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:ygl;'^xxise: iMOApEas^p^, j^ NO. 34. ?f^?> 3-tTSX.XaXCSp* SB'S- ':¦ J. A. HIKSTANI), J. P. HUBjKR, F.'HBCKKRT, nrpuTEx, rauio'r' . HIESTAKD. HUBEK & HBCKEET, omes ui vokts qudx itkir. f "This ere"looks oomfprtabVer-'ejaoaUted' eat. Sauflsges, hain,'^ol»toeB,-cabbage, and Mr. WfggiD,' depoBlting hia hnge balk fn s ] brown bread diflappeared-Uke TegetaUon at velvet arm-ohair in ironi of a blaifaigooal-fire, -_-.-. THE EXAMINER <& HEBALP fi Published Wsddw. ta Tap _I>odan k Tea-. ADVEETIBBMKNTS will be fiuerted at the rftt« ar 91 00 psr wiaan.of t«m Ilnai, for thm Inur- tloBi or l«i; andSfi Mntapvr Kiaarafor Mch addiUonBl UmtUoh. AdTtrttHaenti excMdtns 10 Un«i will t>« shur^ 6 rsnU par Un* for th* lit t&Mrtion, and a e«atB par Una fir MuH mbawjiisat Inftahloa. Boiliien AdrertlBamflaU lDBart«d b^ Uia qnarUr half JMT or j%*x, irlU b« shargtd ai follov*: < months. 6 months, IS months OaeBqUTO $S 00 $6 00 $ J » Two ¦*• '6 00 Xcolwan 10 00 ^ • 2SS2 $6 00 800 18 00 35 00 6fi00 13 00 26 00 45 00 SOOO BUSmssS nOTIC£S InHrted bafore UurlagsB and DaathB, donbia the rogniar rates. )C#"A11 »dTertiBlnB accounta ara cousWarad oolloota- ble at the azplratlon of half the period eoDtraeted for. TraoBlaat adrertlBamftDta. oabb "WHO, KOT HAVIKG SEEN, "WE XOVE. It is oasj to love ¦when cje meets eye. And tbo glanco rorcalE tboboart; Whon tho Oush od the cheek can the soul beapcak, And tho lips in gladness part; There's a thrilling bliss in a loving kiaa. And a spell in n Idndly tone, And the spirit hath chains of tenderness To fetter und bind iis o-^n. But n holier spell nnd a deeper joy For a purer fountain flow, "When the soul eends bigbv its inconse fire. And rcets uo mere below: "When the henrt goes up to the gate of heaven. And bows before lho throno. And striking its barp for sins forgiven, Calls thc Saviour all its own. Thoagh wc gozo now on tho lovely brow Tbat felt for U3 tho Ibora ; Though afar from homo wo pilgrima roam. And our feet with toil nro worn; Though wo never have pressed that pierced bandj It ia Btretched eur lives abovo; And wo o^vn hia care, in grateful prayer, "Wbom, not baring seen, wo love." Wo bavo folt him near, for mauy a year, When at eve we bent the kneo. That mercy's breatli, tbat glorious faith. Dear Scvjour, camo from thee. When wo stood besido thc dyiug-bed. And watched tbe loved ono go, In the darkening hour wo felt his power. As it stilled tbo waves of woe. And CtiU, as wo climbed tbe bills of time, . And the Innips of eartb grow dim; Wo aro hastening on from fuitb to sigbl. Wo aro pressinj^ near to Ilim; And away from idols of earthly mold. Enraptured we Raie nbove, And long to bo wbero bis arms enfold, "Whom, not having seen, we love." WE AEE ALL COTJSINS TOGETHEE. The Cobb family weru at breakfast. "A litlle more grayy, if yon please," said Mra. Cobb. As she raised Iter plate there was a lond single knock at the door, wbioh opened in¬ stantly, apparently of iUelf. , " Ho I it's Mr. Wiggin," said Mr. Cobb lo himself in a disappoinied tone, aa thoagh he bad expeded to see the Secretary of "War—or atleaat a contraband. " Good moroing. Mr. "Wiggin," aaid he affa¬ bly lond. "Yonr servant, Sir! Good morning I" retnmed the visitor, stamping the snow from his boots in the same emphatic manner that he spoke. He was so large a man that he seemed exaggerated, with hair that had once heen red, and whiskers that still were. "Help yonraelf to a chair, Mr. "Wiggin," said Mra. Cobb, who had forgotten all ahont wanting gravy. Bat he preferred the comer of the wood box, where he sat with an old hat on hia head, and hia brawny handa alasped ahont one knee, as if fearing it might in ita en¬ ergy walk away of itself. "I may as well be brief, and oome right to the point. I am a plain man, as yoa know neighbor Cobb, and when I have any thing to say, to speak out a ltttle—blunt, we'll say, withont the ceremony and palaver, that cer¬ tain ones of onr neighbors have—I won't call no names on this occasion, yon anderstand whom I mean well euoogh.'' Of coorso he meant Col. Dempater, to whom he waa opposed in everything, simply liecause it was hia na¬ tnre and life to ba opposed to somebody.— Having given the inevitable hit at the nrbane Colonel, he proceeded : "Hy bnsiueaa, and the reason why I called so early thia morning is to have eome talk wilh yon abont baying yonng critters. It is my pnrpoae and inten¬ tion to take a fair start lo-morrow morning for Vermont to look for some. I believe 1 am not mistaken in thinking yon want more stock, and therefore I called in to say, if yon want to join me in an expedition of this kind he ready lo step aboard of my oraft at precisely I half-paat five o'clock to-morrow morning. I am a man of few worda, what do yon aay^ neighbor Cobb, yes or no ? l^elghbor Cobb took a few moments to con¬ sider, and then assenting his need of more' Btock, didn't knon' bnt he conid arrange to leave home to-morrow aa well as any time. "Half-paat five o'clock precisely 1 I have told yon jost how it is; I want to get an early start," reiterated 3Ir. Wiggin, and releasing hts knee from durance, withoat the fashionable snperflaity of administering the oath allegi¬ ance, he followed it actively throngh the door¬ way. At half-past live precisely, on the next moming, the mercury stood at a disoonraging distance helow zero, bnt Mr. "Wiggin's blue ptmgand grey horse drew np before Mr. Cobb's gate, witb all lha mora zest, for he had an especial relish for outgeneraling the weather, and never yielded hia plana a whit tor its rigor or inclemency. The travelera were leagues away from their pig-sties and milk-pails when the sun came hack from China, and showed with wbat opals and diamonds the prodigal frost king had been decorating even the huml-lest wayside buah and tree; and befora nightfall they were near an old and ariatocratic town, where Mr. Cobb's consin, Mrs. Dootor Danvers' resided. " "What do yon say to giving consin Danver's a oall ("said Mr. Cobb. "I am agreed to that," returned Wr. "Wig¬ gin. 'But how is it, have your folks straw and provender enongh 7" "Yes I I expect they are very fore-handed people, and Docior Danvers' is qnite a likely sort of a man, I shonid jndgo by what little I have seeo of him. They visited ns once, aome years ago, bnt ithas so happened we hava nev¬ er lettuned their oall." After some inquiry as lo the way, the gray horse and bine pnng stopped in front ot Dr. Danvers' stately mansion, jnst as the sun started off back to China again. " I'll mn and see if the folka are at home," said Mr. Cobb, wliile Mr. "Wiggin held in the gray horae with all hia might, shonting: ""Whoa, whirr 1 whoa, whirr I" whiob had the effeot of maWng him prance and rear, thus showing hia mettle to the paaaera-by. A pert colored girl anawered the door-bell, with her head thrown back aa thoagh takiog an observation of the planetary system, and saying, " Doctor 'Danvers' ian't at bome, nor Missla either," was abont shntting the door in Mr. Cobb's face. "¦Won't they he baok to-night f asked he, before she had time. "'Speota Ukely they will," answered sbe indifferently. " Then gneaa I wiu go in and wait till they oome. I suppose 1 am some oonnection of Mrs. Danvers," retnrned Mr. Cobb, beckoning with his hand to Mr. "Wlggm lo tie the spirited gray, aud follow him in. Miss Geraldine ushered them into the par¬ lor somewhat againat her will, aa waa man¬ ifested hy slamming the door when sfae made her exit. and drawtng'^n «mbroIdei«d ottoman (or his foet. "Tlioogk I won'ti siy, bat the old kitchen ud the old kitohen fire-plaoe at home, aoit my notions jost is wsll. The dainty embnidery 'igreed with him in that, asthe snoir.begaa to melt froin his heavy boots, and tinge its delidate oolots with a dasb o( yellow oohre. ¦ Tery possibly Mrs. Danvars' thonght ao when she came in, bat she showed no annoy¬ anoe, welcoming her oonsin's bnaband witb graoefal esse. Mr. Cobb made her acqnainted with an old neighbor of his, Mr. Wiggin; at least he taid he did and Mrs. Danvers' acknowledged it by bowing formally, with elegant dignity. " A Very fine figure of a woman, and dress¬ ed oat like a poppet: but give me Polly with a olean oalioo gown aftar all 1" said Mr. Wig¬ gin to himself. "Do yoa enjoy good health, Mra. Danvers!" asked Mr. Cobb, by way of opening oonversa¬ tion. " Uanally not," replied the lady languidly. i' Indeed for a few days I have beenreally ill, and was trying to aleep when yoa rang." " I understood the black girl that yon had gone away," aaid Mr. Cobb in astonishment. • She only meant that I was not athome to company," retamed Mrs. Danvers with com¬ posure. "Chi Ao.'" soliloquized Mr. Wigginmafclng another mental comparison in favor of Folly and her boapitality. " Do yon always keep belp!" inquired Mr. Cobb, atill bent on sociability. " Certainly. We employ two servants, a colored and an Iriah girl, besides the Doctor's ofBce boy, who takes care of the horses." At the word hortet Mr. Wiggin gianoed un¬ easily towarda the window, and Mr. Cobb said: " Then the Doctor has a barn t We've got a horse oht here that I expect thinks it is about foddering-time." " I mistrust a little hay wonldn't taste bad to him," said Mr. Wiggm going towards, the door." " I shall be obliged to ask yoa to tako yonr horsa to one of the hotels, as the Dootor has no extra stalls in hia bam," observed Mrs. Danvars in a eourleons tone, as thoagh she were'acoustomed to sagar-ooat her husband's pilla. Mr. Wiggin strode off, shooked at what seemed like inbospitality to him ; Ae wonld have made a stable of his baat bed-room, if he had no other aooommodatlons, for the borse of a gueat, bnt ont of respect to Mr. Cobb ha made no sign of discomfiture, excep¬ ting by a sadden weakening of the muscles of his neok and eyelids, which wonld havebeen expressive enongh to his faithfnl Polly. "When he retnrned with Mr, Cobb from caring for hia horse, Mrs. Danvers waa not in the parlor, and did not appear antil teatime, wbich seemed a tedious while ooming to men who had faced the nortb wind all day ; and, breakfasting at five in the moming, had eaten notbing but oold doughnuts and cheese since. The table, covered with elegant damask, was gliltering wilh silver aud out glass ; but alas t the slices of bread were so genteely thin that after taking four, Mr. Wiggin fonnd him¬ self with unabated appetite, yet ashamed to take another. A bit of jelly and a slice of frnit cake with tea from oups as delicate and not muoh larger thau a robin's egg—what was this to a man who could have devoured a qnart of baked beana, with pork to matoh, as yon and I would eat a sancer of strawbeiries ? Dr. Danvers must be exonsed before tea waa well over, for every minute was a dia¬ mond to him, and hia time waa so taken np that really he seldom had an hour to call his own, but thay would fiud Mrs. Danvers mnoh better company. So perhaps they might, it ahe had not left them to order more coal, and forgotten to return. Biddy came in with the coal-hod directly, (Geraldine was above such coarse work;) and Mr. Cobb, who was a man of friendly, aocial feelings, with a weakness for all who had come from beyond the sea, commenced converaation with her in this wise: " Uow long have yon been in the couutry !'' " And what ia it ye'll be after speakiu' abont thin to the likea of me ?" returned the girl, turning abont and spilling a quantity of coal on the carpet, Justin the oentre of a bunch of white roaes. " I aay, how long is it sinoe you left Ire¬ land ?" " Tin weeks, yer honor. And sure and it'a longer by that mnoh than I'm wishing it waa' Och I bnt it wonld be lack to me if it waa niver a day since 1 left the bleased ould coun¬ try, the holy Vargin forgive me for doing that same 1" " Then yon don't like it as well here as yon did in Ireland f" " Indade and it's the trnlh ye are speakiu' to be sure. I'd give more for one spair of grass thai gtew iu onld Ireland than for ivory tree in Ameriky. It's nothing bat hard work when I gets over hera, and plinty of it, hnt when it was at home tbat I was, I niver had to lift my little finger at anything, but lived jiat like a born leddy of the land, as Patriok O'Flannigan's daughter was, to be snre 1" " Biddy 1 Biddy ! I shonid like to know who do yon think is doing your work in the kitchen while yoa are entertaining oompany in the parlor f said Geraldine, poking her blaok face throngh the door. After thia Mr. Cobb and Mr.'Wiggin dozed before the fire, until the mnslcal clock on the mantel mentioned that it waa nine of night, when they ware aroused by Mrs. Danvers, who came in dreased for a party, and looking "as thongh she had been done np at a laun¬ dry," Mr. Wiggin told Folly. 1 hope yon are entertaining yourselves,'' said she. " The Dootor an^. I bave an en¬ gagement tbis eveniug, so I trost you will ex¬ cuse us, and maka yourselves oomfortable. If you wonld like to retire before we retnrn, Geraldine will show yon your room." " I reckon theae ere folks would suit Col. Dempster's taste to a T, but give me good plain farmer living, and farmer manners," remarked Mr. Wiggm, as he blew out the gaa in his bedchamber. I will not waste your time describing the atmoaphere in the houae, by the tima Geral¬ dine had discovered whioh gas-pipe was leak¬ ing, except to say with Mr. Wiggin that " it scented moat killingly." We must try to get off as early as we can this moming, said he, sometime before cock- crowing in a hopeless tone. Bat not half hopeless enongh, being aconstomed aa be was to the thrifty hoosewifery of Miatreaa Polly. It was qnite nine o'clock before breakfaat was served, and it consisted of wafies and omelets, " If you ever oome our way, yon will always find the latcb-string ont, with me and my wife ready to relurn this favor, after our plain, poor homespun style, said Mr. Wiggin in his wbole-Bouled, hearty faahion, by way of taking leave. As he spoke, he leaned baok so heavily inthe light dining chair, that ita frail frame work gave audible expreaalon of diaaatisfac¬ tion "with ila hnge harden; and whan ha sprang snddenly np it fell hroken at his feet. " It they do come, they will find ohairs that wa'nt made merely to be looked at, and that are stont enongh tobear up a mosquito," said he in a monologue. When be fonnd himself and Mr. Cobb fairly outside tbs door of Dootor Danvers, he gave a grunt of relief, saying:—" I don't never deaire to set foot among yoar fashionable gentry again, as long as my name is Nehemiah Wig¬ gin 1 Ihad rather for the pleasure of itbe put to breaking stones on the highway. Now that's ao I And I'll tell yoa one thing more, theflrst tavern wa come to, after leaving this famiiisplabe, I shall stop and take a bite of aometbing or other to stay my stomaoh." Yoa wonldliiTe Uionght BO tohave aeen him the' time ofT-the, plsfue of loooata li^ .E^ypt, antil he had made ample amendments for alj past omission. It wits snowing when tbey lea the hotel, and snowed thicker aud fasler as the day Wore away, hnt the travelers kept on going Idther and thither, as they beard of farmer Dobson's fat two-year old, and farmer somebody else's likely yearlings. "I've a proposition to mako to yon," said Mr. Wiggin, as day-light began to fail. "I want to make np at my oonsbi's to-night, neighbor Cobb f Neighbor Cobb didn't know as he had any objeotlon, but preferred to leave the matter altogether with him. "Then it is aettled in a few words. We will go," returned Mr. Wiggin. "I don't know exactly for positive where Consin Otis lives, bnt it's somewhere among tbese ere hills; and one thing I am oertain abont, we shan't be bothered with any of that 'are nasty smelling staff for to light ap ths rooms with, and there won't be more oloth and silver wara on tha table than is needed, I'll warrant yon that. Cousin Otis' folks an't none of yonr stuck no gentry, or I am mistak.)n, thongh I han't seen none of them these twenty years The ohaae for oonsin Otis' house was a long and treacherous one; bat after losing the way several timea, buffeting a fleroa north eaater till far into the evening, they oame in sight ofa dim light, which was supposed to sbow tha haven they sought. " Mr. Wiggin jumped from the sleigh, and, groping hia way to the door, rapped loudly with his whip-stock. This call was anawered directly by a woman and two large doga. The man of few words was not long in making himaelf known. "Moat obedient, ma'm I— Does Otia Wiggin live hare i It ao, his ooasin Nehemiah has oome to sea him from Masas- chuaetta, and I am tha mau." Before he had finiahed speaking, the joy of the welcome began. "Snre enongh Otis 1 It's your cousin Nehemiah oome from the old Bay State in this storm a pnrpoae to see ns; only thiuk on't." Otis had already retired for the night, bat his bed room aud kitcheu being one, he did not wait to dresa before joining his weloome with his wife's. " Well now I navar did 1 This is better thau a gold diamond, am't it, Hepsey J Who'd a believed it I Clean from tha old Bay State. We han't had snch a treat as a oousin to sae na thesa ten-years, have we, Hepsey! Kven Mr. Wiggin with all his power of luug, waa overpowered for a while, but he took advantage of the firat lull to say he had a friend in the sleigh at the door. This intelligenoe inoreased the delight— "Thinkof that, Otis 1 ./^niX/ier cousin oome to see ns I Two on 'em In one night I Hers, wake np, children, we've got consins from abroad ooma to sea us." While Irnndle-beds and bunks gave np an incredible nnmber of while-headed, barefoot oocupanta, oouain Otis waa at the sleigh wel¬ coming Mr. Cobb. "Walk right inl walk right in 1 don't stop to knook off tho snow ; I am powerful glad to see yon, and so is Hep¬ sey.'' " So I he, and proud to know you took the pains to come and see poor folks like ua," said Hepaey, coming forward with a coarse shabby dreas hanging in disorder abont her gaunt form, and not a bit ot polish in her manner; yet with snoh cordiality and warmth of beart lighting up her hard, careworn faoe that she seemed almoat comely to the weary travelera. The poor room too, with its uneven fioor and scanty furniture, looked cheerful and attrac¬ tive, as the biggest hoy raked open the coals in the great stone fire-plaoe, and heaped ou wood, which sprang into fiames, and sparkled and roared np the blackened obimney. Cousin Otia put tha horae in hia oow ahed, tnming the oow in for a night's lodging with the pig; tipped np the aleigh to protect it from the suow, ahd brought iu lha buffaloes to dry by the flre. He is a cousin too, is'nt he ? said Hepsey, looking at Mr. Cobb, as she proceeded to atir up a johnny cake for their supper* " Not a couain exactly, bnt a nigh neighbor of mine, and a most excellent one, I can assure yon 1" replied Mr. Wiggin. " I thonght we were all cousins together, but he's just as welcome, I'm snre; and it is all the kinder iu him to come out of the way lo see poor folks like ns, tbat an't no blood relation to him," replied Hepaey, pntting the cake befora tha fire lo bake, in a spider. Wben done it was served with milk, and eaten wilh relish; while cousin Otis and his admiring family looked on, cunsidering every mouthful eaten as an especial favor and a compliment to themselves. When the meal waa over, with ready lb lughtfnlneas, Hep.^y reckoned they muat be tired, and wouldn't leel like visiting any more that uight. "lam going to have yon tom into onr bed," said ahe hoapitally. "We oan get along well enough lo camp among the children. It would be kinder handy to have anolher room, butl hope yon will pnt up wilh it, aeeing as we are all conaina together, as it were." Weariness of body and a clear conscience bronght untroubled sleep to gaests and hosts, although a wild atorm of wind and snow howled at the broken windows, and down tho wide chimney, until, at the proper time, moming oame, bringiug with it fair weather, and a baeakfast of potatoes roasted in the aah¬ es, and garnished with salt. In honor of the visitors, the rickety lable was covered with a sheet, takeu from the bed; and Hepsy ate her breakfast with a large butcher's knife aud unalloyed satisfaction. " I want you to grant me the favor and pri¬ vilege of giving my name lo this ere little chap of youm,if he ian't already provided with one,' aaid Mr. Wiggin, who had been pondering on some delicate method of recompensing hia en¬ tertainers. " It's a Aer replied Hepaey, looking at the scrawny moulhling witb affectionate pride," " and we laid onl lo oall her Hepsey after ma, bnl it don't maka no odds, we had jnst as lief save it for the next one." "Call her Polly, then, after my wife; and you couldn't name her after a belter woman, though I say it, and here's a liitie present for her from me and tnj Polly." Mr. Wiggin threw a goldeo half-eagle in the lap of her mother, as he spoke, which brought the ohildren swarming abont her, like flie° arouud a oup ofmolasses. " Now what is it, marm I" "Let me see it!" " Yon get away and let me look 1" " Oh 1 'lant nolhin', only a yeller oent 1" " It's the yeller gold and it'a worth more than forly cents, I reckon," said the luolher in her superior wiadom, pntting it earafnlly away in a broken cup on the top sbelf of the dresser. When the travelera left, cousin Otis went along with tbe " fire-slice," to help them through the drifts, antil they reaohed the main road ; then giving encouragement that if he oould get Mr. Gibson's ~ old mare and wagon, he wonld visit them after berry time, with Hepaey and the ohildren, he took a friendly farewell, and retarned to his home and its joys. "Well, neighbor Cobb," said Mr. Wiggin, after plunging Ihrongh the drifted snow for a while in silence, " I don't know how il may he with yoo, or what yonr thoughts may be, hut my mind and opinion ia, tbat for trae, hearty, friendly; tborongh hospitalily and cordiality, give me tbe poor ratber than the rich iu this world's goods r' After anotber panse, and another drift oon¬ quered, he continued: " But, however, and furthermore, I have been thinking, if yoa are agreed we will put up at the tavern daring "'the remainder of our tour, and not " ooiiBln" [ any more. HAPBY<MH6 AOO.: . How sweet It Is to ponder ¦ In'the twiiight dim and grey. On the many joys and pleasurea Now forevSr pataed away. Whon tho fancy hailt bright oaitles, And tho heart"was all aglow With fond visions of the.fatoie,: la.that.happylong ago. . - . Ofa, the world, indeed, seema changed, Aa loved forma are brongfat to mind. For we'll never meet their like again. They were ao good and kind. Memory clings nnto" tfaat time. When the heart knew noiight of woe, For all waa vory.boBulifal Xn that faappy.loDg ago. PAILIKO LOVE. AFFZCTIOHATEZ,T ASOBESSEO TO "WIVES. "Yoar face has lost something, Helen.— "What isit f" There was a look of oonoern in the speaker's ingnirhig eyes. '• Ten yeara have passed, dear friend," an¬ swered tbe lady. "Ten years of sunshine—frnitful years— Helen, sbonld give the heart an abandant atore of oom and wine. Yoar hives are fall of honey." The shade fell deeper on Helen's faoe. "I am pabied at this," said the friend; " Your lettera have not betrayed the existenoe ofa secret tronble." "I waa guarded." "Gasrdedl" " Yoa know," answered Helen, rallying her¬ self, and affecting a lighter Btate of mind, "that every bonae hss ils skeleton." " Beal or imaginary. Most of theae ekeletons are bnt sbadows." " Mine is real." Tbe two friends met now for the fitst lima! in ten yeats, looked at eaoh other in a strange way. The lightneaa of the tone had died oot in the sentenoe—" Mine is roal." "The best of husbands, good ohildren, and a home like thisl Whera stands the skele¬ ton t 1 oan see no place for so nnseemly an infrnder. " And yet, Margaret, tha intmder is here, grinning at ma all the while, and growing more and more ghastly." " Dear friend, how you aiBiot me I" Helen Ashby's face bad become pale in this reference to a hidden sorrow whioh bad naver fonnd voice before. " It almost kills me to say it, Margaret; bnt -" Mrs. Ashby checked tbe sentenoe ere it found utterance. Bnt what? Trust me, Helen. God gives wisdom to love. Throngh my love he may send healing to yonr soul. Let me look down inlo this haunted heart-ohamber; lat me see the ngly ekelelon 1" __ I am not loved as I onoa was, Margaret I'' I'here was a oold shiver in Mrs. Ashby's voice. "Not loved Helen!" "Not loved by my husbaud." Tears fell silently .over Mrs. Ashby'a face. " You are under a dark delusion." " No. Love has been sleadlly failing for yeara—alowly, almost imperceptibly, bnt snrely. 1 shudder at thtf contrast, when I measnre its height and depth, ila length and breadth to day, and then think how immea- aurable it seemed ten years ago t" "I am pained beyond expreaaion, dear friend I Sorely you are in a dream 1 My brief observation of your hnaband since I oame reveals nothing like coldness or aliena tiou. He is kind, gentle and tranquil. Aa I watched his connt enance last night, while he talked, and dwell onthe sentiments that feil from hia lips, I oould not help saying, 'ha is faat growing lo the stature of a man—that is, of an angel 1' This oould not be if be were getting cold toward tbe wife of his bosom." "Oh, he ia good and true, and exoellent I" answered Mrs. Ashby. " A pnrer, better man does not live. I reverence, I idolise him I— He stands in my sight tho embodiment of human perfeotion 1 But all the wbile I am conscious of an inoreasing distance belween ns. We are not ao close togeiher ae we were one, two, three, four, or five years ago. My friend, this is terribla 1 Is it to go on—this widening of tha space between us^—until he vanishes ont of sight, and I am left shivering alone in a nniverse of darkneaa I Give me an¬ nihilation rather 1" Tbis waa the akeleton in Mrs. Ashby's honse ; no phantom of the imagination, but a real skeleton. The friend sat long before re. plying. What Helen now said bronght into light aome Ihings casually noted since her arrival—some things which had been fell aa infaarmonloua. Let us briefiy refer lo lhem : An awkward or confused servant spilled eome waler on the lable at tea time, in filling a glass. Mrs. Aahby, iuslead of pasaing the acoident without notice, reproved her sharply. Mr. Aahby was lalking al the time in a cheerful animated voioe. Ila beoame silent, but re¬ sumed in a few momenls. The most ordinary obaerver would have perceived a change of toue, marked by a cerlain depression of feel¬ ing. Soon afler tha conversation was reaumed, Mr. Aahby referred lo a lady aoqualntanoe, and spoke of her aa an accompliahed singer, when his wife threw in some remarks dis¬ paraging to her aa a woman. To these Mr Aahby offered some mildly-spoken excuses ; bnt his wife tore lhem away with an unseemly asperity of mauner, that, to say the least ot it, was unbeantiful. Her husband obanged tha subject. Again he mentioned with praiae a lady friend, and again Mra. Ashby came in wilh a " but" and an " if," veiling the good aud exposing the dofools of her charaoter.— Two or three times during the meal Mis. Ash¬ by spoke impaliently to the ohildren, and with a quality of tone that left on the ear an nnpleasing impression. The friend now recalled these little inharmo¬ nious inoidents. They gave her a glimmer of light. "Love is never constrained," she said, after a long pause. Mrs. Ashby sighed deeply. " True love is of the soul. Why do yon love your baaband!" "Beoauae," answered Mrs. Ashby, "heia, in my eyes, the embodiment of all manly per¬ fections. He is" juet, pure, tratbful, full of gentleness and goodness." " And if suob be his quality, Helen, can be love in a wife anything that is not pure and gentle, truthful and good! Have you ever asked yourself a qaestion like this! Mrs. Ashby's form waa lifted to a sndden ereotnesa. Her brow oontraoted slightly; her eyes lost something of their softened expres¬ sion ; ber lips grew firm. " l?orgive me, Helen, if I have hurt or of¬ fended. J love you too well to give fruitless pain," said the frieud. " I was dnly trying to lead yonr .thought inward. If, aa you aeam lo faar, your husband is receding from yon, it must be in oonaequence of inharmoniona stalea of mind^f dissimilarities, or antagonisms.— There mnst ba affinities, or there oan be no conjunctions. Our sonls mnst be beautiful if we would be truly loved. Have you ever pon - dered these things! If not, the time has ooma when you shonid, in all faithfulness and se- liousness do so. If yonr husband be iudeed advancing toward all true manly excelleneea, by growing in spiritual stature, will he not, unleas yoa also advance and grow toward wo¬ manly excellence and perfection, recede from yon—gel so far beyond as to ba ont of sight f Ara not splrilnal laws as nnfailing as natnral laws!" Mrs. Ashby's fade bad already lost ts gath¬ ering etemness. Her friend pansed. " Why have yon said this to me.'" '••Beoanae I love yon, Helen, and desire your happiness." Mrs. Aahby sighed deeply, dropped; her,' gue,andsat looking.inward for. a long time. "A temper JurtJIIjj(()a.tti(n>irhioh ypnr hns¬ band oannot'approve.''' . "Margaret!" , "Yon hsve asked me .to d^ bonestly, as with a friend... BbitU I go tmr _ ¦ "Yes, yesV'apeafc ot aU that is in yonr mind." - "Yonrhasband is gentle and considerate, ready to ezooae faults^ free from hardness and harshness." " None more so." "I saw that your impatient words", when a servant spBled water on the table Ust evening jarred his feeltags; He was talking oheerfnlly at tbe time; but the ohange in tbe tone that followed showed a depressed state. It was plain to me that yon hurt him by yonr sharp reproofmoretlianyoabarttbeBervant. Then I notioed that as often as he spoke in favor of oertain peraons you plaoed evil against theb- good, and not in the most amiable spirit. Onoe or twice be tried to defend the good, and then yoii sat yonrSelf against him with a degree of asperity that must have prodnced in his mind a sense of pain. He d:d not oontend ; thongh I fear, had he done so, yoti would have been all ready for a sbarp oonfiiot.' , Before tea was en¬ ded, your iiusband, who conversed at the be¬ ginning in an easy, obeerfal way, was sitting almostsilent. Evidentlyyonhadreaotsdnpon bim in a manner to depreaa his feelings. I did not comprehend thla at the thne, but it is piam enongh now." "I think, Margaret," said Mrs. Ashby as her friend oeased, " tbat yon hadon magnify¬ ing glasses laat evening. A stranger listening to your speeoh would set me down as ill- natured, if not quarrelsome. Henry wonld smile to hear you. I am not perfect, I know; and my hasband nnderatands tbis, and makes all due allowance for infirmities of the tem¬ per." " Can he in aplrit, Helen, conjoin himaelf to these or any otber infirmities! Do tfaeir in¬ dolgenoe draw him nearer or away from yon! Can he love them!" Mrs. Ashby's oountenance changed. She did not reply. " Would he ohoose to live forever conjoined to a disturbing and inharmonious spirit! No matter how feeble tha dlslnrbance or slight the lack of harmony, if conjunction most be eternal would not conjunction ha avoided as a calami¬ ty ! We oannot bind tho sonl, my friend, by any laws but its own. Love is drawn by like¬ ness of qaality—affinities combine. If yoa and your husband are to reach au etemal union, you mnat love and delight in tha same things. Yon mnst he of like quality. Yonr hearts muat ao beat that the flow of life is reciprocal, and the pulses move in unity.— Yon mnst beoome like him or he must become like yon. In whioh contingency lies the surer hope ? Anawer to yonr own soul my friend, Ifhe is receding from yon, gettiug all the while to a farther distanca, why is it ? What does it mean ! le he riaing or descending ! Growing better or worse! Which is it, Helen !" " Ho is rising. He is growiug helter." . "Aud yet receding I" " I have felt it for a long time, Margaret." " Then gird yoar loins—bind sandals to your feet—up, my friend, and press onward iu the way you see him going, and draw once more close lo faia side. As yoa love bim with a pure heart tenderly, seek for the gracea of spirit, for the qaalltiea ot soul he lovea. Cul¬ tivate all heavenly affeetiona. Be gentle, kind, conaiderate, loving—in a word, aeek all the Chriatian gracea—and there will be no happi¬ er wife in all the laud. With snch a hus¬ band as yours-and I will taka yoar own por¬ traiture—swbal oan stand in lha way of all felicitiea bnt au undisciplined will ?" "If he will only love an augel, there is no bope for'me," replied Mrs. Aahby. "I am bnt a womao, infirm of will, and etumbling along darkly in my palh of life. Oh, Marga¬ ret I you are giviug me light only to sbow I me the hopelessness ofmy case." " '.'Not so," replied the friend. "Yonr hns- band is not very far away from yon If I were lalking with him of his own stale, be wonld nae langnage quite as slrong ss yours. The infirm will, the darkened way, the stumbling feet—lhey are hia as well aa yours and .mine. Thoae who are in advance ot us do not walk as aerenely as wa think. There are alwaya difficulties in lha way, aud tha farther ad¬ vance we make, while In this world, the mere of them we shall find; but for these a higher strength, with patience and humility, are given. Begin by ahunning suoh thinga as, in tbe light ot reaaon and God'a Word, you kuow lo be wrong. Lay a tranquil hand on your temper, and hold back from utterance all harah worda that can do no good. Have charity for the weakuessea, the infirmitiea, and short comings of othera ; and if yoa can't speak approvingly, say no 111. So shall you draw near to himin spirit; so shall hia aonl reflect your soul, and that unity of life be at¬ tained which makes_of two one forever." " Aud yon think tfaere ia hope for me, Mar¬ garet—Hope ot winning back the love that aeema vanishing!" aaid Mrs. Ashby. " I see the way it bas gone, aa my eyes follow yonr pointing finger." "Thelovely are beloved, Helen." " I must beoome lovelier then !" " In spirit; for love is of the apirit. If yoa Indulge in passion, ill nature, envies, evil speaking aud nnoharilableneas, can one who is trying to pnt tfaeae unclean Ihings ont of his heart—who turns from them as foul and hate- fol—draw closer to you as the embodiment of all perfection inlo his aoul! It is simply im¬ posaible, Helen. The good cannot love us nn¬ less we are beautiful in spirit. To aak lhem to do so ia to reqnire au Impossibility." More than a minuie passed. Tfaen lifting her eyes from the floor, where they had been reating, Mra. Aahby said, " Whereas I was blind, now I see. Oh, my friend, yon have come as an angel to lead me out of the wilder- nesB iulo a plain way; If my buaband is ad¬ vancing wbile I staud still, what wouder is it lhat he recedes! If I do not walk by his side as he ascends the mountain of spiritual per feotion, the necessity that divides us is of my own creation. Aa yon have urged, my friend so will I do—gird np my loins, bind sandals to my feet, aud press onward in the way he ia going." "And soouer than you think for, Helen," was answered, " will youho at his side. He is not very far in advance. The road to per¬ fection of life ia never paased over with rapid feet. Very alowly the ateps are taken. Your husband loves you, bnt he oannot love in yon what is unlovely. Pot away, theu, all tbe nn- beanliful thinga that veil your altraotions.— Be in his eyes gentle, loving, charitable aud kind. Be more ready lo sea as he seas than lo flud grouud of difference. If yon do not see in the light of bis understanding, wait and re¬ flect, but do not argue and oppose. To be trnly united, as to the spirit, is to be one in affection and thoughl. If there is no harmony in yonr thougbts, the cloaer you draw togeth¬ er, the more you wlll disturb each other. Bnt why ahonld I aay more! Yonr eyes are open and yon see. The way is plain, walk in il and flnd peace and joy. You have a trae man for a husband ; be to him a tm'e wife, and happiness beyond anything conceivable now, Bhall be yonrs in the ages of elemity."—[Hor¬ ner'* Monthly.'] /"Adapted from tfae German for tfae New-York Melhodlit] STOEY FOE THELITTLE FOLKS. The 'Wild Honeysnokle. There vas once an old kbig who had more wealth than any^ othei ten Uiigs pnt together. He luid a Uttle daughter oalled Angelina,- and he loved her aa ha did hia own aoul. Ha thonght so much o( her tbat he would not bave taken all Ote gold in Califomia for one of her beau¬ tifnl brown oaris. He looked forward with great pleastire to the time when she would be a great lady, and wonld daizle overy one by her wit and beaaty. Bat God, .who is stronger than all kings, was thinking otherwise. A malignant fever oame and took away the lovely Angelbia, Her aged father waa almost wild with grief, and ataid day and night in his bedroom vith the wiudows oloaed. Forty daya paaaedMfter the death of the little prlnoess, bnt tbs king vonld not see any one. One nigbt, aa he lay asleep, be dreamed tbat his departed Angelina said tbeae words to him:—" Dear father, yon ought not .to weep for me, beoanae I am so happy here. I have no pain nov, and am living with God. Do stop veephig, father, and seek eome other ohild who vill be a daughter to yoa. CaU together all the little girls in the laud, and ohoose the one vbo has a vild houeysuokle in her hair. She will love you and yon will love heri Sfae vill be worthy to ba queen soma day Instead of me." The next morning the old king felt much better than usual, aud every one notioed the great change. He even Bmiled to one of his attendanta. He called all his great men and friends aronnd him, and told thsm to make it known that on the twelfth day all the girls in the ootmtry who wiahed to see the king, must oome before him, and each one to have no diamonds or gold in her hair, bnt only a single fiower. He wonld chooae one from the num¬ ber to he his daughter. • The newa spread throogh the whole coan¬ try, apd every little girl Ihought ahe vas going lo be the king's daughter. There vas living- in a distant province of that kingdom a brave and wealthy nobleman, who had three yonug daughters. They were named Lanra, Lauretta and Lanrencla. They vere so beautiful tfaat the sun vaa proud to shine on them, and tha flowers in the garden alwaya felt honored to be trodden by tbeir beantiful feet. The eldest one, Lanra, said:—" Wbat a pi¬ ty the king don't want the girls to pnt dia¬ monda iu their hair 1 They would be much prettier thaa flowers." "Flowers or diamonds," exolaimed Lauret¬ ta, " I am beautifal enough with either." "Flowers «are nature's ornaments," said Laurencia, "and they ara too beantifurto be plucked. But sinoe the king will bave it so, let us go out and gather a wild flower apiece, for they are prettier than any in our garden." So each one took her basket and put a piece of bread and cake in it, and started out into the forest. Bnt after wandering a good wfaile togeiher aud flnding no flowera. Laura aald :— "Let each one of na take her own vay, and at two o'clock we will meet together al tha great oak that ve have always called Peter." Tfaen the thtee sisters separated. Laura strolled along the winding palhs a long time, bul flnaily. getting very lired, sat down be¬ neath a beauliful hickory-tree. She lookout her bread and cake, aud began to eat har Innob. While sitting so comfortably on her mossy seat, a poor old ragged womau came up to her and very kindly said:—"Good moraing, beau¬ tiful princeas." " Lanra looked at her very scomfnlly, and turned aaide her head. Theu the old woman yon a present of it. The viid boneysnokle I will keep for myself." - " So yon ought to do," replied her aisters, "for yon are homelier than, ve are, andthe yonngest.too. Of oonrse yon ought totake the poorest flover." The time oame for seleoting a prlnoess, and all day tbe'king, sarrounded by liis great men, reoelved the beaatifal girls that oame in¬ to his grsat throne obamber, aud walked np before him, Thoasands had entered and gone out again. The evening oame on, and it was very dark. The king's face grew sad, and he feared that he oould flnd no princes lo take the place of hts departed Angelina. By and by the three siatera oame in—one witbthe tu¬ lip in her hair, the other with the yellow lily, and the other with tbe wild boneysnokle.;— Lanra and Lauretta passed up, bnt the king, aftefadmhing their beauty, shook his head at them, and said he ooiild not choose either one of them. Then Lanrenoia walked modestly up before him. The king smiled, and, taking her in his arms, kisaed her. Bhe wore the wild honaysncfcle in her air, and the noble¬ men ebonled for Joy. A hundred lamps shone forth as quiok as lightning, and a band of mu¬ sic struck np the most beautitui strains that had ever beeuj heard iu the palace. All the bella in the oity rang out merry peals, and the people pnt on their holiday olothes. All the fountains shot forth glad, streams, and every ghrden bloomed with freah beauty. The king was happy, and Laurencia was his daughter. MY HEEOIHE. fiXECDTOE'S NOTICE.- Eatate of "millam Mtflberry, lata of Paradise townahip, deo'd. LETTERS testamentar; on said eatate bavitiff bara grantl to the nndtni^nsd, all ver- Bou ladflbt«(l tbervto areTt^aMlad to make immediate parment. and (bot. bavinx-'dcmand* against the ume will prMsnt Ui«m for Mtuainent to th* xmderalcntd, ¦mi.jM}n.wm, -'. r?*?"' ">•"> I" Mlti«ment K> tb"; midetilr r««IdlDf! In »«ld townsbip. "Wn-UAJI T. LOSO ]al7 8-6t-3» .: ; ^^ Elwmtir. EXECDTOR'B NOTICB. Estate of Elizabeth Gleim, late of the City of lanoaster, deceasod. LETTERS Testamentary on said estate havlos been granted to the Udderalsnad, all par¬ aona Indebted thareio are Taquoatad to maka Immediate settlamant. aod thosa baring olalma or demanda asalaat the umo will maka tnoirn tbe aame wltbont delay to tha anderalgned. raaldlng In aald oitr. JOHN SHEAFFSB, Exaeator. JoffE IUh, isa2. , Juaell-«t-29 EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Catharine Sarr, CWldow,) lata of West Lampeter twp., dec'd. LETTKRS testamentarj on eaid estate baTlng baan granted to tba ondaratgned, all per- BOuM Indebted thareto are reqneatad to maka Immediate ¦attlement, uid those baring olalme or demands agalaat tba (tame will preeent them wlthoat delay for aettle¬ ment to tba nndaralgoad, residing In said towaehlp. }nne 28-6t*3l SAUUEL BABB. Ezacator, EXBCUTOE'S NOTICE. Estate of Sasaiuia Hess, Ute of East Earl township, -deceased. LETTERS testamentary on said estate hartoK been granted to the nnderstgned, all ptr- BuDii Indebtod therato are reqaestad to maka Immfldlate aatUement, anH those havingclaims or damaads against thc «ame will preaeat tbem withont delar to the nnder- Mgned, residing la aald township. JOSEPH PBANTZ, Jaae 18.6«30. Execntor. again: ""Willyoa, beaatiful princess, allow me to sit down and rest myself beneath, yoar cool shade? And will yon have the goodness to give me a piece of bread, for I am very hun¬ gry V Laura heoame very angry, and said :— " Away with yon, old beggar; I never have anyihing lo do with poor, miserable people like yoa." The old woman tottered o£f as well as she could, but murmured to herself:— " Stony heart, proud girl: Iloncyeucklc, lenvo ber!" For a long time Lauretta had heen aeeking flowers, hnt had found none to suit her. So she sal down nnder a flr tree, to rest herself. Shewas just laking out her bread and cake, when the old woman came olose up to her, and, wishing her good-day, said :— '* Beauliful princess, pardon my intrusion. Bat I am very old, and lired and hungry. If you will allow me to ait down nnder this sha¬ dy fir-t»ee, and will give me a small piece of your bread, I will be very grateful to you,— Oh, how I wish I was young again !" In a little brown honse, oontaining only two low, darkrooms, lived my heroine. Thelittle yard in front is small, but in summer it is gay wilh balsams and bright, pinks, and the litlle path leading to the gale is always neatly swept. Bat perhaps yon will not tbink my heroine deserving of the title when I tell you she ia neither beantiful nor talented, as the heroines of novels alwaya are—but she pos¬ sessed qualities ofmind and heart which would have done oredit to any. Her father was a drunkard. Her mother was tt pale, sad woman, worn with toil and Borrow, bat was evet gentle and uncomplain¬ ing in all her tronbleii; ever kind and forgiv¬ ing when her husband ill-treated her, and treasuring up with joy every word of kind¬ ness whioh came like a transient gleam of sun¬ shine in his sober moments. But the faithful mother died, leaving sis little children to strnggle with the world. The eldest was able to work for himself, and the infant was given lo one of the relatives. Bat upon Mary, my heroine, came the whole re¬ sponsibility of caring and providing for the rest; for her father, too far lost to have the manliness to esert himself for their support, continued in his degraded oourse. Thus the little gtil became a demure house¬ keeper. Not for her were the games and toys and sports in the open air. Her lime was occnpied | in the making and mending of little garments, and all the sober routine of a domestic woman. How changed she was I— From a careless, happy girl to a sad, prema¬ ture woman I All that was ohildiah crowded out I But thoagh she worked early and late, and the cross was Ueavy to bear, she ofteu said, with tears in her pale blue eyes, "I oan¬ not wish Tay mother back to so muoh tron¬ ble." Noble little girl I Self-denying and faithful toiling on withoul even the cheering love ofa father: never dreaming that she is heroio I A peculiarly noble trait of hers was her lin¬ gering regard for her father. Ever shielding bim from reproach, she would never say he was harsh to her, but with loving charity hid his faulls from the world as far as was in her power. Bat in less than a year after her molher'a death, this meek young spirit fonnd rest* I thought with joy how her patient love would no more be tried by au exacting parent. Sure¬ ly tha reward of snch devotion will be great^ The little Iamily wai scattered, and the fath¬ er joined the army. It ia hoped he will some- lime realize the worth of the devoted creatures whom his blindnesa brougbt to the grave. And now, has not my heroine sasiained her title ? ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. Eatate of Michael Stanffer, late of Penn town' ahip, dec'd. LETTERS of administration on said estate harlog been graated to the ondsrslgned. all purcons indebted thereto are reqaested to maka Im- mei^lata payment, and tboee baTlog demands agalost lha uame wtll present them for settlement to tha an- deislgaed, rehlding In said townslhp. SAMDBL F. STADPPEE, Jaly 9 et 33 ANDBBW A ZUQ. AUDITORS' NOTICE. AsBigned Estate of Henry Diffenbach & Wife, of Straaburg borough, iancaster county. XHE undersigned Auditors appointed to diatrlbata tfaa balanee remaining in tba bands inr7 MUler, Asalgnea of said astata, to and among thoaa lagallj antltled to the aame. will sit for tbat parpoaa on THUESDATr. AUODST Tth, et 2 o'clock, P. M..ln tba Library Boom of tba Coort House.in tho Cltv of Lancastar, whera all persona Interested in eald distribnUon may attand. • 41-32 ribntlonmay attand. • A. SLAYMAKBE, } . ANDBBW J. bTSINUAN, ( jBly 2 AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estate of John Leaman, late of the State of Ohio, deceased. THE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dlstiibole thg balsnce remaining in thf* bands ofj. B. Swartx, Weldar& Haory Tront, AdmintatratorM of the Estata of eaid deo'd., to and amonp: tboea lenally entitled to the same, will sit for that parpoao on WBD¬ HESDAT, ADGOaT 6th, 1863. &t 2 o'clock P. M., In the Library Boom of tbe Coart Honae, in the Ctty of Lan¬ castsr, where all parsons Interested to said dtstrlbnlLon msy attand. BENJ. V. BAEB, jnne W-31-4t Audllor. ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. Assigued Estate of Bachel M. Swayne, of Bmmore township, Lancaster coimty. EAGHEL M. SWAYNE, of Drumore . township, harlng by deed of rolnntary asiign- niuDt. dated HAT 21at, 1S63, aasigned and traDsferrisd all her astata sad effecta to the tinderalgned, for the benefitof tha creditors of the eald Bachel M. gwayne, he tberafore gives nodes to all persons indebted to aaid assignor, to maka payinent to the oaderslgned wUbont delay, and tboaa baring claims to present them to JO.SBPH BALLANCB. Agslgnfla. residing In Folton twp.. Elrk's Milla, t*. O ] nnejl 61-23 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Sasanna Adams, lato of Ephrata township, dec'd. LETTERS of administration on said eatato harlog been grantad lo the nnderalgned. all pwiouoa indebted therelo are reqoeated to make Immadl¬ ate settlement, aod tboae barUg clalma or demandu agalnstthe samewlll preaent tbem witboat delay for Bettlement to the nnderaigned. resldlngln aald town¬ abip. JACOB EBMPEB, Joly 9-6t-S3 Administrator. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Jease Showalter, late of Earl town¬ ship, dec'd. LETTERS of administration on said estate baring beengranted totbe nnderaigned, all persona Indebted thereto are reqnested to maka Immedi¬ ate aattlement, and thoaa having clalma or demanda agalaat the aame will present theoi wlthoat delay for settlement to tbe naderalgned. CHRISTIAN SHOWALTEB. Barl townabip, LBVI WEILEB, Eaet Earl townehlp. jniy 3-6t»33 Admlnlatrators. ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. Estate of Martin Albert, lato of Manheim townahip, deceased. LETTERS of administration on said estate having beon grantedto the nnderaigned, Kll parsons Indebted thereto are reqnested to make im¬ mediate settlement, and thone having claims or de¬ mands agalnstthe same will present tbem wltboot delay for settlement to the nnderslgned, raslding In said township. CASPEB G. ALBERT, JOUN MILLEB^ Jnne 25 Ot»3L Administrators. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Rebecca FilUnger, (¦Widow,)]late of the City of Lancaster, dec'd. LETTERS of administration on said CHtato baring been granted to the onderBigoed, all pert^goB Indebted thereto are reqaeeted to make Imme¬ diate Bflttlemeot, and those haring clalma or demands against tbo same wlll present tham withont delay for aettlemeat to tbe onderslgned, residing in Bast Lampe¬ ter lwp., Lancaster coooty. BACHaEL SHEAFFER, Jnne 18-Gt'30 Adminiatrnlrix. BAKK KOTICE. "QOTICE is hereby given that the jj\ Preildon*. and Directors of tbe Laneaster Coooty Bunk, Intend to make application to tbe Legislatare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylranla. at tbeir n.'Xt aeasion. for a renewal of tbe charter, and an exteoaion of the privileges of ths aaid Baok with ail the ii;;htii and prlvllegea now eojoyed. for a term of Twenty years from tba expiration of the oresent charter, with the aame name, title, locatioa and capital of (SOO.OCO By order W. L. PEIPEB, Caahier of Lancaster Connty Bank. Jnne 18 6m-30 NOTICB. Fsrmers* Bank of liancaatert { LAjJOAaTER, Jone 26,1862. J npHE President and Directors of the J, FABMEBS' BANK OP LANCASTER, intend mak- Ing application to tbe Legislatore of the Commoowealth OfPennsylvanIa. at tbelr aext MBslon for a renewal of their chartar, with Ita present location and aoihoriied capital of $600,000. and with all thu rights and prlvll¬ egea now enjoyed. EDWAKD H. BBOWN, Cashier ofthe Farmers' Bank ofLancaster. jnly 2 6m-32 FAauBua* Bijiz of LajccA-STsa, ) Jnne ISth, lSti2. I UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SIX PBB CENT LOAN, Interest payable seml- aoLioally In Oold; can now be bad lo Coopoo Bonda of Flfty.One Hnodred,Five Hnndred aod Ons Tiion-iand Dollars eaeh, on application at this Bauk. jane 18-31.30 C. HAGEE, President. GOLD WAHTED AT 7 per cent., SILVER at 4 per , cent., and UNITED STATES DEMAND NOfES at 3 per cent, premiom. -ODPONBof ¦ ~ Jnly 9.tf-23 Alao. at H premiom, all -Bs. doe next Joly. BEED, McOKANN & CO. . BREVITIES. Wise and Otherwise. As a specimen of those " good intentions'' with which the infernal regions are said to be paved—thatia, those good intentions which do not ainount to anything in praciice,—tbe Gcntleman^s Maga^sine, in a paper on the Sussex archmlogical collections, gives ns the following extract from the diary of a Sussex tradesman of the ISth century : Monday, Dec. 25.—This being Christmas day, myself and wife at churoh in the morning. We ataid the ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estato ofJohn S, "Witmer, late of Manor town¬ ship, deceased. LETERS of administration on said eatato having been granted to tbo nnderttgned, ail persona IndebteJ.thereto are reqneeted to make Im¬ mediate payment, aod those harlog claims or demaads agaloet the same will preaent them for settlement to the ooderslgoed, residing In Coneatoga townRhlp. WILLIAM MOERISON, j nne 18.6t*-30 Administrator. adminIstrators'^Ijotice. ~ Estate of John Byerly, late of Leacock towa¬ ahip, deceased. LETTERS of administi^tion on said eBtate having been graoted to the nndersigned, all po^^oIla indebted thereto 3re reqaested to make Im¬ mediate settl'imei t, aod those having clalma or de- maodA against lhe same will present them wltboot delay fJr (-altlaiaent lo the ondarHlKood. rflsldlng in said township. JOflN BYERLY. JR., EMANOEL BYEBLT, jone 16-61-50 Administrators. WANTED IMMEDIATELY. FO0B. OK PIVE JOUENEYMEN- POTTEHS wanted, at the Pottery of the nnder- Biffoed, Id Mflrcarsbars, Fr&nhiin conntr. Pa. jnno 4 tf.28 HDOH McCOSHELL. a?EACHEHS ¦WAUTED. BLEVBir TEACHEBS -WANTED, In Upper Ijeacoclc township, for a Term of Klgtit AloiitbH. THE Examinatiou will be hold oa FRIDAY. AUODST IST.lt62. Applicania ata r«- (\aeeted to be preaent at tbe Examination. By order of lbe Board, Jnly 931.33 G. W. LISTILLB. Lancaster Gas Oifice, ) JCLT 8. ISSi. J AT a Meeting of thc Managers of the LANCASTER OAS COMPANT. bfli thU day a DlTldend of O.SE Dollab asd Twestt-five Czyn per sbare wae declared, payable on demand, jnly 9-31-33 GEO. K. KEED. Traafnrer. EIiECTIOIf. A N Eleetion for President and Mana. J3L. g«r« of tbo LAKCASTKR OAS GOMPANT, will be held at tbelr Offlca on M0.1DAT, JCLT 2o. 1352. from 10 A. JI.. to 3 o'clck, P. M. C.aAOBK, ]nly9-3t-33 PreeldenL AD1IINI3TR.VT0RS' NOTICE. Estate of Jacob Witmer, Sr., late 0* Manor township, dec'd. LETTEllS of admiuistration on said estate havlog been granted to the nnderslgned, all perEODH iodebted tbreto are reqoeuted to maloi im> medixtesettlement,and thoue barlog claims ordemands agalQHt the same will present tbem wltbont deUy for >^eltleinent to the nod•sralgned, residing lo said town- "'¦"'• fAm?L a'wmfE^R i Adml.l.trator., jnne 18 6f30 Bal Lauretta answered proudly:—" Why oommunion. My wife gave 6d ; bnt they not do you trouble me, you miserable old beggar ? asking me, I gave nothing. Oh I may we in- Isn't the forest large enongh that you should j crease In faith and good worlis, and maintain ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Jacob Pancake, late of Sapho towu¬ ship, deceased. LETTERS of administration on aaid eatate bavlng been granted 10 the nnderalened, all paraona indebted tberelo are reqneated to malie im¬ mediate aottiemeot.and tboae baylDi; claime or demanda againat tbe aamo. will preaent tbem wiibont delay for Bettlement to tho nnderalKned. BENJAMIN B8AR, Adminiatrator. Jnng ll-6t*39 residing in Eaat Hempliold twp. TUBNPIKE DIVIDEND. rpHB President and Managers of the X LAKCASTEE. ELIZABETBTOWN AND MIDDLE- TOWS TDKNPIKE ROAD, bave tbia day declared a dividend of One Dlllar nnd tieventy-flva Oenta on each abareofatoclr.payabloondetaaad. J.M. LONG, July Itb. 1862. Treaanrer. jnly 9. 3133 A yonng laSy in one of onr "rural distriola," was once esoorted home from an evening par¬ ty by a yonng man to whom she waa not par¬ ticularly partial; Ori taking his leave he re¬ marked : " I guess IMl oome and see yon agin next Sunday night." " Well, Bill Smith," replied tho lady, " yon oan come as a friend, but not a 'feller.'" Bill didn't go either way, A celebrated engineer, being examined at a trial, made uae of the expression, "the ore- n-i, ¦ r,.-;i ¦ i , , -, ,- ¦ »«^e P<"'«">' a"mai!hine," upon whioh the Then aighed again, and looked np inlo the judge offensively asked'Mm what he meant by 'T,^-" "™'''- ¦ ' Ilhe phrase ?"inieai, my lord," said the en- ' Wh*t have yon seen, Margaret JDeal wilh gineer,"the Wer'lhafehableB a man lo con [ma honestly as a frtod." I Tertagoai'.tilinto.ioige's Wig." want to sit down under this tree ? and isnH there enoagh hread in the village that yoa ahonld* oome out here and heg from me?"— Then she threw a pieoe of bread crast at her feet. Bat the old beggar woman walked off, whispering atfshe left her:— " Hard heart, proud girl: Honeysuckle, leavo her!" Daring all this time, Lanrenoia had gone a great distance, and had not found a flower which she thought would be proper to put in her hair to go hefore the king. She became very tired, and at last sat down under a large wild grapewine, that was olimhing np some little trees. She was just putting her piece Of bread to her mouth as she saw the old woman tottering hefore her. When she had oome np she said:— ' '* Beantiful princess, I need hardly tell you that I am old and tired and hnngry. You oan see that for yourself. If you let me sit under the grapewine with you, and will be so kind as to give me a little piece of bread, I will ; thank you as long as I live," " With all my heart," answered Lanrenoia kindly, as she broke her piece of bread, and gave her the larger part. Then she took al| h.er cake, and laid it in the old womau's other hand. Aa soon as she had done this, she poured out into her drinking-oup some water from the bottle that she had bronght with her, and, handing it to her, said:—Take this, old lady. I trust it will refresh, yon. You need it more than I do. And after you have rested, I will show you the way out of the forest, and take you to my father's, where you willbe ' well oared for." After the old woman had refreshed herself, she asked Lanrenoia to follow a few steps into a winding path. The kind girl left her basket and followed ber. They soon oame to a little oleared piece of ground, where three fiowers were growing—a tnlip, a lily, and a wild honeysuckle. The old woman plucked them, and, putting them in Laurenoia's hand, said: "Kind heart, humble girl: Honeysuckle, choose it!" Then the old woman walked rapidly away, and Lanrenoia never saw her afterwards. The time waa now approaohing for the sis¬ ters to meet under the old oak Feter. Lan¬ renoia pat the fiowers in her baaket, and started ofi'. Aa ahe proceeded she said to her¬ self:—"I hope the old woman ha? seen my sisters, and given them beautiful flowera, and told tbem, too, whioh one to choose." I When thc three sisters met, and Lanra and Lauretta aaid they had found no flowers, they. were filled with envy when Laurencia opened her baaket aud showed theai hera. As they were older than shewas, and alwaya had their own way, they aaid that she must divide her fiowera with them botb. Laarenoia was grieved at their words, and answered:—"Dear siaters, you know I am always wiUing to ahare my gifta with you.— Here, Laura, here is this beautiful tulip; if you prefer it youmay have it." Laura thank¬ ed her, and said it was tbe flower ahe wanted- Then aaid Laurencia to Lauretta:—" Here, jny BiBter, la tJxis IpveJy yeilow lily. I mkke and keep np the good intentions that I hope- we have thia day taken up," This highly pi¬ ous Sussex tradesman evidently intended to have bia religion oheap, when, at the very moment of taking the aaorament whioh is held to be its moat sacred Bymbol, he conid shirk or dodge the contribution of sixpence 1 A physician was declaiming npon the pro¬ pensity which a majority of people display for eating unripe frait and vegetablea. He said: "There ianot a vegetable growing in our gardens that ia not beat when arrived at maturity, and most of them are poaitively in¬ jurious nnless fully ripe." " I know one thing that ain't eo good when it'a ripe aa *tia green," interrupted a little boy iu a very oon¬ fident hnt modest manner. " What's that fn sharply said the physician, vexed at having hia principle disputed by a mere boy. " A cucumber (" responded the lad. Ooe of the "sex" writea, rather spicily, " that though a few American ladies live in idleness, the majority as yet work themaelvea into early gravea—giving the meu all oppor¬ tunity to fry two or three in the coarae oftbeir lives—which they, the aaid men, seem totake as a matter of course, and rather eujoy it than otherwise. JEslhetlca are atrongly blended with morals in woman's mind. With the fair sex good looks are a part of good behavior. It ia a wo¬ man's duty to be beautifnl—as it is her privi¬ lege. Thna we were amused not long sinoe at the farewell worda of an anxiouamother about sending her danghter out into the world. " Be agood girl," said she; "do thebeat yon oan, never do anytliing wrong, and—he sure and keep your eyebrows brushed up .'" MDLTuat IS Pabvo.—Kev. Augustus Wood¬ bury in hia fonrth of July oration at Provi¬ dence, remarked that, "If the South is will¬ ing to sacrifice the Union for the sake of sla very, who oan oomplain if the loyal people are willing to aaorifioe slavery for the sake of the Union." It is not always a mark of frankness to poaaeas an open oountenance. Au alligator is a deceitful oreatnre, and yet he possesses an open oonntenanoe, when it is in the very aot of taking you in. All the teeth, of a certain soolding lady be¬ ing loose, she asked a physioian the oanse of it, he answered that it proceeded from the vio. lent shocks she gave them with her tongne. Jeremiah was tailing how mnoh he liked oalve'a head for diuner, when the mistress ex- I ciamed—" Oh, you cannibal l" The young man who recently went on a bridal tour with an angel in mualin, has re¬ tumed with a turmagant in hoops. Why is a aleepless lover like a hrieflesa harrialer? Because he's devoid of eaae (of feea.; Why does a person whole slightly poorly losia his aense of touch? Because he don't feel well. The anoient Greeks burled their dead in jars. Hence the'origin of the ezprtwsion, *< He'a gone to pot'" ADIIINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Nancy Hess, late of Conestoga town¬ ship, deceased. LETTERS of administration on said eetate buvlug beengr&nted to tbeonderslKDed.Rli peroons Indebted therelo are reqaeeted to mftke Im- medtaleBetilement, end tnoee bavtcg clMms or d«maDdii agaioBt tha name will praaeot tbem wlthoat delaj Tor aettlement to tbe cnderulgnad, reniding In said town¬ abip. ANDBEW ZERCUER, jane 11 6t»29 Administrator. NOTICE TO BRID&E BUILDERS. I Ql'^ALED Proposala for Building an fl^ IRO^ BRIDQIJ, acroiu Pefiae^ creeic,-it or near Dh.s-tli.nubr'^ 31ILL. bdttTrt^a ^i(IIlllba^y and . leacuck towntblp, will be received at tbe ConimUolonftr'e Of¬ flce. at LancsBtpr. until 2 o'clocic P. M., oa ilOKDAY, tbe 2lBt day of JDLT next. Propoaalft will alao bo racftived at the nama time and place. Tor Bailding ttie Abntiaenls aad Winn Walls. The E>lans aed Speciflcations cau be Eean al an; ttme previoaa to letlleg. LEVI S. REIST, 1 JOHN DONER, . Commiee-iOQers. WILUAM SPENCER. 5 jane 25 tfSI EPHRATA MOUiNTAlN SPRINGS, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. THIS delij^htful watering-place having beea purchaBttd by the underdtgoed. be would in¬ form hiu fiieadB and the pablic generally, that it will be open for the recepttoa of TiBitors on the FIEST DAY OF JTTLY. For parlicalari. plaaRo refer to Ctrcalara, irhicb eaa be had at THIS OFFICE. Board, one week or la?8, $1.50 per day; over ono weak, or the Seanoa, $7 par vreek. Children aod eer- vaala half price. Theae lerma are pivea wilh the aaanranca that the accommodationa uhall In every reepeet be eiia«l toany other watering place. S^^Accommodatlono for fonr bundred fneitri. Tbe Germanis Bitnd iH engaged. U.S. NEW-TOMER, jaIy2-tf-32 Proprietor. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Gabriel C. Eekort, Iato of Leacock twp., Lancaster coanty, dec'd. ^pHE undersigned Auditor, appoiuted M, to dletribate the balanca remaiaing ia the handa of Joba 0. Reblaeon and George L. Eckert, Execntorn orthe Will of Oabriel G. Eckert, dec'd.. to and among thoae logallr entitled t<i tha same, will att far that por¬ poae on W'EDNE;DAT, AUGUST I3tb, at 2 o'clock, P. M., Iq the Library Room of tbe Coart Honse, in tho City of Laacabter.whereall persoaa Iatereated iu said dis- tribatioa may attend. H. B. SWARB, July 9-4t.ft3 Andltor. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Eatate of Daniel Girvin, late of Paradise town¬ ship, dec'd. ^ nnHE undersigned Auditor, appointed i to dintribale tbe balance remaioing In the haods OfPeter Neldlch.Traateeof aaid deceased, loand among tboee legally entitled lo the eame, tvlll elt for that par¬ pose oa FHIDAT, AUGUST gth, at 3o'clock, P.M., la the Library Room of the Coart House, lu the City of Laacaater, where all persons latereeted la naid dlstri- batioa may attend. GEO. H. FRANKLIN, jaly 9-11-33 Auditor. AUDITORS' KOTICE. Estate of Mary Myers, late of Weat Lampeter township, lancaater county, dec'd. nj'lHE undersigned, appoiuted by the a. Orpbana* Court of Laacaster county, Andltora to diatribute tbe balaace remaining In the hands of Jacob Herr, Executor oftbe Will of Mary .Myers, dec'd., will attend for the purpose of tbelr appolutmenta at the Court Houae, In the Cityof Lancaster, on TUESDAY, AUGUST 5.1802, at 2 o'clock. P. M. JOHNSTROHM, W. LEAMAN. July 9-4t-33 Auditore. 186X. DELAWARE MUTUAI, SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANT, PHILAD KLi^HIA. lucorporated 1835. Tke follotoin? STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Company, is published in conformUy lailh a Provision of its Ciiarter. PBEMIUMS. Received from Nov. 1, I860, to October 3\, 1S61. Oo Marine and Ialand RUks 3227,S08 71 On FireRlaliB 100.S521S $32S,660 89 Premiums oa Polleles not marked offNoT.l.ISSO, , 360,322 3S $-'tg8.9S3 27 PREMIUMS. Marked off as earned, from Nov. 1,1880, to Oaorber Ul. tS6I. Ou Marine and Inland Bisica $274.26817 On Fire Risks, 110,606 4fi $390,075 22 Iiitere8t.3al7age,Ac.,duriEgBame period 59,222 60 8449,297 82 LOSSES. EXPENSES. iC. During the year as above. Marine aud Inland Navigation losses $172,331 29 Fire Lomes »3,I0d7l Return Premium 66.474 m Be-lnaurances 10.896 07 Agency Charges 16,.'i63 3S AdverlislDg, Printing, ic 3.73t n Taxe« .'v'iS;M« ¦ Expensea, b'slarles. Bent. Ito,.... 20,457 JS $319,676 49 BcaPLtrs, $129.621 .S3 Par. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estate of George Warfel, (Carpenter,) late of Conestoga township, dec d. rpHE underaigned Auditor, appointed I to dietribnte the balance remaining lu the handa of Xlenry Oraror, Admloiatrator, and Snsan Warfal. ad- mlniatratrix, to and among tbo«e legally entitled to tbe Hame, and to paas upon the oxceptioas to the ad- mlulnlratlun account, wlll Pit for tbat purpose ou SATUBDAT. Bth day of AUGUST, at So'clock. P. M., in the Library Room of tbe Court Houm. in the City of Lancaster, where all persona interestod is ttaid dlntribu tiou may attead. THADDEUS STBVBNa, Ja., jaly9-4t.33 Auditor. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. COMMONWEALTH 1 January Term, 1S61, TB. > Ko. .11, JEREMIAH ROTH. ) Debt on forfeited recognisance. THE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dletrlbuto the money arising from thia ludg¬ meut. to and among thosa legally eutitied to the aame, will sit for tbat purpose ou THUBSDAY. AUGUST Hlh. 1862, at 2 o'oloclE.P. M.,in tbe Library Boom oftbe Court Honae. Intbe Cityof Lancaster, wbereall per¬ aons Interested lu said dlstribatloa may attend. ANDKEW M. FRaNTZ. July 9-4t-S3 Auditor. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Assigned Estate of Uartin Shirk. 'I'^HE undersigned Auditor, appointed J. to distribute tbe balaace remaining lu tbe hands of Peter Brnnner, Assignee, Sic, of said Martin Shirk, to and among tbose legaiiy eatlllad to the aame, will stt for that purpose on MONDAY, AUOO-^T llth, 1862, at 2 oVlock, P. M., lo the Library Boom of tba Court House, In tbe City of Laacaster. where all persona in¬ tereated iB aald dlstribatloa may attend. WM. AUO. ATLEE. July 9-4t-33 Auditor. ASSffTS OP THE COMPANT, (November 1,1861.) Cost. $100,000 United StateiSper cent. Loao.... $100,260 00 CO.OOO Halted States 6 par ceut. Treasury Notea 49,995 37 26.000 United States 7 3-lOper cent. Treas¬ ury Notes 2.'>,000 00 100.000 Penna. sute 0 per ceut. Loan 69.66125 51000 " '* 6 " " 61,101 .'iO 123.000 Pbllad'a.City 6 per cent. Loan... 119,443 17 30,000 Teaaewt-BB t^tAto 0 per cent. Loan. 24,075 00 20,000 PettnsylraDla Railroad Iat Mort¬ gage 6 per ceoL Bonds S0,000 00 00,000 PeuoaylvaUia Railroad 2d Mort¬ gage Oper ceot. Boada 46,130 83 10,000 SOOSbares Stock Germautown Gaa Company.Intereat aud Principal guaraateed by the CUy of Phlla- deiphia. 14,637 50 0,000 100 Sbarea Stocka Peunaylvania BaUroad Company.... 6,00000 Biiu Receivable, for Insurancea made, 90,730 07 Bondaand Mortgages, 7500000 Real Eetate. Balances due at A&endes—PremlumH oa Murlae Policies, Interest, aod other debts dae theCompaoa.....*. Scrip and Stock of Suudry Insurauce and otherCompaay.$lI.84a estimated value.. Caab oa baud—In Banka $61.098 03 ia Drawer 017 33 01,363 36 4S.IS1 97 4,OS6 00 $869.12S 37 ¦WILLUM MABTIN, Presidenu TROKAfl C. HllfD,'VICft.PreBid«nt. HkkbT Ltlbokx, Secretary. J. ZIMMERMAN. Agent. July 9-3m-33] No. 74 North Qneeu at., Lancaster. AUDITORS' NOTICE. ¦ Eatate of Jesse Yundt, late of West Earl town¬ ship, Lancaater county, dec*d. XHE undersigued Auditors appointed to dtotrlbute tbe balance remalnlsff lu the bands ,ha Sheaffer, Execator of tb« Will of Jesse Toudt dfc'd., to aod among those legally eoUUed to the tame will sit for tbat purpose on FRIDAY, AUGUST I6th, at 2 o'clock.p. U., In the Library Boom of tbe Court House, lu the City of Laneaatar, whers all persons Iu¬ tereated in aald distribution may attend. WM. E. -WILaON. I Auditors Jnly 3 • <t-S2 WANTBD 1 f\riCi TORDS BLAOK OAK J.^\jyj\J BARK, this coming season, for ^ which the HIGtIEST CASH PKICE will be paid delivered at SHIKK & BBDBAKEB'S TaBuery, al tbe Bird-io-Haud. Lancaster Co., Pa. Chestnut and Spanish Oak also Wonted. 83-Addrera Enterpriae P. O,, Lancaater connty. Pfl mar6-lf-16 SHIBK & BROBAKKB. CAUTION TO TBESPASSEHS. TflE undersigned citizens of East Donegal town»hip, Lancaster county, Pa., hereby caution all peruons against trwpaaslng on their prem¬ iees by gunning, flahlng or otherwsse, under penalty of tbe :*ri,_ ,_..^._ Daniel Nissley. Chriatian Her>>b. Cbrlstlaa Gerber, Miobael Huber. Jobn 0. Hoerner, James B. Clark, J. S. KroybllL gunuet Bedaecker. JohnM. WhitehUl, Oeoige 8. MUler, Andrew Armstroiig, Ell HoiTmon, John Gross, John W. CUrk, Saat Donssol twp.
Object Description
Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Volume | 36 |
Issue | 34 |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. |
Publisher | Hamersly & Richards |
Place of Publication | Lancaster, Pa. |
Date | 1862-07-16 |
Location Covered | Lancaster County (Pa.) |
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Month | 07 |
Day | 16 |
Year | 1862 |
Description
Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Volume | 36 |
Issue | 34 |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. |
Publisher | Hamersly & Richards |
Place of Publication | Lancaster, Pa. |
Date | 1862-07-16 |
Location Covered | Lancaster County (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is a 1-bit bitonal tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 822 kilobytes. |
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Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 07 |
Day | 16 |
Year | 1862 |
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THE EXAMINER <& HEBALP
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"WHO, KOT HAVIKG SEEN, "WE XOVE.
It is oasj to love ¦when cje meets eye.
And tbo glanco rorcalE tboboart; Whon tho Oush od the cheek can the soul beapcak,
And tho lips in gladness part; There's a thrilling bliss in a loving kiaa.
And a spell in n Idndly tone, And the spirit hath chains of tenderness
To fetter und bind iis o-^n.
But n holier spell nnd a deeper joy
For a purer fountain flow, "When the soul eends bigbv its inconse fire.
And rcets uo mere below: "When the henrt goes up to the gate of heaven.
And bows before lho throno. And striking its barp for sins forgiven,
Calls thc Saviour all its own.
Thoagh wc gozo now on tho lovely brow
Tbat felt for U3 tho Ibora ; Though afar from homo wo pilgrima roam.
And our feet with toil nro worn; Though wo never have pressed that pierced bandj
It ia Btretched eur lives abovo; And wo o^vn hia care, in grateful prayer,
"Wbom, not baring seen, wo love."
Wo bavo folt him near, for mauy a year,
When at eve we bent the kneo. That mercy's breatli, tbat glorious faith.
Dear Scvjour, camo from thee. When wo stood besido thc dyiug-bed.
And watched tbe loved ono go, In the darkening hour wo felt his power.
As it stilled tbo waves of woe.
And CtiU, as wo climbed tbe bills of time, . And the Innips of eartb grow dim; Wo aro hastening on from fuitb to sigbl.
Wo aro pressinj^ near to Ilim; And away from idols of earthly mold.
Enraptured we Raie nbove, And long to bo wbero bis arms enfold,
"Whom, not having seen, we love."
WE AEE ALL COTJSINS TOGETHEE.
The Cobb family weru at breakfast. "A litlle more grayy, if yon please," said Mra. Cobb.
As she raised Iter plate there was a lond single knock at the door, wbioh opened in¬ stantly, apparently of iUelf. ,
" Ho I it's Mr. Wiggin," said Mr. Cobb lo himself in a disappoinied tone, aa thoagh he bad expeded to see the Secretary of "War—or atleaat a contraband.
" Good moroing. Mr. "Wiggin," aaid he affa¬ bly lond.
"Yonr servant, Sir! Good morning I" retnmed the visitor, stamping the snow from his boots in the same emphatic manner that he spoke. He was so large a man that he seemed exaggerated, with hair that had once heen red, and whiskers that still were.
"Help yonraelf to a chair, Mr. "Wiggin," said Mra. Cobb, who had forgotten all ahont wanting gravy. Bat he preferred the comer of the wood box, where he sat with an old hat on hia head, and hia brawny handa alasped ahont one knee, as if fearing it might in ita en¬ ergy walk away of itself.
"I may as well be brief, and oome right to the point. I am a plain man, as yoa know neighbor Cobb, and when I have any thing to say, to speak out a ltttle—blunt, we'll say, withont the ceremony and palaver, that cer¬ tain ones of onr neighbors have—I won't call no names on this occasion, yon anderstand whom I mean well euoogh.'' Of coorso he meant Col. Dempater, to whom he waa opposed in everything, simply liecause it was hia na¬ tnre and life to ba opposed to somebody.— Having given the inevitable hit at the nrbane Colonel, he proceeded : "Hy bnsiueaa, and the reason why I called so early thia morning is to have eome talk wilh yon abont baying yonng critters. It is my pnrpoae and inten¬ tion to take a fair start lo-morrow morning for Vermont to look for some. I believe 1 am not mistaken in thinking yon want more stock, and therefore I called in to say, if yon want to join me in an expedition of this kind he ready lo step aboard of my oraft at precisely I half-paat five o'clock to-morrow morning. I am a man of few worda, what do yon aay^ neighbor Cobb, yes or no ?
l^elghbor Cobb took a few moments to con¬ sider, and then assenting his need of more' Btock, didn't knon' bnt he conid arrange to leave home to-morrow aa well as any time.
"Half-paat five o'clock precisely 1 I have told yon jost how it is; I want to get an early start," reiterated 3Ir. Wiggin, and releasing hts knee from durance, withoat the fashionable snperflaity of administering the oath allegi¬ ance, he followed it actively throngh the door¬ way.
At half-past live precisely, on the next moming, the mercury stood at a disoonraging distance helow zero, bnt Mr. "Wiggin's blue ptmgand grey horse drew np before Mr. Cobb's gate, witb all lha mora zest, for he had an especial relish for outgeneraling the weather, and never yielded hia plana a whit tor its rigor or inclemency.
The travelera were leagues away from their pig-sties and milk-pails when the sun came hack from China, and showed with wbat opals and diamonds the prodigal frost king had been decorating even the huml-lest wayside buah and tree; and befora nightfall they were near an old and ariatocratic town, where Mr. Cobb's consin, Mrs. Dootor Danvers' resided.
" "What do yon say to giving consin Danver's a oall ("said Mr. Cobb.
"I am agreed to that," returned Wr. "Wig¬ gin. 'But how is it, have your folks straw and provender enongh 7"
"Yes I I expect they are very fore-handed people, and Docior Danvers' is qnite a likely sort of a man, I shonid jndgo by what little I have seeo of him. They visited ns once, aome years ago, bnt ithas so happened we hava nev¬ er lettuned their oall."
After some inquiry as lo the way, the gray horse and bine pnng stopped in front ot Dr. Danvers' stately mansion, jnst as the sun started off back to China again.
" I'll mn and see if the folka are at home," said Mr. Cobb, wliile Mr. "Wiggin held in the gray horae with all hia might, shonting: ""Whoa, whirr 1 whoa, whirr I" whiob had the effeot of maWng him prance and rear, thus showing hia mettle to the paaaera-by.
A pert colored girl anawered the door-bell, with her head thrown back aa thoagh takiog an observation of the planetary system, and saying, " Doctor 'Danvers' ian't at bome, nor Missla either," was abont shntting the door in Mr. Cobb's face.
"¦Won't they he baok to-night f asked he, before she had time.
"'Speota Ukely they will," answered sbe indifferently.
" Then gneaa I wiu go in and wait till they oome. I suppose 1 am some oonnection of Mrs. Danvers," retnrned Mr. Cobb, beckoning with his hand to Mr. "Wlggm lo tie the spirited gray, aud follow him in.
Miss Geraldine ushered them into the par¬ lor somewhat againat her will, aa waa man¬ ifested hy slamming the door when sfae made her exit.
and drawtng'^n «mbroIdei«d ottoman (or his foet. "Tlioogk I won'ti siy, bat the old kitchen ud the old kitohen fire-plaoe at home, aoit my notions jost is wsll.
The dainty embnidery 'igreed with him in that, asthe snoir.begaa to melt froin his heavy boots, and tinge its delidate oolots with a dasb o( yellow oohre. ¦
Tery possibly Mrs. Danvars' thonght ao when she came in, bat she showed no annoy¬ anoe, welcoming her oonsin's bnaband witb graoefal esse.
Mr. Cobb made her acqnainted with an old neighbor of his, Mr. Wiggin; at least he taid he did and Mrs. Danvers' acknowledged it by bowing formally, with elegant dignity.
" A Very fine figure of a woman, and dress¬ ed oat like a poppet: but give me Polly with a olean oalioo gown aftar all 1" said Mr. Wig¬ gin to himself.
"Do yoa enjoy good health, Mra. Danvers!" asked Mr. Cobb, by way of opening oonversa¬ tion.
" Uanally not," replied the lady languidly. i' Indeed for a few days I have beenreally ill, and was trying to aleep when yoa rang."
" I understood the black girl that yon had gone away," aaid Mr. Cobb in astonishment. • She only meant that I was not athome to company," retamed Mrs. Danvers with com¬ posure.
"Chi Ao.'" soliloquized Mr. Wigginmafclng another mental comparison in favor of Folly and her boapitality.
" Do yon always keep belp!" inquired Mr. Cobb, atill bent on sociability.
" Certainly. We employ two servants, a colored and an Iriah girl, besides the Doctor's ofBce boy, who takes care of the horses."
At the word hortet Mr. Wiggin gianoed un¬ easily towarda the window, and Mr. Cobb said: " Then the Doctor has a barn t We've got a horse oht here that I expect thinks it is about foddering-time."
" I mistrust a little hay wonldn't taste bad to him," said Mr. Wiggm going towards, the door."
" I shall be obliged to ask yoa to tako yonr horsa to one of the hotels, as the Dootor has no extra stalls in hia bam," observed Mrs. Danvars in a eourleons tone, as thoagh she were'acoustomed to sagar-ooat her husband's pilla.
Mr. Wiggin strode off, shooked at what seemed like inbospitality to him ; Ae wonld have made a stable of his baat bed-room, if he had no other aooommodatlons, for the borse of a gueat, bnt ont of respect to Mr. Cobb ha made no sign of discomfiture, excep¬ ting by a sadden weakening of the muscles of his neok and eyelids, which wonld havebeen expressive enongh to his faithfnl Polly.
"When he retnrned with Mr, Cobb from caring for hia horse, Mrs. Danvers waa not in the parlor, and did not appear antil teatime, wbich seemed a tedious while ooming to men who had faced the nortb wind all day ; and, breakfasting at five in the moming, had eaten notbing but oold doughnuts and cheese since. The table, covered with elegant damask, was gliltering wilh silver aud out glass ; but alas t the slices of bread were so genteely thin that after taking four, Mr. Wiggin fonnd him¬ self with unabated appetite, yet ashamed to take another. A bit of jelly and a slice of frnit cake with tea from oups as delicate and not muoh larger thau a robin's egg—what was this to a man who could have devoured a qnart of baked beana, with pork to matoh, as yon and I would eat a sancer of strawbeiries ? Dr. Danvers must be exonsed before tea waa well over, for every minute was a dia¬ mond to him, and hia time waa so taken np that really he seldom had an hour to call his own, but thay would fiud Mrs. Danvers mnoh better company. So perhaps they might, it ahe had not left them to order more coal, and forgotten to return. Biddy came in with the coal-hod directly, (Geraldine was above such coarse work;) and Mr. Cobb, who was a man of friendly, aocial feelings, with a weakness for all who had come from beyond the sea, commenced converaation with her in this wise: " Uow long have yon been in the couutry !'' " And what ia it ye'll be after speakiu' abont thin to the likea of me ?" returned the girl, turning abont and spilling a quantity of coal on the carpet, Justin the oentre of a bunch of white roaes.
" I aay, how long is it sinoe you left Ire¬ land ?"
" Tin weeks, yer honor. And sure and it'a longer by that mnoh than I'm wishing it waa' Och I bnt it wonld be lack to me if it waa niver a day since 1 left the bleased ould coun¬ try, the holy Vargin forgive me for doing that same 1"
" Then yon don't like it as well here as yon did in Ireland f"
" Indade and it's the trnlh ye are speakiu' to be sure. I'd give more for one spair of grass thai gtew iu onld Ireland than for ivory tree in Ameriky. It's nothing bat hard work when I gets over hera, and plinty of it, hnt when it was at home tbat I was, I niver had to lift my little finger at anything, but lived jiat like a born leddy of the land, as Patriok O'Flannigan's daughter was, to be snre 1"
" Biddy 1 Biddy ! I shonid like to know who do yon think is doing your work in the kitchen while yoa are entertaining oompany in the parlor f said Geraldine, poking her blaok face throngh the door.
After thia Mr. Cobb and Mr.'Wiggin dozed before the fire, until the mnslcal clock on the mantel mentioned that it waa nine of night, when they ware aroused by Mrs. Danvers, who came in dreased for a party, and looking "as thongh she had been done np at a laun¬ dry," Mr. Wiggin told Folly.
1 hope yon are entertaining yourselves,'' said she. " The Dootor an^. I bave an en¬ gagement tbis eveniug, so I trost you will ex¬ cuse us, and maka yourselves oomfortable. If you wonld like to retire before we retnrn, Geraldine will show yon your room."
" I reckon theae ere folks would suit Col. Dempster's taste to a T, but give me good plain farmer living, and farmer manners," remarked Mr. Wiggm, as he blew out the gaa in his bedchamber.
I will not waste your time describing the atmoaphere in the houae, by the tima Geral¬ dine had discovered whioh gas-pipe was leak¬ ing, except to say with Mr. Wiggin that " it scented moat killingly."
We must try to get off as early as we can this moming, said he, sometime before cock- crowing in a hopeless tone. Bat not half hopeless enongh, being aconstomed aa be was to the thrifty hoosewifery of Miatreaa Polly.
It was qnite nine o'clock before breakfaat was served, and it consisted of wafies and omelets,
" If you ever oome our way, yon will always find the latcb-string ont, with me and my wife ready to relurn this favor, after our plain, poor homespun style, said Mr. Wiggin in his wbole-Bouled, hearty faahion, by way of taking leave. As he spoke, he leaned baok so heavily inthe light dining chair, that ita frail frame work gave audible expreaalon of diaaatisfac¬ tion "with ila hnge harden; and whan ha sprang snddenly np it fell hroken at his feet. " It they do come, they will find ohairs that wa'nt made merely to be looked at, and that are stont enongh tobear up a mosquito," said he in a monologue.
When be fonnd himself and Mr. Cobb fairly outside tbs door of Dootor Danvers, he gave a grunt of relief, saying:—" I don't never deaire to set foot among yoar fashionable gentry again, as long as my name is Nehemiah Wig¬ gin 1 Ihad rather for the pleasure of itbe put to breaking stones on the highway. Now that's ao I And I'll tell yoa one thing more, theflrst tavern wa come to, after leaving this famiiisplabe, I shall stop and take a bite of aometbing or other to stay my stomaoh."
Yoa wonldliiTe Uionght BO tohave aeen him
the' time ofT-the, plsfue of loooata li^ .E^ypt, antil he had made ample amendments for alj past omission.
It wits snowing when tbey lea the hotel, and snowed thicker aud fasler as the day Wore away, hnt the travelers kept on going Idther and thither, as they beard of farmer Dobson's fat two-year old, and farmer somebody else's likely yearlings.
"I've a proposition to mako to yon," said Mr. Wiggin, as day-light began to fail. "I want to make np at my oonsbi's to-night, neighbor Cobb f
Neighbor Cobb didn't know as he had any objeotlon, but preferred to leave the matter altogether with him.
"Then it is aettled in a few words. We will go," returned Mr. Wiggin. "I don't know exactly for positive where Consin Otis lives, bnt it's somewhere among tbese ere hills; and one thing I am oertain abont, we shan't be bothered with any of that 'are nasty smelling staff for to light ap ths rooms with, and there won't be more oloth and silver wara on tha table than is needed, I'll warrant yon that. Cousin Otis' folks an't none of yonr stuck no gentry, or I am mistak.)n, thongh I han't seen none of them these twenty years
The ohaae for oonsin Otis' house was a long and treacherous one; bat after losing the way several timea, buffeting a fleroa north eaater till far into the evening, they oame in sight ofa dim light, which was supposed to sbow tha haven they sought.
" Mr. Wiggin jumped from the sleigh, and, groping hia way to the door, rapped loudly with his whip-stock. This call was anawered directly by a woman and two large doga. The man of few words was not long in making himaelf known. "Moat obedient, ma'm I— Does Otia Wiggin live hare i It ao, his ooasin Nehemiah has oome to sea him from Masas- chuaetta, and I am tha mau."
Before he had finiahed speaking, the joy of the welcome began. "Snre enongh Otis 1 It's your cousin Nehemiah oome from the old Bay State in this storm a pnrpoae to see ns; only thiuk on't."
Otis had already retired for the night, bat his bed room aud kitcheu being one, he did not wait to dresa before joining his weloome with his wife's. " Well now I navar did 1 This is better thau a gold diamond, am't it, Hepsey J Who'd a believed it I Clean from tha old Bay State. We han't had snch a treat as a oousin to sae na thesa ten-years, have we, Hepsey! Kven Mr. Wiggin with all his power of luug, waa overpowered for a while, but he took advantage of the firat lull to say he had a friend in the sleigh at the door.
This intelligenoe inoreased the delight— "Thinkof that, Otis 1 ./^niX/ier cousin oome to see ns I Two on 'em In one night I Hers, wake np, children, we've got consins from abroad ooma to sea us."
While Irnndle-beds and bunks gave np an incredible nnmber of while-headed, barefoot oocupanta, oouain Otis waa at the sleigh wel¬ coming Mr. Cobb. "Walk right inl walk right in 1 don't stop to knook off tho snow ; I am powerful glad to see yon, and so is Hep¬ sey.''
" So I he, and proud to know you took the pains to come and see poor folks like ua," said Hepaey, coming forward with a coarse shabby dreas hanging in disorder abont her gaunt form, and not a bit ot polish in her manner; yet with snoh cordiality and warmth of beart lighting up her hard, careworn faoe that she seemed almoat comely to the weary travelera.
The poor room too, with its uneven fioor and scanty furniture, looked cheerful and attrac¬ tive, as the biggest hoy raked open the coals in the great stone fire-plaoe, and heaped ou wood, which sprang into fiames, and sparkled and roared np the blackened obimney.
Cousin Otia put tha horae in hia oow ahed, tnming the oow in for a night's lodging with the pig; tipped np the aleigh to protect it from the suow, ahd brought iu lha buffaloes to dry by the flre.
He is a cousin too, is'nt he ? said Hepsey, looking at Mr. Cobb, as she proceeded to atir up a johnny cake for their supper*
" Not a couain exactly, bnt a nigh neighbor of mine, and a most excellent one, I can assure yon 1" replied Mr. Wiggin.
" I thonght we were all cousins together, but he's just as welcome, I'm snre; and it is all the kinder iu him to come out of the way lo see poor folks like ns, tbat an't no blood relation to him," replied Hepaey, pntting the cake befora tha fire lo bake, in a spider.
Wben done it was served with milk, and eaten wilh relish; while cousin Otis and his admiring family looked on, cunsidering every mouthful eaten as an especial favor and a compliment to themselves.
When the meal waa over, with ready lb lughtfnlneas, Hep.^y reckoned they muat be tired, and wouldn't leel like visiting any more that uight. "lam going to have yon tom into onr bed," said ahe hoapitally. "We oan get along well enough lo camp among the children. It would be kinder handy to have anolher room, butl hope yon will pnt up wilh it, aeeing as we are all conaina together, as it were."
Weariness of body and a clear conscience bronght untroubled sleep to gaests and hosts, although a wild atorm of wind and snow howled at the broken windows, and down tho wide chimney, until, at the proper time, moming oame, bringiug with it fair weather, and a baeakfast of potatoes roasted in the aah¬ es, and garnished with salt.
In honor of the visitors, the rickety lable was covered with a sheet, takeu from the bed; and Hepsy ate her breakfast with a large butcher's knife aud unalloyed satisfaction.
" I want you to grant me the favor and pri¬ vilege of giving my name lo this ere little chap of youm,if he ian't already provided with one,' aaid Mr. Wiggin, who had been pondering on some delicate method of recompensing hia en¬ tertainers.
" It's a Aer replied Hepaey, looking at the scrawny moulhling witb affectionate pride," " and we laid onl lo oall her Hepsey after ma, bnl it don't maka no odds, we had jnst as lief save it for the next one."
"Call her Polly, then, after my wife; and you couldn't name her after a belter woman, though I say it, and here's a liitie present for her from me and tnj Polly."
Mr. Wiggin threw a goldeo half-eagle in the lap of her mother, as he spoke, which brought the ohildren swarming abont her, like flie° arouud a oup ofmolasses. " Now what is it, marm I" "Let me see it!" " Yon get away and let me look 1" " Oh 1 'lant nolhin', only a yeller oent 1" " It's the yeller gold and it'a worth more than forly cents, I reckon," said the luolher in her superior wiadom, pntting it earafnlly away in a broken cup on the top sbelf of the dresser.
When the travelera left, cousin Otis went along with tbe " fire-slice," to help them through the drifts, antil they reaohed the main road ; then giving encouragement that if he oould get Mr. Gibson's ~ old mare and wagon, he wonld visit them after berry time, with Hepaey and the ohildren, he took a friendly farewell, and retarned to his home and its joys.
"Well, neighbor Cobb," said Mr. Wiggin, after plunging Ihrongh the drifted snow for a while in silence, " I don't know how il may he with yoo, or what yonr thoughts may be, hut my mind and opinion ia, tbat for trae, hearty, friendly; tborongh hospitalily and cordiality, give me tbe poor ratber than the rich iu this world's goods r'
After anotber panse, and another drift oon¬ quered, he continued: " But, however, and furthermore, I have been thinking, if yoa are agreed we will put up at the tavern daring "'the remainder of our tour, and not " ooiiBln" [ any more.
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