S'ineedale, goes to Carboadale in plaoe of Fataer Cnrran, who will take oLaree of new parish in Wllkeebarre. Rev. Bernard O'Byrne, of Carb indale, will take the p ace at Honeedale v?oat*d by Father Gr ffia Rev J tmes Malone, of Carbondale, has been well cared for by an assignment to the college at 8cranton. Rev. High Gerrity, of St. Andrew's, BIossbarg, has been given a new parish at Ralston, Bradford county. BOYD GIVES IT CP. Dec. 24.—Now this blessed day hath ended, and Moll is sure and safely bound to Mr. Godwin in wedlock, thanks to Providence. Woke at daybreak and joyed to find all white without and covered with rime, sparkling like diamonds as the sun rose red and jolly above the firs, and so I thC Dught our dear Moll's life must sparkle as she looked out on this, which is like to be the brightest, happiest day of her life. Dressed in ray best with great care, and put on the favor of white ribbons given me by Moll's woman last night and so very well pleased with my looks, to the The D mncratlc Organization Without Money and Without Hope. Tbe editor ot the Wilkesbarre AVws- Dealer frankly confesses, in Saturday's -sue, that McLem in the only man on the Democratic c untj t ck»-t who is "paylna lis footing." Without wxst ng wards at* to the hopeless sita t on, brother Boyd 'throws up the in this faahlon a id it will be accepted as i-ffi lal by tboe* who know tie ioMm-t-t relati Dns ex'sting between the News-Dealer editor and tbe chairman of the DemCDoratic County Com rnlttee: "If the Democratic eonity candilatee outside of M L 'an are bea'en it will be their own fault, not that of Chairman MCGahren. They retu e to pay the money they havn been assessed, and he Is without funds to proviie workers at the polls Possibly they realize that their chances ar« poor, and that it would be a waste of uoney to seed any more in that direct on We heartily sympathy with C lalrman vfoQahren at the posit on he 1s p aced In, and he is doing the best he oan under the circumstances." Dec. 19.—Thank God, the carrier brought all our packages this morning, and they being all undone and laid out there is no sitting down anywhere with o imfort, but all confusion, and no regularity anywhere, so I was content to get my meals in the kitchen the best 1 could And here I do perceive the wisdom of Don Sanchez, who did not return with us from London, and does intend (he told me) to stay there till the wedding eve Death of Mas. John Patterson. Mrs Eilztbcth Anu Patterson, wife of John Patterson, a well known resident of Mill street, died Sunday evening after a long and painful illness, aged 48 yean, 1 month and 16 days. Mrs Patterson went to a Philalelpala Hospital last May for treatment for oancer. 8he returned home somewhat Improved, but soon began to grow worse and for several months has been in a very Bartons condition. She la survived by her husband, one son, Roy, and one daughter, Annie. Without further demur he consents to bo guided by me, and then very eagerly asks when it will be proper for him to come, and we agree that if he come in a week's time there will be no thought in anylxxly's mind of our having conspired to this end. At the playhouse she must feign astonishment at all she saw, as never visited one before, and keep constant guard upon herself lest some word slipped her lips to reveal her acquaintance with the players and their art. At the ridotto she must equally feign ignorance of dancing—she whose nimble feet had tripped to every measure since she could stand alone. There was scarcely a subject on wnicn sne would dare to spoait without deliberation, and she must check her old habit of singing and be silent, lest she fall by hazard to humming some known tune. Truly, under such continuous strain (which none but such a trained actress could maintain for a sin- Rle day) her spirit must have wearied. And if this part was hard to play in public, where we are all, I take it, ac- As the fates would have it, Mr. Godwin finished his painting on the Saturday following (the most wonderful piece of its kind I ever saw or any one else in my belief), and being justly proud of his work and anxious Sir Peter Lely should see it soon he resolved he would carry it to Hatfield on Monday. Moll, who was prouder of her husUuid's piece than if it were of her own doing, was not less eager it should be seen, yet the thought that she must lose him for four days (for this journey could not well bo accomplished in less time) oast down her spirits exceedingly. 'Twas painful to see her efforts to be cheerful despite of herself. And, seeing how incapable she was of concealing her real filling from him whom sho would cheer, she at length confessed to him her trouble. "I would have you go and yet I'd have you stay, love," says she. Dec. 20.—Moll, bit by a new maggot, tells me thin morning she will have a great feast on Christmas day, and bids me order matters accordingly. She will have a whole ox roasted before the house by midday, and barrels of strong ale set up, that there may be meat and drink for all who choose to take it, and at 4 she will have a supper of geese, turkeys and plum puddings for all her tenants, th«*ir wives and sweethearts, with fiddles afterward for dancing, etc. Lord knows how we shall oome out of this madness, but I have got the innkeeper, a busy, capable man, to help me, and he does assure me all will go well enough, and I pray he be right KILLED BY A BURGLAR. A Terrllile Tragedy at Hawley—George Stott Shot Dead. A dispatch to Saturday's Scran ton Republican says : "List night at about eleven o'clock It w*s noticed that three men were moving suspiciously abou James Mlllham & C D 'a s'ore, and it was supposed they were waiting for an opportunity to burglarize the property. They were watched by friends of the tirm f Dr a while, when Mr Charles Fuerth notlfi d Mr Asher Atkinson, a member of the firm. Mr. Attln eon aroused other friends, among them George A. 8 ott and his son James They w-int t D the »tt,Dre oautionsly to Investigate the rumored burglary When thny had reached the front of the store Jam** St Dtt heard a noise in a coal house near the store. He gave an alarm and before t ie men could Becrete themselves three m-*n rushed out of the coal house, into the street, eaoh W1ti a revolver In his hand Five shots were ®.-ed, oue ef t e charges taking fattl effect In Mr. G-orge Stott'e stomach. He fell to the uronnd, and while his friends gathered around him, tbe three burglars ran with great spe*d down the tow path of the Delaware and Hudson sanal toward the Ltckawaxen. Mr St t was promptly cared for, was carried home, and a physician oalled, bir he died twenty minutes after the shot was 6 ed." To Steady the Nerves mannerly not to fling any at Moll or us. Then more shouting for joy when the bowls of ale aiul posset come in, and all, standing, give three times three for their new mistre.su and her husband. Hearing of which tho beggars without (not tired of dancing about tho embers) troop up to the door and give three times three as well, and end with crying joy and long life to the wedded pair. When this tumult was ended and tho door shut, Mr. Godwin gave a short oration, thanking our tenants for their company and good wishes, and then he told them how his dear wife and ho, wishing others to share their joy and remember this day, had resolved to forgive every tenant one-half of his quarter's rent. "And so, Mr. Hopkins," says he, addressing me, "you will think of this tomorrow." Is a task to the accomplishment of which narcotics and sedatives are Inadequate. The effect they produce is paralytio. They destroy sensation without benefitting the uerves. Hoetet er's Stomach Bitters, on the oontrarp, strengthens and sooths the nervous system. Overwork and mental anxiety weaken and relax it, and there is no more reliable means of bracing It and restoring nerve quletnde, than by reinforcing digestion and promoting assimilation of the food—two tff ots always consequent upon the use of the great stomachio. Failing strength recuperated, a regular habit of nody r-stored, and appetite improved by the Bitters Disease must be regarded as an exceedingly remote possibility by any one whose system has been thus relnfor ed. Malarial disease, constipation, dyspepsia, rhenmat am and kidnsy troubles are overcome by and prevented by this standard medlolne, which has no peer among American t Dnlcs and is in constant y increasing demand;tn Mextoo, the Weet Indies and South America. Anil now Moll, by that natural succession of extremes which seems to be a governing law of nature, as the flow the ebb, the calm the storm, day the night, etc., was not less elated thim she had been depressed in the early part of the day, but still, I take it, in a nervous, excitable condition. And hearing her father, whom she has not seen so long, is hero a thousand mad projects cuter her lively imagination. So when Mrs. Butterby, after the refusal of her warm caudle, projtoses she shall bring madam a tray of victuals that sho may pick something in bed Moll, stifling a merry thought, asks, in a feeble voice, what there is in the larder. TWO FARMKRS KILLED. Stnirk lDy the Valley Milk Train at Black Dec. 21.—Sick with fears that all must end ilL For the place is a very babel for tradesmen and work people bringing in goods, and knowing not where to set them, servants hurrying this way and that, one charged with a dozen geese, another with silk petticoats, jostling each other, laughing, quarreling, and no sort of progress, at it seems, anywhere, but all tumult and disorder. Walnut. J Dhn Gsy, of Aubcrn, and George A. Luce, of Bu inell Hill, both farmers, were 'nsta1 t'y killed Thursday, Oct 24 by the fas' m'lk t.aln on the Lehigh V tlley Ro-td at BUck Walnut, near M*shoppen. They xt'empted to cross the tr ck in frint o* the train, saw their e ror and tried to back 0 The horses became frightened, however, and remained on the track. The »a«on wns a total w-eck The two men were thrown n tder the engine's wheels and their bodies horribly mangled. I pcrceivcd old Simon oourt where Moll is still a-dressing, but Mr. Godwin and Don Sanchez, nobly arrayed, conversing before the fire. And here a great bowpoton the table (which Mr. Godwin had made to come from London this morning) of the most wondrous flowers I have ever seen at this time of the yeitr, so that I could not believe them real at first, but they are indeed living, aud Mr Oudwin tell* they are raised in houses of gi;iss very artificially heated. Presently comes in Moll with her maids, she looking like any pearl, in a shining gown of white satin decked with rich lace, the collar of diamonds glittering about her white throat, her face suffused with happy blushes and past everything for sprightly beauty. Mr. Godwin offers hit bowpot and takes her into his arms, and there for a moment she lay with closed eyes and a palloi spreading over her cheek as if this joy were more than her heart could bear, but recovering quickly she was again all lively smiles and radiance. '' 'Tis but a little while we shall bo parted,"says ha "A little while?" says sho, trembling and wringing one hand within the other. "It seems to me as if we were parting forever." "Why, madam," says Mrs. Butterby, from the outside, "there's the partridge Dec. 22.—Con Id not sleep a wink all last night for casting up accounts of all this feasting and inery will cost us, and finding it must eat up all that money we had of poor Mr. Goodman, and make a deep hole in our quarter's reuts besides. I fell a-speculating whether our tenants would pay me with the same punctuality they have used to pay old Simon, with grievous fears to the contrary. For assnredly Simon hath not been idle these pstst days, and will do us an ill turn if he can by throwing doubts before these same tenants whether they should pay or not before Moll's succession is made sure. "Why, then," returns he, laughing, "we will not part at alL You shall oome with me, chuck What should prevent you?" At first I was disposed to begrudge this munificence—thinking of my accounts and the bills I should have to pay ere rent day came again—but on second thoughts it rejoiced me much as being a counterblast to anything Simon could do against us. For no tenant, thinks I, will be fool enough to withhold payment when he may got his quittance tomorrow for half its value. And herein was I not mistaken, for today every tenant hath paid with a cheerful countenancc. So that this is very good business, and I am not in any way astonished to find that our subtle Spaniard was at the bottom of it, for indeed it was Don Sanchez, who (knowing my fears on this head and thinking them well grounded) suggested this act of generosity to Moll, which she in her fullness of heart, seized on at once. (Truly 1 believe she would give the clothes off her back, no matter what it cost her, to miy one in nt*Dd, so reckless is she in l Sho starts with joy at this, then looks at him incredulous for a moment, and so, her countenance falling again, sho shakos her head as thinking, I take it, that if it were advisable she should go with him he would have proposed it befora "The Common People," As Abraham Lincoln called them, do not care to argue about their ailment*. What they want is a medicine that will enre them. The simple, honest statement, "I know that H od'o Sarsaparilla cured me," Is the beet argument la favor of this medlolne, and this is what many thousands voluntarily say. - Serious Fire In Sugar Notch. Several weeks ago Sugar N 'toh ««« visit -d by a fire which destroyed several 10 .ses, and 8auday morning agala fi.e nouses tnere were destroyed The fire started in J -hn L mhan's boast, and spread to those occupied by Johu E rnest, 3ourad K me, and two o'bers occupied by Polish families. T ie- loss will reaob $7,- 000. Mr Lenahan owned the house In »hioh he lived The other four buildings were owned by the Maff t C al Oc. There was no water or apparatus to fi bt the "No," says she, " 'twas an idlo fancy, ami I'll not yield to it. I shall bocome a burden rather than a helpmate if you cannot stir from homo without me. Nay," adds she, when he would override this objection, "you must not tempt me to be weak, but rather aid me to do that which I feel right." Ho id's Pills are the beet after-dinner pills, assist dlaeft on. cure headache. 25o. Moll, near at hand, watching him. tors of some sort and on the alert to sustain the character we would have our own, how much more difficult must it be in private when we drop our disguise and lay our hearts open to those we love! And here, as it seemed to mo, I did hit rightly at the true cause of her present secret distress, for at home as abroad she must'still be acting a part, weighing her words, guarding her acts —forever to be hiding of something from her dearest friend—ever denying him that confidence he appealed for—ever keeping a cruel, biting bond upon the most generous impulse of her heart, closing her heart where it was bursting to open to her dear mate. GEORGE DREW IN TOWN. CtfturnC as Manager of Dramatic Coni- The Ideal Panacea. 1 pany. D J a nee L Francis, Alderman, Chicago, Bays : "I regard Dr. King's New Diaocvery as an ideal panacea for ooughs, oolds and lnng complaints, having used it in my family for the last five years, t D the exclusion of physicians' pr seriptions or other preparations " And I have flood reason to fear they •will not, for I observed yesterday when I called upon Farmer Giles to invite him to our feast he seemed very jerky and ill at ease, whioh perplexed me greatly, until, on quitting, I perceived through a door that stood ajar old Simon watcd in a side room. And 'tis lut natural that if they find prudent exense for withholding their rents they will keep their money in pocket, which will pinch us smartly when our bills George Drew, who left Pittston about four years ago, was circulating among old friends her-i Snnday. He now resides In Boff »lo, says he is doing well, and prom tsee to enteit tin hi - friends in tt. le there if tiey oorne to sC«e him He is now engaged asbusir e-s i anager for the Irene Taylor Dramatic C mptny, the star of which is his wife. Tfle company oimi to Pittstoa Junction on Saurday night, r-mained there over Sundty at the Valley H use, a-d 1-it on Uonday on the Bloomsburg Road for Plym Dnth, where tney have a week'e engagemeLt And she would not bo jxTsuaded from tliis resolution, but bore herself most bravely, even to the moment when she and her husband clasjK'd each for the last time in a farewell embrace. Then comes a letter, brought by a bight carrier, from her father (a most dirty, ill written scrawl signed Robert Evans with his mark), praying he may be excused, as his masts are to be stepped o' Wednesday, and he must take the occasion of a ketch leaving Dartford for Falmouth this day, and at the same time begging her acceptance of a canister of China tea (which is, I learn, lDe come a fashionable dish in London) ;is a marriage offering. Soon after this a maid runs in to say the church bells are a-ringing, so out we go into the crisp, fresh air, with not a damp place to soil Moll's pretty shoes—she and Mr. Godwin first, her maids next (tarrying her train, and the don audi closing the procession, very stately. In the churchyard stand two rows of village maids with baskets to strew rosemary and sweet herbs in our path, and within the church a brave show of gentlefolks, friends and neighlxjrs, to honor the wedding. d unes. "lirlny 'cm all," says Mull. you did not eat at breakfast, there's a cold pigeon pasty and a nice fresh ham iuul a lovely roily iDoly pudding I made with my own hands in the pot. " The Wilkeebarre Leader made a big blunder in brauding as a traitor John H. Rice, the well known railroader and labor reader, who wC8 last year a card da'e for slerk of t ie courts on the Democratic Muket In a letter to the Record Mr. Rioe Cays tbe Leader's ait Dck upon him was unwarranted, because he was at the t me undecided as to tbe c»nDse be wnnld pmsae. 'I am a Democrat," be sajs, "have been C11 my life—never voted for a Republican either in oonnty, itite or national election, and will not be read out of the party by 'be lender I will vt.te for James Martin for Sheriff, and hope all my friends wi 1 do likewise, and thus repay the men who b t a ed me in '94, and who, wnen N Do'ter was a • andMate, said the railroad Rice Hits Itack. Rev John Burgns, Keokuk, Iowa, writes: "I have been a minister of tae Methodist Episcopal Cbnroh for 60 years or more, and have never fonnd anything so beneficial, or that gave me snob speedy relief as Dr. King's New Disoovery " Try this Ideal congb remedy now. Trial b ttles free at W. 0. Prlot's and G. D. Stroh's drag stores. love mid pity.) She stood where he had left her for some moments after he was gone. Suddenly she ran a few paces with parted lips and outstretched hands, as if sho would call him back, halted, clasping her hands, then turning, passed me quickly, looking across her shoulder, with such terror in her white face that I do think her strong imagination figured some accusing spirits, threatening tin. CDtiH df iill ber iiiVK. Dec. 27.—Don Sanchez took leave of us this day, he setting forth for Spain tomorrow, with the hope to reach his friends there for their groat feast of the new year. And we are all mighty sorry to lose him, for not only hath he lDeen a rare grxDd friend to us, but also he is a most seemly gentleman (to keep us in countenance), and a vory good, stanch and reliable companion. But this comprises not all our loss, he having, as I confess, more wit in his little finger than we in all onr bfxlies, and ever ready with an expedient, in the hour of need, and I know not why, but ■ I look in his going as a sign of coming evil, nor am I greatly comforted by bis telling me privily that when we want him he shall be found by a letter sent to the Albego Puerto del Sole*, Toledo, in Spain. And I pray heaven we may have no (jeeasion to write to him. "Bring 'em all," says Moll in the same aching voice, ''and I'll pick what tempts me.'' come to be paid. Yet I conceived that this feast would incline our tenants to regard us kindly; but, on the other hand, thinks I, supposing they regard this as a snare, and do avoid us altogether 1 Then shall we lie nipped another way, for, having no one to eat our feast but a few idle rogues, who would tret beef and ale for nothing, we shall l.ut lay ourselves open to mockery and pet further into discredit. Thus, betwixt one fear and another, I lay like a toad Tinder a harrow all night in a mortal sweat- and perturbation of spirit Therewith sho silently slips tho bolt back, whips on her nightgown and slips into bed. Soon after their return Mr. Godwin set to work painting the head of a Sybil, which the lord of Hatfield House had commanded, on the recommendation of Sir Peter Lely, taking Anne Fitch for his niCnlel, and she sitting in that room of the court, house he had prepared for his workshop. Hero ho would be at it every day as long as there was light for his purpose, Moll, near at hand, watching him, ready to chat or hold her peaoe, according to his inclination, just as she had done when ho was a-painting of tho ceiling, only that now her regard was more intent upon him than his work, and when he turned to look at her 'twas with interchange of undisguised love in their fond eyes. She ever luul a piece of work or a lx«)k in her lap, but she made not half a dozen stitches or turned a single page in tho whole day, for he was the sole occupation uf hor mind—the Baettlen'a Arnica Salve. Presently up comes Mrs. Butterby, carrying a wax candle, followed by a Death of Mrs. Henry Overpeck. The beet salve in the world for Outs, Brnlsee, Sores, Ulcers, Sanlt Rhenm, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cares Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prloe 85 oents per box. For sale by Wm. 0. Prloe, Pittston, and Geo. D. Stroh, Wert Pittston. v. C i» *i ii an 1110 provisions Mull had commanded. Having permission to enter, the gCxDd woman sets down her candle, puts on her glasses, and coming, to the bedside, says she can see very well by her poor 1C« l.s that her dear mistress luis got a return of her biliaries and prays heaven it may tot turn to something worse. Tbe friends of Mrs. Henry O/erpeck formerly of t is plac-s lately of New York, were shock d to learn of ber sulden death which occurred last Monday at her home in that city M-s. Overpeck was formerly Miss Ida Lathrop, d of Mr and Mrs A J Lathrop, or this place. She was abont twenty-nine years of age. A vear ago this month she wasmarrUd to Mr Overpeck, and went to New York to reside 1 he news of her deatb was recived with mnch sorrow by her family and numerous friends. During her residence in Pittston she was very active in religion* work, having been a member of the Hroad St. M E Chuuh and Christian Endeavor Society I followed her into tho house, but there I learned from Mrs. Butterby that her mistress was gone to her own chamber.As I was sitting in my office in the afternoon Jack Dawson came to me in his seaman's his hand still wrapped up, but his face more healthful for his long ride and cheerful thoughts. "Nay," says Moll very faintly, "I ■hall lDe well again when I am relieved of this headache, and if I can only fall asleep, as I feel disposed to, you will see me tomorrow morning in my usual health. I shan't attempt to rise this evening." ("For mercy's sake, don't," cries Mrs. Butterby.) "And so, I pray you, order that no ono shall come near niv rourn to disturb." ("I'll see that It Salts tbe People Nor has this day done much to allny my apprehension. For at the court all is still at sixes and sevens, none of a very cheerful spirit, but all mighty anxious, save Moll, who throughout has kept a high, bold spirit. And she does declare they will work all night but everything shall be in its place before J»er lover comes tomorrow. And truly I "Why, this could not have fallen out better," says I when we had exchanged greetings, "for Moll is all alone, and down in the dumps by reason of her husband having left her this morning on business that will hold him absent for three or four days. We will go up presently and have supper with her." "No, Kit," nays he very resolutely. men were no good " Is what drngglsts say, becanse they are tired of the many bitter congb remedies. Pan-Tina is the mos' pleasant tasting medicine, quickly cure* oolds, throat and lung disorders 3 i c*nts. Pan-Tina Is sold at J H. Honok's and Stroh's drag stores. But here was I put to a most horrid quaking the moment I passed the door, to perceive old Simon standing foremost in the throng about the altar, in his leather cap (which he would not remove for clerk or sexton, but threatened them, as I am told, with the law if they lay a finger on him). And seeing him there, Ynur children are liable to coughs, colJs, sore throat, croup and whooping i ongh, which often results seriously. Prumpt treatment saves m Dny innocnt little snff-rers. Trv Pan Tina cough and consumption cure. It's pleasant, safe and snre. 2'Dcta. Sold at J. H. Honck'd and Stroh's drag stores. Tonight at supper I find Moll all cock-a-hoop with a new delight, by reason of her dear husbiuid offering to take her to London for a month to visit the theaters and other diversions, which pu| Call and be convinced of the prices we reselling Fall clothing for. Lynch Bhos. Our 19j. n iderwear is worth looking at, even If yon don't bay. Lynch Bbos. 15j!5
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 46 Number 13, November 01, 1895 |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 13 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1895-11-01 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
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Original Format | newspaper |
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Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 46 Number 13, November 01, 1895 |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 13 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1895-11-01 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_18951101_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
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Full Text | BC*TABL.ISIIEDI8ftO. ) VOL.. XL.VI. MO. 13 t Oldest Newspaper in the Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. NOVEMKKK I, 1 £95. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. t *1.00 PER ANNUM 1 IN ADVANCE "A Set of Rogues" 1 must needs conclude that ho intended' to do us .in ill turn, for his face wore the most wickwl, cruel, malicious look that ever thirst of vengeance could impart. Indeed, I expected nothing less than that he would forbid the marriage on such grounds as we had too good reason to fear, and with this dread I regarded Mull, who also could not fail to see "him. Her face whitened as she looked at him, but her step never faltered, and this peril seemed but to fortify her courage and resolution, and indeed I do think by her high bearing and the defiance in her eye as she belli her lover's arm that she was fully prepared to make good answer if ho challenged her right to marry Mr. Godwin. But (the Lord bo thanked I) he did not put her to this trial, only he stood there like a thing of evil omen to darken the joy of this day with fearful foreboding. me to a new quirK lor tear Mon should lie known by any of our former playhouse companions. But this I now perceive is a very absurd fear, for no one in the world who had seen Moll three years ago—a half starved, long legged, raw child—could recognizo her now, a beautiful, well proportioned woman in her line clothes, and so my mind is at easo on this head. living book, ever yielding her sweet thoughts. This persevering, patient toil on his part did at first engender in my mind suspicion that some doubting thoughts urged him to assume his independence against any accident that might befall the estate, but now I believe 'twas nothing but a love of work and of his art, and that his mind was free from miy taint of misgiving as regards his wife's honesty. 'Tis likely enough that spite her caution many a word and sign escaped Moll which an enemy would have quickly seized on to prove her culpable, but we do never see the faults of those we love (or seeing them have ready at a moment excuse to prove them no faults at all), and at this time Mr. Godwin's heart was so luiiot love there was no place for other feeling. Venom from a rose had seemed to him more possible than evil from one so natural, sweet and beautiful as MolL "i ii not. i am resoiveu i won t, go there till tomorrow, fur this is no hour to be a -calling on ladies, and her husband being away 'twill look as if we had ordered it of purpose. Besides, if Midi's in trouble, how am I to pretend I know nothing of the matter and care less, and this Mother Butterby and a parcel of sly, observant servants about to surprise one at any moment? .Say no more—'tis useless—for I won't be )»er suaded against my judgment. " no one so much as ;ct a foot on your ST. JOHN'S DIVIDED. stair, madam, poor dear! .ys t'other.) AVOCA MEN HURT. " And you will see that all is closed carefully. And so good night, mother, and good night to you, Jane and Betsy ! Oh, Fell One Story at the New Silk MIll.Mon- Tlie New Parish of St. Mary's day Morning. my poor head! J Ad K tterick and Jamee Slattery, both well known married men residing In West Avoca, employed as laborers on the new silk mill bul.dlcg in Avoea, were severely injured on Monday morning. The scaffolding on the second floor on whioh they were standing broke, and both men fell through to the next flxtr. Slattery had one arm broken and hi* body was also badly brn Bed. Kltterlok was badly bruised about the hi pa, and suffered a severe cut on bis head. Their iDjoriee, whili very painful, are not considered dangerous. With a whispered "Gixxl night, dear madam," Mrs. Butterby and the maids leave the room a-tiptoe, closing the door behind them as if 'twere of gingerbread, and no sooner are they gone than Moll, big with her mad design, nips out of bed, strips off her nightgown, and finding not liing more convenient for her purpose puts the ham, pasty and partridges in a clean pillowslip. This done, she puts on her cloak and hood, and having with great caution set the door open and seen all safe and quiet below she takes up her bag of victuals, blows out the candle, and as silent as any mouse makes her way to the little private staircase at the end of the stairs. And now, with less fear of encountering Mrs. Godwin than Black Bogey, she feels her way down the dark, narrow staircase, reaches the lower door, unbolts it and steps out on the path at the back of the house. Estab islrd By FRANK BARRETT, Author ct REV. FATHER GttEEVE THE RECTOR. "The Great Hesper," "A Recoiling Vengeance,'' "Out of the Jaws of Death," Etc., Etc. When Moll was retired, Mr. Godwin asked if I could lot him have a few hundreds upon his account, and I answered very willingly ho shall. And now, setting aside enough to pay all bills and furnish our wants till next quarter day, I am resolved to give him every farthing left of the rents paid yesterday, and shall lie most hearty glad to be rid of it, for this money do seem to scar my hands every time I touch it. nor can i iook at "it out my neart is wrung with pity for those poor tenants who paid so gleefully yesterday, for surely their quittances will hold good for no more than spoiled paper if ever our roguery is discovered. Rev. Father Kelly Transferred as A Mili- "As you will," says I. tant to liev. Father If olDan at Ashley— "There's another reason, if other's needed," says he, "and that's this plaguy thirst of mine, which seizes me when I'm doleful or joyful, with a force there's mo resisting. And chiefly it seizes me in the later part of the day; therefore I'd have you take me to the court betimes, ere it's at its worst. My throat's like any limekiln for dryness now, so do pray, Kit, fasten the door snug, and give me a mug of ale." Rev. Fathers lDixon and Lavelle Ap- pointed Assistant* Here, aud a Third COPYRIGHT MS, fiy MacMILLAN CSt CO to lie Named. The Ion# expected division of St. John's Roman Catiolio Parish has a* latt been or dered by Kt. Rav. Bishop O'Hara. Tne division was recommended some time since by Rr»v Father Fionen, Rector of the Par Ihi, and therefore occasions nosnrprlse. It is generally regard-*1 as dreliable, on account of the extant to which the parish has grown during recent years. Bishop O Hara last week announced the establishment of a new parish to include Upptr Plftttoa and Duryea, which will be known as St. Mary's, the present title of the uoapel ou (JUuro'a Hill, whloh will be the heatfqaartt-rs of the new parish, being continued. It will be pleasing news to the many friends of Rev. Father Qreeve, who has been a curate in St. John's Parish here since October, 1886—this being his firet aud only charge since his graduation frrDm St. B Du a venture's College, at Allegany, N. Y , and his subsequent ordination to the priesthood—tiat he has been chosen rect Dr of the new p trlsh. The appointment is doubly pleasing, for the reason that while It gives Fa-her Gra ve a de ' served promotion, he remains m this community to continue his very wide acqiaintanc-j with our people. Tao services at St. Mary's were as usual on Sunday, but it is expected that by mxt Sunday, the new rector will be in charge. The Bishop has not as yet anncuacel the exact dividing line betw sen St. Mary's and St. John's parishes, but it is expected that it will be at about th-f Ravine crossing. Thia Father Finnen calcu'atei will give to 8t. Mary's Parish about 20) families or about 1,000 people, having about 800 families in 8t John's. There is at praient no rectory at St. Mary's Church, tut this,-it is thought, will soon follow of necessity. CHAPTER XXVI. (jruy mey may, our no rums rnev v Dec. 14 —Dawson left us this morning. In parting Mr. Godwin graciously begged him to ooine to his wedding feast on Christmas day—they having fixed upon CWstmas eve to be mgeied —and Dawso? promised he would, but he did assure me afterward, as we were walking along the road- to meet the stage wagon, that he would certainly feign some reason far not coming. "For," says he, "I am not so foolhardy am to jeopardize my Moll's happiness for the pleaoore this fan* woulC'give me. Nay, Kit, I do think 'twouldbreak my heart indeed if anything of my doing should mar my Moll's happiness." And I was very well pleased to find him in this humor, promising him that we would make amends for his abstinence on this occasion by cracking many a bottle to Moll's joy when we could come together again secretly at my house. In the afternoon Mr. Pearson's clerk l»rCmght the deed of agreement for the settlement of the estate upon Moll and Mr. Godwin, which they signed, and so that is finished as we would have it This clerk tells me his master hath already gone to London about getting the seaL So all things look mighty prosperous.not. For such a m;y 'h' v busiii* should have been lDegr.n a 1 nil) nun For County Surveyor. back. But she will not endure it.e in tl house (though God knows I am as wiL ing as any to help), saying that I dt hinder all, and damp their spirit for work with my gloomy oonntonar ie, which is no more than the truth, I fear. The sky very overcast , with wind in the I can say nothing about the ceremony, for all my attention was fixod upon this hideons Simon, and I had no relief until 'twas safely ended and Moll's friends preased forward to kiss the bride and offer tlioir good wishes, nor did I feel really at ease until we were back again at the court , and seated to a fine dinner, with all the friends who would join us, whereof there were as many as Could sit comfortably at the long table. This feast was very joyous and merry, and, except that the parson would be facetious over his bottle, nothing unseemingly or immodest was said. So we staid at table in exceeding good fellowship till the candles were lit, and then, the parson being very drunk, wo made a pretext of carrying him home to break up our company and leave the happy couple to their joy. Edward H. Post, the Republican candidate for C junty Surveyor, is the oldest son of Merritt H. Poet, the well known harness dealer of Wllkeebarre. Edward H. Past was born and raised in that city. His early edacatlon was obtained in the publlo schools, later he attended the Harry Hillman Academy, from which he graduated with high honors at the age of 18. The following fall .Mr. Pjst entered Yale College where he took a thorough course In oivil engineering and surveying, graduating with honors. Immediately after leaving college Mr. Post entered the employ of tie Wllkeebarre and Eastern Railroad, tien being surveyel. While with this 0 imp my Mr. Poet was engaged iu running tha lines, locating the titles and 1 warrants of lands then being bought for the right of way. In this way he gained a thorough knowledge of the old llnee and warrant) in many parte of the country. 01 the completion of the railroad he entered the employ of the Lehigh Valley Coal company as a mining engineer, and there obtained a thorough knowledge of the location and extent of the wtil measures. Liter he opened an offiie in Wllkeebarre, where he has sinoe conducted a successful and growing engineering and surveying business, oelng retained aa engineer by Ashley, Plytnou h and Sugai Notch boroughs. Personally Elward H. Poet is an hone t, upright, conscientious CHAPTER XXVHL This ended our discussion, but as it was necessary I should give some reason for not supping with Moll I gave Dawson a bottle and went up to the house to find Moll. There I learned that she was still in her chamber, and sleeping, as Mrs. Butterby believed. So I bade the good woman tell her mistress when she awoke that Captain Evans had come to spend the night with me, and he would call to pay her his devoirs the next morning.About once in a fortnight I contrived to go to Loudon for a couple of days on some pretext of business, and best part of this time I spent with Dawson. And the first visit I paid him after the return of Mi .11 1 her husband, telling him of their complete happiness, Moll's increasing womanly beauty and the prosperous aspect of our affairs (for I had that day positive assurance our seal would be obtained within a month), I concluded by asking if his exile might not now be stopped, and he be in a position to come to Chiselhurst and see her as he had before. Dec. 28.—This day Moll and Mr. Godwin set out for Loudon, all smiles and gladness, and Moll did mako me promise to visit them in London and share their pleasures. But if I have no more appetite for gayety than I feel at this moment I shall do better to stay here and mind my business, though I do expect to find little pleasure in that, and must abide by a month of very dull, gloomy days. south, and the air vr lild There is still a faint twilight, and this enables her to find her way to the wicket gate opposite Anne Fitch's cottage. Not a soul is to bo seen, and so, with her hood drawn well over her head, she spells on, and in five minutes reaches my house. Here, finding the door fastened, she gives a couple of knocks, and on my opening she. asks meekly in a feigned voice, which for the life of me I should not have known for hers, if I am minded to buy a couple of partridges a friend has sent and she ha s no use for. ""lKrT7 id our geese will lie all stinking belore they are eat And if it pour of rain on Christmas day how will the ox be roast, and what sort of company can we expect ? This puts me to another taking for dread of a new fiasco. Dec. 23.—Going to tho court about midday, I was dnmfounded to find no sign of tbe disorder that prevailed there yesterday, Ijtit all swept and garnished, and Moll in a brave seated at her fireside, reading a book with the utmost tranquillity, though I suspect she did assume something in this to increase my astonishment. She was largely diverted by my amazement, and made very light of her achievement, but she admitted that all had worked till daybreak, and she had slept but two hours since. Nevertheless no one could have looked fresher and brighter than she, bo healthy and vigorous were her natural parts. About 1 comes Mr. Godwin to cap her happiness and give fresh glory to her beauty. And sure a handsomer or better mated couple never was, Mr. Godwin's shapely figure being now set off to advantage by a very noble clothing, as becoming his condition. With him came also by tho morning stage Don Sanchez, mighty fine in a new beard, of the latest mode, and a figured silk coat and waistcoat. And seeing the brave show they made at table, I was much humbled to think I had gone to no expense in this particular. But I was yet more mortified when Dm Sanchez presents Moll with a handsome set of jewels for a wedding gift, to see that I had nothing in the world to offer her, having as yet taken not a iDenny of her money, save for the use of others and my bare necessities. Moll, however, was too full of happiness to note this omission on my part; she could think of no one now but her dear husband, and I counted for nothing. Here, that nothing may lie unaccounted for in the sequence of events, I must depart from my train of present observation to speak from after knowledge. A week before the promised month was up Moll and her husband came back to the cou' f , iuid lest I should imagine that her pleasures had been curtailed by his caprice she was at great pains to convince me that he h:»d yielded to her insistence in thi.C matter, declaring she was sick of theat'TH. ridottos, masquerades iuid sight eei g, and had sighed to be home ere sin- liad lDeen in London a week. Th's surprised me exceedingly, knowing how passionate fond she had ever beep of the plaj'honse and diversioiuwu any kind, and rememlx-ring how eager she was to go to town with her husband, and I perceived there was more significance in the present distaste for diversion than she would have known. CHAPTER XX Vn. I have said that when Moll started forward, as if to overtake her husband, she suddenly stopped as if confronted by some rhenacing specter. And this indeed was the case, for at that moment there appeared to her heated imagination, for no living soul was there, a little, bent old woman, clothed in a single white garment of Moorish fashion, and Moll knew that she was Mrs. Godwin, though seeing her now for the first time, come from Barbary to claim her own and separate Moll from the husband she had won by fraud. "No, Kit, thanking ye kindly," says he, after fighting it out with himself in silence a minute or two, "better not. I Am getting in a manner used to this solitude, ai . bar two or three days a week, when I feel a bit hangdog and hipped a-thinking there's not much in this world for an old fellow to live for when he's lost his child, I am pretty well content It would only undo me. If you had a child—your own flesh and blood, part of your life—a child that had been to you what my sweet Moll hath been to me, you would comprehend better how I fceL To pretend indifference when you're longing to hug her to your heart, to talk of fair weather and foul when you're thinking of old times, and then to bow and scrape and go away without a single desire of your aching heart satisfied—'tis more than a man with a spark of warmth in his soul can bear." "Partridges!" cries Dawson from within. "Have 'em, Kit, for your bread and cheese is mighty everyday fare." Dec. 26.—Down betimes yesterday morning to find tho sky still clear, the air brisk and dry, and ample promise of a fair day." To the court, and there perceive the great ox spitted on a stout fir pole, and the fire just kindling, John, the gardener, broaching the barrels of beer, and a famous crowd of boys and beggars already standing before the gates. And there they might have staid till their dinner was cooked, ere I had let them in, but Moll coming down from the house with her husband, and seeing this shivering crew, their pinched cheeks yellow and their noses blue with cold, and so famished with hunger they could scarce find strength to cry, "God bless you, merry gentlefolks!" she would have them taste at once some of that happiness with which her heart was overflowing, and so did with her own hands unbolt the gates and set them wide, bidding the halting wretches come in and warm themselves. Not content with this, she sends up to the house for loaves and gives every one a hunch of bread and a mug of ale to stay their empty stomachs. And, Lord, 'twas a pleasure to see these poor folks' joyhow they spread their hands out to the flames; how they cockered up the fire here and there to brown their ox equally, with all hands now and then to turn him on the spit; how they would set their bread to catch tho dropping gravy, and how they would lift their noses to catch the savory whiffs that came from the roasting beef. says I. "Let me see 'em, good woman," "Yes, sir," answers she meekly, putting her pillow slip in my hand, which perplexed mo vastly by its weight and bulk. uec. l C.—Hearing to displease Sir Peter Lely by longer delay, Mr. Godwin set oat for Hatfield Tuesday, we—that is, Moll, Don Sanchez and I—going with him as far as the borough, where Moll had a thousand things to buy against her wedding. And here we found great activity of commerce and many shops filled with excellent good goods— more than ever there were before the great fire drove out no many tradesmen from tbe city. Here Moll spends her money royally, buying whatever catches Iter eye that is rich and beautiful, not Cmly for her own personal adornment, l«t for the embellishment of her house C as hangings, damasks, toys, etc.), yet "They poem to lDe pretty big birds by the feel of 'em," says I. " You can come ai and shut the door after you." Moll shuts the door and shoots the bolt; then tripping behind mo into the light she casts her hood and flings her arms round her father's neck with a peal of joyful laughter. She stood there, says Moll, within her gates, with raised hand and a most bitter, unforgiving look upon her wasted face, barring the way by which Moll might regain her husband, and as the poor wife halted, trembling in dreadful awe, the old woman advanced with the sure foot of right and justice. What reproach she had to make, what malediction to pronounce, Moll dared not stay to hear, but turning her back fled to the house, where, gaining her chamber, she locked the door and tlung herself upon her husband'8 bed, and in this last dear refuge, shutting her eyes, clasping her ears as if by dulling her senses to escape the phantom, she lay in a convulsion of terror for the mere dread that such a thing might be. And I olwserved further (when the joy of return and or Bering her household subsided) that she 1 Drself had changed in these past three weeks more than was to be expected in so short a time. For, though she seemed to love her husband more than ever she had loved him as her lover, and could not be happy two minutes out of his company, 'twas not that gliwl, joyous love of the earlier days, but a yearning, clinging passion, that made me sad to see, for I could not look upon the strained, anxious tenderness in her young face without bethinking me of my poor sister as she knelt praying by her babe's cot for God to spare its frail life. "What!" cries I. ''Why, what can have brought you here?" "Why, I knew you'd have nothing to give my poor old dad but mold}' cheese, so I've brought you a brace of partridges, if you please, sir," says she, concluding in her feigned voice as she emptied the ham, pasty and partridges all liigglcdy piggledy out of the slip on to the table. and intelligent yoaag man. P.ofeasionally he is one of the beet of the engiaeers and surveyors of the oonotry, having the Indorsement of three of the highest engineering ant lorltiee in tie state, which none bat a thoroughly competent man can oitaln. And then he proceeded to give a dozen other reasons for declining the tempting bait, the sum of all proving, to my conviction, that he was dying to see Moll, and I feared he would soon be doing by stealth that which it were much safer to do openly. Another transfer announced yesterday by the Bishop is that of R Cv Father Kelly from St. J Dhi'j Parish t D be aesistaat to Rev. Father H Dban, at St. Lao's Parish in Ashley. Tils, wide not an aitaal promo tlun for Puller K illy, Is p:op«ly regard*3 ■ts su Dh, tor toe retson taat It places ht . in direct line to saooeed Riv. Father HD lan, who ts now regud*! as being the likely appointee t) the offiie of coadjitor to Bishop 0 Sara, his naon having beeii recommended to the Pope for appointment R-?v. Father K illy has been located here for tie past three years, and daring that time has ga oed miny warm friends Iney regret bis departure, but congratu late him upon his bright prospects win's taste, so that I think she would not buy a pair of stockings but she must ask herself whether he would admire 'em. And the more she had the more eager she grew to have, buying by candlelight, which was an imprudence, and making no sort of bargain, but giving all the shopkeepers asked for their wares, which, to be sure, was another always with a of Mr. Cod- '' But, Mrs. Godwin,'' says I in alarm. WlLKMBVitiB Pa.., Jalr 30, 183D, "Oh, call mo Moll," cries she wildly. "Let me be myself for this one uiglit." To whom It may coniern: This is to certify that I am personally acquainted .with Mr. Edward H. Post, of this city, a candidate for the offiie of County Surveyor and I take pleasure in stating that I kn Dw him to be folly competent for the position, and I believe that if elected he woald discharge the duties of the office with great credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the people. Mr. Post's engineering experience has fortunately been on a line which specially qnaliflee him for the office he seeks, and he Is withal deserving of it About a week after this I got a letter from him asking me to come again :is soon as I might, he having cut his hand with a chisel, "so that I cannot work my lathe, and having nothing to occupy my mind do plague myself beyond en- ROUSING REPUBLICAN MEETING Committeemen and Candidates Have a Then, at the thought that she might never again be enfolded here in her husband's arms, an agony of grief succeeded her fit of maddening fear, and she wept till her mind grew calm from sheer exhaustion, and so, little by little, as her courage revived, she began to reason with herself as how 'twas the least likely thing in the world that if Mrs. Godwin were in England she should come to the court unattended and in her Moorish clothes, and then, seeing the folly of abandoning herself to a foolish fancy, she rose, dashed the tears from her face and set herself to find some occupation to distract her thoughts. And what employment is nearer to her thoughts or dearer to her heart than making things straight for her husband? So she goes into the next room where he worked and falls to washing his brushes, cleaning his paint board and putting all things in order against his return, that he may lose no time in setting to work at another picture, and at dinner time, finding her face still disfigured with her late emotions and ashamed of her late folly, she bids her maid bring a snack to her room, under the pretense that she feels unwelL This meal she eats, still working in her husband's room, for, one improvement prompting another, she finds plenty to do there—now thinking that the hangings of her own private room, being handsomer, will look tetter on these walls, whereas t'others are more fit for hers, where thev are less seen: that this corner looks naked and will look better for her little French table standing there, with a china image atop, and so forth. This, then, did devote her time till sundown, whereabouts Mrs. Butterby raps at her door to know if she will have a cup of warm caudle to comfort her, at the same time telling her that Mr. Hopkins will not sup with her, as he has Captain Evans for his guest at the lodge. Conference. Yet her husband never looked more hearty and strong, and every look and word of his bespoke increasing love. The change in her was not unperceived by him, and often he would look down into her wistful, craving eyes as if he would ask of her: "What is it, love? Tell me alL " And she, as understanding this appeal, would answer nothing, but only shake her head, still gazing into his kind eyes as if she would have him believo she bad naught to telL If the meeting he.d in E igle free Hal) Isst week may be taken as a criterion, tepu linan ent'insiustn in the upper end ot 'he Fiftb L'g's'ativo D strict Is at a high oltch I j response to a call for a meeting if the local committeemen and party w irkers, more than a hundred prominent Republicans as«tmbled, and a ronslrg ueetlng was held. The county oandlda ee were present, and w-re highly p t-ased with the enoonraglng eports that made from all of the ilstrlcts Speeches were made by Attorley Ferris, Colonel Campbell aid others, D11 of kn enthuriastlc nature. In fact, ver»body present must have beeD lm■re-w d with the fact th Dt the workers of r.be party scent certain victory in the air. piece of This business However, this little chagrin was no more than a little cloud on a summer's day, which harms no one and is quickly dispelled by generous heat, and the tender affection of these two for each other did impart a glow of happiness to my heart. 'Tis strange to think how all things tonight look bright und hopeful, which yesterday were gloomy and awesome. Even tho weather hath changed to keep in harmony with our condition. A fresh wind sprang up from the north this morning, and tonight every star shines out sharp and clear through the frosty air, promising well for tomorrow and our Christmas feast. And smelling of tho geese, I do now find them all as sweet as nuts, which contents me mightily, and so I shall go to bed this night blessing God for all things. durance." seemed to me the most wearisome in the world, but it served only to increase 1st energies, and she would not be persuade! to desist until, the shops closing, she could lay out no more money that night. Supped very well, but mighty late, at the Tabard inn, where we lay all night. And the next morning, Moll's fever still unabated, we set out again a shopping, and no rest until we caught the stages and that by a miracle, at 4, and so home, dead beat Much concerned for my old friend, I lose no time in repairing to Greenwich, where I find him sitting idle before his lathe, with an arm hanging in a handkerchief and his face very yellow, but this, I think, was of drinking too much ale. And here he fell speedily discoursing of Moll, saying he could not sleep of nights for thinking of the pranks she used to play us, our merry vagabond life together in Spain ere we got to Elche, etc., and how he missed her now more than ever he did before. After that, as I anticipated, ho came in a shuffling, roundatwut way (as one ashamed to own his weakness) to hinting at seeing Moll by stealth, declaring lie would rather see her for two minutes now and again peering through a bush, though she should never cast a glance his way, than have her treat him as if she were not his child and she had ceased to feel any love for him. But seeing the peril of such ways I would by no means consent to his hanging about the court like a thief, and told him plainly that unless ho would undo us all and ruin Moll he must come openly as before or not at alL This is all very well, thinks I, but how about our geese and turkeys? Will our tenants come, or shall we find that Simon hath spoiled their appetite, and so bo left with naught but starved beggars for our company? However, before 4 o'clock an end was put to these doubts, for some in wagons, others on horse, with their wives or sweethearts on pillions behind, clasping their men tight, and the rest afoot, all came that were asked by me, and more, and pretty jolly already with all on the road, and a great store of mistletoe among them for their further merriment. And what ploased me as much as anything was to find all mighty civil to Moll—nearly all offering her a Christmas box of fresh eggs, honey and such homely produce, which she received with the most pretty, winning grace, that went homo to every heart, so that tho hardest faces were softened with a glow of contentment and admiration. Then down we sat to table, Moll at one end and her husband beside her, Dm Sanchez and I at t'other, and all the rest packed as close as sprats in a barrel, but every lad squeezing closer to his lass to make room for his neighbor we found room for all and not a sour look anywhere. Dear heart! What appetites they had, yet would waste nothing, but picked every one hia bone properly clean (which did satisfy me nothing was amiss with our geese), and great ch«*Drinfir when the puddings and snapdragons came in ail aflame, and all as merry as pigs—flinging of lighted plums at each other, but most Elmer H. La wall, General Supt. Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co. These cnaiges necessitate new assistants for Rev Father Finnen at St John's Heretofore he hai had twj. Njw the Blxhcp has granted three, and two have already been appelated T ley are R Dv F *ther George Dlson, of Avoca, and Rev Father Lavelie of Son'h Sorant in B ith of these were latel t ordained to the priesthood in Carboadale, and these are thslr first positions. The third curate for St John's remains t D be named. W. A LiATHROP, General 3npt Lehigb Valley Coal Co. I. A. Stearns, General Manager Susquehanna Coal Co. The editor of this paper haa seen the original of t ills letter, is acq lain ted with the signers and knows that the letter to ■genuine Can the intelligent voter find a better man, a more competent or deserving man to oast his vot C for than Edward H. Post. Of his qualifications yon have undeniable proof, O; the qnalifi lations of the other candidates yon know nothing. Bvery voter has a datf to perform, to vote for the beet man. Edward H. Poat to the beet man, to endorsed by m *n of both parties, men of undeniable integrity and highest professional attainments.—Wi kes barre limes These things made me very thoughtful and urgent to find some satisfactory explanation. To be sure, thinks I, marriage is but the beginning of a woman's real life, and so one may not reasonably expect her to bo what she was as a thoughtless child. And 'tis no less natural that a young wife should love to be alone with her husband rather than in the midst of people who must distract his thoughts from her, as also it is right and projK-r she should wish to be in her ownhon m recting her domestic affairs and teno C to her husband, showing him withal she is a good and thoughtful housewife. But why these pensive, tristful looks, now she hath her heart's desire? Then, finding I must seek some better reason, I bethought mo she must have had a very hard, difficult task in London to conceal from one, who was now a part of herself, her knowledge of so many things it was unbefitting she should reveal Upc. ix.—Moll mad all day oecause the carrier lxath brought but half her purchases, and they not what she wanted. By tbe evening wagon oome three seamstresses she engaged yesterday morning, and they are to stay in the house till all is finished, but as yet nothing for them to do, which is less grievous to them than to poor Moll, who, I believe, would set them working all night for fear she shall not be fitted against her wedding. Several other changes among the priests of the diocese have been mad a. Rev. J ihn Griffin, who for the past four years has be-n the aa-ietant at St. J Dhn's Church in S'ineedale, goes to Carboadale in plaoe of Fataer Cnrran, who will take oLaree of new parish in Wllkeebarre. Rev. Bernard O'Byrne, of Carb indale, will take the p ace at Honeedale v?oat*d by Father Gr ffia Rev J tmes Malone, of Carbondale, has been well cared for by an assignment to the college at 8cranton. Rev. High Gerrity, of St. Andrew's, BIossbarg, has been given a new parish at Ralston, Bradford county. BOYD GIVES IT CP. Dec. 24.—Now this blessed day hath ended, and Moll is sure and safely bound to Mr. Godwin in wedlock, thanks to Providence. Woke at daybreak and joyed to find all white without and covered with rime, sparkling like diamonds as the sun rose red and jolly above the firs, and so I thC Dught our dear Moll's life must sparkle as she looked out on this, which is like to be the brightest, happiest day of her life. Dressed in ray best with great care, and put on the favor of white ribbons given me by Moll's woman last night and so very well pleased with my looks, to the The D mncratlc Organization Without Money and Without Hope. Tbe editor ot the Wilkesbarre AVws- Dealer frankly confesses, in Saturday's -sue, that McLem in the only man on the Democratic c untj t ck»-t who is "paylna lis footing." Without wxst ng wards at* to the hopeless sita t on, brother Boyd 'throws up the in this faahlon a id it will be accepted as i-ffi lal by tboe* who know tie ioMm-t-t relati Dns ex'sting between the News-Dealer editor and tbe chairman of the DemCDoratic County Com rnlttee: "If the Democratic eonity candilatee outside of M L 'an are bea'en it will be their own fault, not that of Chairman MCGahren. They retu e to pay the money they havn been assessed, and he Is without funds to proviie workers at the polls Possibly they realize that their chances ar« poor, and that it would be a waste of uoney to seed any more in that direct on We heartily sympathy with C lalrman vfoQahren at the posit on he 1s p aced In, and he is doing the best he oan under the circumstances." Dec. 19.—Thank God, the carrier brought all our packages this morning, and they being all undone and laid out there is no sitting down anywhere with o imfort, but all confusion, and no regularity anywhere, so I was content to get my meals in the kitchen the best 1 could And here I do perceive the wisdom of Don Sanchez, who did not return with us from London, and does intend (he told me) to stay there till the wedding eve Death of Mas. John Patterson. Mrs Eilztbcth Anu Patterson, wife of John Patterson, a well known resident of Mill street, died Sunday evening after a long and painful illness, aged 48 yean, 1 month and 16 days. Mrs Patterson went to a Philalelpala Hospital last May for treatment for oancer. 8he returned home somewhat Improved, but soon began to grow worse and for several months has been in a very Bartons condition. She la survived by her husband, one son, Roy, and one daughter, Annie. Without further demur he consents to bo guided by me, and then very eagerly asks when it will be proper for him to come, and we agree that if he come in a week's time there will be no thought in anylxxly's mind of our having conspired to this end. At the playhouse she must feign astonishment at all she saw, as never visited one before, and keep constant guard upon herself lest some word slipped her lips to reveal her acquaintance with the players and their art. At the ridotto she must equally feign ignorance of dancing—she whose nimble feet had tripped to every measure since she could stand alone. There was scarcely a subject on wnicn sne would dare to spoait without deliberation, and she must check her old habit of singing and be silent, lest she fall by hazard to humming some known tune. Truly, under such continuous strain (which none but such a trained actress could maintain for a sin- Rle day) her spirit must have wearied. And if this part was hard to play in public, where we are all, I take it, ac- As the fates would have it, Mr. Godwin finished his painting on the Saturday following (the most wonderful piece of its kind I ever saw or any one else in my belief), and being justly proud of his work and anxious Sir Peter Lely should see it soon he resolved he would carry it to Hatfield on Monday. Moll, who was prouder of her husUuid's piece than if it were of her own doing, was not less eager it should be seen, yet the thought that she must lose him for four days (for this journey could not well bo accomplished in less time) oast down her spirits exceedingly. 'Twas painful to see her efforts to be cheerful despite of herself. And, seeing how incapable she was of concealing her real filling from him whom sho would cheer, she at length confessed to him her trouble. "I would have you go and yet I'd have you stay, love," says she. Dec. 20.—Moll, bit by a new maggot, tells me thin morning she will have a great feast on Christmas day, and bids me order matters accordingly. She will have a whole ox roasted before the house by midday, and barrels of strong ale set up, that there may be meat and drink for all who choose to take it, and at 4 she will have a supper of geese, turkeys and plum puddings for all her tenants, th«*ir wives and sweethearts, with fiddles afterward for dancing, etc. Lord knows how we shall oome out of this madness, but I have got the innkeeper, a busy, capable man, to help me, and he does assure me all will go well enough, and I pray he be right KILLED BY A BURGLAR. A Terrllile Tragedy at Hawley—George Stott Shot Dead. A dispatch to Saturday's Scran ton Republican says : "List night at about eleven o'clock It w*s noticed that three men were moving suspiciously abou James Mlllham & C D 'a s'ore, and it was supposed they were waiting for an opportunity to burglarize the property. They were watched by friends of the tirm f Dr a while, when Mr Charles Fuerth notlfi d Mr Asher Atkinson, a member of the firm. Mr. Attln eon aroused other friends, among them George A. 8 ott and his son James They w-int t D the »tt,Dre oautionsly to Investigate the rumored burglary When thny had reached the front of the store Jam** St Dtt heard a noise in a coal house near the store. He gave an alarm and before t ie men could Becrete themselves three m-*n rushed out of the coal house, into the street, eaoh W1ti a revolver In his hand Five shots were ®.-ed, oue ef t e charges taking fattl effect In Mr. G-orge Stott'e stomach. He fell to the uronnd, and while his friends gathered around him, tbe three burglars ran with great spe*d down the tow path of the Delaware and Hudson sanal toward the Ltckawaxen. Mr St t was promptly cared for, was carried home, and a physician oalled, bir he died twenty minutes after the shot was 6 ed." To Steady the Nerves mannerly not to fling any at Moll or us. Then more shouting for joy when the bowls of ale aiul posset come in, and all, standing, give three times three for their new mistre.su and her husband. Hearing of which tho beggars without (not tired of dancing about tho embers) troop up to the door and give three times three as well, and end with crying joy and long life to the wedded pair. When this tumult was ended and tho door shut, Mr. Godwin gave a short oration, thanking our tenants for their company and good wishes, and then he told them how his dear wife and ho, wishing others to share their joy and remember this day, had resolved to forgive every tenant one-half of his quarter's rent. "And so, Mr. Hopkins," says he, addressing me, "you will think of this tomorrow." Is a task to the accomplishment of which narcotics and sedatives are Inadequate. The effect they produce is paralytio. They destroy sensation without benefitting the uerves. Hoetet er's Stomach Bitters, on the oontrarp, strengthens and sooths the nervous system. Overwork and mental anxiety weaken and relax it, and there is no more reliable means of bracing It and restoring nerve quletnde, than by reinforcing digestion and promoting assimilation of the food—two tff ots always consequent upon the use of the great stomachio. Failing strength recuperated, a regular habit of nody r-stored, and appetite improved by the Bitters Disease must be regarded as an exceedingly remote possibility by any one whose system has been thus relnfor ed. Malarial disease, constipation, dyspepsia, rhenmat am and kidnsy troubles are overcome by and prevented by this standard medlolne, which has no peer among American t Dnlcs and is in constant y increasing demand;tn Mextoo, the Weet Indies and South America. Anil now Moll, by that natural succession of extremes which seems to be a governing law of nature, as the flow the ebb, the calm the storm, day the night, etc., was not less elated thim she had been depressed in the early part of the day, but still, I take it, in a nervous, excitable condition. And hearing her father, whom she has not seen so long, is hero a thousand mad projects cuter her lively imagination. So when Mrs. Butterby, after the refusal of her warm caudle, projtoses she shall bring madam a tray of victuals that sho may pick something in bed Moll, stifling a merry thought, asks, in a feeble voice, what there is in the larder. TWO FARMKRS KILLED. Stnirk lDy the Valley Milk Train at Black Dec. 21.—Sick with fears that all must end ilL For the place is a very babel for tradesmen and work people bringing in goods, and knowing not where to set them, servants hurrying this way and that, one charged with a dozen geese, another with silk petticoats, jostling each other, laughing, quarreling, and no sort of progress, at it seems, anywhere, but all tumult and disorder. Walnut. J Dhn Gsy, of Aubcrn, and George A. Luce, of Bu inell Hill, both farmers, were 'nsta1 t'y killed Thursday, Oct 24 by the fas' m'lk t.aln on the Lehigh V tlley Ro-td at BUck Walnut, near M*shoppen. They xt'empted to cross the tr ck in frint o* the train, saw their e ror and tried to back 0 The horses became frightened, however, and remained on the track. The »a«on wns a total w-eck The two men were thrown n tder the engine's wheels and their bodies horribly mangled. I pcrceivcd old Simon oourt where Moll is still a-dressing, but Mr. Godwin and Don Sanchez, nobly arrayed, conversing before the fire. And here a great bowpoton the table (which Mr. Godwin had made to come from London this morning) of the most wondrous flowers I have ever seen at this time of the yeitr, so that I could not believe them real at first, but they are indeed living, aud Mr Oudwin tell* they are raised in houses of gi;iss very artificially heated. Presently comes in Moll with her maids, she looking like any pearl, in a shining gown of white satin decked with rich lace, the collar of diamonds glittering about her white throat, her face suffused with happy blushes and past everything for sprightly beauty. Mr. Godwin offers hit bowpot and takes her into his arms, and there for a moment she lay with closed eyes and a palloi spreading over her cheek as if this joy were more than her heart could bear, but recovering quickly she was again all lively smiles and radiance. '' 'Tis but a little while we shall bo parted,"says ha "A little while?" says sho, trembling and wringing one hand within the other. "It seems to me as if we were parting forever." "Why, madam," says Mrs. Butterby, from the outside, "there's the partridge Dec. 22.—Con Id not sleep a wink all last night for casting up accounts of all this feasting and inery will cost us, and finding it must eat up all that money we had of poor Mr. Goodman, and make a deep hole in our quarter's reuts besides. I fell a-speculating whether our tenants would pay me with the same punctuality they have used to pay old Simon, with grievous fears to the contrary. For assnredly Simon hath not been idle these pstst days, and will do us an ill turn if he can by throwing doubts before these same tenants whether they should pay or not before Moll's succession is made sure. "Why, then," returns he, laughing, "we will not part at alL You shall oome with me, chuck What should prevent you?" At first I was disposed to begrudge this munificence—thinking of my accounts and the bills I should have to pay ere rent day came again—but on second thoughts it rejoiced me much as being a counterblast to anything Simon could do against us. For no tenant, thinks I, will be fool enough to withhold payment when he may got his quittance tomorrow for half its value. And herein was I not mistaken, for today every tenant hath paid with a cheerful countenancc. So that this is very good business, and I am not in any way astonished to find that our subtle Spaniard was at the bottom of it, for indeed it was Don Sanchez, who (knowing my fears on this head and thinking them well grounded) suggested this act of generosity to Moll, which she in her fullness of heart, seized on at once. (Truly 1 believe she would give the clothes off her back, no matter what it cost her, to miy one in nt*Dd, so reckless is she in l Sho starts with joy at this, then looks at him incredulous for a moment, and so, her countenance falling again, sho shakos her head as thinking, I take it, that if it were advisable she should go with him he would have proposed it befora "The Common People," As Abraham Lincoln called them, do not care to argue about their ailment*. What they want is a medicine that will enre them. The simple, honest statement, "I know that H od'o Sarsaparilla cured me," Is the beet argument la favor of this medlolne, and this is what many thousands voluntarily say. - Serious Fire In Sugar Notch. Several weeks ago Sugar N 'toh ««« visit -d by a fire which destroyed several 10 .ses, and 8auday morning agala fi.e nouses tnere were destroyed The fire started in J -hn L mhan's boast, and spread to those occupied by Johu E rnest, 3ourad K me, and two o'bers occupied by Polish families. T ie- loss will reaob $7,- 000. Mr Lenahan owned the house In »hioh he lived The other four buildings were owned by the Maff t C al Oc. There was no water or apparatus to fi bt the "No," says she, " 'twas an idlo fancy, ami I'll not yield to it. I shall bocome a burden rather than a helpmate if you cannot stir from homo without me. Nay," adds she, when he would override this objection, "you must not tempt me to be weak, but rather aid me to do that which I feel right." Ho id's Pills are the beet after-dinner pills, assist dlaeft on. cure headache. 25o. Moll, near at hand, watching him. tors of some sort and on the alert to sustain the character we would have our own, how much more difficult must it be in private when we drop our disguise and lay our hearts open to those we love! And here, as it seemed to mo, I did hit rightly at the true cause of her present secret distress, for at home as abroad she must'still be acting a part, weighing her words, guarding her acts —forever to be hiding of something from her dearest friend—ever denying him that confidence he appealed for—ever keeping a cruel, biting bond upon the most generous impulse of her heart, closing her heart where it was bursting to open to her dear mate. GEORGE DREW IN TOWN. CtfturnC as Manager of Dramatic Coni- The Ideal Panacea. 1 pany. D J a nee L Francis, Alderman, Chicago, Bays : "I regard Dr. King's New Diaocvery as an ideal panacea for ooughs, oolds and lnng complaints, having used it in my family for the last five years, t D the exclusion of physicians' pr seriptions or other preparations " And I have flood reason to fear they •will not, for I observed yesterday when I called upon Farmer Giles to invite him to our feast he seemed very jerky and ill at ease, whioh perplexed me greatly, until, on quitting, I perceived through a door that stood ajar old Simon watcd in a side room. And 'tis lut natural that if they find prudent exense for withholding their rents they will keep their money in pocket, which will pinch us smartly when our bills George Drew, who left Pittston about four years ago, was circulating among old friends her-i Snnday. He now resides In Boff »lo, says he is doing well, and prom tsee to enteit tin hi - friends in tt. le there if tiey oorne to sC«e him He is now engaged asbusir e-s i anager for the Irene Taylor Dramatic C mptny, the star of which is his wife. Tfle company oimi to Pittstoa Junction on Saurday night, r-mained there over Sundty at the Valley H use, a-d 1-it on Uonday on the Bloomsburg Road for Plym Dnth, where tney have a week'e engagemeLt And she would not bo jxTsuaded from tliis resolution, but bore herself most bravely, even to the moment when she and her husband clasjK'd each for the last time in a farewell embrace. Then comes a letter, brought by a bight carrier, from her father (a most dirty, ill written scrawl signed Robert Evans with his mark), praying he may be excused, as his masts are to be stepped o' Wednesday, and he must take the occasion of a ketch leaving Dartford for Falmouth this day, and at the same time begging her acceptance of a canister of China tea (which is, I learn, lDe come a fashionable dish in London) ;is a marriage offering. Soon after this a maid runs in to say the church bells are a-ringing, so out we go into the crisp, fresh air, with not a damp place to soil Moll's pretty shoes—she and Mr. Godwin first, her maids next (tarrying her train, and the don audi closing the procession, very stately. In the churchyard stand two rows of village maids with baskets to strew rosemary and sweet herbs in our path, and within the church a brave show of gentlefolks, friends and neighlxjrs, to honor the wedding. d unes. "lirlny 'cm all," says Mull. you did not eat at breakfast, there's a cold pigeon pasty and a nice fresh ham iuul a lovely roily iDoly pudding I made with my own hands in the pot. " The Wilkeebarre Leader made a big blunder in brauding as a traitor John H. Rice, the well known railroader and labor reader, who wC8 last year a card da'e for slerk of t ie courts on the Democratic Muket In a letter to the Record Mr. Rioe Cays tbe Leader's ait Dck upon him was unwarranted, because he was at the t me undecided as to tbe c»nDse be wnnld pmsae. 'I am a Democrat," be sajs, "have been C11 my life—never voted for a Republican either in oonnty, itite or national election, and will not be read out of the party by 'be lender I will vt.te for James Martin for Sheriff, and hope all my friends wi 1 do likewise, and thus repay the men who b t a ed me in '94, and who, wnen N Do'ter was a • andMate, said the railroad Rice Hits Itack. Rev John Burgns, Keokuk, Iowa, writes: "I have been a minister of tae Methodist Episcopal Cbnroh for 60 years or more, and have never fonnd anything so beneficial, or that gave me snob speedy relief as Dr. King's New Disoovery " Try this Ideal congb remedy now. Trial b ttles free at W. 0. Prlot's and G. D. Stroh's drag stores. love mid pity.) She stood where he had left her for some moments after he was gone. Suddenly she ran a few paces with parted lips and outstretched hands, as if sho would call him back, halted, clasping her hands, then turning, passed me quickly, looking across her shoulder, with such terror in her white face that I do think her strong imagination figured some accusing spirits, threatening tin. CDtiH df iill ber iiiVK. Dec. 27.—Don Sanchez took leave of us this day, he setting forth for Spain tomorrow, with the hope to reach his friends there for their groat feast of the new year. And we are all mighty sorry to lose him, for not only hath he lDeen a rare grxDd friend to us, but also he is a most seemly gentleman (to keep us in countenance), and a vory good, stanch and reliable companion. But this comprises not all our loss, he having, as I confess, more wit in his little finger than we in all onr bfxlies, and ever ready with an expedient, in the hour of need, and I know not why, but ■ I look in his going as a sign of coming evil, nor am I greatly comforted by bis telling me privily that when we want him he shall be found by a letter sent to the Albego Puerto del Sole*, Toledo, in Spain. And I pray heaven we may have no (jeeasion to write to him. "Bring 'em all," says Moll in the same aching voice, ''and I'll pick what tempts me.'' come to be paid. Yet I conceived that this feast would incline our tenants to regard us kindly; but, on the other hand, thinks I, supposing they regard this as a snare, and do avoid us altogether 1 Then shall we lie nipped another way, for, having no one to eat our feast but a few idle rogues, who would tret beef and ale for nothing, we shall l.ut lay ourselves open to mockery and pet further into discredit. Thus, betwixt one fear and another, I lay like a toad Tinder a harrow all night in a mortal sweat- and perturbation of spirit Therewith sho silently slips tho bolt back, whips on her nightgown and slips into bed. Soon after their return Mr. Godwin set to work painting the head of a Sybil, which the lord of Hatfield House had commanded, on the recommendation of Sir Peter Lely, taking Anne Fitch for his niCnlel, and she sitting in that room of the court, house he had prepared for his workshop. Hero ho would be at it every day as long as there was light for his purpose, Moll, near at hand, watching him, ready to chat or hold her peaoe, according to his inclination, just as she had done when ho was a-painting of tho ceiling, only that now her regard was more intent upon him than his work, and when he turned to look at her 'twas with interchange of undisguised love in their fond eyes. She ever luul a piece of work or a lx«)k in her lap, but she made not half a dozen stitches or turned a single page in tho whole day, for he was the sole occupation uf hor mind—the Baettlen'a Arnica Salve. Presently up comes Mrs. Butterby, carrying a wax candle, followed by a Death of Mrs. Henry Overpeck. The beet salve in the world for Outs, Brnlsee, Sores, Ulcers, Sanlt Rhenm, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cares Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prloe 85 oents per box. For sale by Wm. 0. Prloe, Pittston, and Geo. D. Stroh, Wert Pittston. v. C i» *i ii an 1110 provisions Mull had commanded. Having permission to enter, the gCxDd woman sets down her candle, puts on her glasses, and coming, to the bedside, says she can see very well by her poor 1C« l.s that her dear mistress luis got a return of her biliaries and prays heaven it may tot turn to something worse. Tbe friends of Mrs. Henry O/erpeck formerly of t is plac-s lately of New York, were shock d to learn of ber sulden death which occurred last Monday at her home in that city M-s. Overpeck was formerly Miss Ida Lathrop, d of Mr and Mrs A J Lathrop, or this place. She was abont twenty-nine years of age. A vear ago this month she wasmarrUd to Mr Overpeck, and went to New York to reside 1 he news of her deatb was recived with mnch sorrow by her family and numerous friends. During her residence in Pittston she was very active in religion* work, having been a member of the Hroad St. M E Chuuh and Christian Endeavor Society I followed her into tho house, but there I learned from Mrs. Butterby that her mistress was gone to her own chamber.As I was sitting in my office in the afternoon Jack Dawson came to me in his seaman's his hand still wrapped up, but his face more healthful for his long ride and cheerful thoughts. "Nay," says Moll very faintly, "I ■hall lDe well again when I am relieved of this headache, and if I can only fall asleep, as I feel disposed to, you will see me tomorrow morning in my usual health. I shan't attempt to rise this evening." ("For mercy's sake, don't," cries Mrs. Butterby.) "And so, I pray you, order that no ono shall come near niv rourn to disturb." ("I'll see that It Salts tbe People Nor has this day done much to allny my apprehension. For at the court all is still at sixes and sevens, none of a very cheerful spirit, but all mighty anxious, save Moll, who throughout has kept a high, bold spirit. And she does declare they will work all night but everything shall be in its place before J»er lover comes tomorrow. And truly I "Why, this could not have fallen out better," says I when we had exchanged greetings, "for Moll is all alone, and down in the dumps by reason of her husband having left her this morning on business that will hold him absent for three or four days. We will go up presently and have supper with her." "No, Kit," nays he very resolutely. men were no good " Is what drngglsts say, becanse they are tired of the many bitter congb remedies. Pan-Tina is the mos' pleasant tasting medicine, quickly cure* oolds, throat and lung disorders 3 i c*nts. Pan-Tina Is sold at J H. Honok's and Stroh's drag stores. But here was I put to a most horrid quaking the moment I passed the door, to perceive old Simon standing foremost in the throng about the altar, in his leather cap (which he would not remove for clerk or sexton, but threatened them, as I am told, with the law if they lay a finger on him). And seeing him there, Ynur children are liable to coughs, colJs, sore throat, croup and whooping i ongh, which often results seriously. Prumpt treatment saves m Dny innocnt little snff-rers. Trv Pan Tina cough and consumption cure. It's pleasant, safe and snre. 2'Dcta. Sold at J. H. Honck'd and Stroh's drag stores. Tonight at supper I find Moll all cock-a-hoop with a new delight, by reason of her dear husbiuid offering to take her to London for a month to visit the theaters and other diversions, which pu| Call and be convinced of the prices we reselling Fall clothing for. Lynch Bhos. Our 19j. n iderwear is worth looking at, even If yon don't bay. Lynch Bbos. 15j!5 |
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