Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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LANCASTER, PA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5,1866.
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THK WOBKIHe "WOMMnr-BOKHS**^-"
Pull tho needle, swing tUc broom, Tidy up the litter'd room; Patch the jacket, darn ihcsliiii. Fight tiie dally dust and dirt, Nnrsethe baby, knead ihc hrca<l. Tax your hands, and heart,'and head, Cciselcss toll, and pain, and caro. 'Tis a woman's lot to bear.
Never mind the glance;^ohll<iiie; Never.cause of coldness seek; Ncvernotlce slight or frown. By your conduct live Ihcm down, Lin. your hearts and lift youroyes. Let your prayers forever rise; Think of all.by Christ forgiven. When he came inearth fromlieflvcn.
Sing tho song and tell tlie storj* Ofthe Saviour's coming gloi-y To the children, whom he blesses. With your guidance and caresses; Thoy for nil things look to you, aiarking all you say or do. Sweet the word He speaks to thee: "As thy day, tliy strenslith shall be."
Feed the hungry, liolp the weak; Wonls of cheer and warning speak. lie llic ongcl ofthe poor, Teacii them bravely to endure; Tell them of that happy home To which Jesus bids them oome. Where God's peace Illls every bivast, "And thewearj- are at rest.*'
Seek for nothing inretum; IjcI no wrnth wilhtn yon burn; Gratitude mai/ be your lot, Then be tha^cful; but ifnot, Are you better than your Lord, ^Vllo endured the cross ami sword. From those very hands whose power Was UlR gift from hour to hour?
Noble Is a life of care, Ifa holy zeal be there; All your Uttle deeds of love, Heav'nwnrd helps at last will prove, If in :Ulyou>ei'kalone Tiint God's gracious will bo done. Then take conr-igo, sister dear, ("hrlst and heaven arc verv hear.
JOHN ECCIESTON'S THANKS-
GivnrG.
I. The Kovembor uight was settling <!owu Harkly aiulcoUlJ.v iWieii .Jolm Ec- ulcstonc-ime out from the little dingy oniee ivlicrc he had just finished his day's work. His day's work! It was au odd phrase to apply to John Eceles- ton, because iu no'W.iy did labor of any kind ever seem to have any fit connec¬ tion with him. And now as I'.e emerged from the low lintel, after three years of this dull servitude, it appeared to fit I'.ira as little .is it had three years before, when life with him was at its highest ebl) of ease aud pleasure.
Looking at liim, you thought of him, " to endless pleasure heir," so bright, and blithe, and full of gracious youth (lid he appear; and now as he came out of the little dingy offlce, though his gar¬ ments were .slightly rough of texture, and cei'tainly wanting in fasliionalde freshness and fluisli, yet his air was that of u debonair gentleman, aud he hummed lightly astrain fromDerFrci- schutz, as if only last uight he liad come from somo statelj- feast where the horns and harps had set tlie enchanted hours to music. But it w.is many, manj- nights, so many that lie had ceased to count them, since John Eccleston had s.at at a feast and listened to festal mu- .sic; and even now, as he hums the bril¬ liant aria with that debonair manner, ho is thiukiiig very sadly aud sorrow¬ fully of a small home where nothing brilliant ever enters save il m.ay be his own brilliant picaeiice.
He observes the holiday merriment, and hears the gaj' laughter about him a.g he enters upou the wider thorough¬ fares, aud he thinks painfully aud bit¬ terly how far away it all is from him; and theu some one .steps out of a.splend¬ id shop, aud says to a passing friend : "See, Ihave bought this lovely little Cb»io of Valsi's for Alice. It's Alice's birthday this Thanlcsgiviug, you see, and I wanted sometliing specially rare. A fresh pang struck John Eccleston as heheard. He know of another Alice, whose birthday ciineujion this Thanks¬ giving too, and he had nothing to give her, not even one of those pretty-coloretl lithographs lianging in the window there, and this man talkiug so happily with his frieud could carry home Val¬ si's lovely Lake of Como. How late it was since he, too, could have carried home to his Alice the most expensive work of art! .Still, with tliese sad aud bitter thoughts, he ke|it on humming unconsciously that strain of DerFrei- schutz, aud looking, as I think he ever must look whatever betide, the bril¬ liant, gracious gentleman. And looking thus, he caught the observation of a geutlemaii who was walking down the street.
"What; is it you, Eccleston? I hav¬ en't seen you for au age, Where have you kept yourself ¦?"
Aud saying this, he joined him with a hearty eagerness of manner which be¬ spoke real pleasure at the meeting. Turning the corner of a street, they camo upou a houso wliose one bow win¬ dow .shed out a bright curtainless radi¬ ance upou the pave; and looking in, you saw a pleasant room full of pictures and all mannerof delightful aud charm¬ ing things.
" Here we are now, Eccleston," ex¬ claimed his companion; "and you must come iu for a minute, and .see a new pic¬ ture I have !"
It w-as early; Alice would not expect him for halfan hour yet; sohewentin. "Come round this side—there uow, wilh ihis light—and tell me honestly what you thinkof it when you're ready.'' There wa.s a imuse. In it the host walc-licd Jij.s guest's lace witli eager scrutiny, lint he was so eager he could not keep silent long.
" Weil," he presently exclaimed, "do you recognize it?"
"Yes; it is a copy of that loveliest head of all those loveliest fancy he.nds of Ro.salba Carriera in the Dresden Gal¬ lery. But though I recognize, I must tell you frankjy I dou't like the copy." " Well, where is the fault? I see there is a fault, a want, or something, but it i.s so intangible I didn't know but it might be in remembrance."
Eccleston, with his eyes still on the picture.sat down absently at the little t.i- ble standing before it, and in the same apparently absentmaunertookupapen- eil that lay upon a sheet of drawing pa¬ per, and with a free liand and a dreamy eye fell to sketching. A few strokes, bold and linn, and he Jieli! it up for in¬ spection.
" That is what 1 mean. Do you see it?"
The other uttered an exclamation of delighted satisfaction; and no wonder. His doubts were all cleared in an iu- .stant.   He had not mistaken his first -    impression.   Hero was the solving of the difficulty;  and just a few lines by this amateur on a piece of white paper had wrought the miracle; had given to that loveliest head its wonderful airy pose, which the finished copy lacked. "Eccleston, how did you catch it?" " Oh, I have spent liours in that par¬ ticular room before that particular pic¬ ture; and it waa this very lift of the
"I wish that something might be done to this, but I suppose—"
"No," interrupted EcSfeston, quick¬ ly and decisively, nothing could be done to this. It is in the flrst drawing that the whole aerial grace and spirit are fixed."
Clarke Steyner as he listened specu¬ lated curiously,,as he had done manj' a jf*'me before, about this John Eccleston, and wished he knew more about him. A year ago he had met him at an artist's exhibition. If he remembered rightly Valsi liimself had introduced them; and he had learned then that he waa a book-keeper at Wnrde and Slide's, and a flne judge of pictures—"a man of un¬ erring taste," according to Valsi; and ho never learned anything more. They had met in print-shops, studies, and ex- liibitious, until a sort of acquaintance had been established through their mu¬ tual admiration of art, and Steyner had proved him to be, indeed, " a man of unerring taste." But how did this man, with all Iiis various cultivation and traveled lore, ai>i)ear here in the count¬ ing-room of an importer? He could not answer this question. Who could ? Who knew any thing more of him thau what he knew ? He seemed to liiive no inti¬ mate friends, no places of visiting; yet he was a gentleman to grace any socie¬ ty, was Clarke Steyner's verdict as he came to know him better. And as Ec¬ cleston sat there, after his critique of the picture, talking still of Art with that debonair manner, his entertainer puzzled himself again and again with these thoughts. But a city clock struck the hour.
"Bless my soul, how the time has gone!" Aud Eccleston rose hastily.
"Stay and takea cup of tea with me. I'm an old b.achelor, you kuow, and like my cup of tea."
"JSTo, thank you; my wife will be waiting for me."
Steynerstartedalmostvisibly with the sudden surprise he felt. It had never occurred to him that Johu Eccleston Iiad a wife; and the fact struck him oddly and curiously, making a new com¬ bination of circumstances. His wife! Steyner looked at the rather shabby coat of his, guest, and wondered what manner of home it could be with this clerk ou a small salary, who was yet like a young prince iu disguise.
"Come again, come in at any time." He iuvited Eccleston cordially, follow¬ ing him to the door; but he noticed that Eccleston, in replj-ing, did not recipro¬ cate the invitation. II. It was a contrast to step from the spa¬ cious room with all its elegant appoint¬ ments, where Clarke Steyner had enter¬ tained him, to the low-eeiled little apart¬ ment where his wife awaited him ; and John Eccleston felt it bitterly. But he entered with a gay smile aud au apology for his lateness; aud Alice answered as brightly:
"Oh, you've been to .see that Jlr. Stey¬ ner whom you like so much. I'm glad you went. No, I have not been waiting long."
And ringing the bell for their oue little maid, she took her place at the table. She was an elegant, higli-brcd young creature, was this Alice Eccles¬ ton, looking quite as much like a prin¬ cess in disguise as her husband did like the prince; but it was pretty to see them both iu this simple, narrow room, aud over this simple table; they were so sparkling and cheery in their air and talk, carrying with them all the time a consciousness of something too fine aud rare to be overborne by the meagreness of their surroundings. He told her all about liiscall upon "that Mr. Steyner," about the picture and its deficiency, and showed her upon a fresh piece of paper, by a few touches, wliat the figure had lacked, and how he had recalled it.— And then they, too, fell to talking about art, in much the same manner as he had talked with Clarke Steyner.
" Has Mr. Steyner ever seen the Vio- l.ante?" And asking the question, Mrs. Eccleston glanced up ata beautiful half- length, with a peculiarly spirituclle head, which huug over the mantle.
"Oh yes, he must, if he ha.s beeu iu the Dresden Gallery."
"Ah, I forgot." Then after a mo¬ ment's musing ijause: " He would aj)' predate your copy, John."
The next moment she blushed scarlet at the sudden color that came into her husband's cheek, and the expression of startled surprise that crossed his face.— But immediately he drained the con¬ tents of his cup, and said, brightly, al¬ most g.aily;
"All, well, we don't want any com¬ pany, do wc. Ally?"
Andimmediatelyhorown face reflect¬ ed his. "Oh no, I'm sure I don't; it is quite enough for my selfishness to have Mr. Jolm Eccleston all to myself." Aud into Mrs. Alice's deep, tender eyes there stole a softness which made tho playful Laugh a little suspicious.
" So you won't go to Lady Russell's re¬ ception to night, or to Mrs. Ap-Glydou's ball afterward ? You prefer the society of a dull fellow who has beeu ruuuiug to seed for the hist threo years—eh, Jlrs. Eccleston?"
There was a brilliant smile ou his face, aud a light jocose tone to his voice to fit these words; but in his eyes there was a watchful anxiety all the tjme. And her wliole manner was just as airy and sjjortive as she replied:
"I'd thank you not to abu.se my pre¬ ference. Sir. Mr. John Eccleston, after three j'cars of seediucss, is more to my taste than those jirosy Englishmen at Lady Eussell's and all those witty Ap- Glydons put together. I've got beyoud them.you see," nodding at him archly, and with an indescribable air of csjiicg- Icrle.
He laughed. "At the ago of twenty- five, Madam, you prepare yourself to re¬ nounce the v.anities of the world. Where are the mob caps? Where—" But he got no further. All their airy talk came to an end as the little maid, Kitty, thrust herself excitedly into the room.
" Shure, Marm' its the pipes lia.sbust, again, aud the water is a-ruunin all over the iloor. I tould the mau how it would be whin he put thim chaiie fix- ins in but he wouldn't heed me, bad luck tohim!"
The color rushedinto Mrs. Eccleston's delicate cheek, and her first thought was' "I wish it had happened before John came home." But John was al¬ ready laughing gayly over it; and, laughing, followed Kitty into tho tiny kitchen, where he set himself to the task of remedying the mischief till bet¬ ter help could be summoned. He whis- •tled and hummed in a gay good-humor over his work, uow aud theu making odd little jests, or with somo quiet fun calling out the quaint oddity of their odd little maid, until Mrs. Alice her¬ self could not help but laugh in real merriment. And no sooner was this matter of mending over than Kitty found a dozen other things awry^thoae perplexing leaks and cracks and break¬ ages which arp forever occurring in a household. And to their repairing this "young prince" set himaelf as easily as if all his life he had been accustomed to their doing and undoing.   And Alice
S{.rn.t    fT       "^'f"'"^"""' overlooking, toughed lightiy over his the throat, which impressed mo most." I blunders,  or apphmded  his  success.
Y'ou would have presumed them at once to be without a shadow of care upou their lives ; but the presumption would never have beeu more incorrect.
Instead, the shadow of more thau oare perpetually hung over them. Much aa John Eccleston loved his wife, and much as she loved him, there was a fatal want of understanding between them. Married five years ago in Par- ris, where they had met for the first time in the same year of the marriage, they lived for two years a charmed life of Continental travel. At the end of the two years John Eccleston, honora¬ ble and open as the d.ay, found himself, by the villainy of others, at the end of what lie imagined perhapa an endless fortune. Instead of turning his great talent—yes, let us frankly say, genius to the u.se foi- which it ivas destined— instead of going to work as au artist, and painting pictures for his daily bread, by some curious want of self- knowledge be looked uiion himself as wholly iiufit and unworthy for the work and with this undorratiug he set his face against all the great company of painters to which he rightfully belong¬ ed, and coifiing back to his native land, Ciist about him for other work.
His fatiier had lived abroad so many years that his son found he was a stran¬ ger in this native land, with uo near or far ties of blood to take U]) the dropped links. His wife's family was iii (he same isolated condition. What associa¬ tions, then, were triiero to bring him— this fastidious, cultivated gentlemau— flitting eiuploj-meut? Not one. So it happened that out of his pride and his humility lie came down to the place of book-keeper in thesmall houseofWarde and Slide, importers of china. II was a hard coming down for both of them; but hariler for John, who was fnll of all kinds of chivalric idcis about woman, aud who had all his life been able to carry them out until now.
Perhaps, if tbey had loved cadi other a little less romantically, they might liave accepted their uew condition with much more case and contentment; but they were moulded in a delicate sensi¬ tive fashion, with a good many of the rosetints in their soul aa well as their clay-coloring, so it was impossible for them to do otherwise than they did. Thus it happened that they made each other miserable in many w.ays by lit¬ tle concealments and subterfuges of af¬ fection. .Tohn, who hated poverty hon¬ estly and heartily, and all its long train of petty annoyancBs, made xnetense of g!iy content for Alice's sake; and Alice, with the same tastes, followed his ox- amiile. Foudof social life, yet isolated completely from it for three yeara, he made pretense of distaste for it because he fancied that it was distasteful to his wife in their altered way of living; and so it came about that two or three men whom he had met at artists' studios- men like Clarke Steyner, who would have been glad to have visited him, werenever invited todo so. And Al¬ ice, wishing all the time that John was not so morbidly sensitive on their pov¬ erty, refrained from saying a word^in- diealive of any desire for him to bring home a friend. Thus they plaj-ed at cross purposes, each making pretense of a state of feeling that was unreal out of this mistaken view of tho other.
Clarke Steyner sat for a long time, forgetting his bachelor's tea, after Ec¬ cleston had gone, looking at tho sketch upon the table. And sitting there, Valsi himself came in. iSteyner, telling him of his call, handed him the paper.
" Y'ou dou't meau that young Eccles¬ ton did this?"
" I do."
" Then what in Heaven's name does he burrow down tliero in that counting- room for?"
" Just what I'd like to know," re¬ turned Steyner, animatedlj-.
Valai mused a while longer over the little sketch, sitting with Ills chin drop¬ ped into his hand. By-and-by, in a musing tone:
"Why don't Warde and Slido send him to Europe for the firm? Then some of you might give him a commis¬ sion. I'd like to see what he'd make ofthe Christo della Moneta."
Steyner lifted his head with a sud- den.quick movement, but said nothing; but lie had evidently got a new thought which fitted an old one. He brooded over it with his tea. He smoked it in his after-supper pipe. He slept and dreamed upon it. Tho uext morning meeting young Slido at the bank, was it accident that set him talking of Ec¬ cleston to him ? It was careful talk, not too interested; but through it he dis¬ covered what he wanted to know—that John Eccleston waa invaluable as a re¬ liable clerk, but that Warde aud Slido could uot afford to send another man to Europe, Warde himself being already there.
"He'd make an excellent buyer; for he has, besides an artist's taste, a knowl¬ edge of the wants ofthe people. I wish wc could aflbrd to send him; but we are a new house, you know, and our
capital   isn't   large,"   communicated
anao.
steyner went home with a " bee in his bonnet." " Tom will do it," he said to himself, "on my suggeston, and I'll take the responsibility. It's the very thing."
Tom was his brother-in-law—an ex¬ tensive importer of china so it is cisy to see where the bee buzzed.
He w.as right. His brother-in-law was in need of a good buyer, and such
ample   COllfidenco in Cln.rko    tliul)    lie
eauglit gladly at the suggestion. Stey¬ ner went home triumphant, dropping a note on his way to John Eccleston— just a sini pie request that he would call as he went up from the office that night.
That night \v;is the night before Thtinksgiving. Every night for a week John had walked through the gay and busy crowds, noting the holi¬ day merriment and preparations with a fierce ache at his heart. Onee, so little while ago, he could have spread a bril¬ liant feast, welcomed a host of brilliant fri(^iids. Once he could have ransacked the splendid shops for his Alice's birth¬ day ; and now ho was plodding home without a token, tired and shabby man. Hehad turned the corner, and was right upon the bright bay-window before he thought of his engagement.
A soft light shone from the window, and within there was a glint of gilding, and the glow and warmth of many pic¬ tures, aud in the midst of all he saw Clarke Steyner sitting, gazing idly into the fire, full of careless, happy ease. What a contrast it ofTered to the dim little rooms and to the dreary state he daily kept! And entering, he could not quite conceal beneath that debonair manner the bitter pain he felt.
Steyner, like all persons of delicate sensibilities, found it difflcult to ap¬ proach this matter, where be himself was the apparent couferrer of a favor. So he put it ofi" by a gracious bustle of hospitality. He touched a bell, and there appeared such wiue as .Eccleston had not tasted since those "long Italian days." And sipping slowly that deli¬ cate, airy sparkle, he was led on into that resion of enchantment where Art alone reigns by the skillful suggestions of his host. Either the delicate influence
of the wine, or the jnagnetiam of his companion, or itmay be both together, carried him so far away from the pres¬ ent-ills aad narrowness of his lot that he gave liimself up fully to the charm, and stood revealed to Stc(yner at his full measurement of manly breadth and culture. How rich that hour was? With what gentle, gracious gayety he talked of some things; with what ten¬ der reYerenceofothers, and accompanied always with an appreciation as rare as it was genial an delighted. But the hour passed; a neighboring clock struck, and recalled the present. The old pain returned, and its shadow stole into his face. The wine had lost its flavor, the fire no longer sent out warmth and ra¬ diance ; there was the chill of a cold re¬ ality about every thing. What right had he to be sitting here sunning him¬ aelf in an atmosphere of ease and indul¬ gence? What right, while in the littl« lonely house his Alice waited for him? He rose with a sigh that was half a shudder; and it was then that Steyner began to speak. Just a few words but of what import!—a few words modestly spoken, deprecating all generosity, as one might aak instead of giving.
A great red flush rose to Eccleston's cheek. Steyner, seeing it mistook the cause. He had been abrupt aud patron¬ izing in his offer, perhaps, was his in¬ stantaneous thought. Aa if Clarke Steyner, the gentlest soul alive, could have beeu abrupt or jjatrouizing!
"I beg your iiardon," he began, "if I have seemed—"
And then Eccleston found his tongue. "You have seemed nothing but what is mostdelicatc aud kind," he interrupt¬ ed.
The flush died away, and almost a pallor succeeded as in a few brief words he gave his accept.ance aud thanks. The words wero so simple they might iiave sounded cold but for the warmth of his eyes, the intensity of his tone: aud the clasp of his hand, aa he said "Good¬ night," had ill it BO much meaning that Clarke Steyner ina moment recognized a great deal— not all—of the sad, short struggle of tliese years of deprivation.
IV.
The little table was set in the little room, afire burned in the grate, and the oue picture—the lovely Violante— smiled down from tho wall in the even¬ ing light as Eccleston entered. Alice, sitting iu abstraotioii over a book, glanced up with a quick smile, butthe smile chased a shadow.
"How bright you look, John ! Have you been to see Mr. Steyner?" she asked.
"Yos, I h.ive heen lo .see Mr. .Steyner, Alice."
There was something In his voice which Alice could not understand; something in his eyes, too—a soft spar¬ kle shecould understand as little. She was glad for him to have such pleas¬ ure with Mr. Steyner; but there came lo her, as there will to tho most gener¬ ous sometimes, a little pang of loneliness at the contrast of this pleasure. She had heen so specially lonely on this night before Thanksgiving. The tears were in her eyes a moment ago at the thought of other da3»3, and the obscure uncertainty of the' present. She had ached for sympathy and couaolation; for somebody to comprehend her mood to say some tenderer word than usual, to look somo sweeter look. But she was very glad that John had had his lileasurc, and yet—and yet there lurked that slender thread of pain. He sat down at table, keeiiing still that soft sjiarkle of enjoyment, quite oblivious of the extra pains Alice had taken—of the perfumed chocolate that steamed fragrant iu the cups, of the pretty at¬ tire that set oft" her loveliness. How' strange it was! Had he forgotten,could ahe forget this night, the eve of her birth¬ day? She tried to meet his mood as us¬ ual. She tried to init out of sight all her "cross and passion," and be as bright as he; but as she met his eyes, aud saw only the gleam "of airy mirthfulness, and listened to his almost exaggerated jesting, a shiver ran over her.
"What is it, Ally ?" he asked. "Htia this dreadful little liouse, with its thousand-and-one cracks and crannies given you the ague ?"
It was not so much the words as the light, jocose tone that jarred with the words; and together it proved4oo much. She tried to answer him, but instead bui-st into a flood of tears. "Ally, Ally, what have I done?" Ho started from his seat, aud going to her side, bent over iier with such fond concern that in her uncontrolled atate she sobbed out some words that-could not fail to enlighten him of her feeling. " I have been a great blunderer, Alice, but I meant it all for the best."
Aud then he took her lit his arms, aud hiding her tearful eyes against his breast, he told her the good news tliat had brought such nuusual gladness to his face, and such buoyancy to hia man¬ ner on this night.
" Aud we will go back again to all the dear old acenes, John; and you will 4iave your right placeamongmen again which is best of anything. Oh, John, what a Thanksgiving this will be to us after all!
And the teara flowed afresh, but they were no longer teara of bitterness. And pesently, when they had looked at this new happiness on every side, they be¬ gan to tall?, of Steyner, aud Johu won¬ dered and questioned out of the simplic¬ ity of his nature the meaning of his election. But Alice waa clearer sight¬ ed.
" Vou dear, modest old John !" she cried, "how could any man of discern¬ ment know you as Mr. Steyner has without knowing you wero w^orth some¬ thing?   And, John—"
She paused, looking uii at him wist¬ fully aud shyly. "Well, whatisit?" " I—I think we might—perhaps ask Mr. Steyner here for to-morrow." "Alice!"
" Not if you don't wish it, dear John; but I thought you—that he might like it." " I should like it, Alice, but you—" " I should like it very much, John; and I am so glad that you do. ' I waa iifraid you might not, living as we do; for you never have brought him home with you, you know."
"Yes, I know; but Alice, do you know that I have not because I thought it would be distasteful to you in our way of living."
Tliey regarded each other a moment in eloquent silence. It was Alice wlio broke it, and her voice faltered as she spoke.
" Oh, John, how we have misunder¬ stood each other all these years, and
He bowed hia cheek to her head, and held her a little closer as he interrupted:
" But we have loved eaeh other, my darling, let us always remember that."
There ensued a longer silence, and then John said brightly, inhis old de¬ bonair manner: " So we are to bid Mr. Steyner here for to-morrow, are we?''
And Alice answered as brightly: " If you are not afraid he will miss his ac¬ customed crystal and Sevres dinner- service, Mr. Eccleston?"
" I am not afraid of his missing any thing if he dines -srith Mrs. Eccleston," he answered with tender gayety.
¦ Anifaa'thafeiveiylfllgM^'feia^^ ner wag'bidden to John Eccleston's Thanksgiving; i think he hiid no less than four invitations to great liouaes, where there was brilliant company, and where the feast was se'rved ou crystal and Sevres; but he never hesitated a moment when, John coming in upon .him' unexpectedly, .aaid simply: "I want you to dine with us to-morrow if you can, Mr. Steyner."
"My dear fellow," he answered, quickly and cordially, " nothing would give me more pleasure."
And sitting at Mrs. Eccleston's right hand the next day, I am very sure that he did not misa the crystal and Sevres dinner-service. And sitting there too, he comprehended more of John Eccles¬ ton's life than he had ever done before. Of course tliey talked of Art; neither Clarke Steyner nor John Ecolestgn could be long in any company where there was »ny sympathy or taste that way without drifting into it; and so, of course, the Violante waa discussed. Mr. Steyner was delighted with it, aud even satisfied Mrs, Alice with his praises.— He had not meant to prolTer his request quite yet, but he was led into it invol¬ untarily by his talk.
"I have been thinking," he said, alow- ly and thoughtfully, looking all the time at the Violante, "if you would make me another copy of that fancy head, when you are in Dreaden—I know that no copy but s'ours ivill satisfy me now."
Alice's eyes literally glowed with the intensity of her delight; but herhua- band—" that dear, modeat old Johu "— as she called him, murmured out some¬ thing about Mr. Ste3'uer's overrating his ability; and then Mr. Steyner loosed his tongue utterly, and told him of Val¬ si's praise.
Again Clarke Steyner saw that great red flush mount to John Eccleston's brow; and for a moment, as once before, John could flud uo worda to apeak, and when he did it was in his gay and pleas¬ ant fashion; but it touched Steyner more than auy gravity. And over their cigars a little later, it was decided that the copy should be made. And a little later still, when the guest had gone, aud the husband and wife sat alone togeth¬ er, she said, in a low voice:
".Johu, I think this is the happiest birthd.ay, and the happiest Thank.sgiv- ing of my life."
He put his hand oare.ssingly cyi her head: " My love, I Anow it is my hap¬ piest Thanksgiving." There was a lit¬ tle upward look which dwelt a moment onthe Violante, then lifted thought¬ fully beyond; far beyond into no earth¬ ly space that look went.
It was John Eccleston's Thanksgiv¬ ing.
MARY OF THE HEATH.
THE ARCHAWGEIi'S THUMP.
A good story in Paris is told at the ex¬ pense of a verj- handsome and rich wid¬ ow of the most exemplary character, who has a small and elegant retreat in Versailles iu addition to lior own resi¬ dence. At this pretty rur.ality she was passing a week at the close of the au¬ tumn, having for her guest a lad in his teens, who was a distant relative, and who was thus passing iiis vacation from school. Madam's housekeeper and cook was a respectable female, who, however, had an admirer, a trumpeter, stationed at the barracks near by, and the stolen pleasures of whom was to come in and dine stealthily on the re¬ maining dishes of the mistress's luxuri¬ ant table.
Madam and lier boy relative having started after dinner for a walk, the trumpeter took advantage of the ab¬ sence, but unluckily prolonged his meal a [e\Y minutes too long. In his iiurry to conceal himself, when taken by sur¬ prise, he became ensconced uuder the bed of the house, thinking to escape while she passed the evening in her drawing-room as usual. Madam was tired with her walk, liowcver, and pro¬ ceeded to retire for the night immedi¬ ately on her return.
Tlie trumpeter, in full uniform, with hia brazen instrument beside him was ofeour.se in a position of considerable dismay. As he lay racking his brain, the door suddenly opeued, and in walk¬ ed the schoolboy, who, to the astonish¬ ment ofthe lady, fell on his knees, and made a tumultuous declaration of love. "In the name of heaven," cried the astonished object of his passion, "rise and leave thisroom immediately! What would be thought of me if you were seen in thia indiscreet situation and posture?- Eise this inoment and re¬ tire!"
"No!" firmly persisted the academi¬ cal, "I live but to love j'OU! No power on earth shall tear me from this spot- no—no—not even the trump of the last
day "
At thia moment the trumpeter, whose lips were at the edge of his instrument, blew a blast into which waa poured the overwhelming torrent of liis previous impatience. "Trrr-ta-ta-ta-ta," a fliun- der blast, to which the walls of the lit¬ tle cottage trembled to their foundation- The room was vacated by dame and lover in a trice, and the trumpeter made his escape; but the story got wind, and, without name or place, was told all over Paris.
It was bei»g narrated one evening by a gay man, in a sniall circle, wheu the narrator remarked:
"I would have given anything iu the world to have seen the face ofthe lady at the moment of the trumpet's sound¬ ing."
"The face of tlie boy ou his knees was much better worth seeing, I assure you!" exclaimed, in a tone of pique, a lady among the listeners—unguardedly revealing, by this hasty comment, that ahe was herself the heroine of the story!
So have I seeu the sun with ailittle ray of distant light challenge all the power of darkness, and without vio¬ lence and noise climbing up the hill, hath made night so to retire, that its memory was lost in the joysand spright- liness of the morning. And Christiani¬ ty without violence or armies, without resistance and self-preservation, with¬ out strength or human eloquence, with¬ out challenging of privileges or fighting agains tyranny, without alternation of government and scandal of princes, with its htniility and meekness, with tolera¬ tion and patience, witli obedience and charity, with praying and dying, did insensibly turn the world into Christian, and persecution into victory. —Jeremy Taylor.
A Fable.—A young man once picked up a-sovereign lying in the road. Ever afterwards, as he walked along, he kept his eyes steadfastly fixed on the ground, in hopes of finding another. And, in the course of along life, he picked up, at dififerent timea,agoodamountof gold and silver. But all these days, as he was'lookine for them, he saw not that heaven was bright above him, and na¬ ture beautiful around. He never once allowed his eyes to look up from the mud and filth in which he sought the treasure, and trhen he died, a rich old
A   TBOE TALE.
It ia by no means an uncommon ob¬ servation, that did any one note down the remarkable occurrences of his own life, those of his friends with which he is well acquainted, or such as become known to him on good authority, in the course of a few years how curious a col. lection it would form. The following is an example:
It must now be nearly half a centur3' ago, when one fine.summer's daj', about the hour of noon, a little girl, who could not have been more than ten or eleven years old, was seen on a particu¬ lar part of Common or Heath in
Kent (not very far from the house of a wealthy baronet) suspending a pot on three sticks set upright in the ground, after the manner of gipsies, over a fire which she had kindled beneath it. .She was dressed in rags, and seemed miser¬ ably poor and forlorn. Tlie child was alone. The singularity of the ciioum- atance excited thesurpriscof two ladies, who were taking their morning w.ilk on that airy and agreeable common They looked around, expecting to see a party of gipsies, to whom they con¬ jectured the child must belong; but, thougll wide and open, not a living ereatnre, save the little girl boiling her pot, was to be seen far or near. Their curiosity was raised and much increas¬ ed, when, on a nearer approach, as she turned her head towards tliem, tkougli buret and browned with the sun and wind, they saw at a glance that the face which looked out from beneath a bon¬ net worn out of all color and shape, aud the arms which were but partiallj' cov¬ ered by an old tattered cloak, were neither of the gipsy character or com¬ plexion. The features were small aud round, aud the oyes and hair of true Saxon origin—blue and light brown. There was also an expression of artlcss- neas in the countenance, which, itmust be confessed, is not ver.y generally the distinguishing mark of the daughters of Egypt. There waa something so sin¬ gular in tlic solitariness of the employ¬ ment and the pereonal peculiarities of the child, it was impossible that two ladies of good hearts and benevolent intentious could other than feel iutores- tcd for her. They proceeded, therefore, at once to question lier, beginning witli tilt kindly and encouraging expression of " My dear," as tho,y asked her what she was doing there.
" Boiling my pot for my breakfast," was her reply. " And what have you got in it?" " Two turnips that I took  out  of a fleld."
" la that all you h.ave got for your breakfast?" " AU, exceiit some bits of bread." "That's a very poor breakfast.    To whom do you belong! "To nobody."
" To nobody!  and you .?o young! How did J'OU come here, aud where are you goiug?" "I don't know."
" Y^ou neither know how you came hore nor where you are goiug? What a strange storj'! What is your name, aud wliere did you come from? Y'ou must have come from some place."
" My name is Marj', and I came a long waj' ofl"; but I eau'ttell where."- " How did J'OU get here ?" ." I walked;   I've  been  many days walking."
"I never heard so strange an account OS you give of yourself. Where did you get that pot?" " I brought it away with me." " Then you musthaveeome from some persons with whom j-ou have been liv¬ ing. Tell us now the truth. Have you not been with gipsies ?"
A blush rose in her cheek as she re¬ plied : " Y'es I have been with gipsies." " Where are thej', andw^here did j'ou leave them?"
She paused a moment,yooked down, and then said, "I got away from tliem, for I did not like their way of life."
" And when was it, and how have J'OU lived since j'Ou left them?"
"Very hard,'"' siiid the child. "I begged my way along the roads, and with the few half-pence I got I bought a little bread to save me from starving. X have nowliere to go. I liave no home."
She burst into tears, and there was something so forlorn, both iu her voice aud countenance, as she spoke these words, it was impossible lo doubt their truth. There was nothing in it of tho whine'of a made up tale to excite com¬ passion, and she rather sought to wipe away her teaiis unobserved, as she turn¬ ed aside her head, than to make a parade of them.
"I am sure," said Misa G , the
daughter of a neighboring baronet, "there is something very uncommon in this child's story. Poor creature, she is really in great distress. Let us take her iiome, and mamma will know better than we can -what would be the best to do for her."
Her friend assented, and Jlisa G	
turned to the child and told her that if she would come along with lier she would give her some good .advice. The little girl followed gladly enough, but she would not leave tho pot behind her, for that and the miserable attire ou her back was all the property she possessed in the world.
Lady G was a woman of known
benevolence; but she waa not one who exerted it witliout due caution and judgment. She did not, by hasty or indiscriminate charitj', encourage viee and low cunning, under the idea that reallj' distressed the industrious but un¬ fortunate poor. The truly afflicted sought her doors; the idle and vagabond passed on, certain that inquiry would precede relief.   Y'et witii all this, Lady
G did not carry caution to that cold
aud extreme extent which rendered her auspicious where there appeared marks of want aud sorrow, that carried with them their own evidence of sinceritj-. Tills was such a cose.
" That child," said Lady G-—, after hearing her daughter's account of the meeting ou the common, " is indeed ill need of food aud rest. I can see it in her looks. I sau see that her distress is real in everj" line of her face, which is a very pleasing one; and in the few words she lias spoken there is such a touching tone, very diflferent from hypocrisy. She shall have some¬ thing to relieve lier hunger, aud llien we will question her.
The little creature's tears were seen to start in her eyes at the sight ofthe food^ for she was famishing with want. The meal ended; once more she was con¬ ducted to  the presence ofthe ladies.
Lady G ,  with  much  gentlenesa,
commenced her interrogatoriea, after having kindly, but in a way auitcd to the capacity of a poor untaught girl, endeavored to impress on her mind the duty as well aa the importance to her¬ self of speaking the truth.
The following particulars were art¬ lessly narrated:—
The child began hy saying that slie was bom in Bath. Her father waa in business in that city; she told his trade. Her mother-in-law treated her ao harsh¬ ly and unkindly that on some gipaies
glad to be out of sight of her severe step¬ mother, she got acquainted with them, and waa finally induced by their per¬ suasions fo run away and join them. With these gipsies she had lived two or three years, going about the country with them. She did not kuow whether her father had made any inquiry con¬ cerning her or not. At length, not lik¬ ing the way of life of the people among whom she had fallen, she deter^mined to leave them on the first opportunity. She had stolen aw.ay from them, taking nothing with her but one of their old pots, with a view to cook for herself a turnip, or anything she could get to support her, so that she might not die for want of food. She had wandered about the roads and waysides, begging ever since she quitted the gipsy camp, and with the very few halfpence she had picked up in this manner, had bought a iicnnj' loaf at a village she might pass in her rambles. She did not at all know where she had been wander¬ ing, but at last she had reached the common, where the young ladies found her that morning.
Lady G hud little or no doubt that
the child's tale was true ; aud thinking that to cast out so young and so un¬ friended a creature again on the wide world would be to give her up to de¬ struction, she resolved to aa"ord her Xiresent shelter, at least until she could ascertain by inquiry that all she had stated was correct. Having obtained from the child the name and address of her father, she determined at once to write to B.ath, begging an immediate reply. .
In the interval, the poor little wander¬ er was attired iu better clothes, and placed under the especial care of a steady female servant, -(vith a charge to keep a strict eye upou lier. In a few daj's au answer came from Batli eou- firming the girl's atorj', and expressing an earnest wish for her return home to livo with her father. But little Mary evinced so much terror at the thoughts of going back to her mother-in-law, that Lady G forbore to urge her to re¬ turn home.
She had been greatlj' interested by the simplicitj- of lier j'ouug charge, and the servant to whose more especial care she had been  committed, spoke very
favorably of her.  Ladj- G jiroposed,
therefore, to keep her in the faniilj', and trj' to make a servant of her, begin¬ ning with .some humble duties in the household. The child's gratitude was one of the liveliest kind ; tliere -was nothing bad in her; indeed, her natural dispositions seemed docile and aimable. But ahe had received no instructions; all her good qualities must, therefore, be inherent. She was very promising, aud her benefactress, after a few weeks more of probation, finding that she might be trusted aniong the other chil¬ dren, sent little Mary. to the village school. There the child showed so much aptitude for learning, Heading, writing, etc., thatshesooii became the head of the class, and made such progress that, on leaving the school two or three j-eais' after, she was promoted in the liouse- hold, and became lady's maid to her benefactress. In this situation she Iiad contiuued for several years, rep.aj'ing tho kindness and generosity of Ladj'
G bj' the most assiduous fulfilliueiit
of her duties, and the warmest attach¬ ment to her person.
Pinallj'—and few stories of romance conclude ao satiafaetorj' as thia tale of real life—the trustworthy and reapeet- able Iiouse steward of the family took
her to be hia wife.   Lady G , with
an unwearied interest in her well-being, furnished the house for the good couple very handsomely, and made the bride tlie mistress of the village school, where ahe had been fostered and educated. Greatlj' was that excellent lady pleased to see that when her favorite attained tlielieightof her good fortune—cherish¬ ed bj- her superiors, beloved bj' the poor, and respected bj' every one—the full-grown woman iu her prosperitj' preserved the old jiot as a precious relic of the lowly and afflicted state from which, by agood Providence, she had been so niercifullj' rescued, when, as the forlorn little Marj-, she prepared to boil her turnijis on a heath in Kent, on the most eventful morning of her life.
LEGAL NOTICES.
AVDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estateof John Hagy, late of Weat Co¬ calico twp., Lancaster county, dec'd. THE undersigned Andltor, appointed to dis¬ tribute the balance remaiuing In the hands of John H. Hagy, Solomon H. Hagy nnd Peter Martin, administrators da bonis non cum tes- tamento annexo of snid decedent, to and among tho.se legally entitleti to the same, and to pass npon ctcSptlons to tlielr account, will sit for that purpose on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2ist, ISoe, at 10 o'clock, a. m., at tlio CourtHouse in the city of Lancaster, wlicrc all persons In¬ terested in said distribution mav attend.
^ ,. „ EEUBE!^ JI. LONG,
nov 28-ft-2 Anditor.
LEGAL N.O..tICES.
AVDITOIt'S SrOTICE.
Estate of John Hagy, late of West Co¬ calico twp., Lancaster eounty, deo'd. THE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dis¬ tribute the balance remaining in the hands of John H. Hagy, Solomon H. Hngy and Peter Martin, executors of Daniel Hagy, dec'd, -who was c.-(;ecutorofsaid John Hagy, dec'd, to and among those leeally entitled to the same, and to pass upon exceptions to their account, wlli Kit for tiuit iiurpo.se on FBIDAY, DECE51:BER •-'1st, l.ICO, at 10 ocloclt, a. ni., at tho CourtHouse in tlie cltj-of liancaster, where all persons in¬ terested in .said di.strlbution mny attend.
REUBEN H. LONG, nov2S.H-2 Auditor.
AimixisTnATon-K xotice.
Estate of David High, l.ate  of L'pper Leacock twp., dee'd.
LETTERS of Hdrainistr.ition on said estate having been Krauted lo tiie undersigned, ail iiei-sons indebted thereto are requested to malte linmertiate pa.vment, and tliose liaving de- maudsugainst the .sjiine irill present them for settiomeut to llie undersigned, residing in said lowiiship.
CHRKTIAN HIGH, nov2S-0H2 Admlnisirator.
ADHnnflTBATOB'S NOTICE.
Estate of William Gorrecht.Iateof Lan¬ caster city, deceased. LETTERS of Administration on snid estali- having been granted to the uudeiBlgned, all persons Indebted thereto ar© requested to makelmmedlBte payment, nnd those having claims or demands against the same will pre¬ sent them for settlement to the underslgnt'd residing in said city.
„ „.    „ P. W. GORRECHT,
nov23-0t-n; Administrator.
ADXINISTRATOBS' NOTICE.
Estate of Jacob B. Tshudy, late of War-     wick twp., deceased.
LETTERS of administration on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, iill persons Indebted thereto are   requested  to make immediate payment, and those having claims ordemands against the same w-iu pre.s^ ent them without delay for settlement to the undersigned, residing in tho village of Litiz. B. E. TSHUDY, II. H. TSHUDY. „„   „, .,    , M. T. HTTEnENER,
hov 21-01-111 Administrators.
EXECCTOKS- NOTICE.
Estate of Samuel Hess  late  of East Hempfield twp., dec'd.
LETTERS testamentary onsaid estate having been gr.anted to the undersigned, all per¬ sons indebted thereto are requested to malce immediate payment, and tliose  having de¬ mands against the same will present tliem for settleraeut to the undersignetl executors. .SAMUEL HESS. FRED. HKSS. uov2i-Ctsi Executors.
NOTICE
t rom the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Lancaster county.
APPRAISEMENT Of SiOO allowTincc l.y. law to widows ofdecedents, have been niert in the ofliee of Ihe Clerk of the Orphans' Court, lo be lieldat the Court House in the city of Lan¬ caster, on the THIRD MON'U.iY IN DECEM- liEU, A. D., I,S(M,at 10 o'clock, a. m., viz.- For Susanna Diller, widiw of Adam Dllhr.
late of East Earl twp.. deceased. For Anna Miller widow of Jolm MUler, lale of
l!.phrata twp., deceased. For Esther U. brandt, widowofllcnrv llranill,
late ofthe borough of Columbi.a, ticct-iLsod. For AMiiii Lchn, wldowof Abraham I.olin, lal<-
ofManheiiu twp., deceased. For Sarah E. Stahl, wldowof George W. StiiM,
late of the borough ot Marietta, iloceasoil. For Elizabeth Ehreclit, widow- of George Eb¬ recht, late ofthe borough of Manheim, dec'd. '''i-'',!?^'^ A. Seldomridge, widow of Iteiijaniin
M. .SclrtomrlUge. lalo of Leacock twp., dci-'.l. I. or Theresa Holler, widow of Frcilcrh-k Hof¬ fer,  late of tile borough ol Ellzubellitowii,
deceased.
JOHN C. BALDWIN,
„,    ,.  Clerk of Orphans'Court.
Clerk's OIHce, Nov 21, ISSi. rli-;;
EXECUTOHS' NOTICE.
Estate of Jacoh Bassler, Sr., late of East Hempfield twii., dec'd.
IETTER.S   Testamentary   on   said   estate J having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted tliereto are requested lo make immediate settlement, and those liaving claims or demands ogalnst tho same will pre¬ sent them witliout deiaj'for settlement lo the undersigned residing in said township. JACOB BASSLEU, Jr., BENJ. E. KAUFF.MAN. nov 17-CL'^52 ExecnUn-.*;.
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.
Assigned Estate of Benjamin J. Lin¬ vllle and wife, of Coleraine twp., Lancaster county.
BENJAMIN .L LINVILLE and Wife, of Cole¬ raine tou-nship. having hydecd of volun¬ tary assignment, dated July 2S, 181H!, as.signed and transferred all their estate and eli'ects lo the undersigned, forthe boiiclltof the creditors of the said Benjamin Linvllle, he therefore gives notice to all ponsons indebted to snid ns- slguor, to make p.iymeiit to the undersigned without delay, and tliose having claimsto pre- ¦Sciit them to the undersigned.
SAMUEL SLOKO.M, A.sslgnee,
llOVL'l.Ct IJ
Residing in Sadsbnry twp.
INSOLVENT NOTICE.
TITl-2 nndersigned having applied toihe Court ofCommon pic.is of Lancaster county for the benelit of the Insolvent Laws, the said Court has appointed MONDAY, tho 17th day of DECEMBER, ISCO, at 10 o'clock, a. m., for a hearing, wlien his creditors may attend if tliey
tliinit proper. ¦2l-;!t 1]
MISCELLANEOUS.
JOB PBINTINC OFFICE FOB S.VI.E.
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NOTICE.
To holders of the Bonds of Lancaster couuty.
Iiersons w\io have loaned money lo theCoun- . ty are cautioned to make a special relni-n of that fact, and of tho amounts of tlieirioan.s, i«i their District AR.se.s.soni; othcrwl.sc tliey will be liable to bo taxed twice for state puriHJses.
The .Stale Tax on such loans w-ill hereafter l>c collectedlhy the County Treasurer in paving liie interest tlieroon.
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SPANISH HEni.VO .SHEEP.
rpiIB undersigned having disposed of liis XFarm, will sell his stock of Spanisli .Meiiiti, Hlieep, bred from tlio Hock of Gen. Goe, l-'uy- ette county. Pa., at reduced priei-s. Tlu-"se sheep shear from a toilltjs. each, and tlu, Bucks from 8 to II lbs. Persons in want of .Superior .Stock wlll call on or address—.
HARVEY BRACKBILL, Strasburg, Lancaster county. Pa.
CHRISTIAN M. GREAFF.
NOTICE.
WHEREA.S, Letters of Admintstration to tlie estateof Abraham Lehn, late of Man- Iieim twp,, Laneasler counly, deceased, have been granted to tho subscribers, all pei-.soiis In- ilebted to the said esl.alo are requested to malce immediate payment, aud those having claims ordemands ag.ainst tho estateof the said dece¬ dent w-ill make known the same, withont de¬ lay to - ANDREW L. LEHN, ABRAIIA.M L. LEHN. nov. .3-ot*oO Administrators.
AB.niNISTUATOKS' NOriCE.
Estate of George W. Stahl, late of Ma-      rietta borough, dee'd.
LETTERS of admlnislralion on said Estate having been granted to tho uiider.-dgned, all persons indebled thereloare requested to make linmcdiatepayment.and those liaving claims ordemands against tlie same will jii-escnt tliem for settlement lo tho undersigned.
JACOB STAHL. Marietta. CONRAD ZEIGLER, E. Donegal, uov. .*?-6t-50 Administrators.
EXECUrOIfS NOTICE.
Estate of Joseph Braekbill, late of Pa¬ radise township, dec'd. LEl'fERS testamontarj- on said estate hav¬ ing been granted to tho nndersigned, .-ill fiersoiislndcbtedllicretoarc requested to make mmcdiatc pnj-inciit; and those liaving claims or demands againsttliesame will present them without dcL-iy for settlement to the under¬ signed, residing iu said townsliip.
CHRISTIAN IIETZLER, nov. S-Gt-oO Executor,
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Adam Diller, late of   East Earl township, deceased.
LETTERS ot administration ou .said Estate having been granted lo tlie undei-signed, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate p.ayment, and those having claims or demands against llie same will pre¬ sent tlicm for scttleincnt to tile understgned, residing in West Cain twp., t!licster oonnty. JOHN II. SENHENICII, nov 10-m*-.",l Ailininlslrator.
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Care of Flowers ik Pots.—It Is a common  fault to put plants kept in rooma into too large pots.    This haa al- waj's a bad effect.   If the soil be good, and not over-watered, the plants will indeed grow rapidly, but it will pro¬ duce leaves and   branches  instead of flowers; aud if the soil be over-watered, the mass of soddened soil round tlie roots has the same effect upon them as stag¬ nant water in the saucer.     The soil sliould always be iu such a state aa to admit air with tbe water to tlie roots; but this it cannot do when it becomes blackened paste   by   being  saturated with water.   At the same time frequent repotting is often absolutely necessary to keep the plants in a dwarf, compact habit of growth, and lo prevent them from being drawn up.     The way in which   practical   gardeners  ascertain when repotting ia necessarj', is by turn¬ ing the plant out of the pot, with the ball of earth attached, and if tliey  find the roots look wliite round the outside of them old, then the plant should be transferred lo a larger pot, but only one size larger; afterward it may bo repot¬ ted again, if necessarj-, but always to a pot only a little larger than the one it was taken from.     By persevering in tills mode of treatment for some time and never advancing more than one size at each change,  a plant maj' be grown lo a large size, and made to pro¬ duce abundance of flowers; while by the contrary treatment, that is, suft"er- iug it to remain in a very small pot, or shifting it suddenly iuto a very large one, the stem will become weakened and elongated, and the flowers will be few and very poor.
man, he only knew this fair earth of
ours as a dirty road to pickup money i coming into the neighborhood, as she
as you walk along. | -was aUowed to run neglected about, and
A little girl, who made very frequent use of the -word "guess," was told by her teacher losay "iiresume." Presentlj', oneofMarj''s little pliij'mates coming up to her remarked: "I think j'ourcapc is^vory pretty, and mj' mamma wants j'Our mamma to leud her the pattern, because she's going lo make me one like it." "My mamma has no pattern," was the prompt rcplj', "she cut it bj' pre¬ sume."
Lord William Lennox relates the fol¬ lowing as having occurredat Lord Shaf¬ tesbury's examination ofa girls' school: Just as the noble lord was about to take his leave, he addressed a girl somewhat older than the rest, and omong other things inquired, 'Who madeyour body ?' 'Please, my lord,' reaponded the unso¬ phisticated girl, "Betsy Jones made my body, buti made the skirt myself.'
A picture in Punch called "Eatlier Cute," represents a man at a ticket of¬ fice. "Look here'?" he says, "you didn't give me the right change just now?" Clerk—"Too late, sir! You should have- spoken when you took your ticket?" Passenger—"Should I ? Well, it's of no consequence to me ? but you gave me half-a-sovereign too much! Ta-ta!" Exit
Never retire at night without being wiser than when you rose in the morn¬ ing.
'    . RECISTEU'S NOTICE.
fpHE.\ccoun^of the foliow-Ing persons are JL filed in llie Register's Ollice of Laneasler county for confirmation and allowance at an Orphans' Court to be held in tlie Court Houso, in theeity of Lancaster, on the THIRD AION- DAY IN DECEMBER ClTlh), ISliU, at 10 o'clock, .\. M.;
Jacob C. Stoner, guardian of Clementine G.
and Esther IT. Davis—now Esther II. Titlow.
John T. MacGonigie, ndiMlnistrntor of Artlinr
Q,uinn. Adam Hcrr, guardian of Ann .Maria Maynard
and Franklin Sfaynard. Henry Heideibangh, guardian of Abraham
Hess.
Daniel P. Yost, administrator of Henry Yost.
Sidney Howell Myer, John X». M. Myer, George
M. Stelnman and i:llis Reeves, e.xeeulors of
John Myer.
Joliu Huber. guardian of John M. "Weldler and
Sarah M. NVcldler. Daniel Dougherty and Mary B. Dougherty, ad¬ ministrators of Jolin S. Dougherty. Charles K. McDonald, one of the administra¬ tors of Thomas McCausland. Ann E. Christ, administratrix of Jacob Clirist. John L. Denlinger, guardian of  Eiizabetli
Hoover. John Hollingcr.executorof Ann Shennclirook. Samuel H. Grlng, guardian of EUiui Hartiug. Amos Grofl", trustee of Philip Hlltz. James P. Boyd, guardian of Mary E. Markley. Jacob B. Tshudy, executor of Dr. Levi Hull. Levi S. Relst, survivingexecutor of Christian
Gutyahr. George B. Warfel and Chri-stian IT. Lines, nd-
ministrators of Melchoir Haekman. Peter B. NIssley, guardian of Fanny Brandt, .-v. R. AV'ltmer, e.xeculorof.Snm'lHougentoglcr. Briuton Walton, admiuistrntor  of Hannah
Henson. Abraham Bruner, administrator of James T.
Little. Ezra Reist, gu.ardian of Wm. II. Bollinger. John and Josepli Hawk, admluisti-alors of Ja¬ cob Hawk. George T. Hummel, adminlstralor do bonis nou cum testamenlo annexo of John IL Mil¬ ler. John B. Smith, Henry Elici-iy and Johu Pry,
surviviuK executor of Daniel Jlerkle. Daniel F. liaiiiuker and Benjamin B. Bnintlt, administrators of Daniel Brandt, dec'd, who was guardian of Elizabeth Wlil (formerly Brandt,) Amos Busliong and .Jacob S. Landis, adminis¬ trators of Maria Landis. David Styer, administrator of James Quaiu-
laucc. Jacob K. NIssley. Ellas El>y and .Tonus E. Hos¬ tetter, executors of Jacob NIssley. John Miiler, guardian of John K. Stark, .lacob Hurst, guardian of William Good. Abraham Hess,executor of Elizabeth Relnhold. Martin Shreiner, guardian of Marcus A., Mar¬ garet S., and ilary E. Eicheiberger. Ileiirj-   H. Kurtz,   guardian of Franldiu O.
Kurtz. Artlinr B. Ayers, administrator of Hannah J.
Fellcnbanin. Benjamin F. Jfitsselman and Daniel E. Mow-
rcr, adminislnuoi-s of Joseph Herr. Samuel NIssley, administrator of Geo. Becker. Samuel Lessley, adininistralorof Johu L&ss-
loy, Jr. John Mecartney, execntor of .Susanna  Each- man. Jolin M. Ensminger, Samuel A. Ensminger, C.vrus J. Suavely and Emanuel F. Hosteller, executors of .Sam'l Ensminger, w-lio was ad- mistrator of Joanna liahn. John Mecartney,  guardian of Fanny Burlc-
holder. C. y. Hoirman, trustee of Christian GrolT. Heury Copenhaller, administrator of Samnel
Ingram, .lohn K. Eberleln, e.'ceculor of James Pearson. Samuel Shirk and Mary Shirk, admiulslralors
of Daniel Shirk. Andrew- B. Haucic, administrator of Elizabeth
Roland. Peter Brubacker, administrator with the wiU annexed of Magdalena Brubacker.
any kind ol Fruit, and preserve it in , —-jcliy fresh nnd w-liolsonic coniUlion iv,r years.   It contains nothing injurious to health or objectionable in articles ofdiet.   The friiil retains its fiavor and firmness.
For sale at   CHARLKS A. HEINITSH'S. No. i:iEast KiiigSt., Laucostir. Jun 27- .a .
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lANCASTEll, PA. Jul 4-tf-33.
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±PA<n'ORY.    All kinds of Tin, Sheet-Iro and Copper Ware on hand and inanufacturt-d to order, al the House Furtiisliing Slore of A. C. FLINN, No. 11 North Queen St., I>aiu-a.Nti-r Its-ROOFING, .SPOm'INO and   Repairing pro'mptiy attended to.
'SI iSnn ""EK year:
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8S0.SewingMaeliincs. 'I'iirce newklnds. I'li- der and upper feed. Senton trial. Wurranli-il live years. Abov?salary (u-largecnnii,ii.<sii>ns paid. Tlie ONLY niacliinvs sold in l.'iiilid suites for less than 840, which are/i'l/.i/l/<-r,i.<<-i/ Uij Howe, Wliceter A- li i/.«'«l, Ornvcr ,t- J;iil;rr, ainacriH Ot., uml Jtacheldrr. AU other i-lu-ap machines are iii/rinyemenlj and tlie .irllcr or tlxer are liable to arrent.Jhic and i]iniriftni,ttrtif.~ Illn.strated circulars sent/rcir. Address, or call upon Shaw & Clark, at BIddeford, Maine, nr Chlcogo.IlI. lualo-lvio
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A SUPPLY of CANE ROD.S, .Sea Grass, Hair Silk nnd Hemp LINES, with Floats: India Gra.ss, Silk nnd Hemp LINES lu hanks; Hair and Gut SNOODS; FLOATS, ARTIFICIAL FLIE.S, SWIVELS, Carlisle. Llniericic and ICirby HOOKS, Just recelvedand for sale hy JOHN F. LONG i SONS, DruggiMs, mayO-tr 251 No, 5 North (iueen si.
Levi Kneisly, guardian of Anna Kneisly. Henry Lively, admiuI.strator of Jacoo Christ. John   Quigley, administrator  of  (*'atharinc
Ruth. Sarah StaulTer, administrator ot S.amuel P. Stan ire r.
Frederlclc McLanahan, guardian of Ellen Mc- Grunahan.
Franklin Ditzlei-, adminislralor of William Ditzler.
Johu Seldomridge and Nallianlel E. Slaymak¬ er, trustees under the w-iil of Diivid Brisben.
Dr. Jacob H. Musser, guardian of Benjamin and Jacob Landis,
Dr. Jacob H. Musser, guardian of Tlieodore and Elmlna Landis.
Dr. Jacob H. Musser, guardian of Elam H. and Amanda Landis.
Dr. Jacob H. Musser, guardian of Marj' Ann and Leah Laudls.
Dr. Jacob H. Mnsscp, trustee under the will oi Benjamin L. Land-8.
Dr. Jacob H. Musser, guardian of Mary Jane Miller. '
William B. Baldwin and John Hnej', executors of Joseph B. Bnidwlu.
Henry E. Denlinger and Isaac Esbenshade, ad¬ ministrators of Henry Denlinger.
Sarah Jane Landis and Mark P. Cooper, ad¬ ministrators of Christian S. Landis.
Henry H. Kurtz, ndminlstratorot John Jolins.
John Fenstei-macher, guardian of Jacob Dem- my.
Henry N. Landis, snrvivlng executor of Abra¬ ham Landis.
John Lynch, execntor of Thomas Starrs.
Isaac N. Townsend, guardian of John A. Wil¬ liams, Levi P. Williams, and Wm. B. Wll- llams.
E3ILEN PRjVNKLIN.
Lancaster, Nov. 20. Register,
nov 21-4t-ni
U.\S FITTING  AND I'l.l'MBlXO
ESTABLISHJIENT,
Wo. 11 Iforth (Jueeii Street, Lancastci-.
PARTICULAR attention given to lining up buildings wilh Gas or water Pipes, Waler Closets, Basin, Bath Tubs, d-c. Repairing promptly attcuded to. anr 4-tf-'2ff A. C. FUNN.
TtlBKEYS FOR SALE.
rilHE Subscriber olTers for sale a lot nf siipe- Xrir.r and e.xtra sized TURKEY.S. Thi-y nr tlio LAKGUST EVER RAISED and bred Irciiii a Gobbler, weighing-10 lbs. ana Hen '20 lbs.— Farmers w-ho desire to improve tlielr .sl,n-k would do well 10 look nt Ihcin.
SIMON 5IINNICII. Landlsville, Lancaster county. Pa. nov 2S-3»t-3
GROUND PEPPEK
DIU J. A. MILLER'S DRUG STORE,
Howell's Building,  North  Queen  .St.
Lancaster.
THOSE who desire a prlmo article wlll llnd it to their advanlago to examine this Pepper. It is ground in this cTty.and is a verj- superior article. Sold wholesale and Retail on reason¬ able terms.
Pure KTonnd Cloves. Cinnamon, nnd other Spices also kept constantly on hand. nov28-tf-2
FABHERS' nVTIIAI/   INSURANCE   <'0.
THE members of the Farmers' Mutual Insn- ance Company of Lancaster couutj-, are liereby notified tnat an election of Five Direc¬ tors and Six Appraisers to conduct the alfairs of the said Company for the ensuing year, will be held at the Exchange Hotel In. tho city of Lancaster, on SATURDAY, DECEIIBER ±llh, A. D., 1860, between the hoursofUand3o'clock. Hy order of the Board of Directors.
JOHN STROHM, nov 28-3t-ii2 Secrelarj*.