Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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VOL. XLY.
LANCASTER, PA.. WEDNESfAY, DECEMBER 21. 1870.
NO. 6.
I^XADIIHrER &  HERAI.D.
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THE SI5IEH3. nv Jons G. WHITTIER. Annlo and Hhodii, sisters twain, WoKc In llie night to tbe sound of rain.
The rush of wind, the ramp and roar Of great waves climbing a rocky shor.j,
Ann In rose up in her bed-gown white. And looked out Into the storm and niglit,
'* Hush, and lioarlien !" alio cried In fear, "Hearesl thou nolhing, sister dear?"
"I liear tho sen, and the plash of rain And the r.>ar ot tho noi-tlieasl hurricane.
" Oet thee baoli to tho bod so warm, No good coraes of wiitchlug a storm.
" What Is It to Ihee, Ifnin wonld know. That wavesare rnarlns and wild winds blow^
•* No lover of thlno'3 alloat to mii?s The hurbor-lIghLs on anight like this."
"ButlheardB voice cry out my name. Up from the sea on the wind it caiue I
" Twice and lllrlcfi have I henrd It call. And the voice is the voice of Kslwlek Hall I'
On her pillow the sister tossed her head, *• Hall of the Heron Is safe," she snld.
"In Ihe tautest schooner that- over swam He rliles an anchor hi Anisqiirm.
" And If in peril from swampini; sp.i
Or lee'sliore rocks, vcould he c.ill on lhc:"'
HutlhP«iiI beard only the wlnil and  tide. And wriiijjinj; hersma 11 white hands/.she crieil^
"Oh Sister Ithnda, there's .someth iug wrong:
I I:enr it .i^alii, so lond and lun?,
•• 'Aiinle ! Auule!' T hi>.irli eall. And lbe voice la  Ibe voICi*oi K--iiwIoI: JIalll"
I'll sprani; the elder, with e.v,-»s nllamc. "Thou Hest:"  He never would ciill Ib.v naiiie •
"If be dill. 1 would pra.v tiie wind and sea To keep Iiim forever from thee and mo :"
Tnen ni:I of tlie sea blew a dreadiul blast ; Ll!:e the cr.v of a dyiug man it pas.sed.
The younjr Elrl hushed on her lips u ijroaii. Uut thro:igh her tears a slrun;?e light slioiie—
Tbe solemn ,loy of her hearl'.s release To own and eherisli Its love In nesice.
"nearest!" she whispered, under bivatb, "Life w.'us a lie, but true is dealh.
"Tbe love I hid from m.vself nwny Shall crown me now in the light of day.
".My ears shall never to wooer Iii't, Never b.v lover my lips be kissed.
"Sicreti to tbee am 1 b^neeforlh. Thou in lle.aven aud 1 on earth I"
:5he eame and stood bv her sister's beil: "Hall of tho Heron Is dead !" she .said.
"Tiie wind and tiie waves their work liavc
done. We shall see him uo more beneath the sun.
"Litlle will reck tii.at heart of thine,
II loveil hiin uol with a lovo like mlue.
"I, for liis snke, were lie but here' Could liem and 'hroider thy bridal gear,
"Though hnnds should tremble ahd eves be
wef. Anafiutcn lorsnu'ii in ray heart De aci.
"Ilut now my ao'jl with his soul I wed - Thine tho living, and mine the dead !"
—Atlaniic Monlhly foe Janvarj/
FOH SICKER, FOK POOBEE.
The gre.1t niiiu.sey wedding Ii.id been folloiveii b.v unlooked for oonseqiience.". ¦\Vlio could have .inpposed that, in les.q than tive yeais, the yonng genllemnn nnd the .voiiug Indy, who, on tliat oe- r.ision, liijnred ag hridegrooni and a.s bride, would iiavc been strlkiii'f about in deep waters, stni^^lins: i'or life'.* >Vhy, it .seemed as if the iiewsp.iperH would never have done diseussiug the bridal gifts and festivUie.'i. They had a way of talking freely about sueh mat¬ ters in the public prints In llioae days, but I cannot be persuaded tliat Jano really fHrnished tbe reporters with lists of the articles of her trousseau, or that she had an inventory takeu of the pre¬ aents sent to her from good friends, far and near. I knew it w.is a custom ¦which prevailed quitee.tteii.sively—but -Miss Barnard vrici not a vulgar person, the love given lier was more precious than gold and diamonds, and X think it must have pained her when they were brought forward so conspicuously In connection with the celebration of her marriage.
The day oa which he married Jaiio Barnard was a great day to Philip Rum- sey. She was liie lopinost spray of an ohl family tree which had been noted long for loflincs.s. That he, a poor art¬ ist, should have been encouraged, by many circumstances, to tell Jaue that he loveil her, would never cease to be a wonder to himself. But ho was wish¬ ing heartily, within the five years spo¬ ken of, that he had never fonnd the courage to tell her of it. Jt is oflen so witb us; thegood foraiue we wonld secure at the cost of life, proves, when we have it at a price somewhat less, moro than we can manage, or raake use of.
It was because his i)ictures did not .sell, and he had counted on their sell¬ ing. Philip had not failed to tell Jane, at thu outset, that his fortune consisted in his cauvas, paints and brushes. She liad thought, and said, that no better fortune w.is to be asked than lay iu them. If such .1 one, aud such anoth¬ er oue, received twenty thousand dol¬ lars for vastly iuferior pictures, who wouhl venture to say what he might not receive? Jtme'a courage anil en¬ thusiasm was tlie finest tribute Bumsey had ever reeeived, and whiie receiving it, he thought, with infinite .scorn, ou scrubby erilici, and that )iublic, the jiatron wlio might interfere ivitli his fate.
But, aftor a lapse of five <lisappoint- ing year.a, the aspect  of  thinga  had I greatly changed.
As soon as it began to look as though I'hilip and Jane might depend on him to any serious degree, Jlr. Barnard, the venerable father of Miss .Tane, made it evident to the pair that such depend- once W.IS not to be tliought of. Aud, to convince them of his earnestness, he ^hov.'ed them oft' by considerably les¬ sening the allowance which hitlierto he had granted them.
His manner of doing thia made it very evident thathe was disgusted with his son-in-law. Indeed, he said, in so many words, that if Philip was not uble to support his wife, her father would tako her home again; but if he iiid .so, it would be with the under¬ standing that tlie sejianttion hetween them would be final.
Jt was at this crisis, as il might be calletl, when Jane had indignantlj' re¬ fused her father's offi;r, that her hus¬ band began to borrow money liere and I here, and to rejoice in the discovery that his credit was good. Thus, for a time, all went smoothly with them, and the wife, not knowing what gond fortune had befallen them, satisfied that money was fortbconiing when needed, talked about her husband, nnd thought about him, with the pride one feels in the success of the nearest and dearest. She especially experienced sensations of triumph when she spoke of Mr. Rumsey to her father, and ijuoted the opinions entertained by good authorities of his geniusand skill. The ohl gentleraan had never been a patron of art, anil had no reply to make lo this talk; theonly tbingllial lie could say tn the purpose was, that, if Rumsey could support Ills family by his profes¬ sion, it wouhl be a fortunate thing for lhem all round.
For ayear after Philip had raade tlie discovery about his credit, all weut well With our friends—50 well Ihat thu liltle lines of worry, whicii had now and then appeared on Jane's face, and threatened pennaneiice, entirely di><ap- Iteared. Philip worked with unflag¬ ging diligence in his studio, concealing his desperation so well,, that Iiis wife had only hia diligence to dislnib lier. Wheushecxpostulated, lie said, "These are my best daya. I must work whilo thesun shines—" hut, poor fellow, he he w:h thinking that the suu would never come out of the cloud and strike the fog which environed him. He seenied to be happy in his work; but if he had dared to touch ou that point in the hearlngof auy mortal, hewould have made a miserable levelatiou. And yet hia condition was blissful, as he perceived, wheu compared to that to whieh he was reduced as soon as hia creditors began to exhibit anxiety in regard to their loans. One of tbese, ¦jiispeutiiig the atate of nU'aira beeause Philip avoided him, begau lo be verv pertinacious; nnd Philip, of course, re¬ sented that. June had been building ao confidently ou her husband's succeaa and fame during this year, that she bravely eudeavored, in her ignorance, to stay tbis rising trouble—vainly, of <;ourse—since there is but ono way of lidding yourself of a pertinacious "dun, and that is, by paying him what you owe.
Dismayed by her lack of success, fighting in the dark as she was, the wife's attitude toward her husband, waa one of entreaty, "for Heaven's sake, PhlUp, don't fall!" she seemed to say. The appeal, based on loyal contt-
dence, hai3 its effect on bim. Not a pleasing efi'ect. Philip was so disgusted at his inability to control Fortune and command ber favors, that the nest friend who aslced for the payment of what he owed excited all the ferocity that was in him, and, mild man though he was, he had enough of " forest ran¬ ger" in him to make his creditor indig¬ nant when he mado it manliest. Thus he lost n friend, and the loss embittered him.
And ao matters went on, it seemed inevitable that they should go from bad to worse, tlli thero was perfect chaos and ruin.
Philip had, of courae, real ability as an artist. I say, of course, because he had already accomplished what is never accomplished without real ability. He had fuiind an enthusiastic and proud admirer in hia wife, and thoroughgoing abuse as well aa intelligent blame and praise of critics. But tlie progress he wns making answered aa poorly his ex¬ pectations as it answered his needs. He had calculated on high llichts before he had tested his power to run well. Such skill as he hnd up to this time exhibit¬ ed, waa the skill which may be acquired without the exercise of great patience. He despised plodding, not knowing what he did. One who would have been slow^ to predict for him the joy of tho adventurous explorer who liuda the oasis in the desert, because it seemed likely that he would keep to the forest borders ratber than strike out boldly across the sands for the promised land. ['Inddiiigis the sacrifice which genius tlevoutly ofl'ers to the great God-power —in despising it, Philip, of course, kne.v not what he did. Perhaps the excessive praise of well-meauiug but not over-wi.se friends, when he was quite yonng, praise so lavisliily be¬ stowed" that the doing of what men call a "great work" would hardly bave justilied it, fostered his self-conceit to a ilegree that no amountof success would have surprised or even satisfied It.
So here he was, iu his twenty-sev¬ enth year, liarboriug this Ishmaelitish notion that he was neitlier understood nor appreciated, ami that lie was in the world too soon, and going to provea failure because there wa.s no demand for really good pictures.
He wrapped himseir up in his bloom and awaited the eclipse in silence, and it came with a rapidity ou which even lie had not calculated." Tliu.s, apicture on which he had lavlslied montlis of labor was sent from the exhibition walls to an auction room, and there .sold for seventy-five doilara. It was enough to make aay sane man mad.
Mr. Green's surpriaing works, dash¬ ed oft'in a day and sold at thesame time, brought three times the sum. Refiect ou that fora niomeiit.
Philip thoughtof Haydon and Tom Thumb, anil did not seek the remedy of tbe former. But he said to his wife, who bj- some mischance had become posaeaaeU of llii* npwspnper "whloh Qon- tained an account of the sale, " I have a little self-respect left, Jane, if I have none of the art-knowledge of this city. I shall aend uo more pictures to exhi¬ bitions, or lo auction rooms. Thedear public liave seen the last of me forone while."
The dear public would have smiled t3 hear hiiu. What did it care'? It had not asked him for any thing, and it he persisted in giving" what it did not want, why, he must not expect an excessive display of gratitude.
Tlieyouuglady, his wife, to whom he communicated his resolve, tried bravely to amile, hut falling in that aaid with determined spirit.
''Theremust be good judges of good pictures someivherc,, I'lill. Come! we'll search to the world's end rather thau give up beallug.
'* The journey would be ashort one," thought Pliilip ruefully, "unless wc went on foot and begged our bread by the way." Hu could not say this to Jane, but he brought himself to say a tiling more cruel, which waa Ihla: "I cau't think of anything betterfor you dear, than to go back lo your father. He invited you to come. We ahall be obliged to do somelhing desperate—and I don't want to do anything by halves. This I confes, the most desperate lllillg thut I can think of."
lie spoko without looking at his wife, and was thaukful, though rather surprised, thatshe neither fainted nor broke out iuto auy crying. It had been for some time evident to him that they must take a move, and thia wns the'labt day they would be able to re¬ main in their present lodgings, since tile sale of Ilarnr hud Ijiuu^IiI him on¬ ly chagrin.
" " We must go somewhere," lie con¬ tinued in a dry, hard voice. It costs loo mueh to stay here, and I—"  here hu broke down—after  all, he could not put the fact into word.s-could not say to June thnt ho was unable to .support her. It was now her turn to speak. " You think I had belter go bnck to my father'?" "I do."
"You will be better oil', ifyou are rid of me, dear?"
He turned angrily lowanl her, and at that she laughed outright. It was a wi.se thingto do; iie looked ao desper¬ ate, and she felt .so at her wit'send that n laugh was the best thing poasible. Tragedy was becoming tragic.
" I am very glad that you don't in¬ sist npon it," snid she iu a inoment. You really mean, Mr. Secretary of the Treaaury, that we aro without funds necessary to go on ?" "Jane, don't queation me further." "Prideand poverty, I have always heard, have :i tougli lime of it to¬ gether."
"Am I not sulHciently humililaed? Pride! I haven't enough to keep me from saying all this toyou!"
Philip fouud it comparatively easy to saj' this thouglit for Jane had turned away from him ami was exhibiting the " versatility" for which shehad always been remarkable by giving her atten¬ tion to the fine thinga in her bureau- drawer.s. She looked into their denths with an iiitentness which Indic'ated searcli, or indecisiou ; at last she took up hastily a jewel-box and walked rapidly lo her husband.
"Philip," she said, a fine oolor mounting to her liandsome face, " we were married once—and here's tbe evidence that it was conaidered quite an event.   What a jam It waa!"
" A fortunate thiug for you, tbat! The most brilliant match of tbe sea¬ son—two thousand cards out—moreor less—wasn't that whnt Ihey said in Ihe papers?"
"How can ynu tuttle so? I don't think It was. Perhaps it would have been if we had really beeu married, aud you hadn't kept your own coun¬ sel in tills ahameful m"anner. We wiil be married over agaiu, now. If you pleaae, and here's a wedding gift for you, which won't get talked ubout lu the paper.a. For richer for poorer thU time and till death us do part. You don't want me to go. Y'ou would be lo.st If I went. What would become of you, Phil?"
Then both v.ero silent. What could a poor fellow say with such a wedding- gilt as that iiiitSH of precious things which she had jioured Into his lap, he by stress of ciicuinatances compelled to accept liiem ? Aa for Jane, shehad ciiuie to the end of words. But a iong time ufter tbe day of ber .second mar¬ riage, as she alwaya called It, she was s:ayiug to herself, over and over agaiu, "Forriclier, for poorer," and ibiuiEing what weighty meaning was In tho worda.
These young persons now went Into less consjilcuoua quarters than tbey had hitherto occupied. Ju a measure they were lost to sight, it ia quito easy lo die in a great city; nobody expuslu- lates wilh you if you are resolved upou it. Tlie wonder is how an.v one lives on when dying ia so easy. "How bcau- tilully uiodeat, too, itia to retire in si- Icucb!
They lived on their bridal jewels, wheu these had been tranaformed into bread-fruit, and each in ihe eyea of the other became more lustrous and beauti¬ ful, as if crystal and pearl had by some aurprising process become transformed inlo blood, bono and tissue.
Aa time went on they continued to "hold Iheir own," and to pay as they went, aud of the darkness there was no return. Philip sent nothing to the Academy in these daya. Ifow and theu inquisitive persons aud friendly persons asked why not, and they received no satisfactory answer. He worked, tho', every morning In his studio, and elab¬ orated aud thought, aud experimented, as though he had the mint at com¬ mand, and an Indefiniteextenalonfrom old Father Time. His wife admired, praised, waa astonished—but also she was troubled not a iittle, for he made no eflbrt to bring these pictures hefore any buyer; he exhibited nothing.— When he finished a work, be turned its face to the wall, and geemed to for¬
get about it. How iong would this go on? and how iong was it likely that tbey would be able to live on pearls and diamonds?
Jane asked herself this question, and answered it by saying to herself, " Y'ou fool! he has hit upon some way of making money, tliat's what lie does when he is away from you. He merely keeps on with his painting—Heaven knows why."
One evening she asked him, as oth¬ ers had done, ihough in a very different spirit, why hedid not send two or three of these pictures to the spring exhibi¬ tion.
The answer lie gave her was rather more satisfactory than the others re¬ ceived, though it waa in the same old strain.
"I will wnit tin people are glad to hear from me," and she perceived that, though he said it with pride, he spoke now without bitterness. What was the secret of this patience, thia resolve? They were walking up the avenue in the moonlight, when she made a bold advance and said :
"How   many   pupils   have   you, Phil?" "One," he answered. "Pupils muat pay well. "Y'es, it would be foolish to expect better pay."
They were both silent for a moment, and shouts as out of Bedlam in Miat moment broke on the air. Bidders and buyers were at their work like madmen within tbe doors ofthe handaome buil¬ ding thej' were passing. They went on in silence for a block or two ; then the doubt which long had troubled Jane expressed itself.
"Phil, I had rather starve than think of you in sueh a place at work for me, gathering bread fruit."
"Xo danger," he anawered, half laughing. "I mighlahake a tree like that long enough before anything would fall for us."
Jane made no reply. She hoped her silence would wiu his confidence, but it did not, and so she said :
"There ia only one thing I aak for, and that is to see a picture of youi's—a perfect picture—in tiie Academy before I die."
"Am I on teh road to that?" he ask¬ ed, with a gleam in hia eye which she did not see. "Y'ou kuow best yourself." The answer expressed ao well what Jane had wiahed to aay, that the chief thing she desired waa to be able to truat him perfectly—that ahe acknowl¬ edged afterward to himaelf that she could not bave accomplished more in an liour's stroll, even if she had deter¬ mined beforehand on their talk.
Time went on, and it became more clear to her tbat the unshared secret was a ijlamelessone. Whateverworkhe was doing, Philip's conscience was ea¬ sy about it, and so Jaue ceased to specu¬ late concerning it. She hoped that he hull uot uiidcrtalton a oUsw of private pupils to worry the life out of him ; perhaps he worked on tbe preparation of "artist's materials;" he aometimes came home with dnubaou hia garments, whicli ho liad not certainly oblained in his studio. No matter, he waa cheerful and well; he preserved a steady hand, clear sight, and his great art aims. So nil must be well. She ask him no more questions, but lore up the weed of doubt, poiaon-rooted, whieh had flour- ialied lu tbe shade. "If there muat be a secret," she said, "there are two thai can play at that. Why ahouidn't I have oue ns well as he ?" But can a womaii keep a secret ?
It WlUi in these days that Jane Kum- aey'a brother, Mr. Watson Barnard, went abroad witll hia wife, and old JNIr. Barnard, with ;whoin they liad lived, was left in aoiitary atate in bis lonely old mansion. Mr. Watson was order¬ ed oil" by his phyaiciaua, so there was nothiug to bo aaid or done except the thing tliat wouhl hasten his departure. Butit waa a aad plight tnat the father waa left iu, deserted by hia sou to all Intents, feebleness, old age, and general misery fastening upon hini.
In those daya Jane proved heraelf the good daughter, .spending a part of every day in her old home. 'Theold man fell the comfort of her preaence, und more and more relieil upuu u—ami sue was clieerful comimny for ilia aick-room, ahe waa ao slrong, so cheerful, ao mani¬ festly satisfied with iier portion iu this life. Her fatlier had, as it were, turn¬ ed her (ill', and she had been able to get on williout him—while his son had done whal lie would, Jane had been shifting for herself as best she might— but iiow had ahe flouriahed ! While SVatson was a breatblug agony. These were among Mr. Barnard's reflections daj' after daj', as lie saw her come and go. Ho would have dlsmlaaed the thought had it beeu po.aaible, but possi¬ ble it was not. ^ As time went on, it became evident to Jane that sooner or later her father would saj'to her, "Tbere la no use—I cannot be left to myself—you must come here, vou and Rumsej'. Y'ou spend raost of your time now In the street ciralng and going." Ouo eve¬ ning aa she wns about to leave him, lie did make use of almost these very words.
When he had done so she knew of course that though Philip would raise objections, siie would be obliged to re¬ move them. And—this waa a question I would old friends and the old waj' of life be restored bj- her return to her fa¬ ther's house ? Can this earth by anj' proce.ss get hack her old lizards and her ancient ferns? Are tnej' not all gone indiscriminately into oblivion, that we maj' have light and warmth in our houses? Hail to the foaalla by whom we are what we are!
When Jane took tbe atago at ila up¬ town terminus it waa growing late in tlie afternoon, and for aome diatnuce she waa theonly pnsaenger ; but sents were taken on the route bj' one and an¬ olher, until, entering Broadway below Fourteenth atreet, tliey were caught in a tangle, and for three minutes at least policemen were occupied in untying llie hard knot of horses, carts, stages and foot-passengers.
She had nothing to do then except to look around, and thia she did. It was while doing so that an angel wilh unseen hands lifted up a sign before her face bj' which slie was to con¬ quer.
The door of the stage preceding thera, that door on which her ej'es chanced to fall, held her attention in a way tliat drew her forward on the aeat toward the window, and her fellow- passengers perceived, of course, that she waagreatly interested in watching the dextrous management of Ihe guar¬ dians of street order. Not .so. Neither wus that sudden movement of hers in¬ tended to hide the teara that atarted to her ej'ea. She only wiahed to ascer¬ tain whelher she waa iudeed to believe what those eyea had seemed to see.— For what did they see, but a picture ou the door of the stage in advance, whieli she knew uo band but Philip's could have painted, unless it waa a haud wbicli hia liad guided ?
Withdrawing her ej'ea frora the scene, she glanced arouud her at the sketchea painted above the window of the stage In which ahe rode. In that rapid aur- vey, Jane Ramaej', wifeof Philip, seem¬ ed to see much more than enough.
The singe moved on again, but now ata snail's pace, while one of the pas¬ sengers at least felt as if she could flv. Unally, when she had decided tli'at she could sit there uo longer, she pulled the driver's check. Doubtleaa It was annoyance to olher paasengers that the womau iu the corner should not have diacovered, till just after thev were in motion after that tiresome dehiy, that she had gone aa far aa she wished !— Had she been aaleep. tliey grumbled. What cared Philip Rumaev'a wife, her awift feet gliding over the'pavement ? Anybody who paased iiere might have said, "There goea a hapny woman " She waa thluklng with joy th.it, even if Philip should fail at laat aa au ar- liat, he had perfectlj- succeeded aa a man.
Ascending to her room on tbe fourlh floor, it aeemed to her tbat the moat de¬ lightful home atmosphere pervaded it. Once she would hnve thought, "W^hat! up there!—crowded in among the.se buildings ! I should siidiieate, even if I did not go distracted with the din.
Contemplating it nnw, and In tbe liglit of the necessitj- of returning to her father's house, slie could have wasted Eve's lamentation.
Philip had not returned yet, and alie said to herself, "If that ia his secret, I will respect it," and she fully Intended to act upon her resolution ;"but when he came she had said little to him, bv no means had exhausted the topics of talk, had not even touched upon her father's proposal, when these words burst fortn :
"While I was riding down this after¬ noon, Fbillp, I made up my mind that no matter how many twenty-thousand
dollar pictures you paiut, I shall never keep a private carriage."
"Why? be asked.
"Because he couldn't set up such a gallery of pictures in a coach as we have in a stage;"
There was a lazy IndiflTerence in the answer which Philip returued, after a moment. ,
"Pictures enough everywhere. 'You need not abstain froiu the coach nin that accouht. By-tbe-way, Jane, look at this vase, from Paris 1 I've had it in my possession some time, you must pardou me for not presenting it before ; in fact, I hardly kuew how to do it.— Excuse my awkwardness."
No wonder they both laughed when the artist, di-scovered as an illuminator of publio worka, revealed to the porce¬ lain painter the flue vase which the painter inid marked "Paria !"
No wonder they laughed with tears in their ej'ea. Let those laugh that win. .Tane tiad won as well ns Philip, in thegreat struggle of life, aud her Iiusband had wntched her proceedinga with a pride which induced him toae¬ cure for ber this fine evidence of her success, some time before the dealer would bu able to import duplicates for the market.
But he had not expected that when he crowned her with a love worthier than he bad given her on their first or even on their secoud wedding daj', she would have ready for him n wreath of honor everlasting.
And now tbey must lalk about go¬ ing back to alBuence, and the great temptationa of the world. Well, thej' had pnssed through an experience wbich hnd ao much enriclied them that I have uot scrupled to borrow of it in behalf of any who choose to appropri¬ ate the results. Certain omnibus-plc- turea and Parla-printed vases to ray thinking maj' be numbered among the finest of the apecimens of high art to be found among ua.
A STOBY FOE THE IITTIE FOLKS.
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A PHYSICIAN'S STOBY.
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" No, we don't, nor j'our tobacco box, nor j'our lantern, nor j'our boot-jack ; we juat waut a story, Gus and I do, ouly a litlle one. Try to think one up, Ben." " Or elso make one up," added Gus. "Make one up! What do you take me for, the New York ledger, or the True Flag ? Do you think I come out every Saturday uight with a bran new set o'f storiea?"
" Or old ones coutinued, yes, to be sure—articles original and selected, best of family reading, all for ten centa."
" Well, I never!" eahi Ben.   " Have I got to go before a justice of the peace and make my ftflfldavit?" "What's that?"
•' Whj', that's saying tbat, as sure as my name ia Ben—well, it isn't, for that matter, though."
"Isn't what? Isn't Ben j'our real nnme?"
"Ofeourse not. My true name is Ozias; but tbeu I havu been called Beu so long, that the other would sound as odd to mc now as this did the first time Iheardit." "When was that?" " When I was about six or seven years old, if you remember how long ago that was. It seems to me like day before yesterday."
"How did it happen?" we naked, both lu a breath.
" Why, J'OU aee," said Ben, " I waa a poor boy, and mother had to take lu aewing. It was about all she could do to get our living, so I had to take care of my.self a good deal, and hadn't manj' playthings but what I made my¬ self. 1 tried a good many timea to make a kite; but aomobow my kites never would fly. Some of them would atay up while I ran with them ; aome would dart up und riglit down again ; and aome would just sprawl flat on the giound.
" One Saturdaj', wheu I had finiahed about my dozenth kite, I gave Dick Jenninga, wiio worxea in ma rainer's aiioe ahop cloae by, un old valentiue, with two red hearts and some gilt verses on it, to help me tail and start my kite. Dick uuueratood such things bet¬ ter lhan auj' boy iu the neighborhood. "After t.ying together all sorts of rags and strings and bits of paper for a tail, Dick said that all was readj' for a aail; and we nauiud the kit3 llie ' Fiy¬ ing Eagle,' on account of n pijJture of an eagle in the newspaper tbat it wus made of.
" We took Dick's little sisler Meg, nnd went out to tbe common beyond the factories, on the limeatone road. On the waj' out, wopicked up Joe Mul¬ len, au acquaintnnce of Dick, who in¬ vited himself along to see the fun. I felt grand enough to havo such specta¬ tors, and could hardlj' wait till we reached the place that Dick had chosen. Whon at last be put the string into my hand aud told me to run, I felt as If I had been eleeted President.
" Up weut the kite, as Dick toaaed it into tbe air, up, up, up ; and the eagle seemed fairly to clap its wings. Meg anil 1 were wild ; and I paid out the .^liiug to tlie last inch, aud wished I had a mile more.
"'Ifl only had a string aa long as the telegraph,' said I, ' I'd sail the old eagle clean over to New Y'ork.'
" The telegraph ran right across the common, and the wire looked a little like a siring, aa I heartily wished it was.
"'Not thia squally weather,' said Dick. ' Y'ou'll lose what string you've got, or break it, if j'ou don't hold It stiller.'
" The fact was that the wiud waa prettj' atrong, and not very steady; and once in a while the Flying Eagle gave a swoop downwards, aa if it was after something. Meg and I said it was trying to catoh the swallows that were flying about; but Dick looked rather serious.
"'It'll ketch somethin," said he, 'or get ketched if this goes on long.' "
" The words were Iiardly out of hia mouth, before, sure enough, the kite gave a great dive, aud cauirbt its tail on tbe telegraph wire, wlierelt stuck faat. I felt aa If I had tumbled out of the sky, too, and began to crj' us hard as I had laughed before.
" 'Y'ou've got your wish,' snid Joe. 'Y'ou have got the telegraph hitched on. Now she'll go lo New Y'ork, straight.'
" I only cried louder than ever. Dick
toolc tue string and gave a careful pull
or two ; but It was of no uae.
" ' Stone her down,' suggested Joe.
"' Send for the b'loou man,'  cried
Meg.
"^ I'd climb the pole,' said Dick, fum¬ bling thu corners nf his alioetnuker'a apron, 'onl,y they say ther's llghtnin' in them wires, and I migbt get struck.' '"O, won't it strike Hie kite, too, Dick.' asked Meg.
"' I dou't know,'aaid he, 'I shouldn't wonder but It miglit. Lightnln's aw¬ ful."
"That was a little too much for me. The idea of havlug my poor E-Agle struck by lightning, uud torn limb from limb before my eyes was more than I could bear. I pitched mj* screams one note higher, and turned lo run away.
" It happened th.it an ohl farmer was coming by, on hia wa.v to the city wllh a load of hny, and I stumbled In¬ to the rond juat In lime to be run over, if hia sober old horses hadn't thought to atop.
" ' Hallo!' ahouted the fanner, stand¬ ing up on the lop of bis load, and looking down at me. ' la that you, Ben ?'
"'HIa uame isn't Ben,' said liltle Meg, ' it's Ozlna.'
"'Don't tell me,' aaid the farmer, ' I know hlin. It's old Ben Franklin. Ele always waa tryin' to ketch lightnin' with a kite. Hu used to flsh it out of tho clouds, and now he's fisbin' it out of tbe telegraph. But perhaps we can get him out of the scrape somehow.' "Wilh that he drove his cart under the wire, and tried to looaen the kile with hi'' pitchfork ; but it was not so easily doue, and, aller tearing three or four Iioles in tiic paper he gave it up. " Dick jerked the airing till he broke it, and tben he gave it up, too. He promi.sed me, though, as we were going home, that he would give me liack luy valentine, and lielp me make a new kite.
" When we were gone, Joe tried his plan of stoning it down; but he only succeeded In brenkingoneof thesticks, and making a few more holes in the paper.
"Other hoys took their turn in throwing stones at it, too, and the poor kite had a bard time of it. Tbe wind tried to. blow it&frn, and tbe rain
'X^a.'
One evetiing, late in November an el¬ derly man with beetling brows, pierc¬ ing gray eyes, tbln, compressed lips, and Tong bony handa, aat in a ahabbily furniahed room in a aplendldold house, casting up accounts by tbe light of a single candle, 'fhe weather beiug cold, one of those baaketa for live coal which are moat approprlatelj' called "kill¬ joys," glimmered in the huge grate.— The door of the room, which was open¬ ed into the oak-panneled hall, was ajar, and presently a servant-girl bearing a light, flitted by from the staircase.— Her master called her, "Hi, Jenny ! come here. What makes you look so scared ?   Is your mistress worse ?"
"I'm afraid so. Sir Timothj'."
"Eh! what?—really bad?"
"Ye-es."
"Going to die?"
"She says so, Sir Timothy, and' oh 1 she looks it, too. O, sir, cried the girl earnestly, blurting out what was on her soul, "If she were to die without a doctor !"
This abnormal possibilitj* shocked Sir Timothy Grabham alao, the invalid being in a matter dear to him. It was a very general notion amongat his neighbors and tcuants that the man was incapable of caring for anybodj'; but this was prejudice ; he did not care for his wife, after his own fashion. It was uot, perhaps, an enthusiastic at¬ tachment, or a deep one ; I don't sup¬ pose that he loved her as well as a good bargain, for example ; but comparisons are odious.
He remained silent for a while, look¬ ing down, and then muttered ; "I de¬ clared that I would uever send for that fellow Radford again ;" which was nn error on his part; he liad never made that rash, observation—it was Mr. Rad¬ ford who had vowed he would not come."
"Shall Charles go for Dr. Radford, please, Sir Timothy?"
"There's no one else ; so I suppose he must."
Jennj' vanished in search of that foot- man-groom-gardener- named Charles ; and her master tried to get back into his sum, but made a mistake of two¬ pence-farthing, and lapsed iuto re¬ verie.
Sir Timothj' Grabham was not a nice man, but if he had remained ludifl"er- ent to hia wife's condition, he would have been a monster. She had now, for thirty years, devoted herself lo the difficult task of pleasing him ; she had brought lilm money, and saved him monej'; born economical, she had de¬ veloped the faculty into extreme mean¬ ness, to gain hia approbation. Passion would iiave been uut of place at his age, and hers, but he esteemed her.
After a hard day's work, Mr. Rad¬ ford bad turued into bed with tbe snug conviction that he waa going to re¬ main undisturbed up to eight o'clock on the following morniug, for his laat "lady's case" was going ou aa favorably as if civillzatiou had been unknown, and uo fellow-creature looked lo him for inlroduclioii Into the world for the uext fortnight to coma. But at lialf- paat eleven, hia sleep was broken b.y the uight-bell, and be had to wrench himself from his warm nook in the feathers, feel for his dressing-gown and slippers, bluuuer into hia dre3.slng- room, wliich looked out ou the front of the house, and open the wiudow.— "What ia it?" lie shouted, shivering as the frosty night-air blew iu upou Iiia face, and played nbout his unprotected lega.
"Pleaae, sir, it's me."
" Idiot—j'our name?"
"flliOPlpB fi-n.,! ll./. Hall.''
"Thun, Charles from the Hall, you maj' go back again, for I am not com¬ ing."" " My ladj- ia verj' ill, sir." "Cau't help it. Tell your maater that I wou't attend liim or his familj', and he need send uo more me.ssagea, ua I shall mufllelheulght-bell." And wllh these words the doctor hanged down the window.
"What arc you doing, John?" aaid a voice from the bed, preaently,
" Tying a stocking around the clap¬ per of this confounded bell." "What for?"
" To get a good sleep, in spite of Sir Timothy Grabham." " Whj', he has never sent for you!" "He has, though, the insolent screw; his wife's ill."
"Oh, well, don't tieup the bell, John; she  may   be  reallj- bad—dying, you know." "What is that lome?" "I know tbey have treated us verj' badly; a rich man like that to refuse to paj' for attendance; it is unheard of! But other people might want you." "Notlikely."
"No, but ilis just po.ssible, Dou't muffle the bell."
I need hardly tell the married reader that tho doctor got growling into bed, with the bell-clapper free to rouse lilm out again. In au hour's tirae the pro¬ voking bit of iron availed itself of that liberty, but for some miuutes Mr. Rad¬ ford declined to stir. Consideration for his wife's rest, however, at length in¬ duced him to turu out ouce more, and again go through the process of refrig¬ eration.
"Sir Timothy's measenger again, I auppoae!" he cried.
"No," replied a well-known voice; " I am here mj'aeif."
" For what purpoae, Sir Timothy Grabham, do you como and disturb me, when J'OU know very well that I never Inteud to enter j'our doora again?"
"Aj', aj'," replied Ihe voice frora be¬ low ; " but thia is not a lime to bear malice. I tell j'ou that my wife la dan¬ geroualy ill—dyiug, I believe; and if ahe dies for waut of medical asaiatance, you will be responsible."
"Notso; the responsibility wll! all lie ou your owu shoulders. I am a poor mau, working hard for my living, but no one sver kuew me neglect a pa¬ tient because he could not paj' me. Two-thirds of my work is done for nothing, or next to uotbing, and those who can aflbrd It ouglit to take aome share of lbe burden, more especially J-ou, the lord of the manor, under wlioae proteclion the whole poor are placed l>j' Providence. Instead of which, you refuae to piij' me for actual attendance upon j'ouraelf aud j'Our family for upwards of a year I"
"Stay, stay!" cried Sir Tiraothy, " you mistake; I never refused to pay J'OU ; I only omitted to doso. Y'ou are really wr.nig to look unou It aa a per¬ sonal inatter, because I never.pay any oue unless I am jictuallj' obliged. Whj' did you not bring au action? But corae, let uasee if we caunot do busi¬ ness together. Bava my wife, aud I will pay J'OU a hundred pouuds. There!"
"Eh?" said Mr. Radford, rather staggered. " But you kuow there Is no taking your word for anything."
" Come down, and let me lu, and I will put the promise dowu in black and white," said Sir Timothy.
" That aounds like business," replied the doctor, not altogether sorry for an excuse for going lo the aid of a dy¬ ing woman. So he shut the wiudow, putou snme clothes, aud admitted Sir Timothy Grabham, taking hira into his consulting-room and lighting the gas.
"Now, how am I to word it?" in¬ quired the baronet, takiug up a pen, and arr.iuglng a sheet of foolscap before hlin. " 1 promise to paj- the sum of one hundred pounds to Mr. Johu Rad¬ ford, aurgeon, if he cures "
"No, un," iuterrupted the doctor; "it ia oulj- quacks who make sucb bargains as thai; " I must have my fee whether I am successful or uol."
"Very good—'surgeon, foraltendanoe upou mj' wife, kill or cure.' Will that do?" "Ves, that will do ; but sign it." "Ob, oh ! I forgot. How stupid." And Sir Timothy appended his uame to lbe document, which Mr. Radford locked up iu his desk ; and then put¬ ting ou his greatcoat and hat, he left the house ivith his successful visitor.
He found Lady Grabham very ill in¬ deed, quite past human aid, in fact; and though he was indefatigable in his attendance, and performed that feat which is popularly called " exhausting tbe resources of bis art," she sank on tbe third day. Tbe widower was not ibcohsolable.    The  nndertafcer  took
some timber which had lately been fell¬ ed, in part payment of expenses ; and on tbe very day of the funeral. Sit Tim¬ othy iet a farm, tbe lease of wblcb bad expired, at an Increased rent, withont iiaving to do as much in the way of re¬ pairs ua he had antl«lpated ; so that be was enabled to bear bis domeatic mis¬ fortune like a Spartan.
After a decent lapse of time, Mr, Badford sent in a bote referring to tbe promise Sir Timotby Grabham bad made him, and requesting a check for a hundred pounds ; aud no answer be¬ ing vouchsafed to this communication, he preaently wrote agalu In more urg¬ ent language ; but the second letter was ignored as quietly aa the first. Then the good doctor got angry, and meeting hia debtor oue day iu the course of Ills rounda, he upbraided hitn with his conduct, and threatened to take legal proceedings.
"Quite right, doctor—quite right," aaid Sir Timothy. "Force me to pay you, and I will do it; but I uever part with a farthing except under compul¬ sion it is against my principle; audi am sorry I cannot make an exception in your favor."
So Mr. Badford pnt the matter in the hands of a lawyer; and iu due time the case came on.
It was a gay day in the little couutry town, forthe caae excited a great deal of curiosity and amusement; the poor doctor who was a general favorite had been pitilessly chafed, though every¬ body hoped for aud anticipated his success; and the court was crowded with counlrj' magnates. It added to the attraction of the afiair that Kir Timothy Grabham, with all his faults, bad the merit of being consialenl; he would not employ a lawj'er, but con¬ ducted his own caae. Of course the doctor's flolieitor waa jubilant and quo¬ ted the proverb which avers that ihe man whoao acted had a fool for his client. ."Not but what the c.i.so' la clear enough," he added; "all the lawj'ers In London could not get hini oft" paying up."
And Indeed it did .seem simple. The doctor was put iuto the witness-box, and told his atory; and Sir Timothy did uot queatiou the correctueas of it; ou the contrary he openij- said, that, to the best of hia remembrance every¬ thing had occurred exactlj' aa describ¬ ed. " But," he added, " I should like to look at the document whicii had been alluded to, and aak the plalnlitt' a question or two about it."
The memorandum waa handed to him, and he read it aloud : "' I promise to paj' the sum of one liundred pounda to Mr. John Radford, surgeon, for attendance upon luj' wife, kill or cure.' Exactly. Well, Mr. Badford, did you cure her?"
"No ; that was imposaible."
"Did you kill her?"
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AH HOUE WITH KATUKE.
There are times when a shade of sad¬ ness overclouds the spirits of the most huoj'aut. When the mind fills " with thick-coming fancies." Wben " com¬ ing events cast their shadows before." When, in apite of all our ])hilosophy, and seeing the folly of murrauring ut the inevitable, the world seems to have lost all Its charms. Tbis, I take it, arises from causes plij'sical, mental aud pecuniarj'. How ofteu, uuder such cir¬ cumstances, Iiave I thrown myself Into tlie saddle and rode home two and ahalf miles south east of ray phice, to the top of mine bill. From this poiut tlie val¬ ley of l^auc.istcr Couuty, panorama like, spreads out before you. In the distance raaj' be seen the lilue mouu- talns, serpent like, basking in thesun, and guarding the outer bouudiirj'.— Theu come clumps of trees intersper¬ sed with innumerable cottages, like men on a chess-board. The whole, du¬ ring these soft autumnal days, when thesoul seems to be iu closer commu¬ nion with the cieator, ciiveied with a soft, hazv, gauze-Uke Indian summer's veil,
•' -V thing or boiiuty is a joy forever." Scenery of this kind maj' be felt but not adequateij' described. It has occur¬ red to me as I gazed, ou astill. ele.ir morning, at the volumeof sinoke ar¬ row-like ascending lieavcn-ward from many homes. What an unwritten his¬ torj' of joj'9 and sorrows, of " liope de¬ ferred, which makelh tbe heartsick," of anllcip'ations of happiuess, bubble¬ like, bursted beforo fruition, could many of those plaoes give! I have also thought, while wrapped in aban¬ don nnd drinking in the beauty of this scenery, tbat after " life's feverish ex¬ citement was o'er," the curtaiu drop¬ ped, aud the drama closed, if it would be the good Master's will, I would like to revisit tliis beautiful spot, though I would be but "dust and ashes nnd a naked spirit."
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KK.VL ESTATE anrt INSURANCE AOENT
Iformerly of Lampeter, Lancaster county, Prt.J
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'rhose wIshliiK   his services are requested to apply to OEB.\RDUS  CLARK130N, Esi at   the   Prothonotary's   Olllce     who promptly ar.t.end to the mutter.
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OIL cLorn.s, on, clothh.
the bestand mostbeautintl patterns lu Lan¬ caster,
We give our country and city friends a cor¬ dial invitation to Klve us a call, and examine our stock.   We will well cheap.   We have also on band a general assortmentofHARDWAKE, NallH, Glass, Locks, Hinges, White Lead, Oils, Paints, Groceries, Ae. Don't foreet tbe place, REINHOLD A SON, Comerof Nortb Qneen and Walnut streets apl2fl-tfa4   r Lancaster
Stoves,   Heaters, &e.
Oh Yc»!      OU Yes!      Oh Yen I!
DAVID BRENNER
Respectfully Informs lho public tbat he will attend to
CRYING 8ALE3 of Real .ind Personal property. In any part of the county. Persons wishing his servicea will please eitll at his residence on the Colnmbia turnplko road, three miles west of Lancaster, or at Brenner's Hotel, West Klnj; street.
#a*Letters addressed tn lilm ut Lancaster P. O., will be promptly attended to. «e|i7 'TO II 42
LEGAL   NOTICES,
AD3IINIS'riCATORS- NOTICE.
E-itate  of Frederick  Wagner,  late of Tjeacoek township, Uec'd.
T' ETTEK.Sof administration on said estate jhavlnt; beeu granted totheunderslgned, all Ijersonsludebted thereto are requested tomake im mudlitle iiuymen t, and those having claims ordcmii lids against the.same will present them for settlement to the undersigned, residing In Leacock township.
LYDI.A. W.40SER. OEORGE BEI.DO.MRID0E, 'novl2 0*tj2i  Adinlulslraturs.
Assigned (state of Jacob Jj. Markley, of Di'iiniore tn-p., Laiioaster co.,
HAViNG hy dei-d of voluntary assignment dated N0VE.MBER71U, 187(1,nssigued nnd transferred ull els estate and ellects to the uiidersUneil fjr the beneilt nf tho creditors of tho suld John K. Markley. he therefore gives noilee to all )>ersons Indebted to aaid assignor, to tiiulce jiayment to thu undersign¬ ed without delay, uud those having claims to present tnem to
JAME-S ST. WILSON. 'nov23 (It 2J A.ssignee,  residing In DruuKn-e twp.
He that ha.s never knon-a adversity is hut half acquainted with otliers, or with himself. Constant success shows us but oue side of the world. For, as it surrounds us with friends, who will tell us only our merits, so It silences those enemies from whom aluno we can learn our defects.
Tho Wallachian polico have a way of eliciting testimony from refractory wit¬ nesses. They hang thetn up with hot eggs under tlieir armpits, and then drive splinters under tlieir linger nails
At aspiritual circle the otlier evening a gentleman requested the inedium to ask what amusement was most popular in the spiritual world. The repl.v was, " Reading our own obituary notices."
The married people of Ohio must have many "odd fancies," for the sta¬ tistics show that tbe divorces in that State are equal to onetwenty-fourth of the marriages.
Dr. McMillan, of irorllnsville, Tnd., removed the right upper jaw of a Mrs. Pelton, of that place. Other husbands nre anxious to have the operation per¬ formed in their families.
Brown.—"Whosebnj' is thnt, Jones ?" Jones —" Oh, only a relation nf mine by marriage." Brown— " What rela¬ tion, if I mav ask?" Jones.—"A son, that's   all."
Just 03 the stars shine out in the night, ao there are blessed faces that look at us in our grief, though before, their features were fading from our rc- collection.
The man who married three sisters in succession excused himself for so doing on the ground that he got ofl' with ouly one mother-in-law.
Some Ingenious biped litis a machine to mako a man rise early In the morn¬ ing. A young Benedict says a six- month-old baby can beat It to death.
A witty writer says : " Lawyers aud clients remind rae of the two rows of
Eeople at a tire : one passing along full uckets, aud tlie other empty oues."
Alluding to chignons, a lady remark¬ ed, "A girl now.seema all head." "Yes, till you talk to her," blurted out a con¬ flrmed cynic.
An old Greenland seaman said he eould readily believe that crocodiles shed tear.i, for he had often seen whales' blubber.
We havo Iiad a great many transla¬ tions of the Holy Scriptures; tlie best of all would bo their translation into the daily practice of lollgioua people.
Believe that that Is whicii tlioti dost wish to be; cease to fear for what is se¬ cure, and have certain assurance of un¬ doubted constancy.
The greatest effort of friendship is, not to bear or overlook the faults of our friends, but to pardou the superiority of their taleuts.
Seeing that life has been given us precarious and full of unuertiiinty, fix not thy hopes upou the anticipated de¬ mise uf auotlier.
Those who will not return to the duties they have neglected, can not ex¬ pect to return to tho comforts they have lost.
Fighting is the poorest way to settle a quarrel, because It does nothing to ahow which is the right.
Qod will accept your flrst attempts lo serve Him, not as a perfect work, but aa a beginning.
It Is a low order of piety that thinks more of the Lord's comiug than of do¬ ing the Lord's will.
Of all the created comforts, tiod is the lender; mau is the borrower, not tbe owner.
Hear one side, and you will be in the dark; hear both sides, and all will be clear.
AISSIUXEC'S KOTICE.
Assigned estate of  Charles ICrieg and wife, of Lancaster city, Lan¬ caster county. ClHARLES KRIEO and wife of Lancaster ' cily. having, by deed of voluntary assign¬ ment,  duted  , assigned and trausler¬ red all his estate nnd aOeCLs to the under¬ signed,  for tho  benelit of the   creditors  of the said Charles Krieg; they thereforo give notlceto ull personsiudebted to suld assignor, to maUe puymeut to the uudersigned without delay, and llto.so having ctaims to  present tbem to OEOBGE LEVAN, Lancuster city,
M. o. ariBK,
Manor townsbip, or to liieir Att'y, J. 11. Goon,SB E, King Ht, Lancuster, Pu. nolo lit I Assignees.
A3~ A very colil Winter  nsuallv succeeds a very boi .Summer t^sd
1870. n 1871.
FaU and Winter. iVERCHANT TAIEOBINO,
HE.1DV-JIAUE CLOTDINO.
AJfD
FURNISHING GOODS,
AT THE OLD, WELL-TRIED AND RBLLV- BLE Ea'PAULIaUMENT
or
RATDTOX dc FISHER,
AT THB
COR. OF .NOHIIIQ0EEN i ORANOE ST.S.,
{Opposite Shober's),
LANCASTEK, PENN'A.
"Tip-top:' Ail'WooI Casslmere Suits ¦
made 10 ortier, from... $IK
do   do   Cloth Suits,      rto   do   ... 25 do  Beaverand Cblnchllla Over¬ coats, from  18
Plain & fanc.v Ca.sslmere Pants, all- wool  „    7
do   do   Casslmere Vests,   do   . 3 50 to
Suits of Clothing, Tcadu.mut/c, frora 12    to 20 Overcoals, do from   8    to lti
taS35 to iS
to a> to  12
A largo variety of CLOTlI-f. C.VSSIMEKES, OVEBUOATINOS, COATISOS. VEslINOS. &c.. which will be sold by the y.ird, cul and lr\mm.eii,otmadeloorderlii Ihemost approved styles.
KL'RNIsniNO OOODS, Including Slilrts, Shirt Collars, Under-Clotblug. Ties Bows, Ilaudkerclilefs, Culls, Knit Jackets, Umbrel¬ las and .Suspenders, amoug the latler the pop¬ ular *' Buy State Braces."
49~ Prices Low, aud salisfacllon gunranteed.
B&TIIVOX ,1: FISnEB.
oc 5 3m 47 Practical Tailors.
FIRE  & LIFE.  INSDRANCE
EXECL'Tuns' XOTICE.
Estate of Henry Krieder, lale of Up¬ jier Leacock township, Lancastt?r eounty, deceased.
IETTERS Teslamenlry on said estate J having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebled Ihereto are requested to make lmmedialeselllemeat,and thosehavlng claims or demands agai nst IhesaM deceedeut, will maUe I:nown the same to the undersign¬ ed, wilhout delyv,
JOHN 51. KRIEDER, residing in Starir couniv, Ohio, I.SAAC LEAMaN, Residing iu Upper Leacock lwp,, Lan. co.. Pa. November 211,1S70. noS0 6«l3
XHE AiKEBICAII
l<tfe Insurance Conipany
THE UNDERSIGNED BEG LEAVE to call the attention of Merchants and Consu¬ mers lo their large and varied assortment nl STOVES, embracing every kind and stylo that IS new and desirable.
COOEINO STOVES,
FKOM 83.00 EACH AND UPWARDS.
BADGES of a variety of Makea
BASEBUENINO, SELF-FEEDINO PARLOR STOVES AND PARLOR HEATERS,
OF THE LATEST  A!!l>  MOST APPEOVED PAlTEBi-H
OF EASTERN OR PENN'A MAKE. FIREPL.\CE HEATERS, INCLUDINO THE
" BAI^TIHORli: »
SUNNYSIDE,
A LAKGE ANO WKLL-fiELECTEDBJOCK of Dining Room. Parlor, Hull. Ofllce. Cliiiroli. Store.uhop and J-aundry yTOVPii.ndapifd for Wood or Conl, a»nl at Prices tbat should meet tbe flpproviil of nil. Peninns in w^ni, will do well to cftl I. Our stock iiaving beeu Inid I ii uu very udvuntageous terms, we cnn supply ilio*:u who buy to sell ngnin, nt prices aK Lu^V* or LONVtflH tlian can be bad in Phlladelptiia.
43- AI.so, a general asKorlment of every- tliiuK icept in a fliAt-clH}4)4 Hardware Store, all of Which is oflered at  LUWKST PKICES.
GEO. M. SI liUNMAN A CO. Srn 47
OF parixADELpniA.
ALEX. WHILLDIN. Presideut.
. 8. WILSON.
Seoretary,
ACDITORS* XOTICE.
Estate of Jucob E. Weaver and wli"e, of J^ast Earl towuship, Lau¬ easter eounty. 11HE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dls- . trlbutetho Imlance remaining In the hands ofChrlstlan Weaver. Christian Zimmerman, and Martin E.StuufT^r. assignee's or hk1(1 Juhu E. Weaver and wKo, toaad among those lu- gally entitled to the sarae, will attend for that purpose on TUESDAY, the 27th Dav of UE- CEMIIEB at 10 o'clock, a. m., at the Libra¬ ry Uoom of the Court House, In the city of Lancaster, Pa., whore all persons interested In suid distribution mav attend, dec;* 4t :i SIMON P. EBY.
GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN.
Date.
1860, Dec. 31,
1861,
1867,
1868.
No. Policies.
991
1,120
7,656
10,282
Amt. Insured.
$ 1,090,460 00
1,206,000 00
18,312,478 93
24,759,901 59
EXKCCTOB»S WOTICE.
Kstate of David Glick, late of Upper Lracock township, dec'd.
rETTEKStestamentary on said estate hav- jiug beon granted to the undersigned, nil persousindebted Ihereto are requested to make ijiinieiUatesettlcincnt.andthnselmvingcIaiiQ or demands against the same will present them wUhout (leluy for settlement to the nu- lorslgiied, residing In Raid towanhlp.
SAMUEL F. GLICK, DAVID L. GMCK, dec:; ct 3 Executor's
J-B. i,,ivrNasTON*, Alt'y. Kov. 3D 187i),
AD7IINISTICA.TOBS' NOTICE.
Estateof Sumuel Kherer, late of Bapho township, deceased.
rETTEUS^of administration on said estate J having been granled Co the undersigned, all persons Indebted to said decadent are re¬ quested tu make tmraedtate settlement, and those Iiaving claims ordemands against ilie same will prie.senL them for aettlement to the uoderiigned. ABllAHAM P. .sHEliEH. Rosltiing in Mt Jov township,
ELIAH P. SHEKER. Kesiding In Kapho towuship, nuv3Q6*t3] Administrators.
THE AMERICAN
Ifumes Policies on all desirable plans, at low rates, and for security and promptness in meetinc losses Is unsurpassed by any company
in the United States.
llOAItD OF TRUSTEES.
Ho.''. JAMES P0LIX3CK, Ex-Gov. of Penn'a, Director U.S. Mint,
J. EDGAR THOMSON, President Penn'aR. R.. EWSouth Third St.
GEORGK NUGENT, Gentleman, residence, Germantown.
ALBERT C. HOBERTS.Presidenl Fourth Na¬ llonal Bunk.
PHILIP E. MINGLE.Seed M&robanl,10S Mar¬ ket street.
Hos. ALEX. G, CATTELL,U..S.Senator,Mer- chnnt, 27 North Water st.
ISAAC HAZLEHURST. Altorney-at-Lftw, 508 Walnnt «t,
L.M. WHILLDIN. Merchant, 20 and 22 Sonth Front Ml.
HENRY K. BENNETT. Merchant, 7*5 South Fourth St.
GEORGE W. HILL. President Seventh Na- tl<mul Bank.
JAME-S L. CLAGHORN, President Commer¬ cial National Bank.
JOHN WANAMAKER, Oak Hall aothtng Iiouse, S. K. coruer .-Ixth and Market aU., aud 818 and 8l*0 Chestuut St.
FIRST   PKE9IIV3I
AWARDED TO
FLINN & BRENEMAN
FOB THE E1H:PIR£ nEAX£R
JLND
EIHPIBE     COOK.
TUB EMPIRE STOVES
ABE the best, most economicnl and tiftud somest Stoves la the market. They ouly require to be teslt:(i to convince all. that they win save from one-third to one-half the Coal consnmeil by other btoves of that same size.
FOR .SALE AT
FLINN & BRENEMAN'S
OBEAT HTOVE hTORE,
No. 69 North Qneen street, Lancasler, Pa
THE
EMPIRE  COOK,
THE
IS  TDE
BEST
WOBI.D.
.lI>.1fIWINTRATORS' XOIICE.
£stato   of   Dnniel   Bool;,   ST.,  late   of 8tra.sburs township, dec'tl.
rETTKRtiot administration on aaid estate J hiivlng bccuf<ranted to the underslKnGd, ntl pensoitsiudobtcd thereto arc rcrtuested to make Immediate payment, and those bavins claims ordemands aKainst thesame will pre. .sent them for settlemeut to trie underslicued. S.vMUEL bOOK, re:jldingln Provid-nee two., DVNIEL BOOK, residing In \W, st Lampeter twp.,
loan H. MILLEB, residlnsin Went T.ampeter Lwp., U.WID BOOK. uo'JG GH 2 residlug in Strasbnt-g twp.
thobocghbred cattle
AND
FARM I.1IPI.E3IEST.S FOR SALE.
INTENDING to change my Elizabeth Farms from stock-raising lo dairy farms, I offer at private salo a large number of Fat. (Jiillle, Heifers, Calves, mauy orTffi5?\5i^ which are TUOROUUHBBED—be-*^KBBSa sides a great variely of Farming rm-_jjf 31. pleraenis—AVagons, Ploughs, Ac.
All parlies lu want willplease call at the es¬ tate on Mr. P. P. Elliot, or write to him at Briekersvllle P. O., Lancaster county. Ha.
n«t-'3in SJl U. DaWSON COLE.M.A.N.
ausl8-R 8ep29 tf
n. 8. GARA. Agent, MM E. King St.. Lancaster.
1870.
OEO. L. O.inLE.
1870.
E!LI SIIERTZER.
GABLE & SHERTZER
(ScccE-^oKa TO Jacob Oabls.)
WO. 29  E.4ST HIKG STREET,
OPPOSITE THE COUUT HOCSK,
EASrCASTEB, PA ,
WOULD respectfully Inronn their friends and the public that they havo on hand a
L.^RQE AND \yELL-SELECTED 8T0(k OF
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
or every deseriplion.  Snch aa
PAnt^OR AXD COOK
S£C09rD-HA7iI> ENOIKES ANU BOILERS.
One Shone Portable Eugino and Boiler; One 10-norae fitatlonary ¦• "
Ooe 35 horse Fire Bor Boiler; Two Cylinder Boilers, 28 In. diam., 30 ft. long : Two •• •'      34   "        »      25 •*     "
ALSO, One new 20-horse Horizontal Engine; Ono  "     S-hors9 '
One   •*     6-horBo Upright "
For salo cheap at the
BEST BOILER W0BK3. novlgif 1] Lancaster, Fa.
WANTZJ>.
A HOTEL, to rent or lease. Anyperson J\. having a hotel property that tbey are de- BlrouB of renting will please Inform.
JOHN LANaiXG, Peqaea Post ofBce. decs St 3 Lancaater ooanty, Pa.
PBIVTUrO Or £VEBT BESGRIPTIDN ex- eontcd at tiila o0te on rawKmaU* tenns.
Copper and Iron Kettlefli
KNIVES,        FORKS,        SPOOTS,
LADLES. LAMPS,
TUBS,   BUCKETS,   BASKETS, &c.
Also, an endless variety of
TIN Aim bII£ET-IBOX WABKi
¦W" ROOFINO and SPOUTINO done to Order, In any part of tbe City or Conuty.
J9" BBIPAIRINO promptly attended to. *Ct nov 80 ly »
KlNZKU'S p- P. Meatrs. Flinn A Tlrenernan: OentIeinen~I bave lbe " Kmplre HoHier" 1 pnrcbased of you, in full blast. Itcannot bo surpassed by any Slove I bave overseen for heat, for beauty, for comlort. JOHN M. .SLAYMAKKR.
Lancasteu, Pa., ISTi). Messrs. Flinn A Breneman: OHtitlenitn—I bave bud Nome experience, botb InHelMti^^iind usinu Hl'ives, nnd I muMt Hav, lbe "Eniplro Cooh Stove" I )>ought from you. Is tho best ' huve exuutined or u.'^rd.
W. D. STAUKFEIt. Prolhonotnry.
Lancaster, UTO. yrei^ars. Flinn A Brenemnn: Oentienii-n—The new "Empire Cook Stove" we bought fioni youfrlven perfect hallsfacrllon. It bakes more evenly and lu a shorter time than any Klove we bave ev^-r used. We keep flre duy nnd iiiKbt williout any trouble, una uue ojilv linll tho coal formerly eonsunieii by a No. 9 Parlor Cook. Yourw respocifnllv,
JNO. UeUAVEN.
LAXC.\STEn, Pa., 1S70. Messrs. Elinn A Breneman: Gentlenien— With four ions of Nut t'<ml, I beated four rooms, from September till the warm weather carae on. The "Empire Has Burner" Is cer¬ tainly ahead ofany HpntiT I have over exam¬ ined. Uev. W. T. QEHUAUL.
LANavSTER, Oct., IfiTO. Messrs. Flinn A Breneman : Oentlemeu—1 ho *• Empire Cook" I bought rrom ynu is j>orfw!. It does not eonsume over balf the coal eou sumed by a No. 7 Susquehunnii.
Vours truly, HILAIRE ZAEPFEU
Rlacewater p. O, Messrs. Flinn A Brenemnn:    Oeutlf nii d—1 caunot sny t nouiih Id praise ofthe "Empire Cook" to do It Justice.
Yours. JNO. L. STEnMA.V.
THK FOLLOWING PARTIES ALSO HAVK TIIE EMPIRE:
.Tohu Bller, Eniprprlse.
Jobn Sides, Bobierstowu.
Michael Hotrman. Maytown.
John S. Kmlth, Klnzer's Htaiioa.
Alfred Elimnker, Qap.
Henry Musser. Klnzci.'f.
Hllalre Zaepfel, Lauuflsier elty.
Col. K, F. Brenner, cily.
Henry Biggs. Lancaster clly.
J. R. Cbrlot. Lancuster ctty.
Owen Hopple, Lancasler clly.
Jobn Hurnlsb. Pequea.
HovtlDE ft Schlott, Lancastpr cily
Elum 1>. Hurst. Lancastercity.
H. Bumltz. Lanctister city,
Krelder <t Co., Cross Keys Hotel, City.
Henry Shenk, Register. Lancaster cliy.
Heury Mussclmtin, Strasburi;
Henry Snavely. Junction It. R.
Jobn B. Rei.st, Muuhelm.
pf ter BeutE, Mitlwuy Station.
Wm. Marshall. Lancaater city.
Wm. Shultz, Lancaster clly
Peier Cllne, Lancasler city.
A Lindsny. Printers* Paper Mill
Augustus Bitner. Lancaster cilVt
John B. Shelly, Mount Joy.
Kichard Malone, near the clly.
Samusl Hess, Lancaater city.
Jacob Mayer, near tbe dty.
t:njamln Oarber, East Donegal, enry Baumgarder. Lancastercity Mark Cooper, Bird-ln-Hand, Bethany Chnrch, EphraU township. J. B. Swarlxwelder, Lancaater city. Samnel Maizall, Peierabarg. Mrs. Lyrila Landis, Lancastsrclty. LsTl Puwoal. Cfatlstlana. Tbomas Qrabb, Fnlton. J. B. LlTloeaton, city. _ __ ¦   And matfy olhers. BVpaSaM BoeaSGO