Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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LANCASTER, PA.; WEDMSDAYv JUNE 7, 1871.
NO. 30.
KXABUXER A:  HBRAIiO.
PUBLISHED  ETESI  WEDHESDATT. At Ro. 9 RocUi (iDmn Btr««t, Kssciiter, F«.
TERMS-S3.00 A TEAR Mt ADTASCE.
JOHN A. HIESTAND 4 E. M. KLINB, Edlton and Proprietors.
¦WHISILING TIP IHE BOMMEH. Hark how the wild birds whistlel
Whistling down the spring, WiiistlinB'ip tlio snmmer; Whal will the sammer bring ?
Moctlng-blrd, jay and robin, Sparrow, and wren and thrush,
Partridge and yeliow hammer, Whistlers of liio brush.
Whistling all together.
Whistle the air. and bark! A sparkling, dewy tenor
Is trilled by the skjey lark.
Whlsil'us till thesummer—
O how tne whistles ring! God's wliistlrtrs whistle sweeter
Than His sweetest singers slug.
Whistling up the summer— Perfect the tune and tlmo.
Tile singer can only follow Wilh nuistcal lluklc: of rhyme.
Whisllo, and whistle, and whlsllo.
Tinkle and tinkle so! rnder, around and hlgli-over,
Whistle and tinkle go.
Down lu the meadow plowing, Keuben has caught the tune.
He whlBllos It loud nnd blithely— Ills weddiug day comes with Juue.
Over the hlil his sweetheart
Sits at the lonely loom. Her feel beating lime lo the music.
Her lingers a-weaving bhioni.
Whistling up tho summer— What can the summer bring
Whiler lhan wedding favors, Brighter than wedding ring ?
WHOM Win SHE CHOOSE.
fllAPTEIt   1.
Tbe centre of the city ia like the palm of a hntiil. From it Iho lonjj fin¬ gera stretch out ; one over the mill <lani; another along the Hats; the longest of all bridges Ihe river, anil then going on ami ou, tho straiglit wido street rising unlil it overlooks lhe b.iy suddenly bciids like lbe crook of a linger, until Its tip touiibcs the wator.
Itisaladder—abillofdillicuity-toihe dwellers at this end of the town, raost «C wliom uegan Ufe ut Us foot, in the ilingy shops and leuchient houses there and have slowly struggled up; some to the long blocks of comfortable dn'ol- liugs; olbers, going on still farther, bave readied tbe most pretentious pointof all—tbat lying closo tlown to tbe water upon the other side.
There is an air of newness, a ilavor of Jonah's gourd about tiio Italio- Cbinese ])agoda witb 3«^rencli roofs here. Tliey seem, iuileed, to have sprung up in anight, the dampness of tbe mould still clinging to yiem. Tbere is aslrainiug after pinnacles aud tow¬ ers and top knots in architeclure—after eflei'ts quite disproportioned to means in landscape gardeuint;, and in fuct, an evident attempt to crowd in their ut¬ most capacity the prescntlimited space und lime.
This is the foundation built upon tbe roek—gold. Another generaiiou will develop tbe fine art and possibly tbe sciences.
Iu tbe meantime I will lell ray little story.
Paul Hayes was sent here to preach tbe gospel, for tbere are churchea. Some of tbem, even so soon, are begin¬ ning lo pride themselves, not upon tbeir sanctity, but upon tbe high social position of tbeir merab'^rs—-n other words, upon the distance at which they live from tbe foot of tbe street, which is tbeir social sctle.
Fortunately Paul's church was not araong tbese. If one bas to deal wilh ignorant people, it is belter to take tbem iu the rough. Iron in its natural state holds wonderful possibilitiea. But iron —spoiled iu the smelting—whut can one do wilh it?
His church was only a mission chapel, supported by a rich society of thesame denomination; hia people — tbe men aud women to whom one goes wilh ungloved bands. Butbewaayoung and atrong, and believed himself called of God, wbicb is tbe best preparation for any work. Ho threw aside his books and read men.
Tbere are a few exceptions to the houses I huve deseribed in the more aristocratic partof tbe lown. One will suflice to prove tba rule. It stands away fronf the street, just below the staring white hotel that crowns its rise. It ia square, of stone, and paint¬ ed white. Upon one side ia a pleasant garden. Possibly it was built in Colonial timea, wben thesalt, salt wind swept in here from the sea, unbroken by anything save the.se walls andthe scattered remants of forest trees. It bas so far caught tbe spirit of mortem timea aa to don a Mansard roof, but tbe tall Corinthian pillars slill remain, aa llie wide stone steps, wilh a lion eou- chant upon eilher side.
CIIAI'TEB If. Vesey Welles stood ujion tbe hearth rug in the long, low drawiug-room awaiting the coming of her guests. Ordinarily she might be a trifle paler— quite, possibly—tliough wilh tbedeptbs quickly stirred by the dropping of a careless sloue. To-night sbo waa flushed, tremulous, excited.
"By tbe wny,"said her father, pausing atthe door aa he passed through the hall. " I met Ibat young minister—Hayes, you know—this morning, and asked biin up lo dinner."
"But I don'l know," responded Vesey aa be passed on, ber eyes growing wider and wider in dismay; "I dou't know hira at oil. And to-night of all nights," she balf sobbed, pulling at the flowers in the porcelain vase before bev. until the one red rose dropped all its petals al her feet.
It was lo be the last of tbe pleaaant evenings thot bad brightened all the winter. Darrel Winslow and hia mother were eoming to dine with them once more before going bome. Tbey had been boarding at the hotel just above, for a few njontba. Vesey bad built so many hopes upou this even¬ ing.   But now—
Sbe was fastening a bunch of daphne
—aweet   scented,   velvet leaved—Into
her belt wben Paul entered tho room.
"Passing fair I" he said to himaelf at
a glimpse of the bent head.
"The Bev. Paul Hayea!" announced lbe servant. She turned quickly, not catching the narae, hearing only the aouud of feet and tbe opening of the door. But tho fluah upon lier face was not for him. The maladresse with whieh ahe beaitated and then cama lo meet bim was something strange in Vesey—graceful, self-possessed.
" 1—I am MisaWellea," with rather an unnecessary frankness. "My father will be down in a moment. He was unusually late from town to-night." The last words were uttered in her grandest air, in her efforts to compose herself.
"But haughty and cold." Paul added mentally, as he turned away to meet her father.
Then at last Mrs. Wlnalo w and Darrel came. "Whp the is this man?" looked
suddenly shy, preaented him to Faul, and Paul to DarreVa mother.
"Bo glad, I'm sure," murmured Mrs. Winslow, effusively. "Alwaya de¬ lighted to meet our clergy. Hayea, did yoBflay? And|.j^JiereT:^        ,, . ,..
Vesey interposed. It would sever do to chill tbe air, already frigid, with theological dlfTerences. Mrs. Winslow was a staunch church woman. Paul, ahe knew, was of another faith.
"Let me wheel your chair to the flre. There—so." Bheseated her In triumph. The genilemeu gathered in a knot at a little distance.
"And you really go home to-mor¬ row?" Vesey aaid, aitting down beside her.
" Yes. I've done all my ahopping. My mauve poplin came home to-day. There is nothing to wait for now; and Darrel does not care to stay. The opera season la over, you know."
So it was for tlie gayeties of the town he had lingered week after week, she thought, witb a audden sinking of heart. Oh, how blind ahe had beeu! Hia carelesa laugh came acrosa the room just then as if to mock her.
"You'll not eome back before an¬ other seaaon V" Sbo could not hide the paiu that quivered in her voice. But the limp little woman crushed iuto the depths of the arm-chair by her side and did not heed it.
"No," sbe replied, simply,  "I sup¬ pose not." Tbe gentlemen joiued them. " Sit down here, by rae," said Mrs. Winslow to  Paul, motioning   to   tbe chair by her side.
"It is of uo use," whispered Vesey lo Darrel, with a hysterical sound be¬ tween a laugh und a sob.
"What is of no use?" He followed ber away from the Hre.
"Trying to avert grim fate. Your mother la determined lo discusa church all'aira wilb Mr. Hayes. What will she say to find he ia not in succession atall? Thathe simply cares for the souls of our butcher and baker and—" " Candlestick maker," suggested Dar¬ rel.
"Yes, for aught I know. I have tried to keep tbem apart, but—"
"Kxtremes will meet. I believe there is an attraction between the poles. But what does it portend, this inva¬ sion? Are you about to assume a stuff gown and plain bonnet? Or do you propose to bring him inlo the true chuicb ? Not a bad addilion, I should say," fixing bis eyes on Paul, wbo had won tbe respectful alleniion, at least, of his ratlier light minded audience in tbe arm-chair.
"What were you saying?" Vesey asked absently. Her eyes bad followed bia- "How ho chanced lo be here? Oh! father has met him occasionally, aud so asked bim tn diuner. I am sorry he came tonight."
"Ah?" Darrel looked down upon her with an uuconscious air. She liad spoken truer words than she inteuded. Bhe went on ns tliough abe had nol beard him—aa thouih the color waa not flaming in her face.
"Becauae I thought j'ou would have little In common, aud thought itwould be awkward for ua all. It does not matter." Nothing did or ever would any more. A gray wall aecmed to abut out all beyond tbls night.
" But I am not t>> be defrauded of my righta. I am to lake you out to dinner, am I not? You surely won't throw me over at the last, Vesey ?" He bent his head cloae to lier face.
" I don't know; you can sit upon one side and Mr. Hayes upon tbe otber, if be will." Sbe moved away towards the others; leaning over hia mother's chuir she pretended to listen, smiling assent—to what, she never knew. Sbe was thiuking how pleasaut she bad hoped it would be, witb only Darrel and his mother here—tbey four around the fire in twilight, Darrel by her—of the words sbo bad thought be would apeak. Tbere waa a ring hanging upon his watch-chain. It fitted her finger.   He had tried it once in jest.
"Vesey!" called her father. And thon ahe knew tbe others were rising— that dinner was announced.
" I hope you and Mrs. Winslow have become good friends," she said to Paul, as tbey were going out.
"One hardly gets so far as thatiu a balf-liour's chat," he answered pleas¬ antly.
"And just  before   dinner,"   added Darrel from the other side.   That's the time to make enemies. Miss Vesey." " Tben do hasten to be served, gen¬ tlemen, lest you quarrel."
"And the cause?" queried Darrel in her ear.
She turned away from him to Paul. And yet what could ahe say ? What do people say to ministers? she asked her¬ self helplessly. And to young minis¬ ters above all! If he had not come. If he would only go! If they would all go, and leave her alone wilh her diaap¬ pointment and shame!
How she passed that long dinner hour sbe never knew. She talked of triviul tbinga aa we all do, though be¬ neath the outward calm our very soula are aeetbing. .She dared not apeak of othora iest sbe break this crust. Paul judged her. She found ber lowest depth, he said, when she chanced to name a ribbon. Her spirits rose, buoyed by ber last words and laugh perhaps. Wben tbey went back in the drawiug-room, and the olhera fell into thequiet desultory chat that follows a dinner, abe alone could uot be slill. Her cold hands refused to He quietly in her lap, as shapely white bands should. Her feet beat an impatient wallz uuder ber gown. She glanced at Darrel. He had tbrowu himaelf back in an easy chair, bis hands under bis heud. There was uo feverish glitter iu bis eye. He looked simply bored. He yawned fur¬ tively. She puahed back her chair. " How stupid we are. It's the fire. Il alwaya dullsevcrybody but itself. Will not some one sing or play ?" And ahe sat down herself at the piano.
She struck a quick, sharp chord. " I could dance to-night!" Sbe bad for¬ gotten tho young minister and his probable prejudices. He caugbt a glimpse, juat then, ofthe flushed, in¬ tense face. But in au instant, with the minor chord that followed, it changed. Tears ruahed into her eyes. "If I hadn't lost my slippers," she breathed to herself. Her back was to the others. Only Paul saw the sudden saddening of the face, the fall of the wet eyelids. "Such wonderful spirits!" exclaimed Mrs. Winslow. "So light-hearted Vesey always is."
" Ah !" reaponded Paul. But he fell into a revery.
Darrel leaned over her. " What has come to you ?"
How?   Why?"   She did not pause In her playing.
" You're simply glorioua now. You hardly need a crown."
Her hands went wrong. A quick clash-a discord—then she went op. She was growing strong; equal to the strife. There is nothing so deathless as tt woman's pride. It had risen at lut. Her bands fiaebed over the keysi throw- iW of spiufkB of the' wUdeat, gayeit;
"Not that," Darrel whispered. "Play sometbing soft and low. Do you forget It is our last evening? You're not sorry after all,. then!" for her face never changed. Hhe laughed—a low, quiet ripple in her throat,
"Sorry? Oh yea;" lingering over the last word. And still ber hands toyed with the keys. "But one can't cry at bidding, you know; I dare say I may to-morrow," And again the low laugh welled up in ber throat. Sbe looked up fearlessly. It bad beeu all husks she knew now. But at least he should not triumph in her shame. She had worn her heart upon her sleeve; but tliougb it bled he should not know it. She might indeed cry to-morrow, but not now.
As for the man, he experienced a new sensation — of doubt, mingled with amazement. He had read her, aa be thought, Uke an open book. He even fancied he had cut the leavea. "Poor lillle mouae!" hehad said to himaelf, " I really muat go awaj". She is cer¬ tainly growing fond »l me." He ol¬ most wished now be had decided to stay. It seemed there was a sequel to tbe book. He waa tempted to fall In love witb her upon the apot. "If she is acting, abe's by far more clever than I thought; and if sbe ia really Indiffer¬ ent, I've been a cojicelled fool."
" Good-night! and good-bye, it muat be," ho said, detaining her hand wheu they separated. " We shall take tbe early train."
" Good-bye," abe aaid quietly.
"You'll come and make ua that visit in thesummer, Veaey? Oh, my glovca aud my vail! thank you," began Mrs. Winslow, fussily.
"I don't know.   Perhaps ao."
" Of course you will."
"To be sure," added Darrel. "I shall come for you myself."
They were gone at last. She turned away.
"But Mr. Hayes!   Veaey!"
She had forgotten hla existence.
"I'm afraid I am rude." And she put out her band. "Good-night; but, indeed, T may confess now that I have a wretched headache, and — and—" Tbat waa all sbe aaid. The play waa over.
CHAl'TER   III.
Tbe apring and early summer wore away. One letter camo from Darrel. A tetter such aa he might have sent to any chance acquaintance, full of hints of guy doiugs hero aud there—uotbing more. One little nolo Vesey wrote his mother, to say sbe could not make tbe promised viait. Darrel had aaid nothing in hia letterof coming for her. " And tell Darrel "—at the cloao of her note—" that I am saving any amouut of gosain against writing him some day." But the "some day" never caino. Absence, like a strong ligbt, brings out hidden defects, aud Vesey knew now that he was a man selfish and vain, who had played with her heart. He had held it in hia hand, weighed and measured it and her, aud had cast botb aside as worlhIes.s. She thought of it wilb burning cheeka.
Among tbe mouutuina, in tbe aum¬ mer,-ah? gathered strength and life again; for both bad seemed to fail. Perhaps It waa the heat. The aummer bad opeued like tbe tropica. With an¬ olher winter came tho Wiuslows. If ahe hud dreaded it, if ahe bad feared for herself, would it have been strange? But the spell was broken. Looking back, abe wondered.
Outwardly the old intimacy waa re¬ newed. Darrel came and went as he bad come and gone the year before. But to Vesey it was only a shell-a hollow, heartless thing tliat never had been friendship, aud could never now be love. Paul, plodding along day afler day In the round of bis duties, saw—as though a great way off—Vesey and Darrel flying up and down the icy streets to the tinkle of silver bells.
One night, Vesey, glowing in crim¬ son, with white chrysanthemums in her bair, passed tbrough the hall. The outer door was widp. Paul stood out¬ side. The wind, r;tw and wet witb the brealh of the sea, caught at her hair— at the silken ruflles of her dreas.
"Oh, it ia you? But you are com¬ ing in ?"
She little know bow her words tempt¬ ed him—liow the vision tempted him, aa she paused witb clasped hands under tbe gaslight, and with the warm, bright room beyond.
"I cannot. I am waitiug for your father.   There is a family at the lower
end of the lown starv "
The words choked him. "'Thank you, not to-uight." he said. He had longed to meet her agaio like this—alone and face to face. But her light manner, ber dainty dress, angered him to-night. He bad come from such a different scene. Only a womau of tbe worldj after all, bethought. And yet ao sweet, be owned, when be turned away and plunged Into the cold and darkness. Darrel was waiting for her in the draw¬ ing-room.
"You're like a poem to-night, In all that ruby-red—like an Eaatern song." "Thank you," Vesey said, dreamily. "I couldn't imagine you In gray," bo weutou, half to himself, "or iu any¬ lbing aombre, or worn, or poor." He bad begun to study ths girl In earnest now. "Yes, you are made for the rarest and best, Vesey; to shine In satins and diamonda."
Salin aud diamonds!   Vesey remem. bered the man ahe had left at tbe door. He was out In the winter night among lhe hungry and naked now, she knew. .She had canght bia balf ultered aen¬ tenee.   And  ahe was made  for satin and diamonda." "Is tbat allf" she asked wistfully. "All?   Is that not that enough ?   It would aatiafy moat women." But to nigbt it did not satisfy her.
CHAPTER   IV.
Down at tbe beginning of tbe long street was a black, low-browed house, like mauy others here, wilh a ahop In the lower atory, or more properly, two, aluce one window waa occupied by a watch maker, and the other diaplayed pina, needlea, apoolaof cotton, audauch small warea. Above were two or three rooms with slanting aidea, where a de¬ formed girl—a pitiful object to louk at— lived with ber mother, earning enough by sewing to put bread into their mouths and scanty covering upon their backs—no more. Vesey employed them; from pity mo3tly,aince ber work could have beeu better done elsewhere. She stepped out of tbe sleigh here at dusk one night, and ran up the staira, a roll of work in her haud. She had to wait a moment, ao ahe sat and talked with the girl, who was young like her¬ aelf, aud yet not like herself at all. It made her happier in the happy lot that had somelimea wearied her. It made her thankful for her atrong, young life, which she had never named amongherbIesaings,and It shot agleam of pleasure through tbeglrl's dark days.
It was a poor room, with paper torn and soiled, and of many.paterns, upon tbe walls; with tbe bare,boards of tbe floor y»wnlng, rising and. Mling/ua- easily; with th%. dim;Aigb.tljMn|(gUAg' Uirough:' nnoortaiD^ :.w^
from overhaiigiDg brows. In one of these wiiidows a forlorn canary in a broken cage—a brown little bird with rtiffled, unkempt feathers—chirruped feebly, like fl moan. A low voice In a conttnuoDS^miirm.ur fell, upon Vesey'a ear. It seemed to come from the next room. "What la that?"
"That 'm?" Tbe girl'a pale face grew bright. " It is the miniater, Mr. Hayes. He comes and prays with mother, now she's sick." The light died down again. The little room became all at once like a church, solemn and atill, aa the low voice rolled on and on like a river far away. The girl laid down her work. Even the bird forgot its moan. 'I'be voice ceased. She heard hisstep upon the stairs. Ic was but a second ; he could not have reached the street, wheu a shriek came from the room he had left. Tbe girl sat like one para¬ lyzed. Vesey threw open the door. A swift line of light ran all adown the bed. It burat into aflame, in the midst of which the sick woman struggled. The overturned candle at her bead told the story. It waa an instinct—tbere was no time for thought:—which made Vesey drag the square of carpet from tbe floor and press it down upon the flamea. Tbey shot out iuto her face. Tbey seemed to catch away her breath. They licked her arm. They strove and fougbt, and well nigh overcame—all in au Instant, tbat seemed hours to tbe girl, who threw herself upon tbe bed, smothering the flames with her owu weight.
Tbey wero conquered at last. Tbe silent, breatbleaa struggle waa over.
"If soma one would only brlug a light! Oh dear! what sball I do? Don't," to the deformed girl who shrieked and called.upou ber mother. Vesey had not heard the strong step springing up the stairs—the openiug of the duoi. Some oue stood beside berin a moment, lamp Iu haud. It was Paul. " Issbe dead ?" gasped Vesey, shrink¬ ing from tbe bed.
He threw hack the scorched blanket that bid the motionless form. "No, not dead; but I think she has fainted. Or the flames-1 must go to the doctor. Stay here, if you are not afraid. Oh, bush, hush!" to the frightened girl; "it ia nothing, I hope. Get some water for the lady, aud sprinkle her fuce," he said to Vesey. Then he was gone.
She did as he told her—waiting, watching the blackened muss abe dared not touch. It wua frightful, with tbat still, white face shining out of tbe darkneaa. Wua it death? No; there waa a faint quivering of tho eyelida— that firat sigu of returning conscioua- ness, a feeble moan. Tbeu Paul came. Oh the rush of joy, of blinding tears, of sudden faintuess, tbat overpowered her wben ahe heard bis steps. The grim-faced doctor behind him walked straight lo the bed.
"There arc no deep burns, I think," hesaid at length. "The blanket aaved her. The shock haa done more than the fire. A aponge, ah, tbat will do. Now some wnter and some lineu rags." There were none. Veaey quielly held out her dainty handkerchief. "H'm!" be said, and tore his own intn stripa.
"And now you ?" He turued to Vesey.
"I have no burns." Indeed abe felt no paina. Tbe doetor raised ber hand aud held it out to Paul. The sleeve was cut away from her wrist as by a jagged knife with a blackened edge. The flush waa like a flume. Paul's teelh shut light and quick together. iSometblug sprang into hia eyea—not tears alone.
Then Veaey began to tremble ; and
conscious at last of tbe cruel paiu that
bit and tore her hand, she sobbed like
a hurt child.
"Don't    mind,"   sbe  tried to  say.
"Don't look at me. It's only—only "
The soba awept ail her worda awa}'.
Paul bathed her haud. She remem¬ bered afterwards how tenderer than any woman'a had been hia touch.
"Let her cry," said the doctor, in a voice that must have been given by mistake to the grim faee.   "Aud  now she'd better go home."   He roae from tbe bed.   He took the unharmed hand in hia. "She's a brave girl." Helooked away from her to Paul, butatill beheld her haud tight in his.   "God bless you child.   Now go home and go to bed." Paul lifled her into the aleigh and wrapping tho robes about her. "Shall I go with you?" "If I can take you home." "Oh no; I must go In here agaiu." "Then you need not." "Itseemed suddeuly aa if tbey had known each other a life time.—sAb and Paul;    as  if they    could    never   be strangers to each other again.
She held out her hand. It was the one he had bound up. He took it ten¬ derly in both hia own. "The brave, strong band !" he said, beuding over it In tho darkness—" the hand tbat saved a life to-night."
CIIAI'TEB V.
There waa to be a bazaar to raise money forthe poor. It opened the next evening. The wiuter h.id beeu hard aud cruel, and charity—somewhat ex¬ hausted—needed a spur.
Vesey had promised to tend a booth.
" You must not tbUik of going," lier father exclaimed. Darrel—too, wbo foresaw a quiet hour witb her alone, if abe remained at liorao. He bud aome¬ thing to tell, something to ask for, and a ring to give. Alas for him! Hehad kept his words too long. A year ago they would have been manna to her heart.
"But I um quite well," she pleaded, except my baud ; and that haa ceased to pain me." Indeed her face waa ra¬ diant.
So ehe dressed heraelf with quaint simplicity in aomething soft and gray tbat wrapped her like a cloud, wilh only the braids of h.er heavy hair tor ornament; ouly her shining eyes for gema. Tben she weut and took her place.
The maidens from the Chinese pago¬ das were all tbere. Before them their pay attire, the Queen of Sheba, and even Solomon tbe magnificent would have shrunk away abashed— their glory dimmed.
Vesey'a nun-IIke dress was worse than diamonds in tbeir envious eyes. More gay gallants than one paused to stars—to buy.
" It cools your eyea, you aee, and reals you some way," vouchsafed one man by way of explanation.
The evening was half over. Darrel had beeu her shadow. She waa tired; tired of hia eyea that followed her whichever way she turned; tired of hia flattering worda; tired of him. He moved away at last. Tbeu, and not until tben, she saw Paul. All the maidens plumed tbeir gay feathers as be walked down tbe ball. But be came straight to her.
" Are you well enough to be here ?" without a word of greeting as tboiigb tbey had not paVted.   "Yoa frightened iue witii yout white fiioe just now.?? i jj^liwim^tta. ,1 wanted tpgDiipme.?>
" Are you strong enongh to walk?."
"Oh.yes.";. ^   ¦¦.^¦^ ¦ '-',
"Thenobmei!'  • . ; :' •, ¦
It wasifltrangelyipleasant to be bid¬ den ; to fo.UpW:nip?kly. i . ' :•
Tbey hadj/«8ehed. the stairs leading to the street when tbey met Darrel Wlnalow.
" Vesey! where areyou going?" He scowled aud nodded at Paul.
"Home."
"But It Is beginning to rain, and you have no cloak. Oo back and I'll get tho carriage." He laid his liand upon the over wrap on Paul's arm. Paul looked at Vesey—what did Uo read In her face ?
"Let Miss Welles decide," he said in a hard strange voice. He was tryiug to be calm—to keep his band from this man who bad suddenly come between tbem. He turned to Vesey again. His face was very pale, bis eyes were full of pleading. "Think a moment. Will you ride with him, or" will you walk with me?"
Bhe did uot speak. She only amiled and laid her hand witbin bis arm.
He would have been more lhan hu¬ mau to have kept back the triumph in his eye.
Darrel started; then wheeled and left them, with an oath upon bis lips.
"But think a moment."" Panl'a voice grew more geutio now. " It will be a long, long road—a road that has no turn."
But still henrailed.
"A rough way perhaps, aud your feet are tender."
"I will walk with you," she aaid.
POE THE  IITTIE FOLKS.
ADVICE Ijr BUYMK.
If the rain is failing withont, Make the home-skies bright i^ithin.
It you happen to cut your linger, Pon't raise the house with your din ,-
But bind It will) lint or cobweb, 'Twill staunch the blood In its Oow;
Ah. many a wouud and n buffet You'll meet In life's battles, you kuow.
If you have a difllcult lesson, Ilon't shut up the book iu disgust;
But say witb a flrm resolution, ru tiy—for learn it I must.
perseverance aud patlenpe work WQudevii,' And where there's a will there's a way;
One brick at a time says the builder. And Rome was uot bulll in a day.
If your playmates e'er gel ina iiassiun, Po not answer them roughly again ;
For moments unguarded of anser Cause much aficr-sori-ow and pain.
For harsh words essay the soft answer,  "
'T1.S potent to turn away wrath; Bo kiud to each oihcr and helpful,
And sunshine wiil gleam o'er your path.
TWO PBIEND3. They wero only two dogs. Tbeir friendship for each olher begaii wlK're too many humau fricndsliips have found a disastrous and untimely end¬ ing,—during the Intimacy made un¬ avoidable by a long journey. They were among the pioneers who settled California, and went over tbe Plains, before the railroads were thought-of, wilh a large conipany of raen, women, children, cattle, liorses, and doubtless, too, other dogs. But iio third dog, of high or low degree, hunter or lady's pet, eould win favor with either of these two, or win eilher from his allegi¬ ance to his chosen mate.
Day after day* the weary caravan toiled across the'tfr'y and arid country. Game was pleuty enough to afford abundance of meat for man and dog, and all went prosperou.sly for the two cauine friends till the compauy bud nearly passed the whole of that long and tedious route. But just before they reached Saeraniento City one of the doga, the larger, was nccidenlully in¬ jured, eltber by a wugou-wheel passing over hia foot, or by tho rolliug down upon it of some heavy stone, iu one of tbe mountain passes.
With every mark of sympathy the smaller dog brougbt to bia comrade each day supplies of food, eveu deny¬ ing hia owu hunger till he waa first served. This provident care gained for him thenicknameof "Bummer"; and as he daily licked the sores of his wounded friend, the sufferer was drolly dubbed "Lazarus." By these names they were ever after kuown.
From Sacramento the party, after a short stay, journeyed on to San Fran¬ cisco; but Lazarus'was too lame to ac¬ company them, and Bummer would not leave bia friend. So tbe two re¬ mained in Sacramento till the sick foot got well, then they followed the trail to San Francisco. But their owners aud friends had by tbis time scattered, and they had only each other.
And now commenced the career which made them really a remarkable pair. After a few days people begau to notice them,—two strange dogs going up and dowu In the streeis, always or¬ derly, and always together. They were not very large dogs. Bummer was considerably tbe stouter of the two. His halrwus longand of ncoally black, except one white spot upon hia breast. Lazarua was slender, bis sbort hair of a bright dark chestnut color, glossy, and very thick. Tlieir love for each otber, their habits of sobriety and quiet mauners, soon won for them the good will of everybody, and nearly every man of busiuess iu the city claimed proprietorship in them, till they be¬ came almoat universal favorites. Tbey bad the freedom of the lowu in good earnest, being allowed to go wherever tbey pleased, and atay aa long as tbey pleased.
licft to themselves they were entire¬ ly unobtrusive, never cunsorting with oilier doga, and never joining any street crowd of their fellowa. But if any crusty curever attempted toimpose upon one of them he was aiirc to find that ho had two to deal with, for they alwaya flew lo each other's aid in times of dauger. They rarely gamboUeil or played with each otber, bnt walked alowly and deliberately through the atreeta, like two sedate elderly people whose iieyday of youth waa over. But they never outgrew the excitement of a rat-chase. Both were expert rat- catchera, and they made themaelvea very uaeful to their merchant friends by their skilful exploits In that Hue,
Whatever was given to either one was shared equally by the olher. One would go at a time into a house or res¬ taurant for a morsel of food, and, re¬ ceiving the bone or dainty bit always kept for them, would hasten out to bis male with It; nor was ever heard be¬ tweeu them a jealous growl or snap.
Their usual haunt was In the neigh¬ borhood of tbe markets, but tbey were privileged in all the stores, not only where provisions were kept, but in tbe dry gooda eatablishmcnls as well. They would walk in quietly, and pass¬ ing around behind tbe counter, wait for a friendly recognition from some one of the clerks. If all were too busy to give them the usual pat and kind word, they would go on lo the window, and sit upon tbe sill watching tbe paasers-by till tired of tbat harmless pastime. If it happened that their visit was near the time for dosing the Btorej abed was .fixed.for theip, and they stayed there ihrougit the oigbti
As they grew old they slept a, good 4eal in the daytime, and were often seen sprawled out together upon the side walk, In every position poslble to a dog, or even In the middle df the street. Here they, slept, iwhbly devoid of fear, and if a man eame aloc^ and stepped over them it did nob'in the least disturb their repose, for they would notso much as move a paw. Vehicles would pass the street while tbey lay thus, the drivers Invariably turning out and passing around tbem, tbe dogs in the mean time lying per¬ fectly unconcerned, not moving head or tail, so sure had they become of tbe good-will of all.
There Is a tradition current In San Francisco, that one of these dogs was kicked by a man who found him lying on the aidewalk in hia way. A citlzeu standing near aaw the kick and instant¬ ly knocked the man down for it. He was arreated for thia assault and tried, but acquitted, the judge and jury agreeing that knocking down a man for kicking Bummer was a juatiflable act, and so rendering a verdict In bia favor. A aomewhat doubtful addition to tbis legend Is to the effect tbat the man who administered the kick was fined fur hia assault on the dog.
At one tlDje 4 luw was passed by tbe Oity Oouncil that all dogs ruuning at large wilhout being muzzled sbould be killed. A petition waa immediately presented, signed by a large number of citizens, that 3un}mer and L»!iuruii might be esempt from tho farce of this ordinance. The petition was granted, and the two frienda went about in tbelr uaual free and easy style, unmuzzled.
It ia now about three yeara aince Laz¬ arua died, and was buried with honors. A caricature was got up, repreaentiug Lazarus lying iu state and certain of hia well-known patroqa, nj^rk^t met) and others, standing near by aud " wi-t ping their weeping eyea!"
Bummer Jived bja dreary life alone only about aljc moulhs. His slutfiid skiu is among theelty treasures, andhe will long be pointed out to the traveler aud visitor as one of the moat popular of the early aeltlers, Ihough he had neither landed properly nor gold dust to becpealh. nor heira to quafpel over bis possessions. A question relallve to either or both of the doga, addressed to any peraon who ever aaw tbem, ia aure to bring a kindly au^ile aud pleasant word of remembi'iince.—O'C J'o!.'"? FoUfa,
LEGAL   NOTICES,
A DEUNKAED'S  WIFE.
Como now wilh mc and look ujiun a sud scene.
Faintly glow the embera upon tbe hearth of a ruined cottago.
It is a cold winter's ui.^bt and the pitilesa blaat shakes the casement and drivea in through many a orevice, the falling suow.
A feeble light slrugulea against the gloom of the apartment. By tbe light, plylug the busy needle upon a tattered garment, sits a woman shivering In the bitter frost. Her fuce is pale and thiu. In her looks aud utttiude thereis uo hope. Ofteu she sigha, as the sliarp pangs of a breaking bearl rend her bo¬ som. The moan of iier Imngry child¬ ren In their sleep, comea to her ears und the scalding tears overflow. Sbe thinks uf tho time when she waa a light hearted girl, atood up a bride und beard the promise spoken to love, cher¬ ish aud protect till death should dis¬ solve the tie; whea in their brighl sky, the first glass—the litlle cloud like a man's band—guve token of a riaiug storm; when the first shock ofa drunk¬ en husbaud, reeling across tbe thresh¬ old, smote her heart.
Sad musings are thine, lonely wife, as thou pliest still the needle by the light in the desolate room. But abe pauses in her work—a foot is ou the step-a hand pushes the door open. Oh, how unlike the face, the form, the step, tbe salutation to those abe remem¬ bers so well!—And ahe Is chained to tbia "pody of dealh." He may ap¬ proach berand abe cannotfly. Hemay silence her moaning children with blows and curses, and abe can only in¬ terpose her frail form.   Thero ia uo re-
leaae for her till deatb comes. Alore than widowed, with aoeiety to
wbicb tbe drearieat solitude were para¬ dise.     Home,   that  dearest  word   iu
earth's dialect,  to her another name
for  all wretchedness,   aud uo appeal
save to tbe chancery of heaven, uo rest
save in the cold and sileut grave.
AOCOCNTS   OF TRUST ISTATE.S, 40.
rnHE accounts of tha foUowing named es- MONDl?,"jn»^T"87i!"'"°""'^'°''"°" "" F5uSSlig=^'"*'^W' '^'?°'«- »lt«*e..;s. B. aam'l B Moore, assigned ratate. J. J.' Ank¬ rim, assignee, -"."il.
Isaac GelsInger.assignedeslate.II. B.Becker assignee; •
Jacob Belds, assigned estate, Daniel N. Ha¬ maker. assignee.
Jno. K. Laudis, assigned estato, Adam Kon¬ igmaeher, assignee..
Ephraim Bender, assigned esstate, Geo. A. Shober, assignee.
i»?l°- '"f- "'SS, assigned estate. Wm. Bor¬ land, assignee.
bS:„^"- '•''"ng, assigned estate. Levi K. Browu, assignee.
lef.'^ai'sfioee'"^' *'*^'S'"=<1 estate, Jacob Meck-
ley^a"s|uf}?"'"' "''"^"'"^ estate, J. B. Meck-
teul'Ssluoce'"'^'^' =^''isned eslale, W. A. Jlor-
b,^e?'et''a?.Sgu"ees"''°'"' """"=' '•'¦ ^^- ""- g«ch"ass^«ee'^' ""'"'='"='' <=^'^"''' ''"'¦ "'"- frotTisfc'."-'^''""'"'^ estate. Henry Ka- PhWr,?? i?' 'I"^' e^l^le. Jonas Rein-, trustee, truitei '    ""'¦ "'"'"¦'' '""'""^ "• Shissler;
j.„^euben Ringwalt. trust estate, David Styer,
rl?;'i,','' S,^°""' Jlellingcr, trust estate, L--ibo.
nus Shuttle, irusiee.
truJleo*' ^°°'' "^'"'' <^'"ate, Jacob Hamaker,
co'S'm'iiiS'""'^'' "^"^'' "'"''¦ •''^°- Armstrong, mm*' ""'""'' '¦¦"•'"• e-'i'ale, Jno. N. Eby, corn- Leah F. Moore, trust estate, Chas. Pell, com-. mittee.
John Youlji, trnst estate. P. H. Summy, eom¬ miliee.
J.ioob Wissler, assigned estate, P. W. Hiesl¬ and, assignee.
John Bener, assigned eslate, B. G. Gelz et. al., as»lgnee.s.
Christiau S. Shuman, a.sslgned estate, Jacoh B. Uhuiuan, assignee.
ProUiouotary'sOfllce.l   W. D. STAUFPER. May 22,1871.        |   ^^^.„t;r^.^houaury.
A.SSICISTEES' NOTICE.
assigned Estate of Christian B.  Neu¬ hauser of .Salisbury  township, Lancasler county.
CIIBISTrAM B. NEUlIAU.'<Elt of .S.allsbury lownshlp. having by deed or voluntary as- signraeul, dated M-4.Y 2-2. ISTl, assigned and trausferreil all his es'ate ami ellects to the uudersigned. for the beuellt of the creditors of Ihesald Chlilstlau B. Neuhauser. tnev there¬ fore givo uotiee to ali persons Indebted to said asslguor. lo make paymeut to mo uudersigned Without doluy, aucl i^o«o having claims to preaeut theiiitq
U. S. KERNS, HAMUEL L. ICAUFKII.VN. „ AsHIguces.
Rcstdlug In Salisbury twp. tlKomiH :>'AU."iAN, Alt'y. maya Ut 2S
AS.SICI.\EE-.S SOTICE^
Assigned Eslate of Marlin Ilomig and
wife of Kphrata twp,. Luncasier
county.
HAVING by a deed of volunlarj' iisslgn- meut dated the 25 day of A l-'ttl Ij, JSTI, assigned and transfyrred wlf their Kstate aud elTecls lo Ii'.e uudersigned forthebenelllof the eredllors ol tl.e said Martin Komjg. Notiee is hereby given to ali persons induijicd to said asslguor, t<i make liiinit-ilhitu naymeut to llie undersigned u-itliont ilelay. and thoae having claims to preseut them lo.
ItKUBEN W. B.'VBD, my20Ct»2r As.s'isnee.
AitniMsi'it.^TuK'M ii>-ori<:i>.
P.stafeof Jfary Wenger lule of Lancas¬ ter city, deceased. JETTKIl.Sof Adinlnlslrallonon said estate i having been gr.inted lo tha underslgued. all nersous in.lebied thereloare i-eriuested to make immediate payment, „ntl tlio.-c having claims or demands ai^aiust thesamc a-lli pre¬ sent tliem witlKiut delay for settleiuenVlo lhe undersigned, residing lu said citv.
LEVI YOST, inayl3 0*l20 Admlnistraior.
PEOPESSIONAIi.
D.
p. BOSEimiI,I,EB. Jk'.,
„    ,„„      ATTOEKEtATLAW. Vo. 18 North Duke Street. 41 tf
JF.FBVEAVFF, _ J      J        ATrORNEY-AT-LAW;
Offlee, )OolnipMa,-p». .
¦¦iijfebu.t'y iJ
BFBAKS JESHI.P.MAK'. omJ«-„i.h T  „-\,'™BNEY-AT-LAW, ?,?„/.^"¦'' '• ¥¦ H'«ster, No. S8 Moith Duke Btieet. Lancaster. Fa. (dec2S ly 7
HUGH B. FOI.TOM, nm ,.,, „,ATTOllNEY AT LAW,
«•?!„?«?"? ^'"- .^ "«- A-'lo^' E»1- No-'-'S East i^lug St., Lauea.ster, Fa. ocll9 (i*mo IS
A i-EXANDER Bf noon.
Kft„ »T    „„       ATTORNKY AT LAW, Olllce, No. 0 Court Aveuue, West side of Court "b""".   Juu ¦£• t'f :b
DW. PATTERSON, „   • ATfORNEY AT LAW.
Has reraoved his office to No.liS East Klug-SI, _«Pl la ly-'ia-22
FRED. S. PTFER, .>m      .     ¦„,.,    ATTORNEY AT L.\W, OlHco In Wldmyer's Row, No. i South Duke sireet, Lancaster, Pa.   Pensious and Bounty Clali«s promptly attended to. yy 19 '(is
GAST ANn STEIN.WETZ. ,^m      xr   ¦A.CTOllNEY'rt AT LAW. "'noo No. 12 aouth Duke at., Lancaster, Pa
JOHN P. BEA, .-,«.        ,.,,„, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofllce with O.J. Dickey, mn.. No. 21 a. Queen
41-tf
street, Laucasler. Pa.
JOHN M. ZEM,ER, SURVEYOR AN6 conveyancer. Also gives particular attention to clerklug sales ol real aud   personal property at any distance within Ihecounly '
iH^S^,'" Spriugvlilu, .Mouat Joy township. °""°"     AddrcuaSpring Garden.Pa.
Lancasterco.
SIC. PRICE, c,ir.„ K-     a      ATI'ORNEY AT LAW, 21 .^''^¦'^''•. \', ^"'^K coruer of Wurt Avenne, near Court Honse, Lanca-ster, I'a. fJeS'liS
SI.MON P. EBvT ATTOIINEY AT LAW. OlUce with N. Ellmaker, esq.. North Duke st. Lancaster.Pa. _[8^'P?L''''L
WASHINGTONW. ifoPKIN.s; nV^S North DnktSt^£r„^L^S;'.
BE.-S JA.1II.V r- BOWE, AUCI'IOKEER,
Bespectfully Informs the publlo that hewill uttend lo Crying Salesof real eslale and per¬ sonal properly In any part of I he eounly.
Letters uddressed to ulm atSmiihvlllu P o Lancaslor couuly. will bo promptly attended
CARRIAGES, IMPLIMENTS, &C.
CALL AND SEE BEFORE Y^OU BITY!
M'CORMICK'S
Mower & Eeaper.
q^HE combinnilnn of a perfect MOWER nnd 1 n perfect UEAPEK. In onr two-whecled Mnnhlue wli}i two Ciiltfr BnrM, 1 for graiw, nnd 1 for firaifl. 1 KirJde nnd-'^ knives, wUh lu'u rnte.'* of .Hpeed, and cUainfe difTerent wldtbK, nianurHctunjd from llr«t clnH.s material, nnd wiirruntpd (o work satlbiuctory in all kinds of griiu.s nud ^va\n,
AtSO, THE   PRIZE MOWER,
A two-wl)peled Mnohlrip. with iIliInK lewern, Irame.sprInK, &c.. Hs c-ntMn^ power ciinfioL be rhokfcd liy Ihe wor.st malted Krafu that ever firew. They are the Jeudiug Machine.** of America. -    .   . -
Forsale by Jolin II. Krb, Agent,  LUlz,  Pa.
Sample ilacIUnes can be seeu at Coopcra Hoiel, liancaster, and ut Llliz.
Tlie agent wllUjentCoopers notel, Monday's Weihiesday'.s and Hulnrday'M.
(AU kinds ofrepaliH kept on liund).   CaU enrly.
AD.>fIVISTRATOK'S XOTICK.
Estate of John Ht'riS iate of yaiisbiiry towiislMp, docM.
IETTERSof AdmiiiiMraiion on snid e.state J havlnt; been gianleil to the linilersignud, all purson^t indebled lliereto are requested to mnke Immediate payini-ni, nnd tUt>e navlng cluims or deuiantli; against, the estate oflbe decedent, will make the si.rae known to tliem without dohiy.
TIAUUlETA.HEfsS. Reshliiig in H.iMsbury twp.
UENKY S. ItUiTKlt. Ue.-*iilmg in Paradise Iwp. N. E. Slav  AKEit. JiL. AU'y      niiiyt; «H '25
k.veci;tor\s aotice.
Estate of Benjariiii) Myerlateof Tjpxier LeaeocK townsliip, deuM.
rETi'EIlS Toistameiitary on said estate J having been granted to the undersignetl, all persons Imiebted theretoare nqiie-sicd lo malce imniedlnlep,iyment, and Ihuse having cluims ur demauds against ihe estaio of \he decedent, will make tuu same known to lilm without delay.
DAVIT) MYER, Actiug K.\Ci:ulor, Residing in Ui<pcr Leucock tv^-p, may I.T GH'2G
REUUEX U. I.ONO, « ^» .- « V, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cjo.tlSouthDakest,,Lauc:wier, Specialatten- tion paid to procuring or opposing dlKchurL-ea of debtora in bankruptcy,u profund preBentu- Uon of clalma, reudering profeKslonnl usalB- tnnce to assigaecK, ajid all buslnesK iu short connecled with proceedingK i» voluniary or Involnntary bankruptcy, whether before the ttegi.sler or the United filuluw Courts. Parties intendlngto take tha bwuetlt ol the luw win u-sually tind il-advantageous to hnvea prelim. Inary Qoubuiution. lun i»-tf-:i]
suuvKYiiiro ASfi> c'»xveyaVcix«.
rnilK undersigned hee,H leave to mnke known X to his frtends ami ihc pubtie in g'-neinl, thai be hns loeatcd hfnm^lt'at hnnai-svlMe. Wliero tbe b(isin»:.NSof Wurveyliiif and Louvcy- anelng will be promptly JiUimded to In all ll-<i t-iirhMis br;inyl;os, on tlie rnisl motleruto It^i'ns. M. a. llltUU \KEit,
LandUvilIe, V. O. [apra 3i ;lm* /^.-meusier co., Pa.
Ocspectfully informs the public nmt'UewUI
OU Yes I       OU Y€S I      OU Yes I!
DAVTT) BRKXNl!:R .      "lli
aitend to
CRYIMG SA 1-123 of Ftcalnnd Persouui properly, in any pnrt of the connty. Porsons wishing Ids Kuivict-H will pleasec-allnt his re.sidencc on tlie Columbia inrnpikc road, tbree miles west of I^incaster, orat Urenuer's Iloiel, West Klngsireel.
tti'Lftlers adilressed lo him at Laucauler P. O., will bepromptly alteuded lo
sop? 'lti 4911
KXECU'l'OK'N NOTICE.-
Estateof Eliza Glaco late of East Co¬ calico to\v'nsIii>i, dee'd^i rETTEKS Testamentary ou suld estate J having been grantcdto the uudersigned, all personsihdebied Miereio are requested to makelmm<^dialeseltlement.andt)insehavlug claims ordemands agninst ihe estale ofthe decedent, will make the s.tme known lo lhem without delay.
JOUN* S. HE SER. Residing in East. Cocnlico l.wp. UENltYS. HEISER, Iteslding in East rjimpel-r twp.
JACOU S..SH1U1C. Residing in E'l-t. Lampeler l.wp. SAMUEL SWARTZ, Residlug In East Cocalieo. niayl7 ()*LL7
j!I. II. I£KEIO£R,
ItEAL EdTATE and INSUKANCE AGENT
(formerly orLnni peter, Lancaster county, Pa.)
1>ERS0N3 moving West ¦alll flnd it to (heir .   advantiuie by giving inm a cali, either lu ...._ ,     Ofllce corner of 3rd and •lerliug, Whiteside eounly, t iune:i'i'"0 Iy
Serson or wriilu; lulberry streeis
FINANCIAL.
EXEOUTOU'.S SiOTICE.
E.stnteof Henry C. Loclier lute of the Cily of Luncaster, deceased.
LKTTEltS testamentary ou said estate bav¬ iug been granted lo lhe uudersl!|ned, all persons Indebled lliereto are requc.sletl to ntuko imineniato paynient.nnd tlniue having claluis or demands against tnosame. will pre¬ sent lhem wilhout delay fur .setllemenl, to undersigned, resldlns In said clly. '    :
l.HAKLE-SA HEIN1T3H,; WJI. L. I'ElI'lilK,. .    MOKBISZOOK, D.tNTEr. O, B.vinsB, AtL'y.' ¦ Executors.
mayl:l ¦  -¦¦¦ ¦ ¦- 6tai.
KOTICE TO F.4RMERS.
rllllE attention offarmers Is called to tho fol- i lowin:; low rates charged Iiy the LANCAS¬ TERCITY ANDCOUNTY fl HE INSU RANGE COMPANY ou Farm Hams and contenls;
I yr. S yra Brick or Stone Barns. SI) ft. or more
from house, per SiOO Kc      75e
Fr.arae Barus, 80 feet or more from
Kouse, per 3100 35c   81 00
Conteuts at same rates. I3welllngs audcon- tents ulso insured.
The abovo system will prove iu the end to bo cheaper than an Insuraneo In mu¬ lual companies. NO AS.-iICS.S.MENT.S AUE MADE, aud ample secnrlly Is guaranteed lu a wellinvested capilal of 5-.ffl0.001l. which.togeth¬ er with a large surplus, is held for the prolec¬ tion ofthose Insuriug in thec'>mpany. Lo.ssea are setlled ns soon as adjuslcd—no need to wait uutil the money Is collected by assess¬ ments. Ample fuuds on haud.
BTRECTOnS: Thos. E. Franklin,      B. i". Shenk,
President. Treasurer.
John T,. Atlee, M. D.,   H. Carpenter, M. D., Jacob Bausman, J. H. I- rnnlz,
George K. Keed, A. E. It<>hi-rts,
F. Shroder, John C Hjiger.
B. DItOWN.Secretary, Jul 21 BO-tf _ Lancaslor.
,TirE coi.u.uni.v x.vnovAi, n\XK
IV'ILL pay Interest on dejtosUs as follows.
For I montli .-. ......1   per cent
For3.-l and .5 tnnnliis .4*4 'V'*'
FnrC.7, l>, UandlOmanths 5     "    "
For II and 12 monllis  ...  'Jiy. "    "   ¦
¦' This Tlaulc having been duly- appninled agent will receive subsuriptious furtue new Ioau of the U. s. Govern men t-
.s,v.\tUEL SIlOCfT. CoInniliW, March 13, I7SI.I     '¦-       Cashier. inarclil5:.-      - :lm 18
Get a Home of y-ouk Own.—There is a sacred duty devolving npon every man who has shouldered tbe responsi¬ bility of a family—it is to provide them with a home. And even those who hold the responsibility in anticipation, should take the initiatory steps towards the performance of this duty.
" A home of our own." This is the continual aspiration, and a worthy one It is, of bundreds of good wives, who yearly and half-yearly havo to bundle and go from one uncomfortable house to another. A bome of our own—with tbis hope in their hearts, how bravely tbey buflet the waves of care that mov¬ ing here aud lltcre heaps upou tliem. How fondly they look to tbe day when, once established within that home, they can say good-bye to that bug-bear, rent day, and arrange permanently withiu their own door, all the useful and taste¬ ful appliances of home life, and tralu around its exterior the graceful clinging vine.
Kvery mau of family should Iny aside monthly, from bis income, be it large or small, a sum, no matter how little, to form a nucleus of that liome fund, aud to be invested in a 1 pieco of land. It may be a fractlou of a fraction of a lot, with very limited improve¬ ments, or it may be vacant ground. If he is a good mechanic, a skillful econo¬ mist, a clever flnancier, e hwill soon have a liouse upon it, and he aud his family will realize, frum a blessed ex¬ perieuce, that of all the pleasant spots on earth, not one is half so pleasaut as a home of our own.
F.XECUT0nS' KOTICE.   ¦',     ; Estate of John Kurtz late of Salisbury towuship, dec'd. ,   .'
TETTERS Teslaraent-'iry on said estate liav- j lug becM grauled to the undersigned, all persona IndeUted lo deceased are reciuesled lo make Immediate settlement, and thosehavlng claims or demaiuN against the eslate of said decedent, will make tho samo known tous without delay.
.SAJIUEL WOR.ST, MAltTIN KURTZ, J. B. LivrNCsTox, Att'y.            E.xecutnr«. muyri Ctaii
Farmers, I.,ook (o your lutcrcHt
WE, Ihe undersigned, having again made arrangr-mfnlKfor 1S7I. Willi 1>. M.Osborne iCo.. losell the well-known
Mowing & Heaping MACHINE;
Are now prepared to iiupply Fwrmprs with live very be^H two-wheeled MOWKB in lbe nuirhet; and al.so with the KURDICK: REAP- KKmid the Combined REAPING A MOWINQ MACHINhM. Wltb the L:iltst ImprovinenU*. We wonhl also call the attenlion of IhOKe In want of any extras to mneblneft nnw in une to call nn ns, where they can be ftuppUed with* out delay.   Cuit early In ttie neonKtm.
UOYEH A KUKTZ. l..lncoIn P. O.. niny2l :t*t 2S Lanciisler co.. Pa.
TTAnVluHT OF lft7l.
We would respeclfully call the attenlion of all farmers who need a coni|>Iete cnmbiued harvester to ixamlne Inlo the merlta of onr Laueaster county built reaper and mower,
TIIE VAI-LEY CHIEF.
It is a simple two-wheeled machine, having shie delivery, which Ihrows lhe (^ralu enlirely outof the wayof the team for llie next round. Il has a nar cul, a tloalini; finger bjir; Ibo guards nr (In;;er.s are made of the ticHl wrouKhl iron faced wiihstrcl. Ttie height of tbe cul cau be altered with t-a-se while in motion, tbUH enabling one to puss obslrncllons or cut lon^ orshort stnbble; and tbe whole mnelilne Is liuiit Willi au eye S.o convenience, simplicity and durnldtiti/.
We lire now bnllrllnf: lhe VALLEY CHIEIi" of iwo sizes. We liave, at Brnat expense and attention, enlarj^ed our patlerns so as lo bnild ainaeliine laj pounds heavier than our last vear'rt macbine; havin;; hlyberdrlvlilg wheels nnd sueli other alierultouR an our exiierlence lias KUg^etiled. We are prepared to fnrnisli either tne higher wiieeled machine or ina- t;hlnes made exactly tike those of laf>t year, with which our Lancahter county customers are so well plean^ed.
Ifyon wantn light, two-horse mnchlne, tlio VaLLKY chief iuthe mnchlne io buy.
If yon waul u machine thai is able to pick up very badly loilged grain with ease and cer¬ tainty, and rake it oir, eel the VALLEY CillEK—it will do it. The Marsh bClf-iaUe, in this partlcnlar, has no superior.
Ifyou want a machine that combines the quailt lea of a tlrHt-class self.raker in grain, to¬ geiher wllh one of the bi-st and most handy mowers, get the VALLEY UHIEI-'.
ifyou wish lo ^ei the niaehlne thnt lias hrtstHof admiring Iriends ainong hundreds of tho intelligent and diserlmliiatin;; farmers of Lancastercnuuty.chooseibeVAId-EY CHIEF.
We respeetlully refer you lo our irienus In every township in the couutv for good words.
Oneof onr new stvlc machines isou exhibl- bltlon at the H Aitl) WARE rtTOREof Messrs. RUWSEL. MUSSELMAN <t CO., No. 21 North Queen street. Lam-aster citv
Mr. D K. BUHKHOLI>ER. is our geueral agent for Lancaster couuly.
For fnrlher particulardeall on oraddrcHi. Lhe mannfactnreni,
MAURH, OUIER & CO., apl 19 IJIy 23] Monnt Joy, L:incaster couuty. Pa,
IMPOUTAPiT 'IO  FARMER.S. MECIfAN- ICS AA*1> 01-]fl.i-:K8I
LATluST   IMPROVED   SKED DRIf.L AND
KOCKAW.W CIRAIN FAX
FOK 1S7I, Paleuied May 20 a.nd Sept 30,19.iSi.
Manufactured aud for Sale at .S. Keeler's ila-
ciilnt* Blinps. Corner ol L**mon and
Waler .Slreets, Lancaslcr, Pa,
This Drill will sow Wheat. nye,Oat<i.Barley, Bucliwheat,'i'imoihy and Cloverseed, tii any quantity per acre (eilher behiud or before the shovels, by changiiii; grnss seeder box). Its conslrnction is >ltuple. very dnrable and not liable toget. out i>f repair. The feed operation of this Drill has tlanged rollers, and Is enlire¬ ly free from slldeai. "I he Fan la the latfrSt im¬ proved uow before tbe pntdlf^. It ia so con¬ structed as to separate all impure grains, aueh as clieat. Cockle, Smut, i^cai tho same ope¬ ration. It will also bemade to Older, to sepa¬ rate Ontss seeds from Wheal, and Willi wheels on both sides, if deslrei). Fanners and deal¬ ers will please coDBUlt their own interests by calling and examining them before purcbas¬ iug elsewhere.
Also, Manufactured nnd forSale, Pratt's Pat¬ ent Iloriie Kake, Por'nble Cldor Mills, Corn Planters, Star Coru Stiellers, Uori>e and Hand Power,
Also, Spokes, FellopR, JInbs, Bows, Poles, Shafts, lie. for Coacimiukers, on Iiand or mude to order of the btstSeDsnneil Material.
Also, all kinds o^^iawingand PlHUingdono, Flo4n-in:;aud.MuuldluK-Wurked lur carpeulers and nihern at Lower Kates than can be tiad elsew^hcro.  •.
Wanted at all llracs. HICKORY LUMBER, for which the highest Casli Price will be paid. bAMUEL KEBLEtt,
marlSSmlS ^. Lanca.sler. Pa.
A venerable farmer liviug near the Hoosac Tuunel was called upon to give an opinion on that great euterprise. Sbakiug his head, he eaid; "I have lived hereabouts, ofi* audon, for about forty years, aud my opinion is that ef I was the Commonwealth of Massa¬ chusetts, and badn*t gone into 't I wouldn't go into 't, Butef Ibad gone into 't and got as fur es you hev, my opiuion is that I don't know what I should do about it."
AUDITOR'S XOTICE.
Estate  of Martin   Eshleman, late   of East Lampeler lownship, deceased.
THE undor.-lgned Auditor, appointed to dis¬ tribule the iialance remaining in ll»e hands of Benjamin Eshleman. executor ofihe last willof said deceased, to nnd anioug tho-KC legal¬ ly entitled to the same, will aitend for that pur- po.se on TUESDAY. JUNE i:llh. A, I). 1S71, at JO o'clock a. m.. In the l.ibrary Koom ot the Court Honse in tho city ofLancaster, where flU persons Interested In said dlsiribullon juay atteud. , „ „     ,„„
D.VNIEL G.BAKER. my20td27 Aitdlior.
B. F. EauLEM.VN, F-SQ.. Allorucy.
Atri>XT4»R*S N<»TJICE.
Estate of Johu "Weidler late of Mau¬ lieim township deceased. THE nndersigned Auditor, appointed to dl.i- trlbute the balance remainingiu ttie liands of Jacob <'. Weidler, execnlor ofthe will of said decete^ed,-to and anioug Uinso'legally entitled t the Siime. will sit for that purpose on WEDNRSDikY, the Hlh day of JUNE 1871. at 10 o'clock, a. ni.. lu lho Libraiy Koom of the Court liouse. in the eity of Lancaster wiiere all penvmsinterested in said distribu¬ tion may attend.
I>. a. ESHLEMAN. may 17 td 27 Auditor.
1S,4.|;K,c1: SHEiVK,
B ANK^EES
HAVE KEMOVED TO THEIR NEW BANK¬ ING HOUSE. N. E. ANGLE OF CENTBE .SQUARE. LANCASTEtt. Pa,
SPECIALutieniion given lo the purchaso of Government Bonds and Secnrltie.s. Draw Bills of Exchange on Euglaud,  Ire¬ land. France. Gormany. eic.
Buy and seli Guia aud Silver, and will make advances ou approved securities.
Corporntions. Firms, or Inillvldualskeeplng Iheir accounts with us, will be ailovved intet- e.st (If so deposited):
4 per cent. 1 moniii.|.'i per cent. 6 months. ^y.      ••     a      **      \o%     •*     12 lan-iS tf 11
BANKING HOUSE OF
R££D, jVIcGRAAX  «fe CO.,
FfVANCIAr AOKXTS OF TIIE C^ITED
HAVING been appoinled by tho Govern¬ meut, Agent** for the selling of the New Loan, are now ready to receive sutt.scrlpllons.
Honds aud Slocks of every description bonght and sold. We sell Drafts on Ireland, Germany, England, Ae., and issue Passage Tickets toand from the Old Counlry.
Gold and .Silver nnui-ht loaned mi Good .security.
Will pay Interest (Ml small or large sums of money depositeil with ns (if so deposited): -1    percent, ou aiU.   \T>    percent, U months. -4J^       " '.i      '•      la';;       " 12     "
Jan 4 71 ly S Riiinr-.'ilSd
Goid and .*?ilver nnui-ht anil sohl.'   Money
NOTICE.
INTHE ORPHAN.S COURTOF L.-VNC-VSTER COUNTY, PA.
IN the nialter oflhe petition of Isnac Lntz prayiuir tiie Court for a elty tion ou (he heirs of Jacob Overliolser lateof East Earl twp'.sald connly, rteceased, to show pjiiise why the sp-t- eldcperfofmanceofa parol contract entered into by thesahl deceased and the petitioner for tlmsale and conveyance to the lalter of 5acrtfs&8 percshesof iand in .sn iil., twp shouhl not bedecreed. MAY IS. 1K71. citation awarded by the Courl,and mude retnrn.'ibleon lhe third MOND.\Y In JUNE lS7i, audlhc Conrt dlnct iJOdays notiee thereof to beglven in rt news¬ paper published in llie city of Lam-aslcs-
AlTEST: S. lr. KAUFFMAN.
mayl7 5l27 D.imly Clerk.
jos£pie; samsox.
There is a raan in Glen*s Falls, New York, who won't believe any stories about tbe sagacity of dogs. He says dogs have not common sense. In proof of assertion he relates bow be poured kerosene on a dog and set it on fire just to have a little fun, and that dog actually ran under tbe bara belongiug to him and lay there and ^et the barn on fire, though the man whistled to him to come out
An old fellow vent to dine at a ch»p- bouse, and . after , waiting some few minates,: gruffly asked, the   waiter,
BRUSH MANUFACTURER
WU3LESALE   A^'D BETAir,
24S North Queen St., above Railroad
I<AXCAST£R,   PA.,
Haa conslantly on Hand a Great Variety of
PliAIJV   ifc FAXCY BR17SII:ES
ALSO,   A SUPEKIOR QUALITY OF
Plasterers'   Brushes.
B^" Country  Merchants will please call before purchasing elsewhere. apr25        _^_^_ Sw 24
tViUiaussport City ISoiids Sale,
W'E are authorized to oflerforBaleallml- ted nnmber of the Ronds of the CllyoJ Williamsport at 8<i per eent., Inchidint; ac¬ crued Interest.
These bunds hnvo been Issued by the City ol Williamsport, in denominations of Sl.UUO each, bearing seml-annnal coupons at the nte ol als percent, per unnum, payatde in NewYork on the 1st ofMarch and 1st ofSeptember.
These bonds are exempt from all mnnlctpal laxation, and with the Interest accrued to tlils date, will cost bnt 83, beside the protlt of IT'g per cent, that will enure lo the holder nt their maturity. BAIR A SHENK,
febi'O-tr-I-I Fankera.
FIKST FK£MIVMI
AWAEDED AGAIN I!
FOR
BEST  SHIFTING-TOP   BUGGY, At the late Conuly Fair to
EBGEBI^ET & CO.,
Afarket Streef:. rear of Market Housea
IJANCASTER. PA.,
WE keep ou hand and make up toorder the cheapest, lalest and neatest styles—auch asPHy'ETONS.BUGGIE.S. MAHKET WAGONS and CAtiRIAGE-S of every description.
The secret of uur sucees Is that we are all Praclical Mecliiinlcs of ditlerent branclies of the liuslness. Wc ask a trial and guarantee satisfaclion. All work warranted. Ilcpalrlnu promptly attended to.
K. KDGERLY. J. H. NOKBECK, J. SH.\UD. *69oaar6 ranK4-lf
KSTAUI.IMIKU IS13.
THE COLUMBIA SP!
Ia THE
BEST   ADVERTISING MEDIUM
IN TUE COUNTY, OUTSIDE OP  LANCAS- . TER CITY.
FOR ADVEUTJSINa
PUULIC SAT.ES.
REjVI. ESTATE.
PKIVATE .SALES, ic, Stc. Terms Moderate,
Address J. W. -KOCUJI A CO.,
Funi.TSUElts, ColnrnUlu, Pa. *a* AdvertlKempiit.H for the Colnmbia .^tiy, received 111 IUU onico at tliu lowest cuili rules, muy a a tf
SAM'I. B.COX.   wu. MCKKOWN.    JACOB UlLKY.
S. B.COX(fc CO.,
TUE OLDEST AND MOST  RELIABLE ES¬ TABLISHMENT IN TUE COUNTY, Mauuiacturlng tho Best
CARItlAGlis,     BVGOIES,
AND
SLIGHT WAGOKS,
TO UE FOUND IN THE STATE.
Woclalnl to be far abcad of nil coinpetlUira In
STYLE, FINISH AND DURABILITY,
ASD CAN SELL
Ten I*er Cent. Cheaper   than
nuy otlier cBtubiishuieut
iu the Coiiul]',
FOB TIIE SAMK QUALITY op WOKK.
Special altention giveu to Eepairing.
JanMHH RAMUF.LB. COJ 4 no.
NEW GROCERY STOKE.
JOII?r  BAKKR,
{Successor to 'Watson II. Miller,')
IT WILL BE SEEN BY THE ABOVE lliat I liavo UiUen tlie STORE STAND lately occupied by Mr Wataon II. .Miller. I would most respectfullv nsk or Ills numerous cu.sto- mers tliMt tliey will coutlnue the patronage to me Itiat wus so liberully exieiiilei) to my pic- dece.ssor. Mv delcrmlnatiou Is to keep afull liuoof GOOD QkUCERIES, such as:
WOODI^HD FIBE BRICK COIUP'T.
KAIUTFACriTBEBS OF
Flre Brick, Gronnd Clay de Tile.
_Hove been s 'i' In Marietta, Colnmbia and Tork, Fa,
iiiliiiiiiiiiiei
WOOD & BURL'S.
1208  CHE-STNUT STREET.
Opposite CnESTStrr St. Tiieatke Phila,
Have la storo a full line of Seasonable
HOSIERY,
OLOVES.
LADIES' .SUITS.
CIIII.DUEN'S DRE-SSES, Togetlier wllh an extensive Hs.sorLiiient of LADItS' AND CHILDREN'S
PUBNISHINQ OOODS.
AS we keep a very large assortment of ftrst class goods, buy tbem for cusli. contlno our atleullim to the above lines, and sell theni at the lowest prices possible, customers will find Itto their Interestto examine our stock before puichaslng. _apl29  3m SJ
THE ETAMIKEB « HEBAU _
IB XHK BSBX AOVKRTISIIia 8BKKTS
SUGARS, TE.\S, COFFEES, MOLASSES, SPICES, APPLES.
PEACHES,
PRUNES,
llAISINS,
BROOMS.
BUCKETS,
COAL OIL AC,
ALL or which will he sold at the tX)WEST CASH PitlCES or Sbort Credit.
'    SOrSSS BAKER,
NO. 21 (NEW), OR, NO  10 (OLD),
WEST   KING   STUEET, mar20
LANCASTEB, PA tf 19
KNIGUT    dc    JESfMlMGS,
(Formerly wilh C. p. KNIGHT 4 BROS.,)
Commission    Merchants!
No, JIC SOUTH DELAWARE AVE., PHILA. T)ABTICULAB attention given to .ale of JT^ greeu and dried FruU** ualleiOr'W.'"'" in general. ^.^
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