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The EXAMINER & DEpSKKATO) HEEALD
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IN TlflREE PARTS—PART I.
•'Tbe Titlue most In r«ine»t Is conrormily."—KwasoK.
Then I thonght thia meant conformity with the oBtabliahed customs' ot sooiety; and, thongh some of theso did not always Bnd my young reason docile, the sanction of time inspired my inexperience wilh a certniu respect—my wis dom of alittle while bowed down before the old, general wisdom. In order to form an en¬ tirely independent opinion, possessing true val¬ ue tb my own eyes,. I waited nntil years sbould give me a profounder knowledge of things.— Years have not heon lardy. They have shown me that the most savage demand, the most tyrannical exaction, is conformity lo privale opinion. Those individualities, which are cal¬ led throughout the world reformers, and EO forth, seem to me so blealr, so hiirrl.- so exclu¬ sive, that I wait another lapse of years to see
• cleater.the relations between progress, in which 1 believe with the fervor of faith, and its ageuts, who walk side by side with wrath— now the executioners, iiuun the victims.
I.
Ellen Grey belonged to a conforming fninily; tbat ia, they were well off, lived in a linndsome bouse, spent fully Ibeir income, dreseed ele gantly, received hospitably all who came, with¬ out the catechism of religion, politics, or opin¬ ion, ond fulfilled cheerfully the common exac¬ tions of Eociety. If a solicitor came into Mr. Grey's office, hs pave heartily to church, orphan aaylum, relief union, homes for friend¬ less, without thinking of hU dreadful respon- Bibility, or of thc wicked enconrageinent he was leiiding to popular eTila His poor, igno¬ rant heart was touched with tbe thoapht tbat, perhapa, one suffering being might heyicnefited by the money he hnd coiafortably earned. If a beggar cameto Mrs. Grey's door, he went away with a atomach or bundle fuller, and even money gleamed in bia fingers—without
j^'ood little Mrs. Grey baling thougt to call him a liar, to insist on smelling his breath, exam¬ ino his bandages, and expose him in the after¬ noon by hunting up invented quarters. She did Tiait-mucb among the poor, but, &a she Bald she could not look info tbe condition of thom all in the great city; and she would rather see, with her own eyes, the bit ahe gave spent in grog at tbe corner, than to let one good soul go away unaided. She may have been wroog ; but I am no more intellectual than Mrs, Grey, so I ehall not attempt to der cide.
Oqo of her sons-in-law wub a Know-Noth- iog, and wanted to'trample into the dust all foreigners; but Mrs. Ori-y couM not ho made to understand it. Once, ufter having just heard the mocit convinciog arguments on the EUbject.ahe chunced two find to way-woru Irish¬ men in the kiichcn, who hnd walked from New York, uud hud not had a mouthful, they   snid,
•that day. The Dutch girl hud ggue to holiday ohureh. Mrs. Grey cooked with her own hands four slices of ham, fried aome potatoes, dressed tomatoes, cut up a loaf of bread, and did not seem tp be amazed when every trace of it, grease and all, had vanished from the table.
The fierce Pon-in-!aw grew blue in the face, because she asked who had inviled foreigners to this couutry; who bad opened ofBceiS to themand put thera in ; and whether it was wicked to tuke advantage of benefits, and raise your condition ? He aaid she waa a" sim¬ pleton; and, ar be was a man, and voted, and read papers, ehe aupposed sbe was, and kept eilent.
Mr. aud Mra. Grey had been brought up on a farm, with little schooliug, much hurd work, frugal diet, simple tastes, and early bed-hours. Tbey had iron constitutions, so thot fhey pas   '
* sed unscathed tbrough the ordeal of city-life ; and, with the carelessness of perfect health paid no attention tp the diet oy babita of their children. They were ambitious to give them the advantages they had been deprived of; and, judging from their own disappointment and ripened thirst for knowledge, expected to see them cling to learning with a zeal that would make them prodigies. EUen was sent to Ecbool when four years old, and, until sixteen, she bent over the low desk, that consumptive in- Btrnment of torture, which presses against the vital organs of the young, hollowing their cheats, curving their backs, making -leather- visaged, "wizened up mummies of tbem. Bay after day she came home with bnrsling head¬ aches, and blood-shot eyea Her seat had:been close by the stove; and, to keep tbe little pur¬ ple girl in tbe farthest corner from freezing, atovQ and pipe daily glowed red hot Mra. prey dosed her ifith blue inass ond yermifugp, saved the richest, daintiest morsela for her, let her take long pickles to school,  and made
^ a highly-Be'asoned catchup for her especial ben¬ efit.
Thanks to early privation, Mrs. Grey could have swallowed pebbles and nails without dis comfort. It is but justice to say she did not know of her child's stove sufferioga. £llen waa a timid, submissive creature in her own defense. She said to herself: 'The school¬ room ia small j aomebody must eit there, and I am BO used to it, I suspect I can bear the heat and head-aohe better than the other girls.'— Several of her school-mates she loved dearly; it might fall to their lot to sit there, sho would sacrifice anything for their sake. She grew up a delicate, sensitive girl, so dependent upon JoTO and sympathy that all isolated occupations vere irksome to her. She could not enjoy reading unless she met a reaponsive look j and grew restless, when writing or sewing, if the room chanced to be empty. Aa one of her poetic admirers said,'she seemed bo^n to be ^he shadoTT of another soul, an earthly symbol 9 to it that the sun shone.' All loved her, anfl in the geuial atmoaphere of her home, she be¬ lied the saying, thm the doom of highly r,irui(g natures is sorrow.
Tbey were a jolly family,  and every  d*y bronght some pleasure,   concocted  together round the fire-side, or arranged in secret to surprise some loved one.   Mr. Grey's father was a German, and-had handed down to him many old customs, rendered still more sacred, by'the recollectiona of a tender parent and happy childhood.   It woa delightful to him, as the anniversary of hia marriage approached, to Bee the Boheming ofhis children, their fright¬ ened looks lest he sbould pop in upon their bidden preparatidns,  the .mysterious. bundles huddled out of Bight, a'nd finally their heart felt, innocent joy when he sat on- the thronp, pe^da his -wife, looking Qtit firom his bower of cedar and roses to receive'the.ap.eecheB, poems, and presents they had prepared trith thrown ^   brains and hands.   The neighbors said there was always a festival going on at the Greys*. and the young folks who did uot visit them were really to be pitied.'   Marriages,  births, atmiversaries, Chriatmaaes, New Yeara.Thanks- givingB, tablean^.and the Uke, kept them buiy.    Mrs. Grey would not let them stagnate, for if notlung betterwas proposed, she would flit down at the piano, and play, with her stiff, fltampy fingers," quadrilles, wfdtxes and polkas that she had had the courage and perseverance to learn late in life ; or, if somebody else was there to play, ehe would'lead: pff the dance, and show the Bpectaton that both her soul and body bad part in it   She said dancing waa healthful and improving; for it kept her ¦ boys at home and made tho girls less lacy.
There must be immenBe preparations at the Greya' now; for EUen is to be married. Many * party dressea were mado in antioipation of the f Tint; many specalatlbni iodnl^ in as to the ohiinc«0v9f in^Titationf.and'ftli agreed it woold «»rt«io]y b« the moet brilliant loriee of
t^e seuon. - Bdtto./thV.'wondeifpfeyery^ she disappeared one moming for the East; and rumor said there had been- a fkmily-wed- ding without any caVie or wibe^and that the bride wore a gray dress dnd bonnet Spme suggested that Mr. Grey had. failed, or was goingto; but Mrs. rTaylor knew Mr. Brooks, thebridegoom; aod said "She was sure it was.his request that the wedding should be private.*
•Why, was he h oeasible  young man   who hated parade and .-^liow V
-:'Ye8,'   Mrs.  Taylor supposed,   * he  was;' but thought ' he did it loorefrom principle '
; * What principle ?'
'. * Why opposition to forma, my dear,  to be spre;   he wouldn't have had  any marriage
evening.' No pictures on the walls ;:noboo1ta onthe table; no masicalinBtrament bnt'the^ dinner-horn, on the widedomain- Mr. Brooks argned that natural landscapes were better than artificial; and you had nothing to do but to look oot at the window, to get your fill.—. As for statue?, he had rather see a plutpp Dutch woman, any day.    Literature was wiah-
cawb of Ipeopie h a^g liyei .tol te,' a hnndred and fifty , If'yoa.6^at '.youHJeKpgti^ ttere's no neceatity for beinjBBlckrtill .tlie finai deatli illness. God knows whara beet for.U8.^and he.j made work a saoredcdaty to evelS^GhnBtian souL. There Bhouid be no drones la the hnman hive—no shirking of :a mite ^f onr work npon our brother;   Labor should be equally divi-
waahy trash; it did not advocate any great j. ded; and as long as we are able to stand in
ceremony, if the Greys hadn't felt so dread- folly about it fie says it's all stuff", and be hnd rfttber awear to a tree tban to the minis¬ ter.'
III. EUen has returned and is shedding bitter te-trs a' the parting with parents, frienda. and relations. Above all other grief—though she is afhamed to confess it to her own heart—is the parting with Rose Lea—the affection tbat haa no tie of blood or duty ; that has sprung from free election, ond been cemented by a goodness and worth rarely equaled. Rose dif¬ fered from Ellen in force of character; she fplt the necessity of exercising fier own will, sie revolted at injustice. The cheek thatblush- &d in proffering a present, or conferring a favor, 6ould burn with iodignatlon ; and the voice that tenderly consoled could speak out boldly against wronga to herself or others. She was ^eutlf and timid as a fawn; yet full of active goodness. Though surrounded by the luxuries of wealtb, she dressed ns simply as a quaker- eisa, and left the mark of ber hand all over tbe liouse. She did not confine her charities to money or influence; but served to clothe tbe naked; ran about to look for board or lodgings for friendless strangers j look the modest penni¬ less into her home; helped io arrange the humble dwelllag of some poor but cherished fViend—ond all witb a pretty, awkward diffi¬ dence that spoke more of the obliged than of the obliger. Sbe loved Ellen wit^h an admiring, pitying love—admiration for her affectionate, disinterested nature, and pity for the want of aelfreaource that rendered her so entirely de¬ pendent upon the sympathy of othera. Sho knew it came partly from her feeble health and physical weakness, and lavished on her tho aame tender care sho would ona delicate plant that languished whenever the sun stole away from the window.
They wept long in eaoh other's arms; and Ellen drove off, beside hcr husband, to her oountry home.
IV. It lay in a deep valley ; and as far as eyo could reach the Brookses were monarchs of all they surveyed. Golden rye-fields, waving wheat and oats, stately corn stalks and verdant pastured indicate a well stocked, well-kept furm. Mountain peaks, in gray and purple distance, set off the prospect like a dark frame around « gay summer landscape- ' Elleu was delighted, and kept her husband laughing at hcr euthusiastic exclamations and oMQTi to get out and gather bar ' somo of the bearded heads of grain, that shu might see the difference, or a pretty weed tbat she threw quickly away on smelling it Her knowledge of the country was confined lo rides in the environs of the city and occasional visits to oountry town residences of her rienda. The novelty of a real farm was intoxicating. Sbe threw her arms round her husband's neck, Eaid sho was so happy, abe hoped to become a ^strong country woman, and to learn to milk cows. Tbere wero plenty of them to milk, to judge fr«m tbe dotted pastures ; and as they drove up to the double, ample, wbite houso^ tbey were greeted by such loud, cracked, dia- jcordant crows fromlong-Iegged-taiiress Shang- ihais, that Ellen held her ears, and asked if ¦those were really chickens.
?ilr. Brooks, ber husband's lather, stood on the steps to receive tbem. He was a stately, dignifietl gentlpman, pleasant iu countenance, and courteous in manner. Ellen had seen him at the wedding, and was sure she should love him ; first, because he was Phil's father; and next, because be was polite ^ntj kind to her.— He did seem a little cold, but that was the aign of a warm heart; and when he knew her bet¬ ter, he would be less reserved. The houso was neat, and comfortably furnished. Phil's two brothers, one younger, one older than him¬ aelf, were kissed and shaken hands with ; and aunt Tabby—Mr. Brooks's maiden sister—hur¬ ried Ellen to ber room, that she migbt dust herself before supper.
V.
Mr. Brooks, senior, is a wealthy philanthro¬ pist, who, having been made wretched by thc vices and wrong doings of society, has retired to a farm, to bring up hia boys under the sweet influence of nature, and himself. Mr. Brooks is a utilitarian, he is a reformer, abolitionist, socialist, and gives money and aid in every way to advance progress. But, ahove all, M7. Brooks is a man of principles They are an I immense pair of spectacles astride of hts nose, I through which he inspects all the actions and aspects of life. Mr. Brooks's mother respect¬ ed him when he was a lad; hia brothers and sisters have respected him amazingly, and bis children respect him awfully.
Ellen soon found this out, and her timid soul sank down in a quagmire of respect There was an irresistible atmosphere about him, that even the strong and hardened felt How could poor human nature look boldly into the face of a man who had no vices—whose voice never grew a whit louder in discussion—who glared sternly at temptation, never yielded to weak¬ ness, and preserved his courtesy as intact at the domestic fireside ae on state occasions?
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Phil waa occupied all doy. He was the most intelligent and e^cient of the boys—as Mr. Brooks always called hia sons—and the chief manogement pf the farm devolved upon him If he had a spare pioment, he was ashamed to spend it in gentle dalliance with his bride ; for I be was keenly nlive. to ridicule, and knew his Idtber looked upon such follies with contempt. Phil had a frank, naturally geniol nature; bnt the paternal hammer had beaten so unceasingly upon him since hia birth, that it was only oc¬ casionally the original spirit gleamed forth.— His mother died when he was fpur years old; and if he had ever been caressed or kissed by hil father, it was so long ago that he bad for¬ gotten it Mr. Brooks met tbe boys, after long absences, with a shake of the hand, and polite inquiriea as to the state of tbeir health- Phil ..therefore, regarded a kiss as an effeminate Melinda Malvina romance, and any display of affection before the most intimate third, as a t" weakness that wonld render him superlatively ridiculona. In company he treated EUen with a cold neglect, that sttmg to the quick her af¬ fectionate, demonstrative disposition. " Ah y> she thought, " if be loved me as I do him, he would not be occupied with what other people may observe; he would not sacrifice me to the i fear of ridicule." And sho began to doubt the depth of his love—the capacity of his affection. : .VII. ' i
" phil, dear," aaid she, just after tea, one cool, autumn evening, '* do let ua have a fire in our room^ Uld nt there this night; I've so much to say to you;" looking into hia face, supplioatingly.
*' Certainly; 'twould be delightful," answer¬ ed he, brightening up;» but—* glooming down -' father might think we were exoluaive, and feel hurt.'
• You are always so tired at bcd-time, tiiat you fall aaleep the moment your head touches the piUow,* Boggested EUen, timidly Phii sighed.
' If we doilflnoe. we shall want to do it al¬ ways ; and father will think we have taken the stand to isolate our erenings, aud break up the family oirole; 'twont do, indeed, EUen.'
iSho said, no more, but went down with PhU to the Blttisg-xoom, to epdnre anoUier Brooki
principle, but rather pegged people down tight- j er to old sins and'forms. The tables were laden with reform nnd progressive newspapers and phamphlets, andthe family were, always- iii distress fora bit of waate paper, asaU were religiously preserved on a shelf, in Mr. Brooks's own room, never to be referred to in his life. Music, he said, tickled the ear. He liked to hear a hnlled, or a mother singing lo her baby ; but cultivated music did more harm tban good ; a high state of art always accompanied a high state of corruption: witneas Rome, Greece, and modern Europo. .
E'len was a cultivated singer; she had a fine voice, and great musical sentiment How could bhe ever sing before him ? Ho wouhl cer¬ tainly call it squalling ; so abe told Phil she did not care to bave a piano. Phtl had never beard a musical note in his home; he could not whistle • Yankee Doodle' straight through, and, tberefore, for his own part, he was quite indifferent in regard to Ibe piano. He did not perceive bow easily Ellen waa discouraged by tbo waut of sympathy in others, nor how fast she was faUing into the aome slavery of defer¬ ence that enthralled him.
Mr. Brooks reads the paper, and oods ; Jim lies fast aaleep on the sofa; Phil casts up ac¬ counts, and nods ;Sam ties up seeds, and nods ; aunts Tabby knits, and nods ; and Ellen sewst feorfuUy wide-awake, in the midst of tbe op- presbive silence The Brookses are noted as a sleepy family ; and there U even ao anecdote of their having inatituted evening readings, and been found by a friend, juat after tea, all asleep, reader included, at the first page.— j Sometimes, in the shock of bobbing backwards i or forwards. Mr. Brooke's eye lights on an \ article thnt pleases him, or—his moral respon- ' sibility being always present—that may be of service to the boys. He asks Sam to read it dloud. Sam is a dismal reader, never enunci¬ ates, or changes the tone, or stops, or looka up; even a lamb-like, droning article would feel that it was overdonfl in monotony; and the fiery, denunciatory words, that expected to burst forth in thunder-claps, faPa faiotand mangled victims on the listener's ear. -EUen githera tbe sense of it, and tries to like it; but it is too savage to suit her mild spirit— She only knows it ia invective, vituperation, and calling of names of some party, sect, or individual. A little discussion, perhaps, fol¬ lows the article; but as the boj'S have been modeled on the fiither, the differences are so Blight, they soou meet ou common ground.
vm.
Mr. Brooks sees Ellen is not happy, but uot an inch will he bend to her.    His views of life :arc lhe right and Christian onea.    She must 'beud tu him.    He continues to inveigh against :the   town,   its   follies,   luxuries,   superfluities, frivolities, forms, filth, vices, and winds up by prunouiicing   it a beastly place.    pUen loves the  very smoke  that grims it;   the theatre, where  she has   often   shed   tears at thriUing scenes;  tbe concert-halls, filled with  recoUcc- of flouting melody and happy faces; the lec¬ ture roomj, that opened to her noble thoughts 1 and literary tasles; the loaig, gay streets, gar- ' nisbed with picture?, vases, all  that human ingenuity  can invent; the dear, old church, hallowed by saintly preaching an4 the kind face of the aged minister who bad christened her, joined in  her childish sports, sat by ber bed of sickness, soothing it with stored truths, and married her to dear Phil: tbe houRe where she was born, with the seeds she planted, uow grown  into  trees, shrubs and flowera  around it; the warm hearts that cherished her with tender love, and tho merry spirits ever gushing over ia vivacious streams around her father'a fireside.    .A.nd was tbat a false, frivolous exis¬ tence—and her yearnings after it promptings of tho devil ?    It muat  be  so.    Mr. Brooks was wisi' and exemplary, devoted to the wel¬ fare of humanity.    She would try to chango; to liko tbe country and solitude; to get up some intcpst in qsilk and chicl;eng; in fine, to imitate Aunt Tabby—unruffled Aunt Tabby, wbo worked at everything, everywhere, darned and patched garments of such hopeless condi¬ tion that one would have supposed the Brookses the poorest of creation, and who never seemed to have a desire beyond   the routine of her daily life.   So she followed Aunt Tabby to tbe dairy, the kitchea, the cellar, tbe smoke-huuKO. the wash-room, the chicken-coops, the barn and the stable.    Aunt Tabby, kind soul, was delighted; she had thought Ellen 'a pretty, loving creetur, but of no born use;' and she give her the lightest labors to perform.
Ellen went egg-hunting, firat in the atablo, where sbe stood looking a quarter of an hour at tbe horses' heels, and then rushed paat them with a beating, sinking heart. The barn '^as nearly half a mile off. There was the ball, that snorted at her, and looked so red- eyed and fierce that she quivered in every limb. Then she had such a time getting tbe hens off their nests I Mrs. Pekin, Mrs. Nan¬ kin, and many others of similar kin, were de¬ termined to set. They had been cheated into laying over a hundred eggs, to be aet on by common hens, and tbey would not stand it any longer. They coald see their downy offspring now, being brooded and fed by false mothers, while they sat in wronged maternity over two eggs, and one of them porcelain at that. As EUen poked at them with a long stick, their sullen eyes and swelled breasts said, as plain¬ ly as could he, that those two eggs should oome into chickens, if they died for it So they pecked the stick furiously, and when they got a hard rap on tho bead, sat stiUer and Bqueaked, to give vent lo their feelings. El¬ len tried to pry tbem up, but their bodies were BO heavy and slippery, aud they scrabbled so hard to get on the eggs again, that she did not ; often succeed. She was afraid to walk up boldly, throw her apron over them, capture them, aud lift them out, as' Aunt Tabby did, They looked so big and formidable, and ebe had vague story reminiscences of hens pecking people's oyes out After much open and con¬ cealed warfare and stratagem, scraping her tegs in falling through the loft beams, choking over hay dust, and getting her feet saturated in the stable-yard, i^Uen reached "home—hot, norvous, and exhausted, with a low back-ache that kept visions of beds, couches, sofas, any¬ thing horizontal with a piUow on it, floating in her brain.
She did aome house-work, and was finally obliged to stretoh herself on the parlor sofa. The horn blew for dinner. 'Why; Nelly,' said Phil, .entering,  'what's the matter with you?'
' I am tired, and my back aches, dear Phil;* '^Come and eat some dinner; m%y be you'll
the traces, we sbonW perform our ahard.
EUen ventured to say, that If we were brought up ao from infancy, pcrhkps we might be able to do it Bul Mr. Brooks'contended that God was merciftil, and we could regenerate onr bodies as,we oould our souls: in proof of which ie pointed to Aunt Tabby, whom he said he recollected as a very delicate, com¬ plaining girl, and who h«d beoome the tough, iron spike ahe was, by dint of work.
EUen underatood tbe lesson; she had re¬ ceived many siich over the shoulders of a third. She knew, by eeoret divination, ns well &9 if he had said it, that he thought her a gilded toy—a delicate lady, of no fixed princi¬ ples—a misguided creature from Ihe charnel- house of the past, .transplanted into thc hot¬ bed of the present.- It was a terrible misfor¬ tune that Phil had not'selected a strong coun¬ try girl; but he must make the best of it, educate her iu their views, and try to inspire her with zeal in tbe immense question.^ of the day. Mr.- Brooks, therefore, talked unceas- iagly npon tbese subjeotOJ He served them up at breakfaat, dinuer,..aupper; and through the long winter evenings. Ellen conid not help admiring the ingenuity with whioh he wonld turn the most common-place remark in¬ to Ibat great channel. He evidently consid¬ ered himself a progressive delegate from God, accountable for every moment that was not spent in the cause. Blind Mr. Brooks 1 He ^id not see the satiety that S^Ued the silent faces around hira. Deaf Mr. Brooks! He did not hear the boys confess to each other that they wished progress were In the bottomlesa pit. And narrow-minded Mr. Brooks! He did not perceive that to advance, one muat be as universal ns the God it was bis secret boast to imitate.
Old AVillett said of Barnaby, ihat ' the lad needed imagination.* If he had applied it to Mr. Brooks, ho would have bit tho right nail on the head. There was not a spark of poetry in hia virtuous breaat—not a gleam of senti¬ ment in bis Christian brain. If had had any when young. It had vanished in his grim bat¬ tles with humanity. He was the apostle of wrath and indignation, and his tongue, a fia ming sword, backed mercilessly at the enemy. Not' that ho believed in war. Far from it— he was a peace tidvopate, and tender of the bodies of his brethren; but war upon souls— aoula that did not look from the same point witb his elevated humanity— was another thing!
X.
EUen it) iu a flutter of happiness; she is mnking secret preparations to receive Rose Lea daring the Christmaa holidays. Every¬ thing has been ecrubbed and bleached—pies made, turkeys and chicltens cooped aud cram-? med—and all inside the house, as Aunt Tabby remarked, is in npple-pio order. EUen sighs as she thinka of the tasteful nothings of liitle expense, that poetize the dwelling of Rose.— Sbe dares nut propose the purchase of such effeminating luxuries, so she plies her needle bnsily to make, from old duds, drapery, toilet and table-cpv^rs, mats, pincushionB,aDd various gewgaws (puzilera to the most proctical utili¬ tarians), to decorate Rose's room. She h;ia embroidered for her, as a Christmas gift, an exquisite scent-bag, which is to pop out from a powder box, ou coiled wire, and amaze Rose exceedingly. The boya have admired it one by: one. Mr. Brooks, too, says it is pretty, while holding it awkwardly as he would a young baby, bnt adds that perfumes are trifling i things, being general^ used tohide tittatrness, '¦¦ beside having for their base detestable alcohol, that scourge of mankind.
EUen loved pcrfamea with her whole soul; her books were full of dried, ordoroua flowers; her drawers of lavender, rose leaves, and lemon verbaoa; her toUette-bqies, of boUles of perfu^^e." f he lat'te^ ^ere arli^cial com- pounda, to be 3ure, whicl^ iJr. Jtrooka, doubt¬ less,   thought a departure from  nature—that
feel better.'
IX.
At the dinner table Mr. Brooks said: *Phil, I've had a letter from your cousin John. He Bays his wife's Bick again. I don't wonder-; Bhe'U always be sick, as long as she livea in town and doesn't work I guess it wouldn't be muoh of a loss if she should die; she's a- useleBS, ailing creaturo, and doesn't oaru the salt that's iu her bread.*
' She can't work much when she is sick,' sug¬ gested Phil.   .   -
' Bnt she wouldn't be sick if she worked,* retorted the fatiier. • I gneas her kitchen girl isn't sick. She fancies she has got an acho, and lies right down. Now if her girl has an ache, flhe'a got to work; and the consequence is, the girl gets well, and the mistreaa is bed¬ ridden, with a doctor pottering over hor.	
There's nothing like work to Btrengtiien and cure people. John's wife has been brought up in an idle, artificial way, and ahe won't be worth a fig till she changes.'
*It's rather late for her to alter her consti¬ tution now,* Baid.'PhIl.
' NoMemw, ^'t's only thirty; and thero ef
boundary line which every body qaarrela about, imagining, as the whole upper world migbt at noon-day, that tbe sun waa directly over ita head, and consequejtly could not be directly pver thp bead of another- Somebody says savages are the primitive original race, a speaking manifestation from Qod what life nfon were intended to lead; somebody else says savages are the ftig end of an ancient race dwindled down to the lowest state of deg¬ radation.* However it might be, artificial compounds were dear to Ellen. Her memory waa like a garden where each odor was a recol¬ lection of aome spiritual flower that had bloomed in her being. Heliotrope—she stood in the crowd a blushing May-queen, ^nd the scent frotfi the handkerchief her mother had perfumed for her, stole out and mingled vague¬ ly with the scene, making it richer in love and beauty. Violet—ahe felt Phil's first kiss, and again the odor sUd down through his curls, and she gazed np the winding celestial ladder, thinking she saw aacending humble, blue-eyed angela—spirits of the departed fiowers. Tbese perfumed datea of a delicious and poetic past were as precious to Ellen as the history nf glory and happiness can be to a nation.
As EUen sadly carried the sceut-bag—the halo of its beauty now shorn off—to Its place of destination, she wished she knew what na¬ ture was; bhe had a secret terror of it as some¬ thing cold, hard and bare, but very salutary ; and as she pined to b^ morally an<^ spiritually better, she determined to examine iuto tbe warp of her beiqg and pick oot the artificial threads a wrong education had woven there.— Sho would be brave, if it did hurt and bleed. XI. That evening they sat round the blazing fire that crackled and sent forth sheets of flame and sparks from the great chimney place. Jim. who was of rather a studious turn, was poring over an elementary German book; Sam, poor child 1 whose slow oomprehenslon and thick blood had been mado slower aud thicker by the absence of all lively amusements, snored lustily on tbe sofa. Mr. Brook's feet looked as if tbey were glued to the mantel-piece, and a strong smell of scorched woolen hinted that he was enjoying a roast and nap at the same time. His faithful companion, the newapapen that had been placed over his heod to shield it* had sUpped down, and left his ample baldness in full glow.
Aunt Tabby was economically twining into padding and blne-baga,fragments of prodiga^ shirts, that in the late wash had absolutely ejected whole the last patch. Aunt Tabby does not ask whethertbe stitches wUl hold thla time, or not. She is doing her duty, and would not sleep quieUy in hor b6d or grave, if tho pieces were not turned into something. EUen worked on ft pair of slippers for Mr. Brooksj ^nd haid ingenionaly arranged books and work-baskelB to overshadow them from the observing eye of that gentieman. She looked happy; for her thoughts were full of the pleaeant surprises she was to give, and of the coming of the dear friend for whom her aoul thirsted.
•Phil,' she said, as he ftt last laid down bis pen and closed tho ponderous, bo ok of his farm- journal, 'we mnat writo to.Bose to-morrow, and repeat the invitation formftlly--not that aho is formal, you know; but X. think she would feol pleasaater to aeo that you join heartily inthe desire to woleome her.'
*Beaoh ine tho portfolio. -I gaeea I'U do it now,* said Phil.
The paper rattled aud tumbled fhim Mr. Brooka'a lap. Ho rubbed his half blistered parts as if tho stinging felt good, yawned, stretched,.gotup, and said to Phil, • pid I hear something about an invitation!'        .,
• Yes/ answered PhU, 'I am going to writo to Bose Loa to paas tho bolidaya with ub.'
Hum I I tiiink.-you ^nUghlTiatei^tiuido  . | better choice,* aftld Mr. Brobka eoBtomptnouilyt'J Mr.:Lea ia a wine bibber arid a tiOfrB^pror and worshipper of Mammon;'his wife'is Aperr' mink and a pleasurd-sceker-- I prefCT ybh would not invite them, 08 I do not wish the boya to be influenced by such trash.. BeBides, I have received a letter ie^ling me that Adama and Browu, two staunch refofiier^'will be here in a day or. two; and as I desire much that you sbould become-acquainted with them, 1 have invited them to visit ns.'       - ,
Phil said nothing. Ellen sat stunned and rigid as if struck by lightning. The force of the decree dawned ori her slowly, and she felt, if she staid there, she should shriek or rave.-^ ! Sbe left the room hurriedly and threw heraelf on the bed, to writhe and moan as she plucked' away at the ortificial thread of an unworthy friendship; but like the main thread of a rib¬ bon, the more shie pulled, the more it shortened and curled up her past being—bringing memo¬ ries of chUdbood,. school-days, girlhood,' and womanhood shared with Rose, so near and startling that she quivered like an aspen leaf, nnd stuffed the pillow in her mouth to choke back the convulsive sobs.
Phil staid some time down stairs, though be was dying to go up ; but it might'scem silly to be sympathetic or solicitous; so he trampled on his epicurean desires and read Uke a stoic tbree long columns of '• a most able speech.' When he went up, he found EUen pale, pold and silent He had left her alone in her grief. If she could have wept at first on his bosom, thc pang wonld have been softened, and tho encircling arms of. love might have given her peace and hope. Phil felt it now, and waa so sorry and penitent, that EUen recognized that he really loved her as well as he oonld, arid passed the nigbtwisblng they lived on a desert island, that Phil might be always alone with her; only Rose should come often, and wilh ber warm sympathy and genuine nature teach Phil that pressing manifestations of lovo are nobler than neglect, eveu when the eye of the whole world is on us
XII. The next morning EUeu was iU; and the Brookses, who abused the whole race of physl- cians when well, bul always sent for them when aick, had the doctor soou at Ellen's bedside.- He pronounced her complaiiit a nervous fever, ordered, tonics, quiet, riding, and change of scene. EUen recovered rapidly on receiving a letter from.her mother, aaying she.should leave the girls to take charge of the Christmaa tree, aud start directly for Owlcopse—the name.of the Brooks ostate; whether auggested by the nightly screeching of that sage bird, or the fact of the Brookses sitting wisely on the tree ofTinowledgo during society's fancied daylight, and seeing perfectly clear when that deluded b'ldy groped in darkness, ia not known to this day.
Mrs. Grey came; and, energetic creaturo that she waa, proposed taking EUen out to drive the first day. Now the Brookses were ¦ always very busy; they would necessarily be exceedingly busy for years to oome, as tbe farm when they took it was an old one, in the most dilapidated and forlorn condition. The neigh¬ borhood was uot tbiokly settled; and though they had nine or ten menalwas employen, they wer« generally short of hauds. Tbe boys worked like daylaborera Tfaey were up early iu the moruing, swallowed their meals hastily, aud often protracted their out-door stay late into tho evening. Pbil, particularly, loved dearly a farmer's life; it suited his active, f^omewhftt domiueeriog temperament; and his taste and ambition to excel, which, if left un¬ biassed, would have shown itself in handsome horses, equipages, and pictures, now found a vent in planning and executing a model farm. Mr. Brooks alone led an eosy existence, pot¬ tering about just enough in the morning.to carry out bia dietetic principles, and sitiing.aU tbe reatof the duy (it waa a mystery how much"] htut his thiu legs could bear) plump up against the chimuey, readiug and dezing. There was an especial stuffed rocking-chair which was) reapecled as hia. Lf^t the reader should wonr. t^cr hoff hp reconciled this comfortable do-noth- ingnead with his principles of equal labor, we must ipform him tbat Mr, Brooks had an in¬ tense respect for old uge; and though he wag green and well preserved, be had reached tho
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sing ii»,^e,_/ie'flh airev^ry day, I ijelieye noth- 'iiig.on^eartt, would, have'palled, me off my back. , By.tho by,. Mr. Brooks, don't you think riding would, benefit Nelly? The doctor re- j'dommends it.
Mri iSrooAj;—Riding ia good, but walking is better. L^ga were given to ua before horses; and I. presume our Creator intended thereby that we ahould uso our own legs, whenever we (Wotild, and not enslave poor dumb brutes to carry our lazy.weight
Mrs. .Ortjffi^ going, to the window:—The sun has thawed the fr st, and the paths look very muddy. Phil Bays.the carriage and horsea are at .our disposal.if wp can find any one to drive us.   . '
Mr..Brooki:—Mod is a very innocent, inof¬ fensive dirt It was intended we should walk in it, I Boppose,.or it would not have been put there; ..Tfae.multitadeodn't.ride.. The masses are obliged to walk. ' .Without dqubt there ore -how thousands of human beinga delving in the mud. Weshould encourage no pleasure that they cannot share, particularly useless aristo¬ cratic ones.    .
—Hereupon Mr. Brooks ogaiu glued his feet on the .mantel-piece, and outwitted the aUp- pery newspaper by pinning it together on bo:h sidea of his head
period wheu he considered himself exempt— To be sure, he bod never worked but io the quiet, gentlemanly woy of 'boss' in a flour¬ ishing commercial establishment; butwe give Mr. Brooks's own excuse when referriug to any iuconaistency of bia past life—• waut of light' Mr*. Grey inspected the whole farm with tho fideUty of a reconnoitering soldier; and, on finding six horaes iu tbe stable,, and a car- rioge and buggy under the shed, went to hunt up PhU. She found him in his shirt aleeves though the day was frosty, with a long rail on bis shoulder, aiding and superintending th^ construction of a new fenpp.
'^phil, isn't thpre anybody who can drive Nelly and me this afternoon? It's a clear, bright day, and I think the air will do the poor ohild good.*
'The horses wiU all be buay, I guesa,' on' swered Phil; ' we've got to aend four.of them now in the wagon for a load of raUs, and the other two in the cart to the mill. We've a great deal to do tbia week, and can't spare the horses very well.'
Mrs. Grey had learned by questioning Ellen tbat sbe hud 'never been to drive except on Sunday, wheii tbo Brookses, for tbeir own pleasure, passed the whole live-long day at a neighboring relative's. To go for the delight of driving, for the voluptuous luxury of qniet and motion combined, for the e^hllaratica caught from the breeay air, for the spiritual happiness fioating in the shifting landscape, were sentiments with wbich the useful; well principled Brookses could not sympathize.
Mrs. Grey looked disappointed. Phil saw it, and remembering the doctor's iojunction aaid: MVo migbt put only two horses in tbO wagoD, and leave the other two for the car¬ riage, if you could get aoy one to drive you* I can't leave the men.'
Mrs. Grey said sho was not afraid to drive, sho had done it often; but Phil observed that tbe carriage horses were skittish, and he hadn't any confidence in a woman's driving anyhow, they jilways weot like the devil and ruined fhO best broken horses. ' Ask father, perhaps ho wiU take you,* added PhU.
Sir. Brooks was reading. Mrs. Grey did not Uke to interrupt bim; so she sat down to wait till he had finished; but meantime ho went into a gentie slumber, and left the litllo woman glancing at him uneasily, and revol¬ ving in her mind how she should frame her request It would not do to nsk right out such an awe-inspiring, respectable person; she would hint at it and give him the cbanoe of offeriog.'Mr, Brooks was almost always reading or Bleeping in the parlor, the only room where there was a constant fire, beaides the kitohen, BO that the other occupants of tho.parlor, ont of good breeding, politeneasj or respect, were either aUeut or carried on a aubdued, ghostly conversation as If a corpse were in the rom.
Ellen and Mrs. Grey were now engaged in ono of these pantomimic colloquies; but the latter, being naturally at^ong-voibed and live¬ ly, grew sored in the face and whispered so hoarsely, that Mr. Brooks wriggled for some
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XIII. Mrs. Grey and Ellen equipped themselves for a walk. The road through the farm was a new dirt'one; the paths aroand the house had had a sprinkling of gravel, which had been washed away by the iate heavy rains. Ellen was depressed, from the recent conversation, from the fresh conviction that she waa expect¬ ed to combat savagely against dear old ties, suffering, and Ul health. The soaked stubble- fields looked to her like her own soul, shorn cf their summer glories; the stiU, dark, naked trees, like the grim, wintry spirits that bound up her life-sap. She was soon recalled to re¬ alities by the weight of her shoes, wbich she found, on looking down, were surrounded by a large circle of clayey mud, that aeemed to in- I crease in thickness at each step. Mrs. Grey had got a stick, and wos punching at hers vig¬ orously, declaring if another layer stuck on» sbe shouldn't ba able to lift one foot before tbe other.
Pretty soon they came to a boggy place, cut op by horses' hoofs; and Ellen's buskin wsa clenched by the heel, and torn quickly off her foot She stood on one leg while her mother fished it out and cleaned it; and, in hopping to a log to put it on, left her other shoe also in tho mire. Her feet had grown thin with her body, and her shoes were a littlo too large.
Mrs. Grey, what with fatness, carrying several pounds of mud, holding up her clothes tmd jumping to reach lumpy places, was so disressed and out of breath that they turned back.
' Mother dear, yoii oan imagine my winter walks here,' said EUen; ' except that I havn't you with me to make Ihem somewhat bearable, I took just such a one, alone, six weeks ago, and since then I have not had thc dssirc or cooragb to repeat it Mud may be innecent, but I dislike it very mucb ; and it's so heavy to carry that walking becomes a fatigue irislead of a recreation. I often think of the loug streets so quickly dried, the crowds of peoplej tbe many humau things to interest one, and the loved faces of friends beaming on me every few steps. I'm afraid X don't love the country. I've been disappointed in myself; for surely it would be pleasant if I had enough rustic ap¬ preciation in me.' I Mrs- Grey suggested that nature was gloomy and bare now; perhaps in tbe summer she would find plenty to iuterest ber.
EUen smiled sadly, and said sbe trusted to find more to reconcile her in the littie child that would soon be given to hcr. She should -be BO glad to be itribe conntry on this account,- that, perhaps, ahe ahould learn to love it for tbe benefit and enjoyment it would give her child * I sbould like to have it much in the open air, and never—oh ! never—go into a close, hot school-room.' Ellen apoke with so much fervor, that she changed the subject quickly, fearful of haviog brought an implied reproach upon her mother.
Mrs. Grey was so occupied wilh the question that had tormented her since sho firat came— whether EUen was happy—that she did no* notice it, but said, abruptly;
* Nelly, chUd, it seems to me you're changed. You never were gay and noiay, like the other children ; but, at least Jou were always ready to play and laugh in yonr own quiet way — Now there's a strange expression about you ; you smUe with a kind of sadness, aa if you thought you ought to. TcU your mother, Nell, pet, if you're happy ?' And the poor woman threw herself on JlUen's neck, and sobbed.
Ellen cried, ton, but asserted that she was bappy. Every one had some cross to bear, and she supposed hers was light io com'pJirison to many.
*Bat what ia the cross, Nelly, dear? aren't they kind to you V persisted Mrs. Grey.
' Oh, yes I' replied Ellen, quiokly; • they're always poUte ond courteous. The boya are amiable, and would do anything I asked them; but I—I—the fact is, I would Uko to live alone with Phil.*
'And 30 you should,' said Mrs. Grey, eiier- getically. *I would not atjk you to Uve wilb me even, for I koow young folka are happiett alone.    Have you talked to Phil about it?'
' No, no ' aaid EUen, shaking her head alarm¬ ingly. 'PhU has not a ceut of hia own, has been brought up to no trade but farming, and has heard such anathemas against the town, that he fancies he'd die there of aome dreadful disease after a month or so. Besides, his fa- ther wouldn't like it.'
•Aud what if he wouldn't?" said Mr.*). Orey, bluntly.
EUen looked so astooiabed at thc idea of re¬ volt against Mr. Brooks, that Mr.-. Grey liiugh- od, and aaid, in her stout little way, she would talk to him if he were as dignified and lofty as the great Mogol. • Wby, Nelly,' pursued she, ' all he wants is to bo talked to plainly. I'm 80 vexed to think I hadn't more oourage than juat to hint! If I bad said squiirely: Mr. Brooks, will you take NeUy nnd me to ride?—' •WeU, he might have answered squarely: No; and how mortified we should have felt! suggested Ellen.
* More foola we, then, Nelly. He would have been the one to be mortified, upc;n reflec¬ tion, instead of dozing snugly now behind tbe principles he set_^up as precautionary barriers. I tell you,' said the shrewd littlo woman, whoae plain good sense and lively independence made her less afraid of Mr. Brooks than otbers were, -if people are aelfish and disobliging, they onght to have the mask prilled off their faces, and not impose upon us, poor sinners 1 with the anperior aira of principles, duty Christianity; and so on. I don't want to be a turkey, to be driven about by any red rag, shaken before my eyea like a holy banner I— But, heavens! Nelly, how pale and fagged you look! I'm glad we're near the house.— It has beeuwftn awful walk. I'll leave my shoes outside,' said Mrs, Grey, looking at tfaem in dismay, * and go right up stairs and change my dress. I thought I had held it up; but I mtzat always :get to gesticulating,' continued the good lady, indignantly, ' and down it goes,
time aa if he. were beiug grated, and finally 1 Nelly, you had better rest a while iu the par- ftwoke to aak what time of day it was. ! loj..'
'Notin the parlor; I'll go up to my room.'* 'It's top cold there, ohiid; you'U freeze.' 'It's colder down there,' said Nelly, shudder- deringly.   'The walk has been'abort, ond it will
Mt». ffr^y;—Two o'olook. Sir; ita a moat charming day overhead; cool, but bracing and olear ao a belL^;. Kelly, dear, ryou ought reaUy to pay more attention to what the doctor aaya,
and keep out of .doors aa muoh as possible.; aeerii strange in me to be so tired." Don't you tiiiak so, Mr. Brooks ? |     Mrs. Grey being ratiier puzzled by this an-
ifr. .Broofc*-•-Certainly, ma'am. ¦ There'a ; swer. sold notliing, went to change bw dresa, notiiing Uke in-door work and oat-door eier- ' and then to find PhU, to whom ahe intended to oiae to keep the body healthy. I Buspect' disburden a part of her anxieties, and adviso you've realiaed that, ma'am. ; him. at whatever sacrifice, to have a home of
- This wao-Bftid with ft glance at Mra. Grey's ' his own. buxom flgnror'' XIY
Mrs. ffrq/;—Oh! yes; yet I waa never The result of the interview ahe communica- weakly as KeUy ia, but one monUi in my life; ted to no ono; but aa sho wao in the habit of ani that, whoo I wai thrown froo » horM,   tftlktogaioudtohcmlf, wotuppow it would
Ijorio'betirayal of confidence to Insfft^the fol-1 loklng'fragmentor— -   . ¦      '   I
i *Now;at*8 strarigo.ire aeemo" to love Nelly, and to be really distressed at what I aaid about her, and yet he: talked-all the time about his own health, dread of. town life, attachment to farmings, and having no other resources. : He's an energetip, Ukoly fellow, and Mr. Orey could easily find him something ^^o do; but I do be- lieve he had rather hang on in expectation of his father's wealth. I'm afraid ho'jl be gray first; for I've always notioed that your thin, cantiouB people, who jhoand up health,; take life easy, have money, and are conaidered in¬ cumbrances, outUve the globnuest oalculatidn. PhU half confeaaad he thought the old gentle¬ man a bore, ahd said, with unction, he wished Jim would get married. He thinks EUen wUl become used to the country, and, when she has a baby, won't be lonely. T trust ao. I must make it a blanket.'
And Mra; Grey lost herself in reflections, whether it should be scolloped or fringed, work¬ ed in crewel or-floss
Meantime, Ellen was congratulating herself that she had had the courage not to tell her mother all.   'Dear mother,* ahe thought, 'she can do notbing for me, ani it would faave made her so unhappy!    I should bo too mortified to have her know what was said of Rose and kind Mr. Lea.'   Ahd again a'flush of indignation, a. thousand times daily repeated, reddened her pale cheeks, and made.her heart thump'like a | :hammer.    >I know be drinks wine for. difiner, I but be never abused it in hia life; as for. his being a worshipper of Mammon, Mr.  Brooks then must have been pne, to, get the, wealth he "has; a jackass means anything aud nothing, he' always calling people asses.    How atrange I it is that an auatere and ceremoneoua gentle¬ man like Mr. Brooks can occaaionally call peo¬ ple such hard names 1   But a time server.*— EUen pondered long on that sneering epithet, but coi\ld not come to any concluaioh what time it was, nor how it could be wrong to serve time, as it served ua constantly.    Sho wound np her revery with a flood of tears that assur¬ ed ber ahe never could give np the Leas,  nor get them out of her heart. XV. Mr. Brooks bas been long twinged in bis conscience concerning the Christianity of eat- ' iog animal food; and-the next day at dinner declined taking any, preparatory to expound¬ ing his views to the famUy.    He had read all that had been said on the'subject in the learn¬ ed journals that crammed hta shelves, and felt ready to! explode with authority,   conviction, aod zeal.
'Now it seems tome.' said he, Hhat-eating meat is 0; low, brutish taste. Bogs and Uons eat meat; horses and cows don't, and Ihey are much kinder and nobler in theirdispositions-,— Some assert, from our teeth and stomach, that we were made to eat it; but they argue, I guess, from the cravings of their gross appe¬ tites. Nationa that live principally on rice and vegetable diet have produced tho most in¬ stances of longevity.'
'Good heavens!' exclaimed Mrs. Grey, in consternation, 'you would'nt advise people to give up meat entirely ? Why wc eat it three times a day. I always slice the rarest beef and mutton for siTpper.'
*.-V'id bring np such chUdren as that," said Mr. Hrooka, pointing siguificautly at EUen.— 'It's terrible to tbink how, through ignorance and lack of investigation, we blight the livea of our offsprings.'
'But wby ain't! blighted ? said the good la¬ dy, glancing down at her portly person, and holding out an arm tbat might bolster a giant; 'I've eaten it twice as long ns abe has, and have never bnen sick in my life, but once—and that from an accident—you know.'
•Well, bnt how long wiU yonr Ufe last?" sug¬ gested Mr. Brooks, 'that's the que.stion. We were, doubtless, intended to live much longer than we do. Why isn't tho short-'comlnga ow.i ing to meat ?'
'i don't know how 1 am to find out tbo way to live tbe longest, wilbout two lives; a meat one, and a vegetable one,' answered she. ' It isn't safe to experiment on one's self other¬ wise.'
'The feelings soon tell what agrees with the body; but we will waive that side of the sub ject and turn to another. Will you go ont to morrow, ^l^3. Grey, and slay me and dress me an ox, that I may feast thereon?' 'Not  I,  indeed.'
' Well, some body must do it. Now am I to say to Sambo :—' Sambo, you're my brother before God; but I choose to think you more vulgar atid beastly than I am. Blood won't make you faint nor anguish sicken you.— Lead that ox far out' of my sight, knock him down, rip htm open, cut him up, and don't ev¬ en let me see a raw piece of bim, if you love me and value my nerves. The cook will do tbe handing; and all I desire iato partake of it when in a decent Mate to suit my delicate sensibiUties. People may pow-wow na mucb aa tbey please, but that's the Chriatian view of tbe matter.'
Mr. Brooks made an oratorical poke—he was opposed to flourishes—ond looked as if he would like to see any-body get upon a higher platform than that 1
Mrs. Grey  was floored ; and for a few mo menta there was a triumphant, impressive si  j lence, soon  broken   through by her  saying, I faintly.    'She didu't know that butchers felt fjbused—-the never heard tbem complain.'
• That's the worat feature of it my dear madam; wo not only force them to a brutal employmeut, but we accuatom tbem to it so that they become brutes themselves and com¬ pete with each otber in the number of alaiu, and tbe most scientific manner of slayiug.'
' Well, now,'replied ahe, ' I didn't know they were any more wicked than other men. I've been to market these thirty odd years, and bave a great many butcher acquaintances.— They are rather fat, red faced, and big voiced, to besure, but ihey'dsay aa cheerily:—'Good morning, Mra. Grey. What now? There'a a splendid steak Ihave saved fir you, juat auit Mr. Gray to a T- I have been waitiug to ste you, Mrs Gray ;' nnd the big voice would sink into a whisper as fine as any gentiemen'.-*, * My old woman's out of sorts, ond I'd like to know how to make tappyoker. I've bi'en up with her 0' nights lately, and last night sbt* took a craving for some, such as you made h^ ODCB, she said. I'll just take itdown, if you've time. And if I hadn't insisted ou making it myself, he would bave really written it with a bloody pencil and bloody bantia, on a Moo.Iy piece of paper. I thought my ba.sket was rather heavy, and when 1 got home, I found in ita quantity of mutton-chops, a soup-bone, and a lump of liver I bad'nt paid for. Tbere was one batcher uaed always to bring his baby in a basket when the weather was mUd, to give bis wife a lift in the work, he said, but I ho lieve, too, becauae he couldn't bear to leave it behind I never could go by, without stopping ; he waa eo proud nnd tender of it! It was at ways smeared with candy Ooe duy it bad the colic, from being stuffed with the best things in-the market, and he asked me, with tears in his eyes, what he should do. I took it home, gave it catnip and lobelia, and it Foon got well Do you believe that butchernevtr had change aft?rwRrda wben I went to buy ? It ran up into a bill, and he wouldn't present it Mr. Grey sent him what he considered tbe amount; and the uextChriBtma<i, I had a a present- of a handsome eilk dress, that the giris havo caUed the butcher-dress ever since ' Mr. Brooka seemed alarmed lest the private history of all the butchers was comiug, and hastened to aay that conjogal'and purentol love were strong animal characteristics, aud argued nothing for human progreas.
It waa admitted that butchers were a degrad¬ ed class, and of coursieit was their occupation which made them so.
Mrs. Grey contended that they were no more degraded than any claaa absorbed in material wants, and the struggle for.bread. She had nursed them in BickneHH, and aeeu them under the weight of afliiction; she knew they had
mortals.^ 'They were fon^ of me,* added the '
good-lady, blushing; 'and I'm sure I was neither conjugal, nor paternal. As for honeaty, I have been as often cheated at the wagon of a farmer os at the stall of a butcher. I've kill¬ ed inany a chicken mysolf, and believe I am less hard-hearted than some who would scorn; to do it' *
¦ .' But what right had ypii to kUl a chicken V demanded Mr. Brooks,   seriously; • the Bible
saya: thou shalt notmurder .    You laug'f
Mrs. Grey; but it isn't any the Issa murder because you are of a different race, or stronge and more cunning than a poor dumb beast.— tEhis chicken,' seizing a drumstick, and point¬ ing it with a solemn ghostly wove at Jane, the black cook, who entered to change tho plates, 'this chicken, four hours ago, was running about, enjoying itself, and would be enjoying itself now, if presuming mortals had not taken away from.it the measure oflifo God gave.'
The'murdered leg seemed to make no im- ¦pMSsion on Jane, who had a slight greasy rim round her mouth, as if ahe had been surprised .regaling on the choloe tid-bits in the frying- pan. 'She removed the platter with the lazy indifference- of one whose soul is foil to satiety of what it Burveyeth, and reported in the kitchen that tbo ' old gemmtin was gwine it ttwrful with a leg in his hand.'
We will spare tbe reader the rest of the dis¬ cussion; for Mr. Brooks, if opposed, bung on to an argument like grim deatb, and when he had presented all the phases of it, turned them, twisted them, and repeated them,  dressed up in a few new words and amUes, as if tbey were original and striking thoughts.    He never took a speaking part in the reform meetings he at¬ tended, never eased himself by writing articlc£» though possessed of fine argumentative talent, and a certain power of stylo.    Hia family be¬ came the repository of oU his out-door an  in¬ door enlightenment.    He sat in ready,   sleepy indolence wheu trifling,, worldly matters were broached, but ahowed he listened attentively by ingeniously screwlngiome remark Into tbe bnsis  of a mighty   progressive  edifice.    He talked to Mrs. Qrey long after dinner,   whei. sbe whispered to Ellen she felt so buz fuz and cottony in her h'-.-d, that she was afraid shf sbould drop to sleep ucleas something was dom to breeze up.   But such men aa Mr. Brooka d. not talk in vain ; aud tbe  consequence of hi.' persuasive talents wos, tbe disappearance 01 meat from thc  table
[to b,i coxtinuedJ
JOB PEINTING^'^'^^
OF ALL filWUS, From the Largest Poster to the Smallest
.    EEMOVAL. JNO.   A.   UiE:;!»i'A\D,
,-A TTORNEY AT LAW—ha:i reuiu-
XJL 'ed hia offlco into Duko Mtrect, up;...silf! Hif> N-iv. CoortHoaBB,(6prechBr*8biiUdingH,) wlimc 1,0 -.via f.\- t«nd to tJlB prnctlco or hU profesMuu in a.l It-t r,u-...r. branoliefl. uihr ,':i*iii-i!
D. Q  SWARTZ,
Land Agent for the State of Iowa.
T>EAL Kstate   Jiouuii-r anu Smlu
XV oa coinmlBsIon : LAND WaKUaNTS i,ih:aTE;' .
TAXES PAlD;-MO-"fET INVESTED f)X La.Mi :.t;'.C.
BtTY at hlgllTated.. XS'a.WH) ACKES of rliuK.- l,r.ji'.
Tor Bftlo. IC5°0fflce la Jfortb Dnko atreei, foar Jooriiftb')V-) v.'/ ...  w .—D„ I..I1 •r:.K'iri.-.
ant, LaacArter, Fa.
l).j:.
r. A. TRIXLE
ATTORNEY   AT LAW, Foil
DAiVIEI/ G. BAKL:n,
A TTOKNEY AT LAW, b^s rem.ived jr\. hia Offlca from Sonth Qaeen streot to XitiU Uuki alreet, oppoHUeths n*w Coart House, aecond tlo.-r nouth of tfae Blley. nor 'Jul v-si
WM. AIIG. ATLEE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.-Uffit^c; Mo. 45, Eiut Klog Htroet, o.poslto .Sntoclior .¦- Hole!
ALDCIS J. ajEFF,
ATTORiNEY AT LAW.—Office wit,l. B.A.SE.EFrEB,Esq., South Wcbt coru-.-r uf Cau ire ooaare, non door to Wti^er's Wino at'ir-;, LaucM'.c:
f«. "'">'J^d>:i'_
IISTEIVDEU REMOVAI..
DR. WELOHENti, wouM tub; thi.. metbo 1 of iaformiug hm frieada uu'I ili-i j.-.;).::. gauer&ll?, that on lho fimt ui April iii'Xt, tit: il':->:i;u', re moving hia Brugtiioro uud UenulUtticu, ly.No '^i, ->Ji-.i. Queen Street, tbe Sturo Uuuiu lu Uic ;i;iUyiiEii Uwu--c, fornierly occapled by Cli.i.a.il.Erbuu ic Uiu., iiud nuiv by BawUna' tinoe dtore, whero it 13 lii-t purpoie :¦> jpac thfl Unedt and muat exicaBivti ntucit ui Uca.is e.ud V.t.u^y Articles In Ihc city. U« will bu t'"^parcu loi li jtu-j.u sole aa well a^ retail tJUaiucfo. tliivi:;^; pruciiiua ac ttuslatant who ha haU aa ertcnoiTo <;xi.cri.:ii-.;.j m p.j bCfipiion bttslaeaa, he woald pay to l'».yaii;iriui. j,ud othera, that auy preacnptnm tn;ii '.»a.y l..j -iru! i.-iL.: ijture, win bs c<tretuily a.ueuded lo.
The Dental Olfico ho dtjoigns having iu tho rear 01 th©Store—tho entrance ihruugh ttjo at'j.v, iviitjrj i:^ will attend to all dental opermUvu^ un hcr-^iuiut'j.
feb 6       ¦  if-10_
iE^;^
th.
Card,
DONE AT   THIS OFFICE, in BK8T STYLE, with great despatch, and at th(- lowent prioea.
J3-HAKDB1LLS for tbe sala of Real oh Pebsosal PBDPERTr, printed on from ONE to THREE HOUR^ NO. ICE.  no? 15-tf-60
" ^W4WTEn,
AT TUE LANCASTER LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.
K(\ COKDrf of good dry Oak Wood
tJ\J for which cash will be paid on delivery. mar 19 3t-16
A Jouraeynian  Tanner
TT/'ANTJfiD, of sober and industrioufc
Vt    habits.   Apply to
H. SHIRK kCo., mar 5 tf-14] Mow H"llan3.
IVOTICE.
'PH'E Stockholders nf the Lancaster and
Sapqnehaana Slack Watnr Navigation Company are hereby notified that an election for the choico O' FlveSIanapers, wilH'e held at tho Company's Office, li. the city of Lancaiter, nn MONDAY, tho Oth day of Maj next as required by Iheir Charter.
GEO. CALDER, Secretary. Lancaiter, march 19 Ct-l6
IVOTICE.
ALL   persons   claiming   Interest  oi* Loana to Lancaster county, are reqnested to call at the CommUdionerB'Offlcp, on FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY previona to the lal of April next. 5i5"By order ofthe CommUsloners. marl2-lt-16 P. G. EBERMAN. Clerk.
B.4IVK WOTBCE.
''g'^HK Stockhoiderd of the Lancasteh
1. CoOTr Bask aro required by a resolution of tlu- Board of Directors,to pay la an inatalment of Five Dol¬ lars per Share, payable na or afier the Cth day of May aext. V.'. L. PElPEa,
^mar IS-at-ir.        _ ^ _ Ca-ibler.    *
IVOTICE.
"VTOTICE is hereby given  that an ap-
1,1 plication has been made to thn Court of Common Pleas of Lancanlor county for a chiirter for " the Frank¬ lin Pavings and Building Association," and that th.- «amt "Will be gniDted on the third Monday In April next, unleaa sutflcient cani-n to the contrary bo ahown. JOS. BOWMAN, march 5-4t-l I Proihonotary.
ARTIFICIAL Tt:i:'fifla.
A NEW 3MATEKIAL FOJi PXiATE, The Latest and Beet Invention oj iiu^ge.
Dtt. S.  WliiLUUiiiiNti  would rcapcct- fully announce lo hb pa.rono and tin: puljlic, that
Uaving purcbttstfd itie rijjht oi tkw tiiy  tiuu  coiiucy   ici
use Dr. aiaytun'a Paieui Coluu-d uJitu iiiicha.. Lo l-
prepared to furniah tjeia of Tectt
itim material in a manner Iar superior j
to anything now lu uao.   Tho advauta- i
^es are the abUliy of making a  uiuio
i^erfectlit, and a more natumi und budutilui juu, uul he materutllsvftoliyiuure cuogaiii.-U and iiiuit p;t;«::.iu<
to bt worn tn thetuoatn thau ui«iai.   Aii mto u<ii'-4 c-et
uad It aptdied wilt have uuihii-s ninv. U is iuip-i "• ii li.; icd perfectly tadeoiructiblc by rtcMs or uliioi.t.-i, .,.:i ¦auButboto the tea-i anectcu by luo ttvi.v.! ol, oi i-y mythlng talteu Iutu thti uiuuih.   1, l^i^ve lunuj 11.L1  ny
patting It Iuto lhe BtroU[jtjr.i a^tiii luriie, wnu no iii..-; a ilfcct upon U tban wouiJ be iroiu wniBr.
All who wiali tu try Uie uu ... ^r^,•.^:UA Teelh tau Ljr£ 1 Mt put in aud If llnsy do uol louUe. pcii^ci r:ii..-:uL- tun, they noed Dot t*ite lUcui. Ur il iii-.y i.^ L-^uud. iOl to Bland the to-t ol umc.ji guld -el, ii;c very i--«' obaracter, w.li ho insencd tu c:£cuuae'i}, t ii^c ujju.y will bo refuaded. dll at me uUict) oi Or.-3. vVLl--U- tiNS, Nu. 34, Krampli'a boi.OiOi;-,. -N.ir .. Wucru ^i.e-t, for fartherlniormaiion upuu ihia aubjaat, und .oe fjiL-ci- iBon^of thla truly be«uiiiui luvc.iiwu.
JE3"DBnliHt3 wishiug iopurcudj.o udce Itighia for th^ ¦tue of thla Paieul. lu tho tity or couuiy ol Ljui;B-:-;r, ;an beacoomniodatedby culuugHsabovo. lu-'.iiiciuu^ will ba giren In lUo u»o ol It. aov ia-ii-iti
TOFARMKR.^
rHE subscribers rcspticttutly cui!   iliij attention of aU tho3« la   wan: oi ferilhisn, to their stocb: cunBlsting of
i*eruvlaii   Wovernniont   Gu»iiOv
i-eceUed directly from tha gorernmaniJiceats. and in j-W ca8-8 warranted to be geuuine. We hUj cut yoi.r nt entlontothe celebrated
PA.-It'lC   OCEAN   GUANO. rils article la eatcemed Tally equal to PeiuTiac G'lr.no. ti evidenced by thw ttualyBiattUO praetk-:iili;:loi i-vini- lira, aad la offered at aloWur priC4 iliuu iLe • eiuriau.
C01.UMBI lA    GLI.kliW. rblo article la a ao a good Fertiliior, pairkcd ia burtals, *nd sold at ft »ery low price.
Having been appointed by Messrs. Alien i ;;-.-;Jl-: theirasentafor tho Bala of iheir w^tll-iicuwa
wa are now leady tu flll orders for the cj.iu-:. l run; tbr le-llmoay of thoao who hare u:ed this I'.-.v..<::>:. i-i ¦'omeyears past, we feel folly auihorizfd lu 3:1* .;;¦ ihit It lrt tho "Best AppUcation" lor Wheat, Corir. u.n^.ur.iii .ind other crops—which rcqaira a viL-jro;-.-j :^.i-x i.:.iiii uent atimulaut—that haacver boea otlT.T'."i ;•¦ v:,.- p j(>ii.. Al^o. .-onstantly on hand,
PLjl5r£if—inthe lump und f:r»iiind.
A'ilLT—Ground Alum aud Anhion FiUi-.
COAL.—We havaaiwaya-la h.md I mii^ii SIX.-. ¦: - iuperior qnality for LLME-IiURNISG wal Fa^I'.L'' USE. which we offer ac thc l.jwctt m^rliet pru.-;,
[l3"Apply at the Warehouao at Cir.teir.-> Lau-li-jf, 0,. ithe Coueat"ga Navigation, orat thu Coue-.ti->iMi':.i:jopjr ation Offlee lu Lai.ca-.tcr.
mar 19-rf.i6 OEO. CALDEi: L CO
Fruit and Or:anRi<j:at:»! Tavcri AT MOKRIS KXJItSEKY.
T'^HK subscribers uf this uit- yjULi.lislic-i .    Nursery offer to  their frieuda aad  li.c ("..^"viic,  i large and clinico aashrtmcut of „-..^.
.¦Ipples, Pears, Peach and Che rii'i.5£
Theno Treea are flue aud he.althy iind iLcd.iT-T- l;i rrtr:; elieacanbe depended on itue t-t n..'.r.-:. .M-.. !o >-: Frnlti, Boch aa Currants. (;oa«'jlj(;rri'-'->-'Jr.ii"?-:, I'.¦•,:; -r- rie?, :^lrawbnrrles. Rhubarb. Aciur-gOb .-^.Jl-. u.-.   J,v-
, ergreen and Decidluua Tri:e-j fo.- Oi-iiaiu-;::-*: ;.; -.: n- -, o' aliiiOBl every varieiy.
I Roses, Verbenas, Uabliiif., and other r.iru v: : ¦¦::.¦; Flowers. J. L. i^ARLl.VGTON it.;;.
West Cheater, march 10-lf-lC] I'loiiii ¦-..-.
iJloncy l.en<lers
Rare Cliance for Iiivcstmenls,
'pHE Lancaster Savings  lustitution of
i    fersforsale, lnlol3 to euit purchaGors, the following fltocl£a:
$10,000 City Coapon Bnads, 6 percent. 3,600 City CommonSchooI Loan, 6 per cent fi,000 Jatfaes Loan, 6 per cent. Soo Loan Coneitoga *leam Mill, No. 3, 6 per cent- 97 Sharea Farmern' Bank Stock. 4 Sharea Mauor Tarnplke Company Stocl£. 102 Sharea Lancaster and Ephrata Turnpike Com¬ pany Stock. 150 Sharea Lancaster and Marietta Tarnplke Com¬ pany Stook. 60 Sharea Lancaster OaB Stock. 20 Sharea Manheim Plank Road Slock. For terma aad  partlcalara enquiro nt the SiVisas Ls-eTiTrriqs^___  mar 19-3t-16
FOR SAI.E,
25 Shaves Farmers Bank Stock, at
40       "        Lanoaster do. "
16        "        Lanoaater CO.     do.
24        "        Lanc'r & Eliiabethtowa Turnpike.
10        •'        Conealoga Stonm Mill, No. 3.
312 Lancaster City t> per cent. Loan 3000 do.       6     •¦
2000 do       Sohool - 1
600 JameH Loan 6 per ceat.,
mar IS-tf-lS J. F. SHRODER k CO., Agents
$65
nObl« Iiwrti and gentroas impalni Uke other
ROTU & IBROWy,
COAL,   PRODUCE,
Forwarding & Commission Merchauts,
MABIETTA, PA.
mar 12 U-15
Proposals for a Loan.
TN pursuance of an Orditiance of Selec and Commoa Councils of the rity of Lanca-ter. passed tha -Ith day of March. IMG, tue under-igned wa- authorized to ncRotlate aloaa in Coupon Bonds ofS^OO each, aad certl&caica of loan of $100 aad $200 each, t<- create a. permaacnt Iaan of tbirly thouaaud dollara to pay off floating debtt and temp rary loans due i-y Ihi- City of Lancaster, contracted diirtuK the last Qpcal year, and loans becoming due. J. ZIM-MEKMaN, mar 12-3[-15 Mayor.
AN  Opportuuity wiU bo ifHr.-.! . ¦¦, about the flnt day  of April  nuxt. Vj  ilv';*. »ome of the bent necuriiiut in iho I'uili-.i :^:.i: ¦;.
23-Intere8tTEN fER rE.\T, I'LU A.N.M.'l. -..v., halt yearly In the cily of Now V..i:i o.- i'i.; .xj :t. niay be preferred.
Tho nnderaigned will be lu lho ci:y oi L-.rc.; = about the time above named, Ol" wiiici, dj.; u...¦;¦:> •¦' be glren.
For forther particulars ounuiro of P..-;,.r.-: r.-.-;-:, E near Oregon I'oal 0111.;e. Laucaster co^k:;--, !' l., or o; C. Relgart, Esq., In Lancaster cuv.
JUHN Ki;."::-.v.vu,
Vico Preaident of RacJnc k ili^ii;^:;-!-: i:. i; c ' mar 12 ;>1
IN the matter of ibo inrendfd upplica
tiou of  tho  MASSASOIT   DALL   ASSOCIATION, ol
ths County of Luncai-ter, for a cbarter of Incorpora
lion:
Notice Is hereby given, tbr.t aa appUcation haa bee;, mado tu thn 0- nrt of Common Pleaa for Lancantei County, by the aald Assnciation, for a cbarter of iacor- porallou. and that tba same will bo eranted at tfao nrxi April Term of tbe ••Hid Court, If aufllcient reason to th> oontrary be not shown. _mar6 3t-14j    _        .1. BOWMAN. Prolh'y.
Important to Scriveners.
THIi undersigued have jutit received a largo lol of DEEDS which they bave bad made ti' order, primed with entirely new type, on «npQrloi parchment paper, and papei—acknowJedged by ihoet- who have Meen them, to .-'urpaaH anythiug ofthe kli.d in themarket, for beauty and lar-ie. Ninwithataudlnn their superiority, th-y will be Kold an low as Ihe loweol All who want tasty BLANKS had better call before pur¬ chasing elsowhprp.
mar r.-tf-U1  MURR.W k STOEK.
ASSIGNMENT.
THOJUS C. & HTKaM K. MIL- LER. (Coachmakers,) of Ihe horougb of Stras¬ burg. couutv of Lanca>ter. ii-dding uuder the firm ot T. C. 4 U. K. Mii.LEB, havo thla 2'Id ot February, IMS. raade au asslgnmoutof rtlltheir p.irluerahip rtlecta for the beneflt of the croiiltora of ."nid Qrm. All peraoui- iudehted to aaid T. C. i H. K. Miller are, requested to mako Immedialo paympot.andaUhiivlQgclalmBapaluat nal'l firm will present their 8cc--uata dnly autbeatlcated to lbe auder^lBued assiguee.
JACOB HILDEBRAND, l>b 27-01-1.'! .Strasburg Bor., Lancaster co., I'a.
h;
COMPOSiriO.N AND GRAVEL ROOFISC n. rAXCOAsT
A VINO ii.-^^oeiated with himself M.
 LOUIS BIIOSIU.- iu Hirt Composition and Gravel
Roofing btuiiticss. \!=: enabled tosay they ^vill be prepared to exocutf! with despatcli Hny calls for RiiOFd lu tho cityorcinatry.
it. PaNC0.\3T havinKput onagrcat numberof Rnofs In the la^t tbren yesr:^ lu the city and nurroundlug ooun¬ try, warraui them lu a*9Urin[{ Bnildem thai thuir mods of roo Dug caa be relied on. Thpy would invite Farm- era who are about to huUd Baros, to make lhemi*eIvo» acquainted with tbe merits of their root, a.-t!iurinc them aad others, that they lire c^uaifof/urbcrf^ and ia some re-'pecL'* superior to all others, being Tirn Proof, Water Proof, Air Tight, and costing only about balf as mnch as idato. Warrauted lu all case." to be a» atated. Aay information given by addrcasiuB
D. PANOOAST k BUOSIUS,
mar 12-1 y-l-'. Lancaater, Pa.
Mattrasa Making and Upholstery. ^11 ti   subscriber   bus  coiuiuunued  the
1
ubovobuaiaesB, and intends carrying it on at hin resideuce lu East King utrcet, Lancaaier, (.alf a aquarc west of tho County Prison, wbero be will havo ninnu- ficiuredall klads of MATTRASSES, CUKLHD IlAlK, MOSS, UUSICs PALMLEAF, COTTON, kc, ot all (tuad- lies aud at all prices, and of tbe bent of tu:iteriul% aud as low as can bs had anywhere cIimi for cnAh.
lie would solicit all wno elaud  in need of anyihing n his liuo to givo him a call.
53-Old Mattrasses of all kinds re-mHde, and all kluile mado ty order.
23=-Ordcro can bo left atD. Balr'ri sloro,C. Widmyei fnraitnro ware-room, H. S. Gam's etoro, or at the Ctm ty Prison, which wtll be promptly att.-nded I'l.
fob27-tf.l3   HENRY HEU»H.
THE subscriber having taken the agen¬ cy for Brown's Building Slatce, Is at auy timi ready to furnish dilate by the ton, or put ud by thi equare, at tbe shortest notice aiLd outbe uioet reasouable terms. Apply at mv LUrdware Sloro In North Qaeeu rfreet. GEO. D. Kl'KECHEK.
Vmh.1i.tt.1l ^^
F4RItlERS LOOK   UiAii:,
McCliRMIC&'S KEAPKNli & HIDWIM! :i\m\V<l.
PHJ3 undersigned is agL-iit fir tlu' r^.-!.^
¦- of the above machines, which will tu: 0:1-; nr,' half acres of grain per hour, nnd rav-;n iv.-.-,; ;!.r:j I'ourths of all th« wheat 2CJlieri;d bv urd.i:.:r. cr.i u.-... The raking of whail can be wcl: .U-..C l.y a (:i.:a r .1. j"-: upon it. It will cnt oue acre Oi gr.if. p..T ii.-u;-. .lol .!.¦ lift Work a« well and a^ cloao to Uio jrr.Miu.i. .ju -tik>o:1i laad, usordiuaiy.mo-vicp. If u dou'i ij iho v,-.,rU x-. nbove repreriealed, it can bo rotiirne I. I-. :-3.1 c-'.:i.-4 <ary to say any m^re aboul liio mn'-h:::?. j: .j7..r-.- -.aa knows ll 10 be tho bej-i out. Price 3I Jj. KEF£llENCi;=:
Rev. Ilpnry Sclieuk, Coue.--toi;a; rhr'.rti.-'.t; ni';''.:rv Jacob K. Brubaker,Tobias Scbeu!i.B^-iijai-:ii Ilor:j::-;'r. .laoob Mellnger, JIauor; tiaci'iei Hcr-..^. v. J...j-.j H.iv-r- *tick, Lancaaier township; Heary Uavciiii'.::, Mi, Mc Grann, ManhQlm.
LLVI irAVi-K-^TlCiC.
mar IG-lui-lS .Manor P. u, l.mcajier c;
N. fl.—For further partlcuJars SCO l.i.i-:.
.4n Ordinance Creatiai^ u £*ei-- niuneat Loan.
SEC. 1.—The Sfit^ct Iiud Ouunnu Councils of the city of Laocas-er. hc-.r.hy ori.-.. ihat the PrrtBidenl* of Council" poall rig'i V.' .tiy.j:, ii;--: of Five Iiundrcd Dollar* and Two Huodifl t'^-i ir^. : ; create a permanent lo.tn of Thirty T'.-.-.>.i J U ¦. i-- to pay oir floating debts and trmi-orary i.uj- d.:-. >¦:¦ lhe city of Lancaaier—coutracied dun .f lUs U-l i--i. vear, and loaus beoomtng duo. ia.j U 'cJ' n^i i_".:.i'.- eaten to be placed la tho huuda o! ili- .\I.y„r ;.,, u-j--. tlalioD, at tboioweel obiaicvldc raica ot iti:.r-:s'. ::.; ^sceediogfl per cflaium per aauuiu, aud tor tl;i p-;'. rnrut of whioh, thefalth aad creduol the cuy uL-ju.-t- pledged.
Ordained and enacted into a law, a; the c'.ty ' L;3- caster.the -tth day ot March. IS^O.
Atieol: JOsHL'A W. JiCK, Pri-llcu: ^ C-
UENKY CAEl'EMElt, " C. C
Ji.1. C. Ci.R?E.tTlK, Cierk s C.
W«. A. MoaroK, '•     C.C^ m«.r IJ-.ii-lA
4n OriiinaiiCe Vruvicliit^ Tor tZi<- Cullvcliua OE titi   laxcii.
SEC. 1.—Be It nrdiiiiiu.l ati.l uunor. ,1 by tho citizens of Laocai'ter iu S-Vccncd Comu:-.:;. Councllsassembled, that f-r ib.. pLirpo.:^ ui c-lLc: • ;: of the cliy taxes, tbe ciiy b--dlv,dtfi lu-.o tw., vv^fi-, aa follows: All thai p.iri ^\ng^^c,^of Nortli U^i-co ..,,d South Queen utreei" tocfE>tiiote ouo W^id to bo ni -j tho "West Ward;" -nd thai p.trt lying ua-t oiiir-j rttreels to oonaitiuio lhe olher W.^rd, auil t.i b*: c..\ , i the "Eant Ward." Ihat at auy luno .-iUei il:.; pt,-.,.. of thin Ordinance, for tho i»r,t>ri,t yt-iir. .iu>l oa s.i-- :: .'- provided for the eleciiou of Cuy Ullljfi.-. ilm^.-n .'.'.. Council* in Coavention oh.ill elii:: Mr,> l'o :i-c:.-i--, ...-. for oach of paid Wards; ihr pii^-u-. cho.-i-u t- l;oi, 1 doata of thecity of Lanca-iier, HU.I :.» bo .%ui'j<c- [> r.; tho obltgatiooo ana penallic-, .md lu fuiui.-d so :]..; -amo rights and couipeu-'atiou, tiiat Is tti-ichi-.l tj ¦:!- -tatloB of City Tax Collocior, on.lrr lho Oi.liii.ince5 ii. force auiocedout to tho pasT-ngc of ih'.-. Urdii:aoi.'c.
SEC. 2 — Ihat so much of any OrJiij mco n-: \-. !• .: .: •-Ittont herewith, or lo hereby a'.ivicd or i:ii-:-::-;-l, h> and tho eame is herchy repe.Upd.
Ordained and ouucted luio a l.t ^. :a lhu city c; Ln.- caster, on the 4th day of M/trcb. ItO'i.
Attest; JOaUUA V.". J.M K. ?> .•/¦i'hat ^. C
HE.NRV CAUl't-MLli.   ¦¦        C.r
J.*"-. C. C.tBPErJTER, Llerl: -S. r.
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JOiiN F. LONO k CO.. Sio. 9 Nort^ QaMn it.. Lanc'r
THE    CLEAK5'IELT:>
COAL AND LUMBt:!}. CUAiF.A.W
A Hbl  pri-p;tn:d lo d.-livur   Bv).\,p.- LATQSANDSCANTLlNa...r;iuv.u,-ur,i'i., ;
at auy of the nlBtiouaai.;iij: t'l.- Uu.. .:i':i-..   p,-,:;,.v . nia Itail Road or ou auy ol li. ¦ v,.:..i-c-inu^i-ti:, wlih.
The Mills are locat.:d In CI-Mrli.-M ami r-.ti:'.';:! <¦. ¦¦ ties, on head water*! of .Moahivuiiumicl ( i.li;..; \   ¦ connected with tho Peun.-vlv.aii.i l:,iili.M.l   t ¦. cellent Plank  Road,  win'.;.   .-,:!..r.i-   ;„• i., :   ;  ,   ,. promptdellrery of lumber m a:: f....t. ¦:-
The price WiU vary Willi li.or'. '-1 -in'-.v .; U malerial, bui will bo a-. Ion- •. ¦ ;-:;:. -r -I .: -¦¦.:¦.-... character can be pnjcuu-d .!-••.> i.^i.-
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LAND ACKXT.-:, Surveyors and Civi[ L-rigtucor.-i, Fort Des Moims uud  Co-'ucd  Sii:ii;<.   : '
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p..^.;     Coll-CtloCaaiado.iMl i.|,.--i;-.   ,  :- for locatiUK—160  ACi-.:>.  gi''.''-'i   ;*-'> -I'l'-.   .¦     ' ¦ acres, $7.3<.i;  10 acre>.  $-'.,CU;  ;.I. :,. y ,:,i-.- . .:,      . tfUtrlesa; fr-tiii'i lo-11) p.T (.-.¦II! , r^r -.i---:. ¦ ¦•¦¦^ ; '.
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Ja.t.  Le>lcv, Esq., Cjsblcr K;i.:.-     t  Cu'-.i.i. t.''-U! Cbmibersburg^, PcBUB. ehambemburg B»r nnd Pres*. [jaa T-'o-J-iy-.