Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XLV.«i
LANCASTER, PA.^ OTIDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1871.
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KXAMCVKR « HiBRAI-D.
¦" fWBLISHEP   ETEKt ymCTSPAT. At Ho. 9 nocUi Qaeu Itnsti lueuter, F*.
TERXS-*2.0D A. TEAR XS ADTAKCE.
JOHN A. HIESTAND * B. M. KtlNB, £dltorB anii Proprletora,
SKILE WHENEVEE YOU CAN.
Wlien things don't ro to salt you,
And the world .seems upside down. Don't WJiste your time In f/ettlug,
But drive away that frown ; Since life Is otl perpleilng,
'Tis much the wisest plan To bear all trials bravely,
Aud smile whene'er you cau.
Why should yoti dread to-morrow.
And thus despoil to-day? For when yoa borrow trouble.
You always havo to pay. It Is a good old raaxlm.
Which should be often preached; Don't cross Iho bridgo before you.
Uutll tho brhlRe Is reached.
You might be spared rauch sighing.
Ifyou would keep In mind •fhe thought that good and evil
Are always here combined. Tlicre must be soinrtliiiiff wanting,
¦And though you roll In weallh, Yoii may miss from your casket
That precious jewel—health.
Aud though you're strong and sturdy.
You may .haye au empty purse; (And eartii has many trials
Whicii I consider worse!) But whether joy or sorrow
Flll up your mortal sp:tu. 'Twill malie your pathway brighter
To smilo whene'er you cau.
1 Written for the Examiner nnd llerald.]
"OUS SCHOOLMASTER."
"There, iu his noisy mansion, sklli'd to ruU, The vUlage nULster taught his liltlo school."
Wliat    wonderful    personages   our sc/ioo?ma.s(ers were—notonly in person, but wonderful also incharacicr, Weaay were, beeause we liave no reference to tbe school-teachers of lbe present da^', but to the old fashioned schoolmasters, forty-flve and fifty years   ago, iu tbe town of M——.    If tbese fuuetuuaries were wonderful in person aud character, tbey were none the lessao in tbe kind, and the scope of their abilities—at least they aeenied wonderful in these respects to ».?—and did not fail to excite al^o, in na,  tho wonder bow, " in one small head" like theirs, tberecould be packed so mueh learning:—and we mentally exclaimed, in a sort of liopelessuess;— "It is bigb, JCC cannot attain unto it." Peiliapa we did not use such  words, but we are sure, that many a time, we iiKlulged   in    corresponding   thottyhts. During our Schooldays wehad tbree difl'erent luaslers—not howevtr at the same time, but at three difl'erent peri¬ ods—and therefore we had much better opportunities than the boy, who, for the   lack of   literary  ability, alleged tbat he only hail   had two nighls of tuition at a country scbool, and that on one of theso nights he had uo candle, and on theother the master was drunk. Wben the reader rellecls that it was tho cusiom of each seiiolav at a country night-school to furnish hisown caudle, and thatit waa a too common habit for seboolmaslers, al tbat d.ay, to get drunk, he will at once aiipreciate Ibt Inlerrupliniis tbis  boy must have ex¬ perienced   iu bi.'i scholastic  training; and therefore that he would manifest great deficiency iu charily, if he did not  make  some allowance   for  sueh untoward contingencies.    But our op- perluuilies—it uot great—at least were farsuperior to these; foras weaaid before, we bad three masters—aud tbey were masters  loo—not   mere   ^cocAcrs-but masters, at least In all that related to the physical significance of tbat term. Now, in relating oih' wonders about our schoolmasters, we may possibly ex¬ cite the wonder of our readers, tbat we should thus iusist upon calling theae functionaries   seboolmaslers, and not schoul teachers.   As we regard Ibis a legitimate wonder, we   will therefore suggest an   explanation.   In the first place 0!/)'  schools were not   "graded, scliools," aud almost at auy time—and especially during the winter quarters (tbere were no " sessions" then)—there could bavo been fouud ten or a dozen scholars, large enough, and pugnacious enough) to liave ".sjiauked" tbe mas¬ ter, if tbey had willed  it; aud there¬ fore,   tbese personages,  all   the  time seemed to be iutent upon cultivating the discipline, 'and the sternness, that were deemed   necessary in maintain¬ ing their supremacy,as ma.s^(?/*s, and very little accouut seemed  to be   made of teaching.   Indeeil, the distinctions be¬ tween learning and teaching, were not at all inculcated, aud whatever know¬ ledgo the masters raay bave had about these distinctiona, it would be aafe to aay, tbat tbe  scholars knew   little or nothing about them, and perhajis cared still less,   nut, with all tbeir iron rule, tbe masters did uot uniformly succeed in   asserting .Iheir sole   supremacy— especially   not   about   the   Christinas holidays—for on tbose occasiona, these pedagoguea,    after    tlteir    rage    and streugth  had   been   exhausted,   were compelled   to aaaume tbe attitude   of supplicants, or yield to a compromise, before tbey were permitled to enter their own aehool-houses. In the .tecond place, there were no scliool examina¬ tions then—none properly aud authori- titively so called-no cards of merit- no graded lials of standing in scholar¬ ship published—none at least that tee ever saw or beard of, and therefore, if a man's head was stufTed full of learn¬ ing—if lie  had a cerlaiu  stamina  of sternness ubout him—aud  withal, had acquired that experieuce whicii  gray hairs are supposed necessarily to confer, he w.as deemed a proper master; and teaching, hy inductive rules or other¬ wise, that was left pretty mucli to the intititions  of the scholars themselves, assisted   by   the  dubious  crumbs   of chance, that were  sparsely acatlercd around lhem, or was hammered Into them.
Tbis is Jierhaps all that ia necessary to say of our schoolmasters, by way of intt'oductiou—except perhaps un addi¬ tional .admonition to the reader, lo bear distiiictty in memory, that we refer only lo the schoolmasters Virithiu the narrow sphere of our own peraonal ex¬ perience, and not tn all achoolmaaters, everywhere, half a century ago.
Our firat aehoolmaster's uame was Smith—wbich is not I'cr^ singular, see¬ ing that there have beeu so mauy Smiths in the world—but perhaps his identity may bo somewhat narrowed down, or circumscribed, when we fur¬ ther state, more specifically, John Smith; and tbat he was assisted in his ouerous, and perhapa vexatious labors, by hia aon, George Smilh. Our school days were distributed througb portions of the yeara 1820,1821, and 1822, and euded before we had readied our tenth year. DuringourpupilagewithSmith, he occupied tbree different school¬ rooms, in three different housea, and at three different times; two of which were private dwellinga, and the third an npper room In the market-house. The private bouses still remain, but ¦ the market-house is numbered wilh the tilings that were. Although we can I recollect a few of tbe names of those I', who were pnpila of Mr.'Smith at the same time we were, yet we cannot le- s)^raidi>gle:oiie,v.wlioia yre^^gwjtojbe.
living now, nor can we recall IVIrs. Bmith, If any such person was in ex¬ istence when we went to Smith's school; hut of his son, Oeorge Smith, we have a clearer recollection, as tb hia appeairance, peraonallir, than wis have of hia father. Smith, Br., acc6i;ding to the itnpfessioii wehave retained ot bim, was of a 'medium hight—say five feet eight inches high, square, and toler¬ ably broad ahouldera, moderately short neck; rather spare and sallow features; sandv hair mixed with gray, wore ashen tinted clothing, and at the period of our pupilage, mlgbthave been forty- five years of age. His son Qeorge waa a flne specimen of a boy, juat develop¬ ing into manhood, and had black curl¬ ing hair, a fine robust form, and at that period, was, perhapa, eighteen years of age.
Smilh, jr., waa monitor and assistant teacher, and might liave also been a pupil in the highest branches at the same time; hutour'clearestrecollection of him is that he watched and taught tlie scholars, wliilst his fatlier slept in his easy chair, eapecially iu the loug summer afternoons. We think that botb father and son followed other oc¬ cupations, and th)it duriug the spring months tiiey measured timber, and in- speeleil lumber, along theSusquehanna river. Tbeir school could not have been a very large one, for whilat it was kept lu the market iiouse, it occupied the little "council chamber,"although at thetime we allude lo. Ibis seemed like a large and spacious hall. Many ycars afterwards, wben it was occupied by the now Judge L, as an artist's stu¬ dio, we oflen wondered liow aschool, as large as that seemed tn us, could be crammed into a space ao small. We can recollect litlle or nothing of the system, 6r success of the Smiths iu teaching, bnt tills we know, that we learned but littlo under their tuition. This may have been our fault, forsome- how we had a dreadful aversion for tlie scbool, and always felt thegreatest relief wlien the hourof dismissal came. Dur¬ ing the whole period we attended this school—however loug or short tbat may bave beeu—we were solely occupied in learnir.g lo maater the A. B. C's and A—B—Abs, and we are not certain nou, lliat we even accouiplished tliat. We distinctly remember the kind of book we had—for we also used the same at Sunday scliool—allhough we eaunot now recall ils author or compiler, nor yel its distinctive tille. There was very little uniformity in scbool books in those days, and probably no two schol¬ ars learned their lesaonsoutof Iliesame kind of books. That which we uaed iu addition to llie alpliabel and rudiuien- tal apelling leasous, contained tbo pic¬ ture and descrijition ofthe "burning of JohnKocers," whilst "his wife and nine children—one at her breast," wero conspicuously in Hie foreground among tbe lookers-on.
. It also contained a series  of lillle marginal pictures, explained by dog¬ gerel rhymes, arrauged in alphabetical order;  such,   for  inslauce,   as—"In Adam's fall. We sinned all"—"A dog will bite, A thief at night"—" Au idle fool. Is whipp'd at school"-and ao on, from A to Z.   We had learued, and committed lo memory,  many,  if not all, of these couplela, and much elae tbat the book coutaiued, loug before we could read   a  line, or even spell worda of a ainglo syllable,—that con¬ tained more than two letters,-simply by hearing George Smith, and otber larger boya, repealing lliem ; for some¬ how it seenied that every boy iu  this school waa fonder of some or  every other boy's book lhan he was of his own.   By tlie same rule we learned lo repeat tbe alpliabet, from beginning lo end, without being able lo identify a single letter with its name; and so lit¬ tle   heed   wus  paid   to   impressing  a knowledge of tbe characters in con¬ nection wilb  tbeir   uames   upou tbe minds of   tlie   pupils  that  we   have known boys who were spelling in  two or three syllables before they were able to spell in one.   Our first successful ef¬ forts in reading—uot in sohool,  but at home—were made in identifying Hie letters, ayllablts  and   words,   In   the couplets, from among wbicii tbe above have been selected, with  tlie sounds Hrst commitied lo memory; sometbing like a person learning lo play a piece of music by " uote," that he had flrst learned to play by "ear."    But our school term with Smith aud Son  waa ended very abruptly, and almost fa¬ tally; for hastily leaving tbe school¬ room, at the termination of the after¬ noon session,—like a dog set free from the kennel in which he had loug beeu incarcerated, — our   right    "big-toe" cauglit iu tbe bottom of our left pant.a- loon leg, which  "tripped us up" and "tumbled us liead-over-beels" to the boltoni of the slairs.   W^e were fortu¬ nate liiat our neclcwas not broken.   As it was, our left clavicle waa broken, and we received two indehlaliona upon onr cranium, whicii we imagine we can feel at the present day; but what phreno¬ logical organs bave been depressed, and what elevated, is more than we are able to deline.
Our second schoolmaster was Samuel Ross, and among his scholars, were three of bis own children—namely, John Ross, and Jane and Hannah Rosa. Mr. Ross waa a tall slender man, Willi a fiorid complexion aud red hair. All bis cbildren, as well as bis wife, were slenderly formed. According to the best of our recollection, his son Johu, who might bave beeu some twelve or fourteen years of age, was rather a bright boy, aud was pliysically distinguishable by having a gather sliarp visage, and a large crimson blotch upon one aide of his face, immediately below the eye. Tbe Senior Ross was eilher amiable and indulgent, or care¬ less anrt iudolent, perhaps somewhat tainted wilh both these cbaracleristic groups, wbich wereanomalous iu a man of his form aud complexiou. We do not think he could bave possessed tlio neces¬ sary energy for a teacher, or he would have discovered what we knew, that scholars in bis seliool "cyphered" all through subtractions, multiplication, and division, without havlnc been able to solve any,' or many, of the prohleois in lliose rules. All were copied from the " cyphering books" of the " bigger boys." Our text-book in Soas' sohool, was "Comley's Spelliug Book," and we have a copy of the aame edition in our possession now. It was illustrated with the "Lambs"the"Wien" the "Whale" aud tbe " Camel". tTnder Mr. Ross' luilion we commenced at the A-B-Abs, and continued throngh the various spelling lessons, until we readied the simple reading lessous, and also essayed addition and "substraction," in Fekis, arithmetic," but beyond the simpler sums in addilion,we absolutely acquired nothiug. He either did not possess the art of imparting instruction to the simpleminded, or we were mentally top obtuse to comprehend his InBtrucUons. We felt discouraged and depressed, for among our companiona we had ther^^p- utation of aptness in comprehendtng and acquiring a knowledge of thinga, and therefore with, ail .ibe amiability of the Bchooliuaster,-we alnolutely hated tb go to his school, more and
Mr. Boss occupied for a school-bonse a long, low briok building, not far from^ the market^honae; Where we got the terriblefall while atbending.S^r. Smith's school ;.sa|d'buililing being on the main str^t; and hla ;famiiy.:ieaidence was near by, in one ofnthe angles ofthe Centre Sqaare. We abhorred the very sight of this building, aa much aa the most democratic Prenchnian ever did the^aatlle; and we were glad when the spring oame, that we miglit flnd work along tho'rlver, inatead of going to school. We bave often thought of our going to thla scbool as tbe most singular period in our whole life's hia¬ tory. We thought going lo school a nuisance, aud could not possibly see the least use in it; therefore we would avail oitrself of any excuse, or any op¬ portunity, to absent ourself, and would cheerfully perform any drudgery, uo matter how hard or rough it was, rather than be imprisoned in a school- house, doing nothing. We are far from saying this state of things was the schoolmaster's fault, although tliero may have been some defect in bis sys¬ tem. And yet, when things were pre¬ sented in such a way that we could comprehend them, people were sur¬ prised at the celerity or readiness with which we acquired knowledge, the amount we could commit to memory, and the length of time we could retain it; but our cranium must have been too thick and our perceptiona too obtuse to see into more abstruse things. We could commit whole pages with perfect ease by, only hearing them repeated two or three times, whereas it would have taken us daya to spell out those pages from a printed book. We have no recollection of ever haviug been chastised at Rosa' school—indeed he did not seem to have been severe wilh any of the scholars-at least, not very severe, allhough he did sometimes nse tbo whip.
We deem it essential to tbe general interest of this paper to stale in tbis place that Mr. Ro.as had other substi¬ tutes for the whip, among which, was standing on a chair, or a block, or in a corner,—Bometinies ou oue foot,—sur¬ mounted with a ponderous "dunce cap.?' We wcre subjected to this hu¬ miliation once, and we would rather have taken two whippings tlian to bave passed througb sueh an ordeal a second time, although our lerm in that distin¬ guished positiou was exceedingly brief. In company with another boy, we at¬ tempted to "play truant," but we were delected and led back to the school, and onr case reported. As the session was about half exhausted, the master de¬ termined lo make an example of us, hy compelling ns to sland in a corner, with a dunce cap on, during tho re¬ maining half. We almost melted down with shame uuder tbe weight of that hated cap, aud seeing our liumiliation aud rapenlance, the master soou re¬ lieved us from our painful situation. Not 30 tlie olber hoy, who, hy-the-bye, bad proposed the act of truancy. He look the matter lightly, and liy bis an¬ tics kept the scliool in an almost con¬ stant titter for tiio balance of the fore- uoou. Poor mistaken youth—he was compelled to resume his positiou, for contempt, during the whole aflernoon. Befoie tbe final evening " dismission," however,he "gavein," and manifested llis appreciation by a blubbering flow of tears. Now, the reader would natu¬ rally suppose that thia mode of jinnish- meut had a salutary effect upon tlie order of the school, and so, perhaps, il had, iu cases wliere it waa appreciated. Recalling tho event at tbia lale period of our Jife, we sincerely believe we were honest iu ourreiienlance, aud that the other boy was equally so iu his tears. But, if there wus any truth in subsequent confessions of those who had been dunce-capped, they "didn't care a button about it," and only af¬ fected contrition and tears, even to Hie wetting of their eyes with spittle; whilst their intents and purposes re¬ mained uncbauged. These evasions and perversions, however, are liable to occur in tho execution of sorae of our wisest and most salutary laws.
He did not keep a whip of auy kind, for tiiat apecial purpose, in the school¬ room, to our recollection, and wheu any serious ofl'euce occurred that seemed to make whipping uccesaary, a weapon of tliat character was impro¬ vised for the occaaion. On one occa¬ aion. In company with another boy, we were aent Into tho back yard to cut a whip, with which to punish eome other bigger hoy, and owing to our lu¬ dicrous execntion of the duty assigned us, tbe bigger boy escaped tbe flagella¬ tion, and we came near getting the whipping ourselves. We cut a young locust shoots, of the previous year, about four feet long, as thick as a lliumb, and armed from "end to end" witb spines more than an Incli io lenglb. It would have made a good "war-olub" for a " Fejee"-islander; and it set the wliole school laughing,— the master along with tbe rest, — tbrough which the culprit escaped.
¦We think the great hindrance to the progress of the younger pupils, in the acbools of tho period we allude to, was because tbey were uot "graded." Tbere were scholars in this achool of almost ull ages, from six or seven to twenly years or more, and of corre¬ sponding sizes, and as these larger pupils probably paid bigher tuition feea, Ihey may aiso have absorbed most of tbe master's attention. Notwilhstand¬ ing the presence of these adult pupils, wo do not recollect of ever having seen u map of any kiud iu the scliool, nor of ever having heard of such lerms aa grammar, or geography, or astronomy, or algebra, or mensuration, or etmipo- silion, or auy olher branchea thau " reading, wriling and cyphering," aave lhe lower elementary branches, auch as spelling, &o.; and as for recita¬ tions and school examinations, they were altogether unheard pt. Oue pe¬ culiar characteristic of tliat period— and wlilch has been brougbt down lo the preseut period—waa the great im portance attached to matliematica, or arithmetic. If a hoy was good at " cyphering," no matter bow mucb of a cypher he might be. in every other respect, he was looked upon as a pro¬ digy of learning, aud enjoyed a reputa tion infinitely superior to tbose wbo were defective iu these qualifications. We distinctly remember those •n'ho "traveled" on their knowledge of " cyphering." It is true, that in merely mecbanitial, commercial, or scientific sense, tbis branch of learn¬ ing ia perhaps the most essential ele¬ ment'of a practical educatiou, but it is uot tbe chief element of a good educa¬ tion. Three "quarters" of schooling terminated our school-days at Boss' achool, he havlug died; and subse¬ quently tbe family located somewhere on tbe lower Susqnehanna.
Our ihird and last achbolmaater was Oeorge Brltcoe, a native, we believe, of the Btate of Maryland; and "you had better believe," be was maater ofhis. school, if hewos not always master df his passions. W;b.k'teTec other. lu'iJipa!-, tiooB'of prdgrea we may-have.bMD aiie to exhibit, ondw 'Ur/'B6a>:tiil|;
that we had thumbed "clean Ihrough- and-through" Comley's Spelling Book, and therefore, under Mr. Briacoe, we were compelled to add the '.'Introduc¬ tion to the English Reader," to our list of textbooks, Briscoe was a short, stout,' (at man, with high round shoulders, and.n short thick neok. His hair was blaob, sparsely mixed with gray, and slightly inclined to curl; and when we went to his school, he might bave been about forty yeara of age. He was "croaa-eyed," he had a very irascible temper, aud waa remarkably fond of Scolcli herring, cheese, and crackers, and often lunched on those viands in the school-room ; although he would never anfl'er auy of his pupila to lunch on anything during scbool hours, not even au apjiie, or a chestnnt, if lie hap¬ pened to see it; and he often would see it, wlien the sclioiars thonght he was looking in a different direction, Stone coal, as an article of fuel, about that tirae, began to come into use, and Mr. Briscoe iutroduced it inlo his school. Tbe coal was hard and sul¬ phury, aud the aquare box coal atoves were soractimes defective In draft—at least it was so in Briscoe's school. Tlierefore, when the flre went out pre¬ maturely, and the coal though black still was hot, and in taking it ont, the master happeued to burn his flngers, the air would turn fairly blue with his imprecations, and we imagined that the smell of sulphur was greatly in¬ creased. Whilst in those paroxysms of anger, the scholars were very cir¬ cumspect, very obedient, and kept at a respectful distance. And yet, when his passion had. subsided, George Bris¬ coe would acknowledge hia weakness, almost wilh teara—even to a favorite scholar, and withal, was one of the most humaneandkind hearted of men. Tliere were three advanced reading classes in Briscoe's school. The one uaetl the Introduction, another the Efg- lith Beadur, and a third, the Sequel to the Englisb Reader, but we never ad¬ vanced any further than the "Intro¬ duction." There were also the usual " cyphering," and writing classes, and liere is where we received our flrst in- slruclionsin tbechirographicart. Bria¬ coe tauglit ua to make " pot-hooka," to form letters, and finally to write our own name; but lie made "sad havoc" in tlie apelling of it, whieii our paler familias severely criticized, aud com¬ pelled us lo correct—eveu to our own astonishment, as well as tho master's. Wiien wo were a pupil in Briscoe's school, he occupied tho same scbool roora tliat had been formerly occupied by Ross, aud it was composed of schol¬ ars of all ages and sizes, from precious childhood up to mature manhood. In addilion to our elder sister and younger brother, there were the Charles, tbe Weldeus, IheNagles, the Marlins, tbe Spanglers, tho Shields, the McKeans, the Keeseya, the McAliens, the Coch- rans, the Hippies, tbe Hustons, the Cassels, the Kellcya, the Plunia, the Dullys, Hie Swords, the Hasiita, the liibliarta, Hie Drabeuatads, tbe Flints, thejeunisonsandmanyotheiswbichwe omil,uotbecauscof tbeirinsigiiificance, but because we are compelled to aet a limit soniewliere, and therefore we only iucUide those first and easiest recalled. Briscoe seemed to believe iu the max¬ im, that" lo apare the rod, you spoil the child," and therefore hia prejiara- tious for corporal punishmeut were ample, refined, aud now seem lo us to liave been cruel,—allhough we excui- jiate bim entirely from iiilent'ional cru¬ elly. In tliose days whipping learning into piipila-or at least whipping sub¬ ordination iuto lhem—was regarded as altogether unavoidable. Indeed some sciioolniastcrs seemed to tliiuk it was a jjhysical aa well asan iiitcllectualheiHitii. lothescbolar,tohave bis "hide scored" occasiomilly—it loosened tbe skin and made liim grow. Often when tbo pu¬ pil could demonstrate tbat he was not culpable, the master was us likely to re¬ ply— "uo matier, I'll score you any liow. loiigbt to liave done so yester¬ day, and I am sure you'll deserve it be¬ fore tills time to-morrow"—as to seud lhe pupil to his scat exonerated.
We certainly would not bo faitliful to the history of Briscoe's scliool, if we omitted to make apecial allusion to his instruments, if uot of torture, at least, of punishment; and although we would be fur from saying thathe was characteristically a cruel maater, yet we bave oflen thought, tbat uo man couid possibly bestow so much pains In making and keeping in order such a set of instrumeuts as he had, if lie did not expect to freely use them, and pro¬ bably feel some delight in using them. In addition to a rap on tbe head, made with the liandle of a pen knife, or Hie "flip" of the middle flnger and thumb of the riglit baud, and of the common ferule ou the palm of tbe open haud; he liad two other instru¬ ments, forgreater-occasions, on which lie lavislied some care, and seemed to regard wilb jieculiar satisfaction. One of tbese he called "Toby Bcratehem," aud tbe other " Doctor Blue." Toby consisted of awell proportioned hickory wliip-slock about two feel long, at tbe end of wllicll were attached two leather thongs,«or lashes, of tho same lengih, and onthesmajlerends of cacli of these thongs waa aecurely fastened a duck-aliot, or el.se tliey terminated in alargo knot. TbeX>oc(oj'cousiated of a wooden liandle, or slock, at the smaller end of which waa attached about.six inches of the small eud of a common blue " cow-liide"—a twisted leather iustrument, of various colors, aud commonly used as a riding whip. The former instrument was used to in¬ flict punishment on any part of tbd body wliere the Icusion of tbe clothing aeenied to present the most vulnerable point, imt tbe latter was used exclu¬ sively on the palm of the open band. On one occasion—and one only,we had a sudden application of Toby to our buttocks as we leaned over a desk to listen to some remark make Ut us on ourwuy from the water bucket, wliich immedialely "brought ns up standing," and seut us precipitately to our seat again. Doctor Blue never fell upon our hands, but those who felt his fall, represented it as "awful;" sometimes leaving a welt across the hand, us large as the instrument.
Wilh all this, Briscoe was auacejitible lo the tenderest eniotions; and perhaps rnn to aa great extremes in bis mootls of kiudne.ss, as he did in his moods of auger. With all there was abont the temper of tbe raan, and in his peculiar instruments of punishment lliat was calculated to excite the terror of the wayward pupil, still we liked him, aud liked to go to bis sehool—the only one we ever liked before. He waa thorough in the branches be taught; and requir- fed'tboroughneas ou the part of his pu. pils, to the "utmost extent of their re- pective abilities. Under his tuition we seemed to wake up from a sleep, and we began to liave a more lucid con¬ ception of things. He dissipated the mists which had^previoualy surrounded 'na,,and encouraged ns in a progressiye fourBe;:and no.one seemed to:>regiet .niore sincerely than he did, tbe^ieyent. : wbiloii suddenly terniinaled the relation
oauses'or the rraults of that event, any farther than to'say.'thattheopportunity never returned to u»jt6 enter hlsor any school again. We'distlhetly repudiate all id'eii of 'clalmigi'any imniiiiiity, or merit, from these circumstances; for limited as our opportunities may have been, we are by no means 8ur^',that we have made the best uae of even'those we had. We flnd scores of men who spend all their lives in deploring their lack of early opportunities In educa¬ tion. In most cases there is absolutely nothing in them, or It would have de¬ veloped itself in spite of adverse cir¬ cumstances. We have seen a potato sprout peraeveringly paas through a dark intermediate apace—far beyond its normal growth—until it reached a knot-hole, through which it might ap¬ propriate tbe light and heat of the outer world. We have aeen tbe samo plant persevere nntil it absolutely forced itself tbrough the side of au old boot-leg. There is encouragement in these circumstances to the dullest and most obtuse intellect. Tbero Is doubt- leas sucli a thing as genius, but even genius can accomplish nothing great without self-culture-schooling or no schooling. This is all we have to say about our sehoolmasters. The reader may draw his own parallels between them and ihose of the present day.
Gbantbi.i.us.
KIGHT AHD DAY.
What a beautiful thonght is embodjgd in those worda of Holy Writ, "and tbe evening and the morning wera the first day, and the evening and ths morning were the second day." Morniug bas, and ever will follow the evening; and though our whole life may seem like one continued night, it ahall bs suc¬ ceeded by thebrlghtneasef eternal day. In ourcustomary method of computing time we reckon that day commences at twelve o'clock, and that we have both its extremes shrouded in darkness. A similar idea have we of Jife, of morning's childhood and evening's old age. But it need not be thus wilh the Christian's life, for the evening time may be brightened with the radiance of our heavenly Father's countenance; so that which seems to na like a beauli¬ ful sunset sceno is really but a single ray from wliich usliera iu the glorioua resurrection morning. Wo read of those in ancient time wbo died "old and full of days," yet how many have died being old aud full of nighls. Evil thoughta and deeds, unthankfulness and complaint, are such as make up our niglits. Our days ara made up of puro deeds, sorrows jialiently borne, words of loving sympathy to the poor, bereaved one, little acta and looka of kindneaa, whicii bring back tba glad aunahlne to some weary souls, and as balm to tbe wounded spirit. They are tbe briglit, precious gem.i, wliose radi¬ ance sparkles throughout all lime, and hy wlioae dear light we can heboid the higliway cast up for the ransomed of tbe Hiord.
'WAITIKO.
¦WIU It be over to-day'or'to-morrow 1
WiU It last for a week, oramonth, ora year; Thts trance that la neither a Joynor a sorrow;
Tills waltlDK tbat Is not a hope n'or a fear » 'White I am waiting the end draws near.
It will come before I am dead some day; Shall I teal, I wonder, when it la here 7
Its coming seams lilce a going away. It 18 only that watching made mo weaiy.
And tbat being weary hag made me dream; But in dreams tho world i> not so dreary,
And in dreamt things are not as they aeem.
And indeed I am not Ured yet,
1 have strength to watt what is yet to sec. What the hours I Itnow wlli not forget,
Tbo ond of the watch that Is set for mo. Is It tha ond that has made mo strong.
Lest I say wben it comes it came too late ? Then till it como I ahould and it long;
I have forgotten for what I wait.
Then why ore my thonghts bonnd up to this
By a bond that I neither feol nor see. While tho world goes by in a bale or bliss 7
Do I think the world lieeps watch with mo7 Yet the end wilt come and tho end will go,
And leave no trace in the empty air, Whon it la over nono will know,
And I hardly think that I shall care.
FOE THE  IITTLE FOLKS.
df teacher and %npU'b«tWMtf.>'ii8.< lit
WoNDEKS OP Sjiai.t, Life.—Lewen- boeek tella ua of an insect seen with the microscope, of which twenty-seven millions would only equal a mite. In¬ sects of various kinds may beseen in tbe cavities of a grain of sand. Mold is a forest of beautiful treea, with the branchea, leaves, flowerii,' and fruits. Buttertties are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes. The aurface of our bodiea ia covered with scales like flsh ; n single grain of sand would cover one hundred and filly of tbese .icalea, and yet a aingle scale covers five hundred jioi'cs; Tlirougli these narrow ojieniuga the sweat forces its way out like water thiough a sieve. The mites make Hve liundred stejia a second. Eacli drop of stagnant waler contains a world of ani¬ mated beings, swimming wilh as much liberty as wliales iu Hio sea. Each leaf has a colony of insecis grazing upou it, like oxen in a meadow.
A gentleman was endeavoring to eu¬ joy an evening in the compauy of a young lady ujion whom ho called, hut found a serious obstacle in the shape of her stern father, who at,length ven¬ tured to very plainly intimate that the hour for retiring had arrived. " I think you are correct, ray dear sir," re¬ turned theunabasbedyouuEinan; "wo have been Avaitiug to havo you go to bed for over an hour.
Conversation belween an iuijuiring stranger and a steamboat jiilot: " That Black Mountain ?" " Yes, sir; higiieat mountain above Lake Oeorge." "Any atory or legend connected with that mountain 1" " Lots ot 'em. Two lov¬ ers weut up that mountain once and never came back again." "Indeed! why, what became of them ?" " Went down on the other side."
Of all things, there is none more adapted for auppjrting and retaining our influence than tobe loved, nor moro prejudicial than to be feared. Nopower can resist tlie hatred of ths many.
Not the least of God's mercies is the decay of the faculties by age, as a pro¬ vision for death. It is the ripening of the apple, that it may fall wilhout vio¬ lence.
To be a great orat or is a great dislinc lion; but a successful pnbllo speaker pays heavily forhis popularity, for how uucomforlable It must be for him when a whole assembly hangs on his lips.
'' You look as lliough you were be- aide yourself," as the wag said to a fop wbo bapjjened to be standiug by a don¬ key.
Be careful of your table-lalk. Doall you b.lting at table in biting your food. Don't be biting iu your remarka.
Whatever else tho French may lack, tbey ought not to want food; for, haven't they a provisional govern¬ ment?
Why can not a leopard be caged? Becauae he can not be confined to one apot.
When Adam and Evo partook of the tree of knowledge did tbey sludy the higher branches?
We ought never to be^larmed at the appearauce of a ghost, because it ia quite immaterial.
When is a Chinam^ tbe most liko a vegetable?-Wben a cue cumbers bis head.
The major reason given for the amall vote in Montana ia, that nearly all the males aro miners.
A'Vliy doea tlie fool who never laughs remind one of the wiaest raan? Be¬ cause he la a Solemn 'un.
Theprettiest girls in Utah generally marry Young.
A sick dog isn't generally atrenglh- cned by a courae of bark.
The man ever ready to "scrape an acquaintance"—a barber.'
He who has bad ends in view Is pretty aure to come to one.
The fellow who pawned a watch says he raised money with a lever,
"Is your city a heaUhy one,.sir?'' "ph, yes, medicines are drugs there.'! ,„ iWby ^te a .kfng. who can't, talk; like ,4oi|i^;^ODB^ !B^ase'.^eisa }s.ipg(tumb','
;K(^iMji Jf laiud.d,; ani bitj;; thnliau^'
MY ORAXDPATHER'.S PANTHER
STOKY. Grandfather osed to tell us tbe fol¬ lowing story of an adventure he had Willi a panther when a boy,
Heneverspeakesofapanlher, though. Catamount ia his name tor the creature; tliougb sometimes, when he is talking with any of Hie old hunters and trap¬ pers, they speak of it as tbe " Indian devil." That v/as the name the first settlers here gave it, because the Indians uaed to have such a dread of it. But it's all the same thing. Catamount, "Indian devil," cougar, and puma, all mean panther; ami a still more generul namo for it in this country ia His North American tiger.
I suppose one reason why it has so many names ia because it differs in color andaize through different latitudes of the continent. Along the northern porlions of the United States and lu Canada it is of a light maltese gray, fading into while upon the under parts of the body. But farther south tbe fur lakes a sunnier tint, growing tawny in tiio Soulheru States. While still far- tlier down, in Slexieo aud South Amer¬ ica, it becomes spotted and mottled, like the tiger and leopard; and the people here call it the jaguar.* In C.ilifornia Hiey have named it " the California lion." And up in Oregon and Washington they have "a purple jiaiUiier,"— at leaat Ibey aay so.,
Tha naturalists must have their Ij'atin name for it, of course. With those limber-tongued fellowa It is tlie"FeIis concolor," which in Engliah might mean the cat of all colore, or, a little shorter, the grey cat; quite au inoffeii- sive uame, after all.
" Itwas iu the year 1812," as grand¬ father tells it; "I was nothiug bul a boy at the time, aud tho counlry waa all new rouud here. My father bad moved up two years before, and had got a cleariug of aome fifty acres made, and a frame houso up. There was but one famiiy nearer than tbe settlement, iu lbe lower part of the towuahlp, wliere lhe village ia uow. Jeremy Ed¬ wards had come up lho year before father, and felled the trees over acroas tha stream there, where the Edwardses live now. Tn 1812 waa Jim Madison's war—with England.' They didu't vol¬ unteer tiien ; troojis had lo be raised by draft. Fatlier aud Edwards were both drafted. I well remember ihe nigbt they wcro summoned. Terrible time among the women-folks! Mother aud Mia. Edsvards and the girls cried all nigbt. But there wus no help for it. Tliero waa uo auch thinga uasubstitutes tben. Tbey had to go tbe next moru¬ ing, and leave us to take care of our¬ selves tbo best we could up here in Hie wilderness.
" Little Johuny Edwards—old Undo Jaoit, as tbey call bim uow—was just about ray uge,—let's see, we were four¬ teen then,—and, Ibemen away, overy¬ tbing depended on ua. Those were tough timea; we bad aomething to do, I tell you. But we used to change works, as we called It, so aa lo be to- geHier as much as we could ; for it was rather loucsomo planting und hoeing off in the stumpy, sprouted clearings. Ah! that wua a loug, anxious aummer! We heard from father only once. He waa aomewhere on Lake Champlain. But the weeks dragged by, aud cold weather come on,
"We were getting thiugs fixed up to pass the winter aa well as we could, *hen one night about tbe flrat of No¬ vember, Johnny camo runuing over to aak if we had seen anything of Brlndle, the cow. It had been a bright Indian summer day, and they had turned .her out lo browgo; but she had n't come up aa uaual, and was no¬ where in sigbt. It waa already dusk, but takiug the old gun we started out together, and hunted both clearinga well over. Brlndle waa certainly not in tho cleared land.
'"Have to give her up to-uight, Johnny,' said I. ' But I'll go with you in the morning. She's got loat in the wooda, or hedged up somewhere, among windfalls.' We heard the lucivces crying, and aa we went back along eaw a bear digging ground-nuts under a rock. Altliough theae were common enough sounds aud sights in thoso days, sllll we didn't care to go off into the forest after dark.
" It suowed during the niglit, several inches; and the uext niorning wus cloudy and lowering. But Johnny was over early; Brlndle had n't corae in. He had brougbt hia gun aud taken Gub along (Gub was Johnny's dog); and we now started off for a thorough hunt in tbo woods. How queer everything looked that morning,—so tliick and white and ghostly! The anow had lodged upon all the treea, especially tbe evergreens, bending down tbe branches; and every slump and buah was wreathed in blinding white. Aa the cows used frequently to follow up the valley to the.northward, we entered it and and kept on to where it opens out upon the Saohem'a Pond, at the foot of the Great Crag; which rises right up from tho water's edge some two huudred feet, a abeer precipice, naked and rocky, with just a foot-way • between it and the pond, wbich is very deep off there. About the pond aud tbe crag the trees are mostly low black apruces. This morniug tbey looked like white tents lined with black, in infinite multitudes.. 'Ani this appear¬ ance, with the ground all white, and the not yet frozen water looking black as ink, made everything appear so strange that, althongh we had several times been there before,'we now scarce¬ ly kne.w the Iilace.
" Aa yet we had seen no traces of Brindle, But juat 'as we came out on the pond at the foot of the crag we heard a fox barlr,! quite near at first,
"We hurried in on his track, and a few rods farther up saw him standing atlll, sniffing at aomething; and there, nnder a thin covering of anow, near the jWater, lay old Brindle all torix an^ mangled, and partially eatenl A'feel¬ ing of awe crept over ua at the sight. " 'Dead!' whiapered Johnny, "'Something's killed her!' I whis¬ pered back.
"There waa freah fox-tracks all around ; and the carcass had been re¬ cently gnawed'in several places. Some transient little Reynard had been im¬ proving the chance to steal a break¬ fast. But what savage beast had throttled resolute old Brindle aud torn her in pieces? No bear nor lucivee had done it, It waa not their work, we well know. Some atronger and fiercer unknown animal. And with a strange fear at our hearla we gazed arouud. Not a sound ; not a breath of air to stir tbe loaded boughs; and Hie wild, gray face of the precipice lower¬ ing above ua seemed to grow more ter¬ rible in the stillness.
" But lookiug more closely, we now discerned, partially obscured by tite more recent anow-flakea, aome broad, heavy footprints, larger even that old Brindie'a hoof, going oil' along the nar¬ row path betweeu tbe crag' and the pond. With a sort of fascinated curi¬ osity, we began stealing on Uptoe, frora ouo to another of these, Gub keeping close to us, aud glancing up beseeching¬ ly in our fucea. At the diatanee of a few rods tbe track stopped all at ouce. Beyond a certain point there were no foot-marka. Gub whined, almojt get¬ ting under our feet in hia efforts to keep near.ua. InstincHvely our eyea wandered up the rocks beside us. But ere we had seen tbe spectacle there, a cry—a ahrill, piercing screech—broke thesUllness; and lo! on ajulHng rock, full twenty feet abovo ns and in Hie very attitude of springing, crouched a large gray creature, ila claws working ou the bare rock, ils ears laid back aud its lail switchiug lo aud fro with a restless, dangerous motiou. One mo¬ mentary glance! Then came another scream ; and we felt, rather than saw, that the fierce creature hud spruns- aud was in ihc air. In that second w e also sprang backward, frenziedly, fall¬ ing over each otheraud sprawling on tho snowy rocks. There was a lieavy pounce down inlo tbe path before us, a yell of agony from Gub and a loud growl, Willi a noise of grajipling.
"Poor Gub had been the victim. Seranibling to our feet, we saw Hie animal leap upward, liack lo the top of the rock, at one spring; where again grappling aud gatliering up the dog In ils moutli, it bounded up tn anolhea rock. Then, goiug up tbe crag, it leaped upon a projecting ledge, aloug which it ran to a great cleft or cavern, a liun¬ dred feet above the path, iu the moulh of whicli it disappeared witll its prey. It bad all beeu so suddeu and so aji- jialllug that for snme momenls we stood bewildered aud staring at the spot. Then, remembering our dauger, we caught up our unused guns, and turned to run from the fearful place; when another wild scream rooted us to the path, aud looking up we beheld the catamount glaring down at us from the mouth of iLs den, and running ulong the ledge to the poiut wbere it bad sprung up.
"Frigliteued as wewere, wo slill had seuse enough to know Hiat it was of uo use lo run. From iiis lofty perch, the panther crouched switchiug bis tail aud eying ua mucli as a cat might watch a couple of mice. For .some momenta we stood perfectly motion¬ less. As long as we kept still Hie monster remained watching; but the moment we stirred, lie would rise and poise himself to spring down, growling fretfully at the least niovenient. If we ran, he would bouud down and over- lake us in no time. If we fired our old guns at him, he would spring iu- stantly, aud uuless fatally wouuded make short work of us.
"'O, what can we do !' whispered Jolinny, as we shrank and shivered there beneath Hiose savago eyes, wliicii never for a moment left us.
We had but ono liojie; if we didn't move, lie miglit go back to cat Gub iu his den.
"But uo, he liked the looks of us too well for that. One or both of us be waa bound to have; and, like ali cat- creaturea, he loved lo watcli hia prey. I iim't know how long we atood tliere, but it seemed hours; aud we grew desperate aud fairly reckless in our terror,
" 'I am going to fire,—may us well,' muttered Johnny, at last, I was com¬ ing to tliink sn too. Slowly we raiaed our ruaty oid flinHocks. They wereall charged with buckshot—if they would only go oft". The panther growled, aeeing the movement, and atarted up; but we pulled at the triggera. Tbey bolh went off. There was a loud screech of paiu or rage. We sprang away dowu the path, but glancing over our slioulders belield him atruggling and clinging to a lower rock, upon which he bad jumjied or fallen from the ledge above.
"'He'a hill' O, we did hit him! exclaimed Jolinny; and pauaing in our headlong flight we turned to watch him. For a iong time he clung there, writliing nnd falling bacl>, and tearing at his wounds. Shriek ufler shriek echoed on Hie black mountain acrosa the poud ; aud we conld see the blood trickling dowu over tbe edge of tlie rock. O, il was a fearful sight! But lie grew weaker at length, and by and by fell down to another rock, where af¬ ter fainter struggles and cries, lie llnally stretched out, —dead, no doubt. But we loaded again and gave him another round. I'lie fur fiew up from the car¬ cass, but there was no furlher move¬ ment. Gub and Brindle were avenged, —as mucb as tbey could be; lliougli it was a long time before tho Edwardses ceaaed to lament tlie slaughter, made by the catamount.
"Wo wero up at the crag several limes duriug tbe winler. A mass of gray fur waa atill lying on the rock, fifty or alxty feet above the path. And for yeara after we used to see the white skeleton up there,—a reminder of our narrow escape."—Our Young Folks.
LEGAL. NOTICES,
Accorirrs of tbust es'Tates, ac.
THB acconnts of the followinjz named es- w.^^ ^ill be presented for conflrmation on MONDAY, JDKB 19,lS7t. -    •    ¦¦
Daniel   Schnader, assigned   estate, S. B.
FoltS.MSlgUJSf t,
aam'I B. Hoote, assigned estate. J. J. Ank¬ rim, assignee.
Isaac CleUilnger.assIgnedestate.n.B. Becker, assignee.' . .,
Jacob Helda, assigned estate, Daniel N. Ha¬ maker, assignee.
Jno. IC Landis, assigned estate, Adam Kon¬ igmaeher, assignee.
Ephraim .Bender, assigned esstate, Geo. A. Shober, assignee.
Geo. W. Klgg, assigned eslale. Wm. Bor¬ land, assignee.
C. Edw. Idding, assigned estate, Levi IC. Brown, assignee.
Bcaj. Meckley, assigned eslate, Jacob Meck¬ ley. assignee.
Edw. H. Bryan, assigned estate, J. B. Stcck- ley, assignee.
Chas. Mharpless, assigned estate, W. A. Mor¬ ten, assisroee.
Abm. P. Shelly, assigned estate, C. W. Bru¬ baker et. al., assignees.
8am'l Binkley, assigned esta'.c, Jno. Gin¬ grich,assignee.
Sjim'l Wechler. assigned eslate. Henry Ka¬ froth. jLssignee.
S£?i'.'''"','.''' '•''"¦''' estate, Jonas Kelir, trustee.
Philip Albert, trust estate, Peter H. Shissler, trustee.
Uoudea Kingwalt, trust estate. David .Styer, ruKtoe.
David <t .Susan aelllager, trust estate, Labo- rius Sliuttle. iruslee.
Fanny Lon; trustee.
, trust estate, Jacob Hamalcer,
aam'I Cramer, trust eslate, Jno. .\rmstronK. cominitteo.
Geo. iluber, trust estale, Juo. X. Eby, com¬ iniltee.
Leab P. Moore, trust estate. Chas. Fell, com¬ mittee.
Joiin Yontz, trust estate. P. H. Summy. com¬ miltee.
Jncob Wissler, assigned estate, P. W. Hle-st- and, assignee.
John Seuer, assigned estate, B. O. Getz ct. al., a.v..,lgnecs.
Ulirlstlttn S. Shuman, assigned estate, Jacob B. shumuu. assignee.
W W Steels, lusigued estato. .Samuel Chorles CL al, assiguees.
Protlionotary'somce."!  W. D. STAUFFEIl. Muy'.2.1371.        i Prothouulary.
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ASSIGNEES* NOTICE.
assigned Eatate of Christian 15.  Neu-
hauser of Salisbury township,
Lancaster aounty.
CHRISTIAN B. NEUHAUHEK of SaUsbiirj- townahip. baving hy deed of voluulary na- HlgDraeiit, daXed MAY 21:. 1S71, usslgued aud iruuBferreil all hl« e^tKie und crtucLs to tlin uuderslijned. for the benelit ot lho ereditora of Iho said CUhlHlIan B. Neuhuust-r, ihor there¬ fore give notice to all pernonn IndeMed to .said assiKQor, to make payment to the uudersij-utid without doliiy, and thoso havluK ehilmn to present them to
H. S. KEUNa, SAMUEL Jj. KAUFFMAN. Ahsijiiieea. Residing In HalLibury twp. Gkokok Naumax, Att'y. inaj-24 W IM
ASSIGNEE'S N<»TICeI
Assigned Estateof Martin Romig itnd
wife of Ephrata twp,. Jjimcaster
county.
HAVING l>y a deed of voluntary as.sign¬ ment dKied the lil day of AL'ttlL., Js71, as.Mgned aod trauslerred all tht-ir Ksliite and elleeLs to Lhe und<:r.si};ued forUmucueliiof the credlloiyol tl.B.said ^Mnriiu Romitf. Notice is hereby Klven to ;ill persons indehied to Maid ab!>it;uor, tu make Immedlatu payment to the uiidersltjued without delay, aud thoso huving elulmH tu preseut thum to.
UEUBEN W.BARD, ni3'20fit*27 Assignee.
PROFESSIONAL.
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BE.\JA.WI.V P- ROWE, ,, ,, „    .      AUCriuNEER,
ItespectfuIIy ufonus the public that he WIU attend to Crylug .Sales of real cstal? and nert soual properly lu any part of the ciuSST. '^
Letters uddrassed lo him atSiulthvllle P o LHUcMior couuty. will bepromptly attehil"a
ADHIXIS'l'KATOit's NOTICE.
Estale of Mary Wenger late of Lancas¬ ter cily, deceased. IETTER-S of Adrnlulatiullon on said estate J huving heeu granted tu the undersigned, all persons Indebled thereto are requested to malce lininedlute paymenl. uud those liuvlug claiiliK or demands againsl the suiiiu will pre- -seul tliem without delay for seltlcmenlui the undersigned, residlug In suld clly.
LEVI YOST, mayl3(!»l28 Adinlnislralor.
REUBEN H. I.ONa. ATTORNEY AT LAW No.sSonthDnkest.,Lancasler. Bp^i"tten- llon paid t<) procnring or opposing dlMhargcs of debtors In bankruplcy, a profond preseSu; tlon of olaims, rendering profesalohal asa^ lance to a-sslguees, and all buslneaa in short connected with proceedings In voluntary or S.l'i'Vi'r'S?;,''^?'";"I''oy. Whether before the tteglsterortheUnitedaiates t;ourta. Partlea ,^^mk''!P'¦?,';'"'.* '""^ ^"'"''^^ °' 'he law WlU isu.illj Ilud ItadvantageouBtohavcaprcllm. Inarvconsultallon. lnn l».tf.s)
.SCRVKTINO .IND CONVEYASCINO.
rpHB nnderslgned lieijs leave lo make known J. to his frieuds und the public tn gKUeiul, Uiat ho has locaUd himself at L:inaisvllle, whore the businessof .Surveying and Lonvey- anclug will bo pi'.iiuptly aiiended to In ull [ts various braucliM, on the mnst moderate 'e""». it. N. tJKUBAKEK,
r      -„, „ Landisville. P. O.
[aproSlSm* Laucasler co.. Pa.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of John Heaa late of Salisbury towusiiip, dec'd.
LETTEIW of .Administration on said estate having been grunted t4> tlie undersigued, ull persuns Indebted tliereto are re£iuest^-d tn make Imraedlutepayment. uud those having cluiins or demauds uguinst the esluto oflhe decedent, will make the ssme known lo lhem without delay.
nAUinETA.lIESS. Residing in Salisbury lwp.
HENKY S. KUTTER. Residing In Purudlse lwp. N. E. Sr.,iY  .VKEll, Jit., Alt'y      mayao't'i^
F..^ECIITOB'.S NOTICE.
Estate of Abraliam Eslileman, late of Conoy lownsbip, dec'd.
LETTERS testamentary on said estate having heen granted lo tlie uudersi.t^ued. all persons Indebted theretoaro requested to mnlce Immediate payment.and these Iiaving claims or demunds aguinst the aguinst the estate ofthe decedent, will muke the same known to lhem wilhout delnv
JOHN EsilLEMAN Residing In Hl^Iispire. Lluuphln cn. JACOl! HlvlLSH. Residing in Eust Boucgul lwp., Lunc co. J. 11. LivlNnsTo:^. Alt'y. June" ot :to
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estateof Elizabetli llelleii.stein, late of the city of Laneasler, Pa.
LETTERS Testamentary on said estate having been granled lo the nndersigiiod. unpersons Indebted thereto aro requesled to make Immediaio p.\yment. and those having clut.nslor iluiuaiids against the same, will preseni lhem wilhout delu3' for selliemenl lo. Ihu undersigned.
CYKUd li. HELPENSTEIJf. Executor. or S1310N P. Euv, his agent,
Oh YcB 1      Oh Tes I      OU Yes 11
BAVID BRENNER
Respectfully informs the public that he will allend lo
CRYING SALES of Real and Persouui property. In any part of Ihecounly. Persons wishing hlsservtceswUl please call at his reslileuee on the Columbia tarnpike road, tlireo milea west of Lancaster, or al Urenner's Hotel. West King street.
^i^Leltersaddressed lo him alLancaster P. O., will be promplly atteuded to sep7 '10 42tf
91. U. KBEIDEB,
URAL ESTATE and INSURANCE AGENT
(formerly of Lampeter, Lancaster county, P».)
PEBSOKS moving West will Hnd It to tholr advantage by glvlna himracall, eilher in person or wriliug. OIHce corner of'.Ird and ."VJnlberry streets «lerllug. Whiteside connty, Illinois. I luneiO'70 ly
FINANCIAL.
EXECUTOR'S   NOTICE-
Estate of Elizabeth :Dierdorf,  lale of Upper Leacock township, deceused.
LEITER-S Testumcutary.oh said esuite hav. lug been gninled tothe nndersignnl. nil persousindebted thereto are requested to make Immediate payment, nnd lliosU' baving claims or demands agninst the eslale of the decedent, win make the same known to them wilhout deluy.
ISAAC DIERDORF. Execnlor. Itcsiiiiug lu Upper Leacocic lwp. J. B. Livi.io.fro.v, Ally.] Jun;i3"t'il
EXECUTOR'S SiOriCE.
Estate of Eliza Glace late of East Co¬ calico township, dec'd. IETTERS Testumentury on said estate jhavlng been grunted lolhe undersigned, all persoiisimlebled tliurcto nrerequested to raake Immediate set tli'inenl. nnd I hose having elalms or demunds ui^aliisl lhe estate of thu decedent, will make the same knowu tu them without delay.
JOHNa.HE'.SER, Residing In East Cocallco lwp. HE.VRY S.HEI.SER. Residing lu Enst Lampeter twp.
JACOli S. SHIRK. Residing In Euj^t Lam peter lwp. SA.MUEL SWARTZ, Residlug lu Kast Cocallco. mayl7 ii*t '^
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
THE nttentlon offarmers Is called to the fol¬ lowing low rules cliurged by the LANC.VS¬ TER CITY ANDCOUNTY KIRE INSURANCE COMP.VNY ou Farm Barns aud contenls:
1 yr. 5 yia. Brick or Stone Barns. 80 fl. or more
from house, per SltW 25c       750
Krume Barus, .SO feet or more ftom House, per $1IK1 SSc    tl OO
C^nlentsatsanic rates. Dwellinga and con¬ tents also insured.
The above system will prove In the end to be cheaper than an Insurance lu mu¬ tual companies. NO AHSfSSUENTS AKE .MADE, and ample securily Is gnarautecd In a well Invesled cupital of «-ioo,o(lO, which, togeth¬ er with a large surplus, Is beld for the protec¬ tion <if tliose Insuring lu thecompany. Losses are setlled as soon as adJnsted~no need to wait until tne money Is collocted by assess¬ ments.   .Vmple funds on bund.
DIRECTORS: Thos. E. FrankUn,       B. P. Shenk.
President. Treasnrer.
John L. Atlee, M. D.,   H. C!arnenter, 31. D., Jacoli Buusman, J. M. FrftHlK,
George K. Reed, A. E. Koborts.
K. Shroder, John C. Hager.
E. BUOWN, SecTctary, Jul21_6a-tf.       ,____. Lancaster.
TIIE COI,V»BI.V N.ITIONAT.   BA.lfR
tirlLL puy intereat on deposits ns follows,
Fori  niontli — 4   percent
For 2      " ....1     ••    "
For.'l,4 and 5 months ....« ....4J<  "    "
Forl..7.». II and 10 nionths  5     "    ¦'
For 11 antl 12 monlhs ..SJ^ "    *'
This Bauk havlug   been   duly  appointed
agent will receive subscriptions for tlic new
loan of the U.S. Government.
SA.MUEL SHOCH, Colnmbia, March 12.1781.1 Cashier,
marcb 15 ;{m 16
tbern st a distance^ Sre lia<3 startled him auddetily. (Suf sprang ahead among the snowy epvuces, but came back iu a few iuomienLs',"and, looking upljito opr faces, 'wbiQe'd.iiiiA.jciiui oii.aKaio. ,i'He's ' 'foiind JwitaetbiBs!!' exolaimcd Johnny, ¦'<''. ".'"'".   •' li   i»~'ii' • ':'¦' 1—j .1. _
>}i^^j**'''"^^iA^#'^tH:.<^4*''*'435^^'i
A " Big Indian " strayed away from his camp and got lost. Inquiring the way back, he was asked: "Indian lost?" "No," said he, disdainfully, " Indian no lost — wigwam lost." Striking hia breast, he exclaimed, "In¬ dian here!"
A man iu Georgia is so fond of riding horseback that ho shouldered a saddle and walked sixteen miles.afler a horse for the pleasure of riding him back;
The husband crop at Long Branch is said to be a failure this season. The few that were harvested, however, are expected to show a large yield.
How many wives does the marriage service allow? Slxteep—Four .(for) better, four (for) worse, four (for) riohei:, four (for) poorer. •;    •  .
AO' Irish girl haviog been sent to the po8t.affice; for the mail, eame back' to inlte whether It was Indian: iaitU:> or
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Henry C. Loclier late oT the City of Laueaster, deceased.
LETTERS testamentary on said estale hav¬ ing been granted to tlie undersigned, ull persons indebled thereto are requested lo mako'lmiueuiale payment, and tliuse having claims or demands ugalust the same, will pre¬ sent them without delay for settlemeut. tu undersigned, residing In said city.
<:HARLK.S A. HEI-VITSH, W.M. L. PEll'ElC, MORRIS ZOOK, DANIKL G. BAKEU, Atl'y.            Exocutors. mayi:l Cl-'ii
EXECUTOIW NOTICE.
Estate of John Knrtz late of Salisbury township, dec'd.
TETTER-S Tcstamentur.v ou said estate hav- j Ills been granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted lo (leceasud are requeslerl in make iinmediate setlletnenl, and those hKVlng claims or demantK agaiust the eslale of suid decedent, will make the samo known tous without duluy.
.SAMOEf. WORST, MAKTIN KURTZ. J.B. LiviKfisTON.Alt'y.             Executors. mayl:l  lit 20
B.4IR •& SHENK,
BANKERS
HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR NEW RANK¬ ING HOUsiK. N. E. ANGLK OP CENTRE SQUARE. LANCASTEK, PA.
SPECIAL uUeuiIou givGD to tha purchaae of Uoveriiment Bouils ami SecuritlOH. DrnwBillH or Exchange ou England,  Ire- lanil. l-'rance,Oerinuny, etc.
Buy uud tjell Gold diid Hllvcr.aud will make n,dvuuceK OH upprovetl secnrltien.
Corporations. Finns*, or IiidlvldunLskceptiig thttlr itccouniH \vltU UH, will t>e allowed lulci- eKt(if no dt^poKited):
4 per ceut. I mouth.15 per cent. 6 months. ii4     **     3     "      |5K     **    li      " \au-2S tf II
AUDITOK'H  NOTICE.
Estate  of Muitin   Eahlpman, late   of Eaat liumpeler lownahip, deceased.
THE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dls- tribnte thn hahince ronmlnlni; in tlielinnd.^i of Uenjomln Eshleman, I'Xecuiur of ihe.liiht wlllol said dereHsed. to and uunmg llio.-^e legal¬ ly cu titled totlie sarat'. will attend forthHt pur¬ pose ou TUiiSDAY. JUNE l:mi, A. D. IbTl, at lOo'clock u. m., in this Ll'iniry Itooru ot the tUmrt House In lho clly ofLancaster, where all personn iutereuted la uald distribution may attt^nd.
DANIEL G.BAKER. niy20 td 27 Auditor.
li. F. EauLOtAN, ESO., Allorney.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of John Weidler lale of Mau¬ heim township deceased. THE underslened Auditor, appointod to dl.s- tribute the ualanee rcinninlus in the lifiuds of Jiicol) O. WeUllcr, crcculor oftho will of said deceo-sed, to and amouR'those legally entitled t(' tbo Hame. will Hit for thatputpuKe on WEDNJi^DAY, the Uth dny of JUNE 1871. at 10 o'clock, a. lu.. In tho Llbrur.v Room »t lho Courl House. In the city of IjUicaKter where all persons Interested lu said dlstribu¬ tlou raay uttend,
D. G. ESHLEMAN, may 17 td 27 Auditor.
NOTICE.
IN THE ORPHvVKS COURT OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.
IN tho matter of the petition of Isanc Lutz praylDc the Court fora citation ou the heirs of Jacob Overholser hite of East Eurl twp*, cald r-onnty, deceased, to sliow cau.se why the Kjie- clflc performance of a parol coniract entered Into by tho suld deceiused and the. petliloner for the sjile and conveyance to the latler of Sacrus AS percshesof lund iu Haid., twp khouid not be decreed. MAY 15.1S71. cltadon awarded by the Court.andniadH returnable on the third MONDAY m JUNE lK7i, and Ihe Court direct SOdays notice theieof tn bef^lven In a news¬ paper published in theelty of Lancaster' ._J-_- a  l^  KAUFFMAN,
Attest: inaylT 5127
Dtputy Clerk.
TO AB91INISTRAXOBS
GUARDIANS,.  ASSIGNEES,    &c.
APRACTICAti 'Guide tb AdmlnlslrntoVs, OMardlauo. and Assiguees, oontalnlug fUU and complete instrnotions for tbe settlemeut of e^t&t«s^ together vlttr all the necessary fonaa^explanailonSBQddirections, Price91.50
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BANKING HOUSE OP
REEO, SIcQRASrX  «& CO.,
FLVANCIAL AGENT.«1 OF TIIE UNITED NrrATKM.
HAVING been appoinled by lhe Govern¬ ment, Agents ior the selling of the New Loan, arc now leady to receive subscriptions. Bonds and BlocK.s of every d«scrliitlon bought aod-sold. We sell Drafts on Ireland. Germnny, England, t&c., and Issue Pa.Hsugo Tickets to ami from the Old Counlry.
Gold and Hllvrr nought and sold.    Mouey loaned ou Gootl .Security.
Will pay iniert'si on smnll i>r large sums of money depo.slted with uh (If so deposltolj: -t    pur cent,  on call.   (.')    pur cent, tt moulhs. IH       " ^      '•      mi       *' 1'2      "
an-171 Iy 8 R maK'nao
Williiinigporl City BoudH S»le,
W'E are authorized to ofl'er for sale a Hml- tcd number of the Bonds of the Olty of WUllamsport at 8q per cent., Includlug ac¬ crued Interest.
These l»onds have been issued by the City ol WUllamsport, In denomlnitilonsof Sl.UUUeach, bearing semi-annual coupons ut the ruto of sir per cent, por annnra,payable In NewYork on tlie 1st of Marcii and 1st of September.
These bonds are exempt from all municipal taxation, and with tho Interest accrued to this date, will eust but S3, besldo the protlt of 175^ percent, that will enure tothe holder at their maturity. BAIR A HHENK,
felt30-tf.l4 Fankers,
EHTABLISIKED 1815.
IHE COLUMBIA SPT
BEST
la THE
ADVERTISING MEDIUM
IN THE COUNTY, OUTSIDE OP  LANCAS¬ TER CITY,
FOB A31VEBTI3INO
PUBLIC SALES.
KEAL ESTATE.
PRIVATE SALES, 4c., io.
Terms Moderate,
.\d<]res.s J. tV. TO WM A CO.,
¦ ¦ ' • PunuanERa,
Columbia, Fa.
JK9-A<lvertIsemRDts Tor the Columbia 3fli/,
Tcc-tilvod at thU odlcu at tliu luwutitcosh tulnn,
miiySffitf   _j	
M'OOO <b BDRIVS.
1208  CBESTNU'T STUEET,
Opposite Cuestjujt St. "TuEATaE Phila,
Have in sloto a. full Uae ol Beasonablft
HOSIERY, ¦ ¦
ULOVE.S.
LADIES'SUITS.
CHILDREN'S DRESSH8, Toselhcr witb an exteuHlve atiHortment of LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
, .,,   ,.,       .     KUBNjaHlNG GOODS.
AS -Ke Ue'ep a'very large assortinent oif flrat clow*'goods,''buy theni for¦ casti.conflne onr attBuUon to. the above lines, and sell them at tbe iSweiJt jirlccs possible, customers wlU antt Ittothelrloterestto: examine oor stoolc