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A TEOVSABD YE&B8.
BT BATABD TATLOE..
A thousand years! through storm and fire,
With Tarying fate, the work has grown, TiU Alexander crowns the spire
Where Kurilc iMii the corner stone. The chieftain's sword, that could not rust,
But bright in constant battle grew, Raised to the world a Ihrone august,
A nation grander than he knew.
Nor he alone: but thoae who have
Through faith or deed, an equal part—
The subtle brain of Yaroslav, Vladimir's arm, and Nikon's heart:
The latter hands tfaat built so well The work sublime which these began.
And up from base to pinnacle Wrought out the empire's mighty plan.
All these, to-day, are crowned anew, And rule, in splendc^, where lhey Irod,
While KuBSia's children throng to view Her holy cradle, Novgorod.
From Volga's banks, from Dwina^s side. From pine-clad Ural, dark and long;
Or where the foaming Terek's tide Leaps down from Kasbek, bright with song!
From -Altai's chain of mountain cones, Mongolian deserts, far and free,
And lands that bind, through changing zones. The Eastern and the Western sea.
To every race she gives a home, And creeds and laws enjoy her shade ;
Till, far beyond the dreams of Uome, Her Ciesar's mand.ate is obeyed.
She blends the virtues they impart, And holds, within her life combined.
The patient faith of Asia's heart, The force of Europe's restless mind.
She binds thc nomad's w.tndering ceaae;
Sbe binds the wild marauder f:ist. Her plowshares tum to homes of peace
The battle-field of ages pa-St.
And, nobler far, sho dares to know Her future's task—nor knows in vain.
But strikes at once the generous blow ¦ That makes her millions men again *
So, firmer-based, heri^wer expands. Nor yet has seen its crowding h lur,
Still teaching lo the struggling hands That Peace the offspring is of Power.
Build up the storied bronse, to tell The steps whereby this height she trod—
The thousand years that chronicle The toil of JIan, Ihe help of God!
And may the thousand years to come— The future ages, wise and free—
Still see ber flag, and hear her drum Across tbe world, from sea to soa !—
Still find, a symbol stern and grand, '
Her ancient eagle's strength unshorn,
Ono head to watch the wesiern land. And one to guard the land of morn ! NovooEOD, R08SIA, Sept. 20 18G2.
THE   PINK SILK.
" I don't think it will be possible for us to finish it by that time, Miss Flint, we are so much hurried jiist now."
" Bnt I must have it to we-tr to-morrow evening; if you send it home by five o'clock it will answer, but it is really im¬ possible for rae to do without it."
Mrs. Cutler, the dressmaker, thus ap¬ pealed to, was a delicate- looking woman of abont forty, with a tired and care-worn faoe. She might have thongbt that ofthe half-dozen evening dresses she had made for Miss Flint that season, one might have been selected; and the necessity of finish¬ ing another was not bo very urgent; but of course she said nothing to that effect; after hesitating a moment she left the room renlSrfcing, " I will let you know directly. Miss Flint."
Entering a small back room where some ten or twelve girls were sewing, and where silks, cambrics, ribbon and luce.s, nnd un¬ finished dresses in all stages of progress were lying about in seemingly inextricable confusion, Mrs. Cutler inquired in an an¬ xious tone, " will any of you nndertake to finish Miss Flint's pink silk by five o'clock to-morrow afternoon ? I know how busy you all are, but she thinks she must have it."
"No, indeed 1" exclaimed Snsan Jones in a sharp irritated tono, " it's out of the qnestion. We've got twice as much pro¬ mised now as we can do without sitting up till daylight to morrow morning. I won't take a stitch on it for one."
Susan Jones, knowing that her capacity for accomplishing twice as much work as any other girl in tho shop rendered her invaluable to her employer, often gave her tongue great liberties. Mrs. Cutler looked distressed, and a, deeper shadow gathered on her care-worn faoe.
" Miss Flint is very anxious about it," she said, " and as she is one of my best oustomers I do not like to disappoint her. I know you have been   overworked the
laat fortnight, butif it could be done "
" I'llio it, Mrs. Cutler," interrnpted a cheery voiee from the opposite side of the room. " I can take it home and fin¬ ish it to-morrow forenoon, and leave it at Miss Flint's as I go over to Uncle Tom's." " Can you ? are you sure you can, Kit¬ ty ?" said Mis. Cutler with a relieved look.
" Oh, yes, ma'am, quite sure. I shall finish this basque by nine o'clock to-night, and I shan't mind sitting up till twelve, and then there's all to-morrow forenoon. Yes, I can do it."
There was something indescribably an¬ imating in the lively tones of Kitty Rey¬ nolds' voice, like tho bright ray of sun¬ light Btreaming into the room on a cloudy day. Mrs. Cutler felt ita influence, and giving a grateful look at the round, rosy &oe of the speaker, she went to tell Miss Flint her dress should be ready at the time.
No sooner had the door closed than a
iBant,-:!f:to:gq tp.«ewniypiWueyes; out for thttt old hard.beattedicritter; ^ :She hain't no more feeling' -Ami -1 grindstone, and thinfcB'weare jeSt made td bo her nigger sl&yea "ani] work dur hands off for her.—- She's got fifty dresses .she could wear just.aswell,«sthat( Well, I know one thing, I ainft a going to set up all night and work my fingers to the bone for any¬ body; if you're a mind to, Kitty Key- holds, ypn may, and precious little thanks you'll ever get for it, I can tell you that." " I am not doing it for Miss FUnt, but for Mrs. Cutler," said Kitty meekly, for like the rest she stood in no little awe of Susan's tongue.
"She ? I don't mind her coaxin', notl. I'm always willin' to do a good day's work and whatever is rightaud fiiir, but I won't be trod under foot by nobody. I've got myself to take care of, and I mean to do it, and if Miss Cutler or anybody else ain't satisfied, they may send me off any minute, bnt I won't be imposed upon by her—^you may, if you're a mind to, and I hope you'll enjoy it; that's all I've got to say about it."
Poor Kitty! She did not enjoy working extra hours more than other girls, and had her own inward trials to bear in ad¬ dition, so the fault-finding was the drop too much, and brought a large tear into each of her large blue eyes. To-morrow was Thanksgiving-day, that bright, joyful festival toward which her heart had been turning for many a week, as the one bright spot of all the year. Few enough holi¬ days tho poor girl bad, and when one did come she enjoyed it with all her heart and soul, [for nobody liked fun aud frolic bet¬ ter tban Kitty Eeynolds; and to have this cherished one curtailed was not any more to her taste than to Susan Jones'.— Besides she bad expected to finish her hew bluo merino to wear to Uncle Tom's, and as a host of uncles and cousins were to be there it was of course important to look as pretty as she could, and the little gipsey knew as well as anybody that the soft tint of blue, with the bit of laee edg¬ ing round the neck, would set off her fair complexion to advantage.
Few persons came in contact with Kitty Beynolds without being the happier for it. She always managed to throw her heart into everything she did; ao when she.setlled into the hard straight-backed chaire by the little window in Mrs. Cut¬ ler's sitting-room, a plaee where tempers and nerves were by no means alw.iys ami- ablt or placid, she rendered her mistress not only eye and hand-service, but con¬ trived to do something to make every¬ body within her reach more comfortable and happy. A quaint old writer has said; " Life consists of two heaps, one of sorrow and one of happiness, and whoever carries the very smallest atom from one heap to the other doeth God a service." Many and many an atom had Kitty Rey¬ nolds oarried, each one but a very little atom, to be sure, yet making life a little' brighter and sweeter to somebody, aud in the aggregate, making the pile a good deal larger.
So to-day when Susan Jones' sharp voice mng in her ear, and a tempting vision of the blue merino flitted before her eye, she whispered to herself, " But dear Mrs. Cutler will feel better, and the dress isn't of mueh oonsequence after all; tho old plaid isn't so very bad." And every shadow of annoyance had passed from her sunny face before Mrs. Cutler returned to her seat.
Susan Jones' disturbances wasn't so easily allayed. " I hate the very sight of that Miss Flint," she remarked to the girl who sat nearest, in an audible under¬ tone. " She's always flourishing in with her flounces a shakin' and rustlin', think- in' there's nobody quite so grand as she; but sho don't ever look the least bit like a lady for all that; a real born lady lots her clothes alone, and don't deep 'em jig- gerin' round after that fashion. She don't want this new gown now more than a cart wants five wheels, but I a'pose she's goin' to that thanl:sgivin' ball and must rig up in short sleeves and low neck like a girl of sixteen; and she's thirty-five to-day, every bit of it; and her old neck's as wrinkled and scraggy as a piece of dried rennet; it's perfectly ridiculous ! How¬ ever if people are a mind to kill them¬ selves workin' for her, it's no concern of mine," and she gave an energetic shake of the rich, lustrous folds of a watered silk to which she had just put the finish¬ ing touch.
This ebullition of Susan's wrath pro¬ duced a general grin ; even Mrs. Cutler's sad features relaxed into a smile; for, talk as Susan might, she well knew no employer- ever had a more faithful ser¬ vant, and that her bite was never so bad as her bark; nay, at that very moment, she would probably have rendered Miss Flint herself a kindness bad it been ncc- ces.'sary.
Between nine and ten Kitty Reynolds left thc sbop, taking with her the pink silk dress to be finishid at home. Lightly she tripped along over thc frozen gronnd, occasionally looking up to the stars, whose thousands of bright eyes were gazing at hers, and thongh there was a still linger¬ ing frost in the air, it did not chill the warm current in her veins; bo indeed ! it only pinched her cheeks iuto a deeper red and made her bright eyes sparkle twice as much aa beforo. ^
"Oh, I do like so much these cold, clear nights," she said,in reply to her aunt Jeru- sha's lamentations,with a pretty toss ofher head, and a joyous, little laugh, making her appear as lively as a lark. "And, Aunt Jerusha, I have got to sit up late aud sew to-night; so you must go to bed and leave me."
As Kitty expected, Aunt Jerusha be. gan a furious tirade against the selfishness of women in general, and Mrs. Cutler in partieuiar; which she cut short by open¬ ing her bundle and saying :	
"Do you see what a beautifnl shade of pink this silk is, .Won't it make a lovely dress ? And-it is to be trimmed with this broad, blacE lace, put on so," aind she laid the 'delitiate trimming in graceful lines aorosa the waist and sleeves. "Oh, auntie, won't it look nice when it is fin¬ ished ?";     ,-. ¦: .,_¦;./;
A kind of a gnmt was the' response, to
are you going to wear- youraelf to.morrow, I should like to know?"
She answered cheerily, " Oh, my plaid cashmeri, the black and red, yon know."
Aunt Jerusha was never noted for con¬ sistency, and finding a new- cause for vex¬ ation, she exclaimed, "What, that old thingi"
" Oh, it looks quite nicely since I turn¬ ed it and let it down; and I shall wear my black basque with it, and Uncle Tom always liked to see me in that, you know."
" I declare that it is a shame and a dis¬ grace that yon can't have time to make a gown, now you've got one. The Grays ara all coming there to-morrow, and I sh»uld like to have you put on something decent for if ever I want you to wear good clothes it is on Thanksgiving "day."
A sly smile crept over Kitty's faee for nobody had so opposed her buying the new merino as Aunt Jerusha, and she had seen Kitty one night go drowned inteaiB to her bed by a lecture on the extravagance and vanity of young girls in these days, and the ruin they were sure to come to, found¬ ed on that very purchase, and when she ended her present dolorous remarks by say¬ ing, " In that old plaid you'll look just like a scarecrow," Kitty could only an¬ swer, " Oh, I hope not, auntie." And any one who had looked on the trim liltle figure, the danoing blue eyes, and the peachlike bloom on the cheek of the young maiden, as she drew up the little table and placed the lamp on it, would have been sadly puzzled to imagine how in any costume sho could possibly resem¬ ble the objeet indicated. Aunt Jerusha at length took off her frisette, assumed a most peculiar night cap, wrapped it around with flannels, and after swallowing a large draught of herb toa, disappeared within the little bed-room olose by; with her last breath enjoining it on Kitty, "not to set the houae afire, for nobody knows what would become of us if we were burnt ont of house and home such a nigh t as   this."
Btorm of indignation   burst on Kitly's  which was appended a ^disooure^-on the
head.' " I declare if yon un't a naturjj BMh fool," exolaimed Susan Jonea, whose gnianiar^«Dd-proBnaiBation'aiwaji b*-
yamties of ffiWlife,-inost'^bT:wMch e^ jied KU^," wtoliad-h&d'toqLmariy tpTbe
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She has gone, and Kitty is alone with her own thoughts. What can those thoughts be ? What is it that dyes her cheeks with a deeper red, and gives that flushed, animated expression to her whole faoe ? The Grays are coming, but is that very strange or exciting news 1 Mrs. Gray is uncle Tom's only sister, and what more natural than that she and her husband should come to keep Thanksgiving with him ? Is Howard Gray coming too ? He is their only unmarried son, and will not be very likely to stay and eat a solitary dinner at home that day, but is that any reason why Kitty's silly heart should beat twice as fast as usual, or her little fingers tremble so they can hardly guide her needle''
No, it wasn't; and we are ashamed of her and ashamed to tell, only we must speak the truth, how she thre'w Miss Flint's pink silk waist down into her lap, and wished, while tears stood in her eyes, that no such thing as pink silk had ever been made, and then she could have fin¬ ished her blue merino, and Howard would have seen it, and how becoming it was, with the lace edging round the neck. It was all very nanghty in her, and we have represented Kitty as a good and gentle maiden, and so she was in the main; and therefore her fit of petulence soon passed off, and she took np the pink silk waist, and began sewing away more steadily than ever. But somehow her thread would get knotted, and her needles break, the pins whioh held the gathering strings fall out, so that when the clock struck twelve, the pink silk was very far from being fin¬ iahed. But Kitty could no no more that night, though she said with a long sigh, as she folded up the dress, that she should havo to sew every minute till one o'clock the next day; and the fearful idea came over her—what if she shouldn't be able to go to Unole Tom's to dinner, after all ! It was too terrible to dwell upon, so Kitty judiciously turned her thoughts upon Howard Gray and the probabilities of his arrival.
Long before  sunrise   Kitty Reynolds dressed hersolf, came softly down  stairs, built a fire noiselessly, and sat down   to the pink silk dress.    She  was  now   the same bright,  lively Kitty   as usual, for sleep had quieted her nerves, and brought kindlier feelings to her heart; and though she could have wished there was no shop- work to be finished, still she was willing to do her part  in the great work of life, and do it cheerily;   nay, more, she  was glad if,   by practicing some  self-denial, she could relieve kind Mrs. Cutler of one perplexity.    "I  am   doing   right," she said to herself as she stitched away, and this assurance brought a feeling of sweet contentment into her soul.    Doing right. When Aunt Jerusha emerged from the littlo bedroom, with a smoother brow than usual—for if ever the sinews of her tem¬ per, so to speak, relaxed, and she becamo really amiable, it was   on  Thanksgiving day, when she dressed herself in her best black silk and smartest cap and dined   at Unole Tom's—she found   the  tea-kettle boiling, the tablo set with  the best oups and saucers, and the whole  room  filled with appetizing odors.    How-could itbe otherwise, when  on the stove   stood thc shining coffee-pot,   winking and hissing and sending upward a column of fragrant incense, and close beside it a sauce-pan, of equal brightness, in which  dainty lit¬ tle oysters were healing themselves up in honor of the day,  while   the whitest of rolls had just been taken  from the oven, bearing testimony by  their puffy cheeks and delicato brown hue to the skill of the neat-handed Philis, who  tripped   about from the pantry to the ovon and from,the oven to the table as gleefully as if  she had no other mission  on earth   than  to prepare  that very Thanksgiving break¬ fast.
"Well, now, this is real clever. I ex¬ pected to have to get breakfast, and my joints are all of a twinge this cold mom¬ ing."
"The hot ooffee will warm yon np, anntie, and I won't pour out the oysters till yon aro all ready, so they'll be piping hot, too, and I have had suoh good luck with my biscuit; don't they look nice! Almost as nioe aa yonrs," she added with a tact worthy of a court diplomatist.
So they sat down; the nervous, lonely woman, and light-hearted, happy muden, to their ThankEgiying breakfast; and K Howard Gny luul happened in, aiid seeQ, ihow neat Mi4 pnUyvKt^.looktdJii btK
the same, he^ woiil^'it'! hayo; tared ^ a. % 'whether the blae merino 'waa erer made or not. Bat theday irhieh' dawned so bnghtiy was not to end withontits olonds. After breaKEut, Kitty, t^g On a snow white, oprpn, sat dpwn tp aew by the south wiudow, while. Aunt Jemsha looked after the breakfast thinga. How ahe con¬ trived while doing this to lipset a kettle of scalding water over both her feet was never exactly known, but that she had done it was made evident to Kitty by a series of piercing shrieks whioh. almost frightened her out of ber senses. Too much alarined to judge accurately of the extent ofthe injury done, she could only place her aunt in a ohair, remove the wet garments, and then run into the nearest neighbor's (Susan Jones' mother's) and beg some one might go at once for the doctor.
Nobody could be prompter or more ef¬ ficient in a case like this than Susau Jones, or kinder either; though she did say two hours after when, when it was ascertain¬ ed that no Bcrious injury was done, "No¬ body but just Aunt Rushy would ever have thonght of upsetting a teakettle on Thanksgiving day; it was just like her, and she really believed it was done on purpose to keep Kitty from having any fun." Poor Aunt Jerusha was by no means guilty of any such deep laid plot, though it must be confessed she thought a good deal more of her own pain and de¬ privations than of Kitty's disappointment. It was not till the doctor had paid his visit, assuring them that in a few days all would be well again, and the liniment he had prescribed had been applied, and the suffering members elevated to a stuffed seat resembling a modern ottoman, on which had been wrought in tho days of Aunt Jerusha'a youth a worsted cat of most remarkable form and color, that Kit¬ ty had time to think of heiself and the destruction of her plans. But when she was onee more seated at the window, sew¬ ing, it came over her; she oould not go to Uncle Tom's to dinner, nor even in the evening, nor—nor see Mr. and Mrs. Gray, nor haye any enjoyment on that holiday so wistfully looked forward to- To a girl of eighteen this was no small disappoint¬ ment, and more than once as she bent over her work she was forced to wipe away the tears whioh would come in spite of every effort to keep them baek.
It was a long dreary afternoon. Aunt Jerusha's fretfuiness having of course re¬ ceived an accession in this new state of things, she kept up an irritating style of oonversation, assuming tbat somebody (and that somebody it was plainly to be inferred was Kitty,) was to blame for it; that she should not walk another step all winter, nor probably during life; that having nobody to take care of her she should suffer from neglect; and other en¬ couraging and consolatory views, whieh Kitty listentened to in silence, knowing that any attempt to show their fallacy would only give rise to fresh grievances and accusation].
Susan Jones had promised to let Uncle Tom know what had happened, and to carry home the pink silk dress ; nay, more, she had offered to help Kitty finish it, "though they were dreadful busy, for Jane Ann and all her children, and Joel and his three are all coming over;" but Kitty assured her she could finish it with perfect eaae, as she waa not going away to dine.
And so she did.   The last stitch  was taken, and the dress carefully folded be¬ fore   two   o'olock—^just   the hour   they would be sitting dowu to dinner at Unele Tom's.   How  beautiful  nice  the   long table would look, and how full of jokes Unole Tom irould be as he carved   the turkey,   and how   merrily ¦ they  would laugh at them, and nobody would miss her in the least; and again the mighty tears mould come.   Thay were quickly wiped away, for Willie Jones came injust then, bringing some oftbeir turkey,and chicken pie and plum-pudding, all hot and nice, enough for four people   at   the   least.— Kitty's heart was grateful for the kindness, but she felt as if each mouthful would inevitably choke her.    Aunt Jerusha was more disposed to do justice to them, and for her sake Kitty flew abont, setting the table, and talking and laughing to keep the pain down in her heart where nobody could see it.   Yes, Kitty was  a brave, good girl, trying to do right with an un¬ selfish heart and cheerful spirit, and she blamed her.self for not succeding better. The afternoon was fading into twilight, and Kitty was thinking of the long and lonely evening, when she heard a step and voiee that sent   a thrill   through every nerve; and in  a moment  more Howard Gray and his mother were in  the  room, eagerly shaking hands and asking ques¬ tions.    After ascertaining the condition of  the   invalid, Mrs.  Gray exclaimed, " They can't possibly get along  without you, Kitty; Uncle Tom says it's   out of the question, and that   they've  all been mopy and good for nothing just because yon couldn't come; ao  they've  sent me over here to do the nnrsing, while you go baok with  Howard;—not   very  compli¬ mentary to me, but at my age one  gets used to being second best.   I'm a oapital nurse," she said, turning to  Aunt Jeru¬ sha, " and know a great deal better what to do for you than   a  foolish young girl like Kitty; so you must let her go baok with Howard, and I will stay with you." Kitty's foolish heart was all in  a flut¬ ter of delight while she heard her aunt consent, and went to array herself in tho plaid cashmere   and   the  blaok basque, which fitted so well to her tidy figure, and with the little collar and the pretty pink bow, which in spite of trembling fingers, she "managed to fasten at the neek, were BO becoming, that when   she came down blushing like any rose, wc are almost cer¬ tain that Howard Gray vras of theopinion she oouldn't have looked ^o well in any¬ thing else;   and if you had been there, very likely you would have thought   the same.
We need not say that the walk over in the oold, crispy air was twice as charming from its being unexpected, (and if it was prolonged epnsiderably beyond the time actually reqmred to go by the nearest way from Aunt Jerusha's to-Uncle Tom's what ooneera ia it of onrs ?) or that the entrance into Uncle Tom'a large, oldfashioned par- lorjjlightedtip by a blaiing fire npon the he«^i «^4 fifled jyithiM^ i*ffl^*^iiwj^(Ws4with^
" ooasin ^ittj" the easiest wehjome,'and' donhiy: inspiriting and jpyons for the longi dreary mprning, spent at hpme, and that the romps and irolita of the ohildren, .the story-teiling. song-singing, and noisy jjay-i ing of all-kinds of odd and merry games in which old and 3roang?jii\rtiaipated, with eqnal heartiness, was tenftidi more excit-; ing and enchanting to Kitty for' her pre¬ vioua disappointment; of course itwas, and this must have made her eyes so very bril¬ liant and the cofor in her cheek so rich; and variable the whole evening through; though what oould make her avert those eyes so shyly from Howard's penetrating glance, and tremble so when at a late bour he drew her arm tbrough his to begin their homeward walk, we cannot possible ima¬ gine.
We shall never know what they, talked about as they walked back, (perhaps the stars could tell, for they kept sparkling and twinkling and 'winking their bright eyes at one another as if they understood all about it perfectly,) or while thoy were standing in the little gateway, full fifteen minntes, without the least idea how late it was, or how many degrees below zero the mercury had fallen, or how dreadful tired and sleepy Mrs. Gray was getting— the thoughtless children ! We only know that Aunt Jerusha was spund aaleep seve¬ ral hour a before, and that Kitty was not sound asleep for several hours to come.
Yes, one thing more we know—that when Thanksgiving day came around again, cold, clear, and joy inspiring as ev- er,there were certain variations in the mode of observing it at Uncle Tom's. At eve¬ ning nearly the same guests wero assem¬ bled in the same hospitable parlor, but among them was a pretty blushing bride, who, under Aunt Jerusha's quiet roof a few hours before, had pledged herself to make a true and loving wife to a tall man¬ ly youth beside her; and who will meet the trials of married lifo with the same sunny and loving spirit with which she finished the pink silk dress; thns still car¬ rying from day to day little atoms from the pile of sorrow to the pile of happiness thereby doing God perpetual and welcomo servioe. Let your benediction, gentle reader, rest upon the youthful pair !
HEBOES.
Mother Earlh \ are the Heroes dead ?
Do they thrill tho heart of the years no more ?
Are the gleaming snows and the poppies red
All that is left of the brave of yore ?
Are there none to fight as Theseus ought.
Far in the young world's misty dawn ?
Or to teach as the mild-eyed Neater taught—
Mother Earth! are the Heroes gone ?
Gone ? In a grander form they rise— Dead? We can clasp their hands in ours— And light our palh by their ahining eyes. And wreathe their brows wilh immortal flowers Wherever a noble deed is done, * Tis thc pulso of a Hero's heart is stirred; Wherever right has a triumph won, Tfaere are the Heroes voices heard.
Their armor rings on a nobler field
Than the Greek and the Trojan fiercely trod.
For Freedom's sword is the blade they weild,
And the light nbove is the smile of God,
So, in his isle on calm delight,
Jason moy sleep the years away.
For the Heroes live and the sky is bright,
And the world is a bravo'world to-day."
nnselflsh little children, that would giye opiartoy o^a game for.anttther."-
"Verygood,'.? aaii^.Christmas, with a nod. ' " I'll'see tiiai'all their namea are down, and that Santa Claus givea them a call.;'    ,.
~ 'Then, there;came a great, big. hickory bish.
" Here are the names of all the naugh¬ ty ohildren," said he. "The cbildren that wouldn't be quiet when any hody was sick; that quarreled 'with their broth¬ ers and sisters; that didn't mind; that told lies; that were cross and selfish."
" "Very good," said Christmas. "I'll be snre that their,.names are down; and I'll see that'a gdod, big bundle of sticks is cut for them."
"Ihope my name isn't down there," thought Meeta; but just tben came her grandmotber.
" Here is," commenced the old lady; but just then she saw Meeta. " Bless me 1" cried the old lady, vigorously mb- bing her spectacles.
" Why,' here's that naughty child, I declare; you good-for-nothing little Minx!"
With that the old lady rushed at Meeta; tbe hickory bush came after her ; Meeta ran, and they ran after her round and round the cave, Meeta _ dodging ¦ behind the pillars, mnning under her grand¬ mother's cane, and through the hickory bush, till Merry Christmas, getting excited) jumped up to join in the race, and shut up the book with suoh a bang, that Meeta waked up, and sitting up in her bed, found that it waa daylight, and time for her to get up.
one which death was intended to convey, of infinite gain.
Not "only the empty oage, when onr singingrbirds have fiown—not only tbe dreary tomb where we haye lain onr dead away—were they not heartbroken mourn¬ ers who, bending down' to the aepuleher's edge, saw the grayetclothes cast aaide, and angels watching where he had reated ?
EXECDTOK'S NOTICE.
Estate of Uercy Srown, lata of Coleralne
Townahip, deceased.
LETTERS testamentary on said estate bftvlng bean gnutted to tbe anderalgaed, aU per- ¦ooe Indebted theieto nre reqaeeted to make Immodlate payment, ud thoso bavlng dtlmeor demudsngalnst tho enmo win presentthem wlthoat delay for sottlo- ment to tho aaderslgned, residing la said towoshlp. EHUOB BUEPIiXr, deo S-et.J Exeontor.
The   Open "Window.
Little Chariie is dead!"
I repeated the words very sadly, and though no audible voice from the tree-top above me had spoken tbem, I glanced up¬ ward to the windows, which for fourteen days had been wholly darkened; shutters and curtains were 'withdrawn at last, and the fresh breeze and golden light drifted freely in.
I knew that on thc couch where Charlie had tossed and moaned, parched with fever and smitten with grievous pain, there lay only an altered, stiffening shape which we had loved and pitied as " our Charlie;" but the real being whose gay young life made beauty all around it, was not there. ¦One wiser and more pitying than oursel¬ ves had called the little boy, and in the night he had risen, saying, " Thy servant heareth," and gone outward to walk with the Lord
It was an exquisite morning in carly. autumn. Not a cloud vailed the intense blue of the .sky, luminious with depths of sunshine; and beneath every tree scarlet and purple shadows played, 'while the wind, swaying their branches, seemed to call up tender memories from each warm, sturdy heart. "Dead !" I echoed the word as, lingering by the half-open gate, I hesitated to enter it. In this glad day overflowing with brilliancy, what room was there for so dark a syllable ?
Charlie was the ohild of a neighbor, a beautiful and winning little spirit as ever sojourned iu human clay. Full of rest¬ less precocious life, the light links of ex¬ istence were fretted away by tho ceaseless strain and jar of the imprisoned soul. AV"e knew that he must leave us, but forgetful of previous warning the death of my fa¬ vorite came to me with the sharp pang of an unheralded woe. Regaining with an effort a degree of composure, I entered the house of mourning. The hush which severe sickness imposes, the shadow of a mystery yet to be revealed, which envelop a dwelling so consecrated, were exchanged for the dread certainty of helpless grief. Charlie was dead !
How many times during the past fort¬ night had I entered that room, whose re¬ pressed sights and sounds wero sadly familiar? With what painful foreboding had I lingered in its gloom, which typi¬ fied too well the cherishedh^opes that here perished ? As t crossed its threshold I half expected to hear the stifled moan of the sick and weary child; but he breath¬ ed an air which no sickness poisons, and the body was at rest for ever. What ohange had a few hours wrought in this apartment! The soft, rich air of the In¬ dian summer stole through windows no longer guarded, and the sunshine stretch¬ ed ils golden beams upon the floor and walls—further it slanted aoross the pure linen that was folded above the sleeper, and to thc delicate features and snnny hair gave somewhat of the glad vitality of life. Every leaf fluttering, every bird- note, every whisper of tho wide world without, spoke of rcgoicing. " I shall go to him," said my heart responsively, and I could almost weep tears of gladness that thc gift of immortal youlh w.is so early granted to Charlie.
A new train of thought passed my mind as standing by the dead boy, I watched the pl.ay of light and shade around the sraall couch so long vailed in darkness.
While yet there remained the uncertain¬ ty of life poised in the scales of eternity, the turbed waters of affeotion were stirred to blackest agitation with every dreaded possibility. Throngh this oppressive at¬ mosphere every shining hope which cen¬ tered in Charlie's existence had gleamed forth in sudden stinging remembrance— all the joy that had been, the faith out- looking to years of developed manhood. Now coldly and drearily rose instead the visions of scenes that were to be—the dy¬ ing.agony, the alow crael formality ofthe funeral rites, the "desolate home. '-'All is of God," but the straggle between the natural affection and the obedience which yields calmly to his decree, is often of great severity. Trembling hope and fear were alike subsided now,and in their stead rpse the pale cypress blossom of peace.
Yes the opened window, the signal of sorest lost, was also the avenue of richest gain;—the healing breath of heaven, and
FOR  THE IITXIE   FOLKS. Keeta's Christmas Dream.
Such a stumping down stairs ! Meeta turned and tossed from one side to the other; shut her eyes up very tight, coun¬ ted a hundred, backward ; thought of all the stupid things imaginable; but couldn't go to sleep. Thump, thump ! went the cane; creak, creak! theboardsof the old floor below; with such an opening of doors, and the dog barking like mad. What could her grandmother be about ?
The noise kept on. Meeta couldn't sleep, and getting tired of tossing, she got up at last, and looked through the loose boards of the floor. • Her grandmother was looking abont, locking up the closets, and fastening the windows, with her hood and cloak on as if she were going out, and while Meeta was looking, she went and stood beforo tho chimney, jind said:
"Whista-shusta," and away ahe went, like a fiash, up the chimney.
Then Meeta romembering how her grandmother made her go to bed so early at night, and how she told her of the ter¬ rible wolf that would eat her up, if she ever got up after she had once gone to bed; and of the bird that was always watching her through the window, and eould talk like a man, and tell all that she did; and she remembered also that every morning hor grandmother's shoes were muddy,   and her cloak draggled and wet.
"Oh ! ho!" says Miss Meeta. "I fancy this isn't the first time that grandmother has been up the chimney," beginning to put on her stockings and dress herself as fast as poasible, for fear her grandmother should get too far ahead of her. Then, she too, said, "Whista-shusta !" and be¬ fore the words were fairly out of her month, was np the chimney like a flash, and flying after her grandmother through the air.
It was very cold aud black all about her; and if Meeta could have crept back into her comfortable bed now, I think she would have beeu very glad to have done but there she was flying through the aii", and nothing to be seen but her grand¬ mother's long, gray cloak, flying straight out behind her, till they eame to a great cave, into which they went. The floor was oovered with hoarfrost, the pillars were of ice, and the roof hungwith ioioles, and there sat Merry Christmaa.
Meeta knew him in a moment; he had such a fine long, gray beard, and little twinkling eyes; and behind him was great mountain of toys, rocking horses and dolls, dogs that could bark, pigs that conld squeak, chairs, cups, and saucers, whips, everything, in short, that conld possibly be imagined.
Christmas had a great btibk open before him, with whioh he was so busy, that he 1 i's baptiamal light, were they not meaaages had only time to nod as Meeta'a grand-1 to ^^^ spirit of the deepened experience mother came. Just at that moment, too | attained only through tears ? We clasp came up a fairy 'with a very bright face. I ^^^ hands whose grasp is loosening with Meeta knew him at once.   She had often redoubled earaestness.   Our love ories
Try the TTnrnly Boy Again.
"Will you let your son attend Sunday- Bchool, ma'am ?" said a Sunday-school teaoher to a mother who did not cherish the fear of God in her heart.
"I don't oare if he does, for I am glad to get him out of the house, especially on Sundays. He is an unruly fellow,and if you ean manage him I shall be glad, for I'm sure I can't."
With this ungracious commendation from his mother, the teacher took the boy But the good man soon found that this boy was more than Jte could manage. — Though only ten years old, he soon be¬ camo the plague of the class and the Arab ofthe whole school. He was brimful of antics. Now he would pinch a little fel¬ low near him till he screamed, and when eharged with the offense stoutly deny it with a face as grave and solemn as peni¬ tence. By and by when the teacher's heart was most earnest and his appeals most tender, this boy would make a grim¬ ace so overpoweringly ludicrous as to set the whole olass into a roar of laughter.— Vainly did the teacher rebuke and en¬ treat. Wiokedness and mischief were his delight, and he would not bo restrained. Finding him so incurably disobedient, the teacher had him turned out of school. But when the deed was done he reflected: " I have turned that boy out of school.— Into what have I turned him ? The streets. To the care of a rao^er who has no control over hira whatevet What will become of him ? He will certainly be ruined. I oannot give him up. / teill tri/ him again."
Once more, then, the boy was taken in¬ to that teacher's class. Buthe had been by no means improved by his expulsion. He was as reckless, troublesome, ungov- ernabla as before. No school could tol¬ erate such a pupil.
What more could the teacher do ? He tried a new measure. He took the little rebel after school into a small class-room, and begged him to kneel by his side.— The boy kneeled. The teacher prayed until the heart of the boy was touched. Then the teacher arose, and taking the hand of his pupil, told him how Jesus loved his soul and died to save it. Then the boy's hetirt melted. Thc tears pour¬ ed down his cheeks, and between the in¬ tervals of his own sobs and his teacher's remarks, he said:
"I never knew this before; I uever thought of that before; I never thought anj- one loved mc; I never thought that it was wicked, and that Jesus saw me."
That precious half-hour of prayer and personal instruction did the work. The youg rebel was subdued. His heart was won for Christ. Henceforth he became a quiet, industrious, faithful scholar. Thc seeds of a strong,heaIthy piety grew apace within him.
Years rolled around,and that 'wild boy' became an upright man, an ofiice-bcarer in tbe Church, a Christian sailor. Ho is now mate of a large merohant vessel, a distributor of tracts, Bibles and religious books; the supporter of his mother and family, and the sworn friend of hia for¬ mer teacher. In a word, all th.it surplus vitality which, when guided by his self will and fanoy, made him so intractable,is now turned iuto "shannels of Christian ac¬ tivity, and he is as earnest for Christ as he was formerly for Satan.
What if that teacher had not tried that boy again ? In all probability he would havo been hanged. Trying again—that h,alf hour of personal effort especially— saved him. Ifthe reader has a pupil yhom ho is disposed to turn ont,I hupe the suc¬ cess of the teacher with this young rebel will induce him to try again. Yes, broth¬ er teacher, try tho intractable little fellow again.—S. S. Teaehcr^s .fournah
ESECDTOE'S HOTICE.
Estats of Elisabeth DenUsger (Widow of Jacob
Denlinger) late of Parage twp., Deo'd.
LETTERS testamentary oil. said estate having been granted to the andenlgned, all pfr* eons Indebted tbereto are reqnested to moke immedUte eetUement, ud tboae bavlng olalme or demande tgslnst the same will preseat them wlthoat delay to the onder¬ slgned, residing In said townehlp. dso .l-e't-J JOHH EAHCK, Execntor.
EXBCDTOR'S HOTICE.
Estate of Benjamin Mooney, late of the City
of Lancaater, formerly of Hanor Iwp.,
Lanoaster connty, deceased.
LETTERS testamentary on aaid estate having been grantod bv the Beglster of said cunnty to Ihe nnderslgned, residing In Uanor town¬ ehlp. He thererore rsqneste all peraons having claims or demaads agaiast the estate of said decedeat to mske kaowa tho same to him wllboat delay, and those knowing themselves Indebted to ssld estate to make paymeot to blm wlthoat delay, oov 28.8t-l JACOB BAUSMAN, Elecntor.
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Eatate of John F. Hnber, late of tfae City of
Lancaster, deceased.
LETTERS testamentary on said estate having heen granted to the anderslgned, all per- suoe lodebted thereto are reqnested to make Immediate eettlement,aad those having olalmn or demands against ttae same will present them withont delay for settle¬ ment to the nnderalgned. residing In bald city.
ELIZABETH HUBER. Execatrix, or J. B. LIVIMQSTOS, her Atl'y. novlS 61-62
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
Estate of Mary Fell, late of Littlo Britain
township, deceased.
LETTERS Testamentary on said Bs- tate having been granled to tbe nnderslgned. all persons Indebted tbereto are reqaested to make Imme. dlate seitiement, and tbose having claims or demands against the aame will present them wilhont delay to the andersigned, residing In said township.
MaKSIIAl.L WKIGHT. WILLIAM KIKO, novl5-Cl»62 Execntora.
GIFTS FOR TflE HOLIDA.YS!
THE subscriber desires-to c'all the at. tention of tbose designing to make their friendi bappy at tbo approaching holidays by approrrlata present!, to bll largo and splendid assortment of
BOOES,
PBOTOSBAFH ALBDHS,
POETFOLIOS,
WBITIKO DESBTB,
OOLD PEH9,
ALBOMS, AUTOQBAPH BOOES,
FIHE INE STANDS, BACEQAMMOH BOABDS.
CBESS HEH, POESES,
CABD CASES,
&e., he., &o.
I ask particnlar attention to my now etock of FAMILY Bini.ES.
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PHOTOOBAPHIC OAEDS
to oontaln FAMILT POBTBAITS, In coansctlon wltb the FAMILT EECOED.
FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS
I HAVE HEW OAMES I
HSW PAPEB DOLLS !
NEW SOLDIEEB 1 and books, for Jnvenlles, of all kinds and at all prlcea.
J. HI   IVEISTIIAFFER.
Cheap Buok store, dec 10 tf 3]     Corner Hoitb Qaeen and-Orange Sta.
DIABIES FOB 1863.
A full assortment of Diaries of various styles, for sale at the Bookstore of
JO.RH BAER'S SONS, nov28-tf-I Ko. 13 Horlh Qnesn St.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICI!. Estate of John Eraft, Iato of West Earl town¬ ship, deceased. LETTERS Testamentary on said estate having been granted to th'b uodereigood. all per¬ eons Indebted thereto are reqaested to malte Immediate selUemeot, and those having claims or demaods against tbe same will present them   withoot  delay   for seitie¬ ment to the ondersigaed, residing la paid tnwDsblp, HHANOSL DDCK. aov I2-6t.51 Execator.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Ettate of Ffailip Qeist, latoof West Lampeter
Township,  deceased.
1 i havlog been granted to the undersigned, all per¬ sons Indebted Iherelo are reqaested to make immediate eettlement, and tfaose haring claims or demands against tbe same will present lhem withont delay for settle. meot to the aaderslgned Execntora.
JAGOB 0. BRDBAKEE, )
PKTER ANDKEViTS,        1
Besldlng In West Lampeter twp. S
JOHN STKOHa. Besldlng in Provideace towoablp. nov 12-6l*-31
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICB.
Eatate of Georgo Weavor, late of Carnarvon
Township, deceasod.
LETTERS of administration on said estate haviag been granted to the nndersipnPd, all perttuns indebted thereto are reqaested to make immedi¬ ate settlement, and thos', havlog claims or deniands against the same will presenl them withont delay for aettlement to the andersigued, residioc in said town* ship. DAVID 6TTER,
decl06t*-3 Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICB.
Estateof Emma E. Hiller, late of flacock
Township,   deceased.
LETTERS of administration on said estate baving heen granted to the nndersigned, all pereons Indebted thereto are reqnested to make lm. mediate paymsnt, and those having claims or de¬ mands against the same will present them wlthcat delay for settlement to the aodersigned. residing in eaid townsbip. CHRISTIAN HEHSHET,
decto-ot'-.") Administrator.
PHOTOQBAPH ALBUMS.
A fine stock of the best manufacture and at low prices, at the Bockstore of
JOHS BAER'S SONS, nov26tf-l No,12NorthQneenEt.
seen him jumping and danoinig about the hearth.   It'was a chimney-elf..
"Here are the names of all the little
ASSESSOR'S APPEALS.
Assessor's Offlce, Internal Bevenue 9th Distriot Penn'a.
LANCASTER, December Sth. 1E62.
"VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
,1 H That lha lists, T&loatioDn and enameratlODS mada by tbe Beveral Asbiiitant AeBeeeora, in pnraaaoco oT ao act, entitled an "Act to provide Intprnal Bevenae to EQpport tbs GoverumeQt aad to pny iDtereut on tfae pQbHc deht" will ho opea Tnr public iiX»miDatioQ at this offlce on THUKSDAY NEXT, the 1 Uh inst. and will remain opeo HDtlll tha SG:b iupt.
Appeal» frOQ tba psma wilt be heard at the Rame place, commeBcing MOKDAY, tha 23th lust., as fol lows, vis:
DlviHtoDK "Set. 1, 2, 3,4, and 6, being composed nf Lflncaaier city and townuhlp.MOKDAY, 2fltii inat.. and contlDtte daring tbet Toek.
DiTlblona >'oa. ti, 7 nud 6, belog coraposed of Eifit Hemp&eld, Uanhelm and West Uempfleld townahlpR, and Colnmbia borough — MONDAT, TDESDAY and WEDNEBDAY. JAKUARTAlh, 6th and 7th.l8S3.
DlTieloDa Nos.9,10 and 11, being composed of Eait Donegal townehip and Marietta borongh, Conoy and Weat Don£gal towoehlps. Elizab«tblown borongb, Mt. Joy borongb and townsbip—THURSDAY, FRIDAY and EATURDAY, JANUARY 8ih,0ibaad lOtb, l£f3.
SivielonB Nua. 12, 13, Hand Xa, being composed of Bapho towaahlp, I'enn townbblp and Hanhelm bor- ongb, Hanor townahip, Wanhington baroaifb, Conea¬ toga and Feqaea towBeblps—MONDAY, TDEbDAY and WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12th, 13th and l4th, 16S3.
DivisioBa Nos.' 16, 17. IS, 19 and SO, being compoxed of Prcvidence, Martlc, Drumore, Fatton. Colerain, Ltt¬ tle Brllaln, Bart and EJen towDahlpe—THURSDAY, FRIDAT and SATORDAT, JAKUABY IOlh, 16th ftud 17ih,lB63, ,
UlrUlona Nos, 31,22 and i23, being composed of Sads¬ bary, (Sallsbary, btraehnrgaod Faradlae townRhipn and Strasborg borongh—MONDAY, TUESDAY and WED¬ NESDAY, JANUARY igth, SOth and Slet, IS63.
DWUlgna Noa. 24,S5 and26, being compoaiid of East Lampeter, West Lampeter, West Earl, Upper Leacoclr, Earl and Leacock township—THUHSDAY, FRIDAY and SATOEDAY, JANUARY 22nd, 23rd, and 24tb, 16Bt.
DIvielons'NoB S7, 33, 29 and L'O, being composed of East £«rl> GaerQarroii, Eliiabetb, W;:rwlck, Clay, West Oocalico, SaiitCooalico, Brecknock and Ephrata town- Bhipt and Adamatown borongh—MONDAT, TUESDAY, WBDNESDAT and THURSDAY, JANUARY 26th, 27th. 28tbud29tb,lS63.
EXTRACT FROH THB LAW.—"All appeils sliali be iaVrlting and mnat specify tuo particalar canae, mat¬ ter or thing respeetlDg whiob a decision la reqaestttd ; end iball moteover atitle tbe groana or principle of In- eqaaltty or error complained of."
J.K.ALEXANDER,
dtc IO-3t 3 Aesessor Sih Dla't, Pa.
bCauk notice.
SOTICE is hereby given that the President and Directora of the Lancaater Coanty , intend to make application to the Legislatare of ths Commonwealth of PennsylTania. at tbeir next eeaeloD, fm a reaewal of tbe charter, and an extension of tha privileges of tha aald Bank with all the righta a&d prlTlleges now enjoyed, for k tarm of Twenty yean from the expiration of tbe present cbarter, with the aame name, title, location and oapital of $300,000
By order
Jnne18
W. L. PEIPEB, Caahier of Lancaeter Conaty Bank, em-so
out madly as ita idols fade, hut when final¬ ly removed beyond the.reach of human yearning, we remember who it was that
children  that  have "been pleasant and ¦ B«<i» « My brother fihall riae again." obliging, and made the hearth cheerful!     Long after the autumn earth had gath- by their ^presence.. The UtUe ohUdren.! ered in the form pf Charlie, like one of its that never Mid:   'Idpn*t wact.tq> pri., ora ejinng-flower Kyefl, ~BWMt and brief,
iwy tiiafriNv* sfanir»^i3riBg.te lid^; ^^ •»& of thftt itflM^i.^^r'f: iMfMng|^"jthft»J; «lwvi*
NOTICE. Fftrmera* Bank ot Iiancaater,)
Laa'casteb, Jane 20, ISSS.    \
THE President and Directors of the rABHEBK* BAUE OF LANCASTER, Intead mak¬ ing application to the LeglalHttir* of the Commonwealth of Peansylvania, at their nert nasfdan for a ranaval oi their charter, with Ub present locstlonaoa Kutnorlxet: capital or ^600,000, and with aU tbe trlghlt and privU- eses novenjoyad EDWABD H. BROWN'.
Caahier of the Farmera* Bank of Lancaster. Jnly 3      ^_____ 1     ____       »m.28
BYE WANTED.
3^HE Sabsoriber will pay the highest cash pries for Rye delivered at Ills Boasting Bs- liatameBt Uo. 207, Saat Klng-itreel   ' Tha Bye mast he'of ths best qnalltj.
iliatameBtZIo. 207, Saat Klng-itreet, Laneaater, Fs. 'ha Bye mast hs'of ths best qnalltj. ' ns lS-tf-38     . J. 8. HILLER.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICK.
Estato of Nancy Yeider,  late of Pequea town-
sMpt deceasod.
LETTERS of administratioii on said eatate havingbeen granted to the nndereigned, all peri-ona Indebtad tboreto are reqneetod to make Im¬ mediate payment, aud thoee having demaada RF;alast ths eamo will present them for settlenentto the cn- dersignbd, residing in aald township.
HENRY HUBER, JACOB YEIDER, deo 10-fif3 AdmlnUtrators.
GREATEST  VABIETY OF  PHO¬ TOQBAPH AIiBTIMS.
WE would call the atteution of per¬ aona to onr large atock of PHOTOGRA PH   ALBUMS. We bave the largest and beat atock ever bronght to the
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Emanuel Eudy, late of Mauheim
Towuship, deceased.
LETTERS of admiuiatratioa on said estata having been grantod to the anderelgced, all parhOna indebted threto are leqaeatod to mako Im¬ medlato settlement, und thoxe bavlug claline or demnnds sgainat the raoie will present them withont delay for setllement to the anderalccaed, residing Iu t<atd t&wn- fibip. JOHN RUDY  Jr.
nov 26.6t*-l Admialstralor.
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICB. Eatate of Fhaies Good, late of Uppor Leacock Township, deceased. ITTEKS of admiuistration on said
estatB having been granted to tbe nnderslgned, all pur^oca indebted thereto aro rcrioaHteJ to mako Im¬ msdlats 8eUl->mei-'t, and thod« bi^ving clalmo rr do- maadi against tbe tame wlli prettent them withont delay for eetttam-^nt to thu nnderbi^ned. reaidlDg in West Earl townahip. FKAKKLIN GOOD.
_uov S-fit" 60         _
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.
Assinged Estate of Isaac Ressler and Wife, of
Warwick Township, Lancaster Couaty.
ISAAO KESSLEK and Wife of War- wick township, haring by deed of volantary as¬ algnment, dated the fonrth day of November, asdignei and transferred all thetr OHlato and off'ects to the an- derelgned, for tba beneSt of the eredltora of thesaid Isaac Readier, he therefora glvea notica to.aU pereons iadebted to said assignor, to mako paymant to che nn¬ dereigned wubontdeUy, and tbo^a hiving claims to prc^nnt tbem to JOHN B. [>RB,"AG6!gaoe-
anr iset 51] Beuldiag In LUiz, L&nc. cj , Pa.
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. "
Assigned Estato of  Christiau S. Grube and Wife, of Mauheim twp., Laucaster co.
CHRISTIAN S. GHUBE and Wife, of Manhetm townabip, having by deed of volan¬ tary assignment, assigned and tranbferrod all their as- tata and effects to the nnderblgned,for the beneflt of the creditors of thesaid Cbrlatian S. Grn tie, be therefore gives notice to all parsons Indebtod to saldiiBHigaor, lo make payment to tha aaderslgned withont delay, and those having claims to present them to
HENET H. KURTZ.-As.'.igDee. novl2.6i*SI rentdioE in Manholm twp
TUBNPIKE ELECTIOH".
THE annual election for Officers of the Lancaster and Sasqat-hanna Tarnpiks Boad Com¬ paay, will beheld al'.'ooper'a Hotel, Inthe Cityof Lancaster ou MONDAY, the Slh dtiy of Jaonary next, al 10 o'clock, A. M. W. P. BRINTON,
dec 10 3t-3 Treisnrsr.
ELECTION   NOTICE. Earmers Mutual Insurauce Company
THE membera of the above named ^Companj will take notice, that aa election will be held at tbe boutte of Jacob Leaman, In the CUy ofLan¬ caster, on SATURDAY, tbe 27th day of DECEMBER, INST., betwoen th'j honra ofone and fonr o'clock, P M., to elect FIVE DIRECTORS and SIX APPRAIHEKS, to condnct the babincBS of the aald Company for tbe ensu¬ ing year. JOHN faTEOHM, declQ 3t-3 , •	
NOTICE.
"[VTOTICE is hereby given that the au-
J_^ nnal meotlug of the titockhoMera la Conowlngo Liriilga Company, will bo bpld at Miea SIooro':i Hotel, Conowingo, on the flrat TUESDAY In Jannary next, flhe Qth) betwean tfaa honrs of tan an 1 two, tu electa President and fonr Directors, to serrs tha enanlng year.
By order of the Board,
dec3-3t-2 HENRY McVET, Sec'y.
"  ~EOJB SALe7
AFOUR-HORSE (Return-Flue) ETEASI BOILER, wlil ba bold low. If applied Tlt soon. Tbe Boiler can be aeen ut BEST'S BOILER MAN- FACTORY, Eant Cbepnnt Street, nearly opposite the Hailroad Dhpot. Enqnire at the ExuilNRU A:in liRK- ALT) PaiHTisu OrpicR may7-tf-2-l
FAMILYBIBLES,
Tho largest and bost Assortment CTcr ofiered in the cltj, titeU Prices.
POCKBT   BIBLBS.   PKiTEE  AND   RYJSH  BOOKS
Snltable for all DenomicatloDH, ia cll sizes and Kind or Biadiogs from tbe most comuron tu the tlovtt Velvet Boaod.
A Large Assortment cf
DEESSIKQ CASBS. LADIES TRAVELLtSO AHD
eBOrPiNO   BAGS. rOKTFOLIOS,  UACAS,
WBITINQ DZSK3 ASD C^SEi, KOKEr
PDESES. POOKET BOOKS, io.
MATHEMATICAL INSTETTMEHTS,
CALL BELLS. FINB POOKKT CniLEBT, PEAEL
AND IVOKrPAPEltCDTTEES ASD TABLETS.
FINE   GOLD   AMO  SILVEE   PEKS AND
PENCIL CiiEii.
Infiaite In nnmber, Stjle aod Flnleh.
A ^eat Tariety in «ize and price of
CHECKEE BOAUDS AtJD .ME:'. DOJIINOES, CHESS.
JIEN. ic, 4c.
The best place in tbe clt7 to bay Boolts.   We sell at less tban half-price, nnd «l7e yon YODE CUOICE IN A LflUOH LOT FOE 25 CENTS, YOUE CHOICE FOB S7 CENTS.
YOUE CHOICE FOK M CENTS.
Fnr price ao^ nssortment of Goods In ear Une, we feel confident tbat (ro cannot bo enrpaased by any honse In tfas city, and for a proof of what ff e i^ey. we iavite one nnd atl to call and look at tbe grsat varioty at
SHEAFFEE'S Cheap BoulE Etore.
dee 18-tf.4      32 Nortb Qneea .Street. Laacaeter. Pa.
THOS.  J.   DYSAET,
No. 60 EAST KIHa STREET, LANCASTEP.
POETKAITS PAINTED from lifo or enlarged from Phctogr.tphic plctarea. Likenesses warranted.
PHOT'OGiMPi/S'colorod In Oi/or Water Colora And ^etonched, in India Ink, Sepiit, and according to tho method called "Tinting."
IVORYTYPES tQ\thii In the highest atyle oftha art and a' tbe lownt-i pot-aible prlcea.
.VIGA'i- OF EVERY DESCRIPTIONpAlnted at lower rates than ca.n be had any where elae in the cityand In he hnat maner. (nly 27-ly*.33
BOOTS ATfD SHOES.
FOll the best Boots, go to BRENEMAN'S, W. King St:
Eresh Qarden Seeds—New Crop.
THE attention of Farmers and Gard- enera, I' reqnestel to the largo variety of NEW CKOP GARDEN BEEDi), jnat recelTed'and for hale wholeaalo and reUil, at J. B. MARKLEY'S.
may 7-tf-2< Apothecary, North Qne n at.
SUPEBIOB   PEQUEA  LIME
FOR    SALE.
^"piIE subscribei   continues  to sell the
JL host qaallty of WOOD BDUItT LIME, at hie Kilns, one and a half mllo  noath  of Lampeter.
Ordera loft at Sprecher'p Hotel, in tbe cityof Lan¬ easter, will ba promptly attended to.
marB-ly»I.-i JOHN W. MARTIBT
PEQUEA LIME!
THE Original Fequea J^ime constantlj on hand at the kilns of the sahHcrtber. All cr dera left at Coopor'a Hotnl, Lancaster, will bo promptiy attended to. DANIEL UERR,
apr.<-tf-ia Peqnaa.
CAUTION TO THESPASSEHS.
THE undersigned citizens of Ea.st Donegal townabip, Lancaiter connty, T*., hereby caatltmallperbOnBagMnst treapasslDg on tbalr pr>)m- iaee, by gnnning, flshing or otborwsce, nnder psnslty of the lav:
Samuel Redeeeker, Daniel Nififiley.
John M. Whitehill, Christian Hordh.
George 8. Hlller, Chriatian Qerber,
Andrerf Armatrong, Michael Hnhw.
Elt Hoffmaa, John Q. Hoarner,
Joha Qrou, Jamss B. Clark,
John Wv Clark, J. B. KreybUl.
East Donecal twp oet 2-1y-ifi
2S,000 JjBS. VAJULqW WASTED.
rTHHS.subtonber will.pajithe liigheat
:jL. •>&' prlc. for TALLO V ddlTetid lit Us Qiuilaj, jC:i«|l(!itk4iMBttmt,a.«i4>taUatHn«kn. Ik.nUiHiimt.
COTTOW LAPS, TIB TAHN AND CAHDLEWICK.
To the Uerchants of Lancaster Connty.
WE liave on band a good  assortment of COTTON LAPS, TIE YAEN and CANDLE- WICK, wnlcb we offer^Yor sole at the loweet cash prl¬ cta. •   ¦   ¦   P. SHEODBE & CO., octl.3m-45         '.r^* Coneetoga Stoam Mlil No* 1.
King Stroet.
For tho best Womra*^ Shoes, go to
BEENEilAN'S, W. Kinj Streel.
For the beet Children's Shoes, ^0 to
BHENESIAX'S, W. Elnj Street.
For the most comfortable lit. go to
BBENEMAN'S, W. King Street,
For work thtt will cot rip. go to
BKENEMAM S, W. King Street.
For Boots that will not let in water, go to
BEENEKAN'S, W. King Street.
All In want of Boole and Shoee. vo to
BEEHEMAH'S, W. Slag Straet.
Everybody luthe oonntry go to
EEENEaiN'S Opposite Cooper'H Ifotel.
NEW BOOT & SirOE STORE.
BOUT A SHOB MAKGIl,
Nest door to Baer*a Printing Ofiico, Nortb Qaoen St.,
LANCiiTER. PA.
j;:aT opbkep a larou stock of
AND   SHOES
BOOTS
OF   EVERY   DESCEIPTIOW.
which will be bold at tbo LOWEST CASH PRICES.
i^tdtMarfsi Work promptly made and of tho beat
mateiial. S3- Glre m   a ap 19 tr-2t
:nH.
C. BUCKinB.
GEO. W. MEHAFFEY, LUMBER     Al E K G JI A N T
MARIETTA,   PENNSYLVANIA.
HAS  on  hand  a  large  atd  general assortment of UOAKDS, PLANK-
JOIST.'', ¦ RAFTERS,
BCaHTUNG,     shingles,        and LATHB. Planed Whlto Plce for Shelving, Flooring and CeiUng, Sblsgle and Plaster   Lath,  Pales, &c.; also. Pine and   Oak EtnlF,
0'j5eTASTLT   OH    HAND   AHD   HAWKD   TO   ORDKE. AIfio, SAbH,  DOOK?, .SHDTTER.-;, Plain and VenitlAa
S3"UrderH attended to at the fbortert notice, and de rered at any point on ths Railroad and Can^*.
fob ir. Iy.21
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
THE undersigned has Just Received a Ittr^je aasortment of SUGARS. SYRUPS,
C0FFEE5. TBAS,  CFICE8, yALT YUn.
FIGo, RAIFTNS, PEA NDTS, ORANGES, LEAMOHS. BEOOMb, BUCKETS, COALOIL by the hbl.. Ji bhl., or gallon, COALOIL
LAMl'S, WICKci,&o., 4-c..
Which be has prepared to tell al Pniladelphia prices
J3~Can and examine my Stoiik bffure pnrchasing.
JOHN D BKILB:^,
No. IS Eabt EIng atreet.
feb 10 tt-13
r\LD AO "VE R NM ENT, JAVA,
' LAQITAT&A, ATBIGAII ud.BIO OOfPEES.
Joitr  -¦'	
Joct BaMtT»4,..M tar iaU br   JOUrS.
ROOPIBTG SLATE.
PRICES  REDDCED   TO  SOIT  THE TIMES
TflE undersigned having constantly on band a foil anpply of Lancaster and York Connty ROOFING SLATE, of the beat qnalitlep, which he t> aelllng at reduced prices, and which wilt be pnt on by the ¦qoaro, or sold by tbe ton, on the most reaconabio termii. ALSO, conetautly on hand, an Extra LlgnC PEACH BOTTOM SLATE, intended for Slating os Shingled Roofs.
Baring la my employ the beat Slaters In the market, all work will be warranted tu be txecnted In the twst mannor.
As tbese qnalitlea of Elate ara THS BEST IN THB UABEET, Bnlldera and othera will flnd It to their in- t^rent to caU and-examlne aamples, atmy offlce in WU. D. SPSSGHIE'B, Hew Axrlenltnral and Seed Wars- roomi. GEO. D. SPRECHER,
Vo, U Sut Ehif itTiat, S doon West ef tht Oou Hoos*.
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