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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01

"And yet I came with great reluctance,
fearing to intrude,' said Mr. Fuller
'If we mean kindly, we shall never in
trude," was answered "Whcn we get in
trouble, our friends and neighbors are apt
to reccde from us not for lack Of interest
or sympathy, am sure, but from false
impression that we are sullen, morose or full
of sensitive pride, and will rcpcl advances.
But it is not So Misfortune sweeps up Il
great deal of pride, and mellows the hard
est There are few men in trouble who will
consider the call of an old friend or acquain-
tance as untimely Thousands, am per-
suaded, might be saved from false steps if
their friends would come close about them
and help them to find the right path for
their straying and stumbling feet In the
multitude of counselIors there is wisdom.
speak teelmgly, for know how it has
been with myself My feet were just about
turning aside, when you showed me the
right way and | thank God that he gave
me the courage to walk therein. | shall
ever hold you in grateful remembrance as
one of my best friends"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01
TOWANDA, BRAFORD COUNTY. PA, DECEMBER 1864. <

been particularly directed in that channel,
might very readily mistake the one sister
for the othcr,a so, while lookingiintensely
at the basket, the sister who had not gone
into it might slip up from some place a
short way off, and lead spectators to believe
she was the one who had been apparently
killed in the basket. The iugglers to whom
! now especially alludc adopted a very
clumsy contrivance After the woman was
"llilt and murthcrcd entirely" they snrroun-
dcd the basket with some canvass as a
screen. ] observed that one man was
watching my eye very keenly; his part
evidently was to give signal when my at
tcntion was diverted Another man then
asked us to see what he was going to do.
He went behind us on the vcrandah where
we were setting, and placed large ring Of
metal Oh the ground. All of us naturally
turned round to sec what he was at, but as
! had smclt rat, ! at once turned round
towards the basket, and was just in time to
catch my lady boiling out from behind the
screen and running off. Had | not seen
this, she would have gone round the out
houses, and while we were looking at the
iugglers, would have came behind Us and
stood by the magic ring,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01
TRUE LOVE oT CHRIST.

gnIt,is very easy to think that we love
Christ, and to love Christ when it is not
Christ the Savior, the Goldman, Christ the
hoIy one but when it is merely Christ the
lovely one whom we ioyc--love POLITICALLY.
Every impassioned nature Of necessity
must be attracted toward the picture OF
such a life Of @cntlcrnss and purity and
beneyolcnec every philosophic nature
must be attracted toward the utteranccs Of
such teacher as he was every pathetic
nature must be attracted toward the story
Of such sulIcrings as his every child-na-
trrc must be fascinated by the description
Of such a heroic life rs he lived and yet
this poetic, phiosophic, instructive admira-
ton and love, which may shed mellow
and attractive glow over the wholcs0ul and
life, may so miss Of what is evangelical
and essential to salvation IN Christ as to
exist without one trace Of saving effect
upon the s6ul-ono symptom Of real plcty.
The last inlidc who has written a book |
refer to that singular and fascinating Life
of Jesus which has Just been issued by NJ.
Renan, Of the French lnstitutc) has placed
on it last page one Of the most clo-
quent and loving tributes that was ever
written by human pen TO the character OF
Jesus and again and again, in the book
you feel that the man loves Jesus-loves
the Jesus Of his conception with real love
and yet the whole object and result Of
the volume is to degrade our Lord to take
the crown Of divinity off his head, and the
seamless robe Of mortal pc! fection of his
back, and give him to us, a great and no.
bic, but yet an elTing, deceived and short
sighted man, So that man may really
love Christ with a kind Of Iovc-as one
loves the character Of John Howard or
Florence Nightingale still be an inf
del-not even almost Christian Rec H. H.
Dorfcr.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01
EXPERIENCE. A NFCTSGTTY

Nearly all the accomplishments Of the ten
years Of life between twenty and thirty.
may be summed up IN one word, experience.
At the commencement Of that period, we are
in the condition Of young sailor Just ship
ped for his first voyage Life expands be-
fore US it seems linitlcss as we leave the
shore; odorous brcczes lill our white sails.
and we bear away for tr0pic isles or palms
and spices. On our charts there are no in
dicaticns Of hidden rocks there are no
hurricane regions we see no magazines Of
wind and lightning and thunder, ready to
ovcrwhclm Us in terrible explosion We
plav with the waves, we laugh in the sun
iiglt. and think not Of waiting dangers
about our pathway But the clouds hide
the sun; they roll fearfulIyup from horizon,
and canopy the dark waters We forget
our pleasures in the terror Of the present.
As we enter upon the twcutics, we have
hosts of friends who would spare no effort
to benefit us So anxious are thcv, that we
have only TO Indicate the direction in which
they may be Of use, and they will straight
way rest not until our desire is accomplish
ed. All this exists IN our imagmatious.-
And whom we are undeccivcd-and il takes
several years to effect this-wc find that
we must first Give evidence Of our own ca
paciiy before barred doors are fling open
for rs and we are hcsought to enter upon
our inheritance If labor Yes, even the
privilege Of labor is denied us, until we
have demonstrated that the world needs
Just the work lhat we, better than any one
else, can accomplish.
We earn money. For what dc we spend
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80 per Annu,n, in Advance
NUMBER q

that described by people who have narrow
ly escaped drowning, took possession Of
me and | thought and reasoned with pre-
tcrnatural clcarncss as ! rushed along. Our
start, moreover, was TOO sudden, and the eX-
citemcnt too great to permit Of thc develop
mcnt Of terror The slope at one place be
cncd, and we thought we were coming to
rest the avalanche, however, crossed the
brow which terminated this gentlcr slope
and rcgaincd its motion Here H. threw
his arms around his friend, all hope for the
time being eXtinguishcd, whiie ! graspcd
my belt and struggled for an instant to de-
tach myself Finding this difficult, ] re-
sumcd my pull upon the rope My share
in the work was, fear, infinitcssimal, but
Jcnni's powerful strain made itself felt at
last. Aided probably by a slight change
Of inclination, he brought the whole crest
within short distance Of the chasms over
which, had we pcrscycrcd our speed a few
seconds would have carried us II. emerged
from the snow with his forehead bleeding,
bIt the wound was superficial. Jcnni had
a bit Of flesh removed from his hand by col
lision against stone the pressure Of the
rope had left black wcIts on my arms, and
we all experienced a tingling sensation
over the hands, like that produced BY incip-
lent frost-bitc, which continued for several
days found portion Of my watch chain
hanging ro1Wd my neck, and another por-
ton in my pocket--the watch itself was
gone.
On the 18th of August Professor Tyn-
dali made an expedition in search Of his
watch, which was found after rather per
ilous search. Il had remained eighteen
days in the avalanche, but the application
OF its key at once restored it TO life, and it
has gone with unyarying regularity over
since
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01
NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED.

PEACE with the serpent's nest?
Peace with the traitor race,
Who have stabbed their mothers breast,
And brought our land disgrace?
Whose feet were on our necks,
Whose braves swarm our decks,
Who have drenched with blood our sod 2
There is no peace saith our God
Come on! ye sunburnt men,
From hay field and from plow!
Spring up fIom desk and pen.
Forward if ever, now
Come faces dusk and pale
Shall whips or thews prevail:
Come, storm across the land,
And win peace, hand to hand
Remember all our dead
Have they, then, died in vain!
The blood that they have shed
Calls from the grOsud again.
Clasp noble hands and true
Those hearts that bled for you
Is this the peace they sought!
The liberty they bought!
No peace while breathes a slaYe
No peace while turks a stain!
No peace with brute or knavc,
No peace with love OF gain!
o patient land. endure!
When chastened, strong, and pure,
Like dew upon thy sod,
Shall fall the peace of God.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01
SHOTS AT ELEPHANTS.

from Dickens's " Il the Year Rouud."
SHOTS AT ELEPHANTS.
Probably no man ever shot so many ele-
plants as Major Rogers, once Of the Ccylon
Rifles He kept an account of the number
he had killed until it amounted to the mod
crate total of twelve hundred He then got
tired Of keeping the score, and it is sup
posed that after that he shot couple of
hundred more This is no mythical legend.
1t is a wcl-known and recognized, and un-
disputed fact. He would undertake some
times to do strange things in the shooting
line for instance, to kill two elephants at
one discharge of his gun. This he accom-
pills, ed by waiting till a young one was be-
low its mother, when he would fire at the
latter, and her fall would kill the young one.
1t is almost distressing to think of the eli
ormOus quantity of animal matter thus left
in the forest by one single man, and we can
hardly consider such destruction juStiliablc,
even though we know that numbers of ami
mails would be ready TO fall upon the car
case ndiatten thereon as soon as the sports
man had left But it is we'll known that
Major Rogers purchased one or more steps
|
cured in this manner, for, although very few
Ccylon elephants have tusks, all have tushcs.
1t may be supposed that Major Rogers
was man who devoted his whole time to
shooting. This is very far from the truth.
He was the principal government officer in
a district containing some eight thousand
inhabitants. He was commandant, govern
mcnt agent, district Judge, and coroner. He
traced roads, he planted coffee, and was one
of the most energetic government servants
in the island. The kandians regarded HIM
with supcrstItIous Veneratlon, ana believed
INN to bear charmed llie, ana the manner
OF his death was calculated TO iaVoI ihelr
ldea o. ms oelhG olilercht rom ordinary
morfalS. lie was al puil%aioW on Ihe
loppootaIIc faSS one Gay ouFih% mum
del-storm lie stepped OUT ana l2okeo up
to see II 1t were likely to clear. a lady and
gentleman, ms traVclIIn% companions, were
on tile Ncr2huah. 0uuueilIy tiGIe was
1laSi, ana mayor rogers IaN illeieSS on liie
ground. Nothing couio Dc iouhd on MS
person 10 snow Whert ne haa oech Slruch'
save Il Sihali spot Oh 'Iic iieeI' just pe'o" MS
spur
gentleman, haitlllS ior hl@hI III li'G
h'IGHporhoud years alicrWaTGS, "Noiiettrh
an Ola handlan teIirn% OF the famous Ma
Jor Rogers: ne Ioia Oh HIS ii'afNeiltou9
icats, ana how he could pass IllScraichrn
| through lmmmcEt danger. bNI at ia%''
SAID the story teiicr, ne cut GOWN tle l"f-
est that belongs TO me kallrc@am temple
ana piahtca coHcc tiich bndai2 got angry
ana Killed nm by i'Sll'nnSi lnerG Is a a
monument 10 ms memory ii Mandy 'h'fch
"A pam tree III 'he nriae oi us peanIy Is
snitten py IiaSIl OF ilShI,liIlS. III lHe as
'ahGe IS AqahIS reaK' hel'eaLn -: Is illScrI-
ScrioGd' 10 theSe ar are parts ol ms ways
plt inc tauhoer "l HIS power WHO can uil-
deTStaho. c,....,..c.,
lhere are many stories % 81 ms ;, "onoerlui
escapes ,'ois i$, o'ielS [t ,n' ,o,'oT,,Is I
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01
g;El ;EllGfGllnNt0nG.
WORDS FTTLY SPOKEN.
BY .. :. ARTHUR.

..rr...,.., ..rr,J+a ,aa NJ. p...,,. o.,
nay you J','''' ~ " I,5,l
''NeI t, "trg,' % St S.'E'i- :; III I'l ] Ii
go H., tIl..9 .'-,,.
,.,.+ U,., '':"S 1,',9 - ,9oalo ~ a,fro, - ofr
L;G, + ,rnn11 bn different ~Im@ men are
,,"n,,;.I ,,',' X, soneftiva when tnas 90 wro,,o
rLr7t,, +baH know how il is viii py4rIf
He m;ubr consider nv visit an intrusion"
Mrs FrIlar thouolt differently, She did
not see the case from her husband', point
,r view
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01
HOW TO GET RID OF A ROCK,


Uriah Abcll was a Connecticut farmer
and in his time pretty good one. His
farm, like great many other Connecticut
farms, was tuII OF stones, and he delighted
He built a great many rods Of substantial
stone wall, but he could not use MP all the
stone He had cleared one field Of all but
one great boulder, about the size of q large
hay cock. He wanted to ret rid Of tlat
he would have " blown it to flinders =" as he
had a good many others. but it was within
two rods Of the best room" windows.
which might 90 q 10 flinders at the same
time So he attempted to haul it out Of its
bed one day. Altcr trying his own and his
ncighbor's oxen and breaking several
chains. Uriah grew wrathy. and declared
chat % he would give 50 to anv one that
would put the pesky rock out OF his sight" !"
" Wa'al meow. ! don't mind taking the
job if you'll find spade and throw in some
dinner and a mug Of cider along in the af-
tcmoon."
This proposition was made by & stranger
specimen of a working Yankee. and J-riab
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01

MARRIAGE N LlTLAND.-It is death in Lap
land TO marry maid without the consent
of her parents or friends When young
man has formed an attachmcntf5f a female.
the fashion is to appoint their hiepds to
behold the two young parties run race to-
gcther The maid is allowed in starting
the advantage Of onc-third part of the race,
50 that it IS impossible, except willing Of
herself, that she should be ovcrtakcn. If
the maid outrns her suitor the matter is
ended he must never have her, ii being
penalty for the man to renew the motion OF
marriage. But if the virgin has an atcc-
tion for him. though at first she runs fast
to Try the truth Of his love, she will lwith-
out Atlanta's golden balls to rctard her
speed) pretend some casualty, and make
voluntary halt before she comes to thcmark
or end Of the race. Thus none are com
PEELED to marry against thcir own wills
and this is the cause that in this poor coun-
try the married people are richer in their
own contentment than in other lands, where
so many forced matches make fcigned love,
and cause real unhapriucss.
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VI
friend had never shot an elephant before.
and knew nothing Of ooing M the wind or
OTHER similar dod~es and the consequence
was he could not ~ct shot forever SO long.
Every now and thcn when he mot near thr
elephant would walk on little way then
he would stop. and inst as nv friend cot
near him he would o0 ON AGAIN This las
ted from halfpast nine in the morning to
halfpast three in the afternoon At last the
elephant got ANNOYED at being thus followed,
and resolved to put a stop to it. SO he went
into thick cIump of Jungle made cir
cult, and came back and waited for his enc
my. My friend was poking about looking
for the elephant, and wondering what on
earth had become Of him, when all at once
he rushed out quite close to him, with his
trnnk lifted ready to strike. My friend had
not an instant TO lose he mechanically
threw up his gun without taking ann, and
fired, and down came the elephant as dead
as herring. In the SCrlmmagc his hat fell
off, A fellow ran to the bungalow, where
he had left his "ladyc fair" awaiting his re-
turn i'll triumph, and announced the death
OF the elephant adding, that he had knocked
the masters hat off. The "appoo," or but
Ter, in his hisintcrprctation, proclaimed that he
had knocked the masters heal off.
Two gentlemen were not long since out
on an elephant-Shootn@ expedition III winch
they had been rather successful. On their
way home, one OF them encountered an clc-
phant he fired and wounded INN, on which
the elephant charged. Ihe gentleman ran
Tor 1t, but hls adversary overlook hlm he
Tell, and the elephant stood over hIm. The
gentleman had all his wits about him, and
had time to ask himself, as he lay there,
whether 1t was more likely that he would
be pounded INTO Jelly, torn INTO pieces,
tossed INTO the ar OF kicked about like a
pail AS he could not come to II satisfactory
solution, ne looked up at the elephant as II
10 Judge ifoh the expression oi ms couhtc-
h"h'c "n'I were MS 'nIch,lol'7 Wi'oil me-
nercGiVGo lnat the elephant was 'daZea.
Inc pan III ms lofehead iI@d eV!9ehtl y CON
iu8eu ms nlleiIcetS' ana ne oid not quite
Milo" "Il"V 70 90. AI IlliS Juhcl'Ic one oI
the SPotlShlaHS attendants came up ana
drew OIL the creature.
men an e'ePhanl IS kllic"' an tne car
nlVorou7 beasts Of tne hcid, ana pirds oi
lhc an come together TO iced on MS re-
il'''itH 'i"oLS "'"cIS' I'' "i'o o1"r. \
gentleman was one gay io3NInS at IIe car
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01

on their paper, my credit is gone The
banks throw me out and | can only get
money on the street at ruinous rates. To
struggle longer would be folly. Usmcrs
would get what creditors might divide. To-
day, my own bills went into the Notary's
hand.'
:" SO have heard"
"Such news flies through business circles
with electric swiftness Well, the agony
is over the dread trial past. My name, as
drawer, is dshonored-I am a broken
merchant"
His voice expressed bitterness of feel
ing.
I" Commercial dishonor is one thing
personal dishonor another" said Mr.. Full
Ter
Mr.. Parsons looked away from the face
of his visitor He moved with a slight
gucsture Of uneas nesS-a shade went over
his coUntcnance.
Men who go down to the valley of mis-
perry ground. They must look we'll to their
feet"
There was no response to tins.
On safer ground, continued Mr. Fuller,
"wc may recover a false step but here it
is very difficult; something impossible.-
We are 10 longer masters Of the situation.
Ii will not do to risk anything"
Still Mr Parsons remained silent, with
his face turned partly away.
All doubtful cxpcdients should be avoid
ed, Mr. Fuller went on following out the
train Of thought which had been suggested
to his mind They are never safe under
the most favorable circumstances but
when misfortune limits and cripples man,
they almost always fail and leave him
more unhapplly situated than before"
Unqucstlonably you are right" said Mr..
Parsons, taking deep breath. He spoke
partly to himself, From his tone 1t was
plain that he was thinking intcntIy. "When
man gets III trouble he added, "it is
Of the first Importance to him to show a
clear record. As the case now stands |
think mine is cIcar. | will be misjudged,
no doubt All men are who fail IN business.
The iirSt impression Is against them. How
ready tine tongue Is to Whisper There's
something wrong 1t Is dllicult Tor GER
tam men, when iAey lose their money, to
believe II anything but ro$uery- 80,
=, pong I"="c' "I "eaft themselves SaId
MI. ! ui'er'
y
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01

nA- a disconsolato young lady was
heard TO remark the other day, that if
cart wheel had nine follies, she didn't see
why she couldn't have one,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01

A MupENs VoIcE.-IIer yoice--'twould
coax a nail out Of heart Of oak.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01

LOVE or THE SEA,--Love the sea? I dote
upon it--trom the beach, ...
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-01
VOLUME XIV.

"No; your coming is welcome and time
ly. | was just wishing for a cool, clear
seeing, conscientious friend with whom to
take counsel and believe you are the
man. You know that am in trouble
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-11-25
From the N. Y. Tribune.
THE STATE GOVERNMENTS IN 1865

In our Joy over the reelection of Abraham
! Lincoln as President, and the election of a
Congress in which three fourths Of the mem.
bers of each House will vote for tho abolition
Of Slavery, We are apt to under. estimate our
gains IN the State Governments. A cursory
glance at them will show that they are no
less sweeping and no less important.
We have a majority in each House Of
every Legislature of the original free States,
with the sole exception Of the Senate of New
Jersey. The Senate Of Tndisna had until
recently Democratic majority of one, but
| the recent disclosures ofthe reasonable plots
of the Sons Of Liberty" to which we are
indebted for gain Of so many thousand
votes at the late elections, have also carried
over to our side one Of the Senators, thus
giving us a majority. We control, besides,
both Houses of the Legislatures of Nevada,
West Virginia, Missouri, Louisiana, and Ar
kansas In Maryland the Democrats have a
majority of one in the Senate, but we have
large majority on joint ballot. This gives
us control Of tpenty fire Legislatures.
If Congress should vote for An amendment
to the Constitution sbolishing slavery, such
amendment must be ratified by three fourths
Of the State Legislatures or of State Con.
vsntions, as Congress may propose. In case
the rebellion, 10y the time Of the adoption Of
this amendment, should not yet be complete
ly subdued. Congress will have to decide
whether three fourths majority of all the
States or only of the States actually in the
Union shall be required Even in the former
case, it will be seen from our above state.
ment, We are now very near having the re-
quired three iourths majority. The political
complexion Of the next Legislature to be
chosen in Tennessee will, without doubt, be
anti slavery, and the same will be tho case
with the first Legislatures Of the new States
Colorado and Nebraska. These three States
will give US 30 Legislatures out Of SO, the
| number requisite.
We need no lcnger fear any factious oppo
s;ion from the State Executives The Gov
errors of all the twenty nine States which
We have just enumerated are loyal and anti
Slavery men, with the exception only of the
Governors Of New Jersey and Kentucky
Rebel sympathisers in England will have no
longer q Governor Seymour to whom they
can look for the Inauguration Of civil war in
the North. There is now the greatest har-
mony between the Nationa, Government and
! the State observation-disclosures omen more for
the speedy suppression Of the Rebellion.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-11-25
FROM a ATLANTA.

NEw YosE, Sunday Nov. 20.
An Atlanta letter Of the 10th, to the Her
AID mentions the arrival of an escaped pris
oner from Andersonville, who confirms the
statements of rebel atrocities towards the
prisoners, and who also states that while
travelling through Georgia he found the bar.
vests had been gathered and the barns and
warehouses were filed and but very few reb
el soldiers arc in the interior, showing that
there is plenty to subsist an army on, while
but little resistance can be offered The last
train from Atlanta bound North, was to leave
Atlanta Oh the 18th. The only troops in
Atlanta on the 18th was Slocum's corps.
A Chattanooga correspondent Of the Her.
aid, dated the 18th, states that he has just
arrived from Atlsra. All the arsenal feun-
dries and rolling stock in Atlanta had been
destroyed. All tho factories, mills, and
foundrles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and
several miles beyond, are destroyed, the rail
ways torn up, and all the iron pat beyond
use, or brought to the rear. Atlanta IS 40
longer Of military importance, and the coun-
try for miles around it wasted beyond pos.
sibillty OF service to the rebel army. At.
anta is in ruins, and its streets will soon be
overgrown with grass. For weeks trains
coming North have been filed with Govern.
mcnt stores aud refugees, and the scenes at
the depot were Of confusion aad suffering.
Another account says Sherman had his
headquarters on Monday at Kingston, with
the l4th corps. He had issued aR order tell
ing his troops they were about to pass thro
a country heretofore uninvaded by either ar
my, and they were expected to ssbsist on
the country, taking all horses and mules
within reach 1T -
The 14th corps was the rear guard Of
Shermsn's army, and moved from Kingston
on Monday.