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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14
SGlettea Gale.
A HOPELESS CASE.

DoCroR THATCHER paced the room anxi-
yuSIy. He was perturbed. He longed for
iLe return Of his adopted son he scarcely
knew why, but he also dreaded it. He took
up book he could not read. Gradually,
as he sat before the fire, he fell into rest
less doze The sound of door opening
and the door-chain rattling awoke him. He
lose and took the lamp INTO the hall. There
was his nephew, John Hardness, fevered,
and evidently with drinking. His face
was flushed, his hat was crushed, his coat
torn.
Why, Jack" said the Doctor, reproach-
fully, you've tired yourself in your rounds
and then taken too much wine. You should
III let those farmers tempt you. | used to
ind it hard"
There, that'l do," said Hardness, sui
enly. "Ive been with no farmer | drank
oecause I'd lost at cards | tell you, aud
Your cursed stinginess never leaves me a
shilling to try my luck with. I'll be kept
under no longer. Pm over head and ears
IN debt, and money I'll have If Aunt
Fanny won't stump up, you must. I'll get
money somewhere, and III pay you out foI
Aecping me without penny. No. | won't
60 to bed-go to bed yourself. l want bran
dy Give me brandy !"
Then, with volley of oaths, Harkness
threw himself on a sofa, and fell in few
seconds, into a drunken sleep.
The old Doctor stood over him, half par.
aIysed with sorrow and surprise Could
4e rumors then be true
No." he thought to himself no,
Will hot believe it, This is a mere youth
L0 folly. The poor boy has been led away
Wy some of those farmers, who think they
SHOW no hospitality unless they make theil
guest drunk. Poor boy, how sorry he will
oe tomorrow morning l shall lock hin
II now, that the servant may not see him
anu will come myself and let him out, and
Aga lecture him well Poor boy |" .
IL the morning, when DR.. Thatcher un
"cked the door Of the room where Hark
leSS had slept, he found the window open
@Hu the room empty. His old servant
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14

The SECRET OF SUCcEss.--The basis of sue
cess in all occupations which involve the
relations of employer and employee and
employed is, that the employer should have
an accurate knowledge of the work to be
done, what it consists in how to do it and
how long it should take. A man of busi-
ness who neglects this, place his interests
entirely in the keeping of irresponsible
agents, and human nature being what it
is, arrives in dne time at insolvency.
This is who the self-made man, who has
been sternly initiated into the whole mys-
terry by having himself stood in the ranks
of the employed outstrips those who seem
to start so fair from the vantage ground
of education and capital, and builds a for
tune where these kick one down. And the
mistress of household who neither under
stands what servants duties are, (ex-
cept perhaps, those which, affecting her
immediate comfort, force themselves upon
her notice, still less how and when they
may be best fulfilled, will certainly not get
them fulfilled in the best manner, or by
the smallest number of hands, aud hence
will manage--or rather mismanage-her
income in a wasteful, Intellectual manner.
This is an inevitable result.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14

STORY OF A HoRsE-SHoE.-A good country
man was taking rural walk with his son
Thomas. As they walked slowly along the
father Suddenly stopped.
"Look !" he said, there's bit of iron
piece of horseshoe pick it up, and put
it in your pocket"
"Pooh !" answered the child, "It's not
worth stopping for"
The father, will hout uttering another word
picked up the iron, and put it in his pock-
et When they came to village he enter
ed a blacksmith's shop and sold it for three
farthngs, with which he bought some cher
ries Then the father and son set off again
on their ramble The sun was burning hot,
and neither house, tree or fountain of wat
er was in sight Thomas soon complained
of being tired had some difficulty in follow
ing his father, who walked on with firm
step. Perceiving that his boy was tired,
the father let fall cherry as if by accident.
Thomas stopped and quickly picked it up,
and devoured it. A little further he drop
ped another, and the boy picked it up as
eagerly as ever and thus they continued,
the father dropping the fruit and the son
picking them up. When the last one was
eaten, the father stopped, and turned to the
boy, said Look, my son If you had cho-
sen to stop once and pick up piece of
horseshoe, you would not have been
obliged at last to stoop so often to pick up
the cherries"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14

ABOVE HIS BUsINEss-It is a serious evil
that many young man has fallen into to
be above his business. A person learns a
trade and then he must go to shop-keeping,
or street loafn, or turn politician, Fool
If he cannot make living at his trade, we
are sure he cannot any other way. And
then young men brought up to shop keep
ing must buy farms, or houses, or some
other foolish thing they know nothing
about, and what is the result Head over
heels in debt and certain failure. Multi
tudes have been ruined by being above
their business and branching out into what
they know nothing about.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14

THE SECRET OF BAD LUcK----The secret of
bad luck in our opinion, lies in bad habits
or bad management, much more than in ac-
cidental circumstances Generally those
who complain most of Dame fortunes
frowns, are those who have done the least
to merit her smiles A writer of much ex
perience says: 81 never knew an early
rising, hard working, prudent man, careful
of his earnings, who complained of bad
luck. A good character, good habits, and
iron industry, are impregnable to the as
saults of all the i'll luck that fools ever
dreamed of. But when l see tatter-de-
malion creeping out a tavern late in the
forenoon, with his hands stuck in his pock-
cts, the rim of his hat turned up, and the
crown knocked in, | know he has had bad
luck-for the worst of all luck is to be a
sluggard, knave or tippler,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14

A GENIUS out West, conceiving that a
little powder thrown upon some green
wood would facilitate its burning, directed
small stream from keg upon the smok
ing pile ; not possessing hand sufficiently
quick to cut this off at desirable moment
he was blown into thousand pieces. The
coroner reasoned out this verdict: at can't
be called suicide, because he didn't mean to
kill himself; it wasn't Visitation of God, u
because he wasn't struck by lightning; he
didn't die for want of breath, for he hadn't
anything left to breathe with. It's plain he
didn't know what he was about; SO shall
bring 'died for want of common sense w
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SGlGttfd ?petrg.
From the Atlantic Monthly.
THE DEAD SHIP OF RARPS WELL.

What fecks the outer gray beyond
The sundown's golden trail?
n. white Hash OF a sea birds wing,
Or gleam of slaDting sail?
LET Young eyes watch from Neck and Point,
And sea-wom elders pray
TIL. .,host OF what was once a ship
Is sailing up the bay,
From cray sea-fog, from icy drift,
From peril and from pain,
The home-bound fisher greets thy lights,
0 hundred harbored Maine!
But many keel shall seaward turn,
And many a sail outstrand,
When, tall and white, the Dead Ship looms
Against the dusk of land.
She rounds the headland's bristling pines,
She threads the isle-set bay;
No spur Of breeze can speed her on,
Nor ebb of tide delay.
Old men still walk the Isle or Orr
Who tell her date and name.
Old shipwrglts sit III Freeport yards
Who hcwed her oallen frame.
What weary doom of battled quest,
Thou sad sea ghost, is thine?
What makes thee in the haunts Of home
\ wonder and a sign;
No foot is on thy silent deck,
Upon thy helm no hand;
No ripple hath the soundless wind
That smiles thee from the land
For never comes that ship to port
Howeer the breeze may be;
Just when she nears the waiting shore
She drifts again to sea
Nor tack nor sail, nor turn of helm,
Nor sheer of yeering side.
Stern-fore she drifts to sea and night
Against the wind and tide.
In vain Ger Harpswell Neck the star
Or evening guides her in;
In vain for her the lamps are lit
Within thy tower, Seguin!
In vain the harbor-boat shall hail,
In vain the pilot call
No hand shall reef her spectral sail,
Or let her anchor fall.
Shake, brown old wives, with dreary joy,
Your gray-head hints ofill
And over sick beds whisper low,
Your prophecies fulfill
Some home amid you birchen trees
Shall drape its door with woe
And slowly where the Dead Ship sails,
The burirl boat shall row!
From Wolf Neck and from Flying Point,
From Island and from main,
From sheltered cove and t.ded creek,
Shall guide the funeral train
The dead-boat with its bearers four,
The mouraers at her stern,-
And one shall go the silent way
Who shall no more re turn
And men shall sigh, and women weep,
Whose dear ones pale and pine,
And sadly over sunset seas
Await the ghostly sign.
They know not that its sails are filed
Hy PHYS tender breath,
Nor see the Angel at the helm
Who steers the Ship of Death!
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14

WHEN TO BEGIN-"That you may find
success" said Rev Charles Brooks, in an
address to boys, "let me tell you how to
proceed. To night begin your great plan
of life You have but one life to live, and
it is immeasurably important that you do
not make a mistake Tonight begin care
carefully. Fix your eye on the fortieth
year of your age,and say to yourself cat
the age of forty | will be temperate man,
will, be an Industrious man, an economi-
cal man, benevolent man, religious
man, and useful man. will be such a
one | resolve and will stand to it." My
young friends, let this resolution be firm as
adamant; let it stand like oath which can
not be wind-shaken"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14

PERFECTLY PLAIN" Sir" said an old
Scotch woman to her minister, l didna ken a part
of your sermon yesterday" g Indeed what was
t?' You said the Apostle used the figure Of cir
caunlocution, and dinna ken what it means. us
that all? It's very plain. The figure of circumlo-
cution is merely periphrastie mode OF dlcuon.
oh ah! is that all?" said the good woman; what
"a puir fool were not to understand that"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-14

nA- 1.-TWO thirds of the members of my
church, says pastor, ''are honorary members.
They don't come to prayer meetings thes don't
attend Sunday school; they don't add to the life
of the church they are passengers on the gospel
ship they bear no burdens add no strength ;
their names are on our books they are honorary
members. gag at'.
Why are poultry the most profitable stock
to keep? Because for every grain they give
peck. .-. 49,.
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bearded than himself. He alighted and
ordered lunch as he lunched he talked to
the waiter about Crossford and old times.
He had once known Crossford, he said.
Has Travers not got this house now 2"
"No, Sir he died three years ago, and
his widow became bankrupt"
where's Jones, the veterinary sur
geon?" ..
Dead, Sir-died in a fit four years ago.
"Is Harris, the fat saddler, to the fore ?"
"No, Sir-died last year of dropsy, and
his sons dead too"
The stranger sighed and drank down a
glass of ale at gulp.
Waiter, get me some brandy, hot"
He hesitated for moment, then he SAID
iercely, "Is old Mrs. Teatcher still alive"
"What old Mrs. Thatcher at the lawn?
Oh, she died seven years ago, and left all
her money to her brother, the Doctor. There
was an adopted son who would have had
it, but he turned out scamp"
"0h, indeed This is shocking bad
brandy And the old Doctor-is still alive?"
"Oh, Lord, no, Sir. Dead six years since.
Why Sir, you seem to remember the peo-
pie we'll ?n
The stranger rested his head on his hand
and thought for moment then he said :
"And Miss Paget, Mr.. Thatchers niece
is she living married, l suppose 2"
"Living-yes, Sir. Look, Sir why,
there is her carriage standing at the bank
door opposite wait, and you'll see her
come out. She-married Lieutenant Price,
Of the Bomboy army"
At that moment as the stranger looked
out of the window, a lady stepped into the
carriage three pretty children-two boys
and a girl--leaped in, laughing, after her
1t was Lefty, still beautiful even as a mat
ron, her face wearing the old sweet amia-
BILE expression The skittish ponies rebell-
ed, but darted off amicably at touch of
their mistress's whip.
"What, in the dumps old chum ?" said
the second stranger, going up to his friend,
who still stood with his face fixed to the
window. "Come, more liquor-Fll shout
this time it's our last day in old Eng
land"
Course old England and all that are in
it !" said the other man, turning round
fercely Come, let's catch the l120
and get back to Liverpool. If once get
to the old tracks in Aus tralia--once On the
back of buck, jumper and after the kan
garoos, Ill never set foot again in the old
country. Here's your money, waiter.
Come, Murray, let's be off W
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One July afternoon, thirteen years later,
a handsome burly, black bearded man, in a
fur cap and rough Australian coat, drove
up to the door of the Kings Arms, seated
beside an older man even burlier and more
, 1866-12-06

PROPELLER BoscooEL--A due steamer bearing
this name was launched short time siucs at
Peshtieo, Wis.,, and Is expected to arrive here Ia
few da5s. She was built by 8. Y. D. Ih,Ibrook.
and Is constructed Of the best Green Bay oak,
Her dimensions arc :0s teet inches keel, etc feet
on deck, a. feet tean, aud - feet ! inches depth
OF ho'd; tonnage Oil tons old measurement, aud
Will carry 1'c O feet Of 1um:,cr.
10 AEn1sE.-The bark Champion, Captain Sol
EunaGe, is expected to arrive here TODAY o, TO-
MORROW from Bufl 10.
1An Cr.-Ihe propeller B. F. Wade, Caota,n
JAS. F. Snow, arrived at Detroit On Saturday
night With 5oo tons Of merchandise. and ,s,ll Law
mp TOR the season at that port Du,ing the past
season she has been plcing between Sarn1a and
Chicago, in connection with the Graud Trunk
Hallway, performing in that time twenty-five
roucd lripe.
LArScu.--A new schooner, named the Den
matl;, Of AGO tons burthcn, was launched srycsal
daJa since at Garden Island, neat Ktnca,on.
uRo"SED.-On Saturday evening last the mate
OF the scow Alnjra, named John Powers. was
thrown overheard. about fifteen miles from Port
Washington, and drowned. lie resided in Nil,
waukec, and leaves wife 10 mourn his: Ioss, 4
reward Of fii1y do'lars Is offered for thv recoyery
Of his body.
WINTER TrAxsl7-Thc Detroit and Mi,wauEec
Raiiroao Company have chartered tho ;,sope,lers
:. u. Caldwell and Governor Cushna1 for winter
service.
SCHOONER II. BA1LArD A.;D her CREW LOST.
The schooner II. Ballard, Of Detroit, struck on
Ba'loo Island Reel, on Friday last, and wclt
down with all hards. No further particulars re-
ccised. Tho Ballad WIS built at Clevc1a.d, in
1851. by Mes.rs. Stephens and Pscsby, and wss
Owned by Mr. Coyne, If Dctt1it. She received
extensive repairs in lsa, registered asS ions old
measure ucn, classed B. !, and was valued at
$TGO.
BARE C1rT OF CH1cA1o This vessel, which
VICE: ashore n short time since at sund Beach
1rlant, Lake Hnron, arrived in safety at Bu1lio
on Monday last.
rArScM OF A new S7EANEn.-The acw side
wheel steamer being bu!1t at Marine ti.y for Sol.
onon Gardner, Of Detrtft, was 1anrclted on Mon
day in Belle River. She was christcued ,he
"Afpepa, Of Marine Citg.
NEW lEoPE1LEn.--A new propeller named the
"Eiver Queen" built at Marine City, was launched
On The ?. III ulI in the 81. Clair River. She will
ne uscd as passenger md hright boat bo,wesn
A!ptna and Polt Huron. She was towed 10 De-
iroit to receive her machinery aud boiler.
The schooner D.eadnougtt passed The Wellaud
Cana. on the 30th ul1., bound eastward.
lo.T OF BCFrAIo.-The followir. vessels az
rivrd on the I'd: Earsa city Of Chicago, I. T.,
Wells, Ncuoua, Watts Sherman and Jane Rolls
, 1866-12-06

, gett s Wht.cs,dc wcrc pork packers In the cit.
Of Chicago, and about the isi OF January, 1s,5
cred - him hvo warehouse receipts of Bastoa, Tx
w,eass;s W, Sss:,,b, by n r. ae
enaer of ssa roeeiRDs eRSs aaa sas psy pa;:
aaIst sat e hfin hfnses e. Ths 5ecsPt,
stqnen'l{ to the purchase By Cn:yca. he desired
70 bare the poss orefhaued and repaeked, and
Il Sesf III! a. s,nt tss ,b BE- dSns p p,s
called the state SAVING Institution. as security for
liz anl sold :he9 10 Mchae ie.y 'poae; pae;ce RI
Nhttc.Ido having iailtd to par thels del, 10 the
baiE and become tHsol'ent- It should be further
81 eatsd ns IT, Teen ,s In January cn.{ea wished
l,acsv,t = Whitesidc, he borrowed The mo money
!h1o1sh the arencv IT the ban:, from one Ja1cd
t:s Gsge, and ne bank took bis note: payable to
calling for one hundred barrels each, Tho cashier
tertfe. that the bunk had at that tin more than
ncis qdse w ,5esip's on epos,i belonging 70 Da
parcel and pinned them to the note eiyen by
Gsnsys and psesed shs amount q Cages cheek 10
paid Sa s.1 & afS I'D soe s eashsa sss
'hs sssnes stssRs ss & sho cqss B;ssa h.a e
Mhe.at & sss esss
calling for Que hundred barrels. and tha' Mhct, be
received the dye Jccefpfs from th,u IN ,lnre
which The bank subsequently eois tn taary "Iu. H.
dtl not know They were tic eamo receint. asliy-
cred IN March 10 Curyca and fhaf he trnt m ~,
cord Of numbers Of da,es. Soon afies Lcary
bought he Was abopt 10 remove the nurk fron
Burion's warehouse, when Ca,yea conmcuced Ills
action Of rcpicy1u nrninst Enr,nn Rnr
erty IN himself On The trIaI nIafnt{tT tnnScend
Du;tnu lbs wa1ohousc cbnrres. which he accrntrd
and &be only issue presented to tLe iury WI he
Lca1y. who, thourh not a psfty to Inc record
was represented BY counsel, Therc was
a verdist for the plaintiff on this Issue.
uuou srh1rh ;r51rnonf ,-a. "e xn
, 1866-12-06


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-, ..s. .ue e4onS = osuet 4e.uae oeeame maui
dar,,r. 49,. =, na ~ " pst'oAs' va
s1r m aon ~. 11."t W.. sSes w y. ~ ut!' ~ ~
h,fa ~ e. n ~. a. ~ ese'. ~ "a
sa,,.. ,sa.s seles DeeempeF .e ~ DTS az sA'.W
tc,,,s ,.h.e, 81 ~ ~. ~. oss eet'et - 4ass' W
o.. ".a' ~ w, w W. 3a'sp1e-cioalnc WIN oay
s..t 'eaef daaualy, anu seatess n Si,.ao
sra,,as.. ~ - "e.e 9u9' W. VIZ sMes ol wv
and m, ~ =, {. ~, ~. 80" nam' On =,
d .sd ,svy ~ ~ g run ms oock. Lard vas dal
1n1e ',n 70. @a, sn, ~!n sellsts At 1ss and
co,s,aorst ts"1 ~. ox !asuls osFssy taese VS.
@ lnqoirs WIN fales Of 100 scs at lse
ss,na "1o 10' VS. se'ief he4s "eek Al ING
sA111. ms.aa aMs,
-. u'essso Hocs "ere ecafcc ana abont e9e lower.
<r ~ -, at <'" "9o'oo' o1s1dlns On zao sos' anu
~o-~s ~ A"euo' .....
-. AGs wy oaa!, WIN saies OF ao o'ts ID bona
a. o'c at reoiia- ffee Is entl-rlJ neg1eeted-Quo-
'a11e a. sxosksSs,
30 ~ tuause ~ note IN tae fiouf mhfRot.
a.ta aoto " ~! concessions, Whico hold
10 ie1usc " k1ans. Aoont 1+61o bsls changed
aS =. ssos leo to' spring E1sras, and S''o9
V1.n lo' spAns snpere.
crr.a1 ~ w., .a ao.. aoa tsos io~et tnoagn ue
- lsces n n, ~ ~ =, snS, "a ~
-aa,,,s. Ssn W ~ - aaa et;eeeI'ol tos NO. @an
Garn nas s.s,s 81 s.eaay atmed,un neases:
..oona =, ,'lse ~ anu "i'aoue any maFsea
aansu- aeoas oi,"" % eaanseo oands at 7s41a!e
ior No !; '6G31'c for No. ., and 5695sc for New
Shelled-c1osinc At Sic 70. No I.
saa, aasaneeS hae, "1tn saies OF 1os bn at
4essaie 4,s;n los NO. : ana s'f0 &c for Rejected
Rye was dull, with few tyansac.tons A. Sic IA,
Nm IN e+o,n ~ e@S -.
H,,,cx sss. an,, m, ,-,,,,,,,- .,.. xoo,
, 1866-12-06
Wonderful Incidental Man Str,7ck r,r-
q Failing. star ~s

The London .M.rn;n7 -ad~1i<r rcpar,s
1Aat "uS ~ u the thliing eta:s struck wafer
naEcd piac al Thonup>on's c,tl.. h,,,,sc in
Sloc lane. Pike came 10 tlc cdiinr of 1hc
1;"'f'' q. aEa said That whf'a stan ling In
Inc m'dclc ri the street, between Stoc lane
ard Salisbury ts'urf, with no one near him
ana gazing upward. lie became aware Of 4
burning Etltsation in The neck, upon wAic,,
hc tore at his nce&cloth. and tic nrxt
moment moment the burning substance passed
down his left breast. scvrchinr th..
shirt in its cnurse aud intiictin. three small
nut severe burns OIL the flesh with one large
Eaw, bit being Of skcrtica1 and ,uatter-of.
ts:t TIT turn VIC sussestcd fascc or luclicr
1h:f. however; "as earnestly ne.asived, and
re felt ourselves nnduly incredulnus uuos,
further examination, as no s,,bsian.c wl1at.
cEer could be found in the voany mans
clothing, a"d he was certainly by no mems
likely to inilfrt such an Injury on himself for
the purpose Of mere sensation. A medical
man who saw him yesterday thinks it a scald
hy 1t1scd metal or. sulphur, and the young
man Is decidedly III state Of cousjlerah,c
suffering twen,y-four hours from The acct
dent. o N~~'~