The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-07-04

Inatb 90" replied the other.
"Now, I've kal half a dozen n
veusiooa" eoutIuuod the storekespe,
"and there bsin't none on 'sm smous
ted to nothing"
"Ob, yes r responded the maj
laughing, eve hoard Of your iuver
tons before. That patent pea shell
or, that crushed all the peas, an
sent the pods out clean and whole
was one Of them, wasn't itr
mo, no I don't mean that" sai,
Tim quickly 81 meant
"Tbst machine for making prepar
cd nour. I suppose 2" laughed th,
other. "By.the-way, l guess tha
works now. occasionally, don't Il
My wife says she got some of it las
week"
To this Titus made no reply, bu
became suddenly busy iu returning :,
their places tho several boxes and tea.
candies which had boon taken dowr
to supply the deacon's wants.
Timothy Titus was a man whose
whole life had been spent seeking fol
q short road to fortune. He cared
very littlo through what that road
might lead, so long as tho desired
end waa attained.
Being q Yankee, Titus had natu.
rally tried bard at inventing, with NO
very great success 6bwevcr, as many
useless models Of machines Of various
natures, buried amidst tho dust ard
cobwebs, Of certain closet under the
stairs, could have affirmed, had they
been gifted with speech, in every one
OF which Timothy had, for a
time, believed his future greatness lay
hidden.
But they had all proved failures,
and, at tho ago Of forty, Timothy I'll.
tus found himself no better of than
are the majority Of country storekeep-
ers-not quite as well OIL, in fact. for
his good 5 did not bear the highest
reputation, either as to quality or
quantity, aud the people of Highville
used to (folks will talk, you know
that half his uutmegs we're woodeu-
hia sugar sand-and his coffee, burn.
cd peas and, for this reason. more
than one dollar went (for his was tho
only ftore in the viIlage) into the
pocket of tho stOrekecper in the mex,
town, five m lies away.
"Dear me !" thought Titus, as the
day wore on "why couldn't have
Invented something like that-some-
thing that would be of general use
Wunted in every city, town village
and hamlet, as the advertisements
say? If l had, l might have stood
some chance Of making a fortune, aud
that would pay me for what I've was
ted on that pea-sheller. lamp trim.
mer, and all the res. Of that trash.
But didn't, and I suppose that's the
end on it,"
Uotwi thstanding this apparent set
Ting of the subject, the storekceper,
could not Danish it entirely. Do what
he would, thoughts Of the deacon's
patent churo would intrude themselves
into his mind and more than once,
during the day, his customers heard
him mutteriug to himself, Patent
ehurn and fortune Patent churn
aud fortune p
Iu all probability, however, this
would have been tho end of il had not |
Titus. the next day, es pied tho wor.
thy Deacon Slowman, his wife, and
all the little Slowmen, dressed in their
5 unday best, and on their way to
town.
"They are going off for the day"
thought Tim. "The deacon is 90 ing
TO town about the model ofthe chprp;
but, good gracious |! be won't have his
patent out this three months, at the
ate he'll move. lust wish l could
,et holt Of his double back action
'hurn'--Pd be q rich man while he's
hin king about it;''
As he said this, . sudden thought
'ntersd his fertile brain. which for
IN instant-but an instant only
'rought the blush OF shame TO his
hoeks.
"why not 60 to the deacons house
nd get the secret Of the cburn while
% was away ~
At first, as have said, he repelled
he thought, but Timothy's moral ua-
ure was none Of tho finest, and the !
,oro he turned tho subject over in his $
lind the more strength il gained, un-
Il at last he could no longer resist. q