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From Darkness to Light.
pY sYLvANUs COBB, JR,

The following little episode OF real life
| give as had it from Nancy Farweil's
own lips, and as corroboratcd by another
who was an actor in the scene.
Allan Farewell who served in the I'm
ion Army through the late war, found
himself not so strong in purse as he might
have been had he remained at home, lie
had received NJ big bounty, aud his SOL
dier's nav had not accumulated upon his
hands.
The time came when Allan Farewell
was in distress. During his absence in
the army his two little children had been
sick-very sick-and with what nursing,
and doctors bills, and caring for the farm,
his wife, Nancy, had been forced to run
into debt And after Allan's re turn he
struggled for years before the debt was
lifted off. He paid the last dollar OF his
Indebtedness on the first day Of January,
1870, and before February had come, he
was Frustrated with fever, which lasted
away into the spring.
At the opening Of the May-time Nancy
Farewell, weak and worn, stood by the
side of her husbands chair and wept
She had done all she could do. Allan
tried to arise, but his limbs would no,
support him.
80, my soul !" he gasped, II cannot
send them out so My children beg.
ging !"
"But we cannot starve, dear Allan
There is not a crust in the house, and oi
money have not penny"
90 this is hard
Allan, do you remember what the peo
pie said when you went away to the war
They said if you would 60, your family
should never come TO want. 1t was pro-
claimed from the platform, and it was
published in all the newspapers. Don't
you remember ?"
Yes" said Allan, 81 remember"
Then why not send for the select
men," They joined in that promise.
Allan looked up with frightened ex
preston.
Nancy" he said, II have seen Mr.
I Osmond. He was here while you were
out yesterday, He says the town vii
help us-he will order any help we may
desire-he will do it cheerfully-"
"O-Allanw
But Nancy"
"But what ?"
The moment we receive that benefit
that moment lce become PAUPERs !"
What !" cried Nancy, starting back
from her husbands chair.
"Yes, dear girl" he repeated mourn
fully, "under the laws of our State, the
recipient Of pecuniary aid from the towr
becomes a pauper. Were Mr.. Osmond
acting in his capacity as overseer Of the
poor, to bring us barrel of flour as
asked him, should become pauper,and
should be disfranchsed.
"What not loose your right tC
vote ?"
"Aye, Nancy-even So"
The wife staggered back and sank in
to chair, and covered her face with hel
| hands.
"IG" went on her husband, "we were
in u town where there was an organza
tion of the comrades of that Grand Ole
Army, or, if there were even well-to-dC
soldiers 10 our town. | should not want
but there were very few went to the wal
from this iar-of place and of these few,
am the only one left"
"a PAUPER Loose a freeman's righ
10 cote :" exclaimed Nancy, following hel
own thoughts. "You who gave your lil;
to your country for four long and weary
years who never shrank, and nsve
quailed. and never complained You
! YOU to be thus branded and cast out
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the most beautiful flowers, shaded by
spreading live-oak trees, like trees in an
orchard, with deep green foliage, it seem.
ed as though we had reached fairy land
A month later and this charming green
will be succeeded by a dull brown, and
the foliage will be covered with a thick
cout of dust There will not be a drop
of rain, in all probability, until next
November. Grain has got its growth,
and will soon be ripening. We passed
through wheat fields stretching on both
sides of the road as far as the eye could
reach, the grain as high as mans
shoulders, and SO thick that the side Of
it looked like a solid wall Cattle and
sheep were grazing up to their eyes in
grass, and bouquets of flowers thrown in.
Such tall feed would bewilder a New
England COW and make her forget to chew
her cud. This land bears great crops
now. With irrigation it would yield
three or four crops year and think
nothing of it.
Sacramento is fine city, with hand
some dwellings, lovely gardens, and a
beautiful State House towering over it,
but as we shall visit it before returning.
| will say nothing more about it at pres
ent. As we 60 down the valley on our
way to San Francisco we are struck by
the evidences of cultivation, by the count
less windmills which dot the fertile plain,
and patiently do the pumping for the in.
habtants, propelled by the constant winds,
and by Mount Diablo, which rises abrupt.
ly from the level, sharplp defined against
the glowing sunset sky. We pass through
Stockton, great market for cattle and
grain and the third city in the State, take
supper in Lathrop, where we have a free
exhibition of grizzly bear, climb seven
hundred and fifty feet and twist through
the pass Of the Coast Range, ride out
two miles into the Bay on the pier of the
Central Pacific at Oakland, and pass
over the other three miles by the famous
Goat Island, to the wonderful young city
Of the Pacific coast, only two hours late,
hay lg made up six hours since our de-
ter On. BY eleven of clock we were
safely housed in one Of the best hotels on
the continent. We had travelled nearly
four thousand mies-our course not nav
ing been the most direct one in about
eight days actual travelling time, and
with less discomfort and fatigue than our
torefathers would have experienced in
going from Boston to Springfield. Truly,
this is great country, as Mustapha
Hub-a-Dub Keli Khan used to say, and
we live in very fast age. SMIrnERs,
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For the Register.
The Ghost of the Lake.
A CHAMPLAIN LEGEND.


In the cold and northern cline where aurora loves
to dwell,
Uisten, all ye youth, to tho story I'm to tell,)
Where the weird and ghostly spruce its barron
arms uprear,
To hug within its grasp the snow-birtls of the
year,
Where never song of bird awakes the icy plain,
Where silence holds hor'court with awfulness OF
reign,
traveller was seen, at the dawning Of the day,
TO drive upon the lAke with his pony and his
sleigh.
The morn was amber clear, the sun like glazier
shoue,
And all the northern hills were wrapt in icy zone
No kindly cottage fire, no smoke of chimney nigh
Sent up its curling folds to warm the pallid sky
Save tho retching Of the lake and its hollowness
of roar,
To the painting and the Wheeling of the burden
that it bore,
No silence ever woke from such a sleep before.
Twas in mid winter time, the coolest of the year
When all the sky is white, and all the earth is
drear,
This traveller set out, wrapped up in warmest
gray,
CAS- / have said berorc,) with his pony and hi.
sleigh,
To cross the frozen lake. full thirty miles or more
Where family like n thread was discernible the
On, on, with ccaseless tramp, and long majestic
stride,
With never ! Iausc or break, without compass, with
out guide,
This easy-galted beast, her white breath like 4
spray,
at pay)
Is frosting in her name and fading far away.
Now ghastly, yawning seams arc made, and al
the surface rocks
And tremors all the air with horrid ice-quakt
shocks;
And now upon the lake. a single speck remote,
All tracklcss n ship that never more will float
The pony holds his course till the skies are over
cast
And drifting, whirling SHOWS are binding him al
last,
And burying the track, so sudden is the change
And night is coming down DER all the eastern
range.
The morning came again but with the break o
day,
No traveller was seen with pony and with sleigh
And he never more was seen, at least in morta
mold,
And every one believed he perished in the cold,
Or, dropping through some iissure that opened on
his way,
The stranger lost his life, his pony and his sleigh
And now when winter comes and kecnly bites the
air,
When Aurora flashes light from all her jewels
rare,
Across this frozen lake and through the track.
less snow,
A phantom form is seen driving to and fro.
The ghosty steed speeds on, the stranger sits up
right,
And his bearing to be the terror of the night
lie comes and goes again. and in his stately round
lie gldes across the lake with never word or sound
And from the ponys name, and from his spectral
tail,
That flashes in the moon, or quiyers in the gale
lcicles gleam like spears, and form with every
breath,
In mockery of pain, and in mockery of death,
And all the night, until tho morn, no other holds
the way,
But the Ghost of the Lake with his pony and hi:
sleigh
Hartford, Conn, Dec, 1871. b. ). ".
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Happy friends, l am to greet you
Once more upon this earthly plain,
/ have crossed tho dark mystic river
And your loss is but my gain.
Angels arc my teachers now,
And it was my prayer to come
For Oh, how could be happy,
While thou vast weeping ut home.
Mother, dost thou not sometimes deem me
Standing closely by tAy gidc,
Leaning fon1ly upon thy shoulder,
As | did before / died!
Little Benny, how loved you,
And your golden locks to twirl
But | was called and hal to leave you.
To the happier spirit world.
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Father, mother, we will come,
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Around thy dosoatc home.
GRANVILLE, May 10th, 1872.
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Middlebury, May llth, 1872.
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Origin OfTinted Paper.

More novelties are the results Of ac.
cideut than is generally supposed The
origin Of Blue-tinted paper came about
by mere slip of the hand William
East, an English paper maker once upon
a time set his men to work, and went
away on business. While the men were
at dinner, Mrs. East accidentally let a
blue bag-fall into one of the watts of pulp.
Alarmed at the occurrence, she determin.
ed to say nothing about it, Great was
the astonshment of the workmen when
they saw the peculiar color of the paper,
and great the anger of Mr.. East when he
returned and found that whole vat of
pulp had been spoiled. After giving the
paper made from it warehouse room for
four years, Mr.. East sent it up to his
agent in London. to be sold "for what it
would fetch" "For what it would fetch
said the agent, not understanding the
meaning " well, it certainly is a novelty.
but he must not expect too much" So
he sold the whole at considerable ad-
vance upon the market price. and wrote
to the mills for as much more as he could
get. The surprise of Mr.. Fast may be
imagined He hastened to tell his wife,
who found courage to confess her share
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they have once lost their innocence, their
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some to them.
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Ringworms, Chatting, and Skin Diseases of an in
hammatory nature. CHARLES A. CRIrTEN
TON, Agent, 7, sixth Avenue, New York.
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Business Cards.

T NJ. BOYCE, Carpenter, Builder
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Az w. THOMAS. Teacher of Vo-
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aN1 p. Russell, NJ. D., has resum-
w ed the practice of his Prof ,sson, and
will again answer calls Office at his House, first
door North of Gov. Stewards. l3,u
The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-26
TERMS or ADVER Using.
Ringing, Words.

Mr.. Hendricks in his noble speech
before the Indiana convention spoke
these words, which should bs written Oh
every Democratic banner, and fixed in
every democratic heart:
We haue turned our backs en- the pnst-
zoe stand IN The present. and look to The
future. The pas, is lost to m-Me future
is ours, let us make IL a glorious one
These splendid sentences have tho
trumpet ring Of victory-they are the
key note Of the coming camp.ixn. Mr..
Hendricks is one Of those leaders Who
have laid their ears close to the popular
heart, heard its beatings, comprehended
the meaning thereof, and arc ready to
yield cheerful obedience to the lessons of
the hour. A Democrat now, as he always
has been, he knows AMI feels that the
party which fingers too long on q fatal
held, counting the dead and wounded,
and discussing the science of defeat.
must soon sink out of sight forever. Its
salvation depends upon learning wisdom
from disaster it cannot retreat, it must
reform the ranks. throw inside all useless
incum brnncos. and movo forward Tim.
"out OF this. neitle, danger, We pluck
this flower, safety" The Democracy
have done their duty in the past faith
fully and we'll their failure is their mis-.
fortune, not their fault, and for the evil
consequences which this failure has
brought already, or may bring hereafter.
they are in no wise responsible--uo drop
OF freedoms blood stains their garments.
But the past, full as it is of sad aud
sacred memories, is dead and buried, and
the pen of impartial history must write
its epitaph but the present is ours
ours to wisely improve or ignobly waste.
What Democrat can hesitate when his
country demands his services, thouth
those services may require some sacrifice
Of personal feeling? What Democrat
will refuse to accept victory because is
does not come precisely in the shape he
could wish What Democrat will prefer
TO look backward into tho gloomy DAYS
that are gone, rather than forward to hail
the dawn Of brighter and bettcr era ?
When the claims of country, the trusss
interests Of party unite in urging him
to action, what Democrat will sit down
with folded arms and assist the ruin he
might avert? What Democrat will not
from his inmost soul echo the words of
the gallant Hendricks--"Let us make
our future glorious ono ?"-Republi-
can.
The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-26

The Montgomery Correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial has the follow
ing:
Dick Busteed is holding bis annual
court here, trying whisky makers aud
ku klux, more whisky than Ku. klux,
however. 1t is rumorsd that he is for
Graut. The Judge has no very fair
name down here, being classed with the
omnibus load of carpet-bsggers, headed
by the cotton ped ,ler Spencer. who are
preying upon the vitals Of u stricken aud
PROSTATE state, SO to speak.
The judge tells good story on him. .
self, aud it pretty we'll illustrates the
feeling here among q large GLASS. An
alarm OF fire was given at the Exchange
hotel, and the guests went out pell NELL,
carrying their baggage. One fellow got
out one trunk aud wanted to leave il in
somebody's care till he went for another.
Busted was sitting on the curbstoue
guarding his own carpet bag. "Mister," !"
said the man with Two trunks, approach.
ing Busted. will you watch this until
go back aud get another ?" "Do you
know who | amp" roarsd the judge.
"No; who are your II am Judge
Busted, Of the Federal court" "Oh,
Lord !" exclaimed the fellow, as he
tuggsd of bis property, II might just as
we'll let 1t burn up az leave it with you |"
The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-26
Final Settlement.

~ administrator dc bonis non Of the estate Of
*oseph kohle, deed, will make fnat settlement of
ss administration Of said estate at the next term
OF the Probate Court OF Lincoln cou, y, Mo-, to
be begun and held in Troy on the second Mon
lay In July, 1872.
jun4 JOS BUsHMAH, Asm's ~ bosis eos.
The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-26

All tisa sslopgs to IS, for all ,ios il
hours.
The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-26

The postage on circulars, newspapers
and other transient printed matter, which
under the old Law was two cents for every
four ounces or less, 10 now one oss& for
two ounces or less. Small ciruclars.
which formerly cost two cents to mail,
can now be sent for one cent--an impor.
tant reduction to business men, who use
the mails largely to advertise their bust.
ness. The change is now 10 force, the
law being immediate 10 its effects.