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Little Falls transcript., 1880-07-02

1
Some time after this, there was q pic
mic at the picturesque old mill a few
miles from town. Nellie Caldwell spent
rather a tiresome day, wondering why
it was that she could not enjoy herself as
usual, and envying Nellie Archer her
high spirits. To-day, at least she oh.
served, she and Mr.. Gray seemed to be
getting along unusually we'll together
she appearing radiant, and he serenely
happy. ,,.
thought, and dld not feel nearly so elated
as abe ought to have done at the sproba.
bility of such q consummation. 3. s. :.
He sought her out occasionally, but
had little to say, seeming to prefer ne,
clinings at her feet on the turf beneath
the willows, looking dreamily on the wa,
ter, or up into her face, as she talked.
Several young ladies observed that
they both losked very stupid and unin
terested at each other. az . s. - .,'~.
/ As the evening waxed late, there was
sudden stir among the company. It wa.
certainly going to rain, some weather
wise prophet had declared, and the elder
tport,on Of the company, at least, wert
ANXIOUS to get safely under shelter betors
the shower came. '.S#s'- i ts.E.f =
Mrs. CALDWELL collected her dessert
spoons and her daughters who had come
with her in the family carriage.
HWhy, Nellie, 2 SAID one Of her young
companions, ''you are surely not going
so soon. It would spell the party !; and
besides, you will miss the plantation
isongs,, and your favorite Virginia reel. .
i Mr. Gray stepped forward. y
Would Miss Nellie accept seat in shit
buggy? and would Mrs. Caldwell intrusl
i her Daughter TO his chargei IF 50, Mis-.
.INellie could remain and enjoy tho reel
and yet arrive home almost Is soon Us the
IcArTiaee with the fat and lazy horses. IS:
So Nellie stayed, and her spirits roae
IunAccountably.
The Anal fayorite reei wass scarcely
[ccnm6uced, when : few scattered t1ropl
of fain tartlsd theg gay thrune u 81.
sImediAte rush MAs made To- the convey.
Don bs al.rnsd III. aiasi LA. !,
/ 8 i1tsd asllie into III bn1f1 81
Little Falls transcript., 1880-07-02
Sore Ears, Catarrh

MANY people afflicted with these loathsoms dlsr
eases but very few get from them; this L. owing
20 improper treatment ONLY, they readily cursr
en properly treated. Thii Is idle boast but Q
iact have proven over over again by my trest-
ment Send fot my little Book, FREE TO ALL, it will
teli you all about these matters and who l am. NJ
dress,
DID. c. f. .sRoEMAKER, Aural Surgeon.
Heading. Pa.
Little Falls transcript., 1880-07-02

started six twine binders, one Saturday,
two Monday and three Yesterday. With the
three yesterday did not have skip. There
were large crowds ofpeople where started
the binders, and they say they never saw any.
thing to equal them. They are all pleased
with their harvesters and binders. It is
beauty. In the medium size bundle 1t will
take about one and one quarter pounds twine
per acre. Yours truly. ~. j. 81. LAUGHLIN.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
Attachment to Newspapers.

Some one seems TO know about the rea-
tion ofa good newspaper to the family, writes
the following:
"The strong attachment of subscribers to
we'll conducted newspapers is fully confirm
ed by publishers. "Stop my paper" words
of dread to beginners in business, loose their
terror after paper has been established for
term Of years. So long as a paper pursues
a just, honorable ndjudicous course, meet
ing the wants of its customers in all res
poets, the ties of friendship between the
subscribers and the paper are as hard to
break by an outside third party as the link
which binds old friends in business or social
life. Occasionally defects and errors in a
newspaper are overlooked by those who
have become attached to it through its Pc
rusal for years They sometimes become dis
satisfied with it on account of something
which has slipped into its columes, and may
stop taking it, but the absence of the famil.
lar sheet at their homes and offices for few
weeks becomes unsupportable privation and
then hasten to take it again, and possibly
apologize for having it stopped. No friend
ship on earth is more constant than that
contracted by the reader for journal which
makes an honest and earnest effort to merit
its continued support. Hence conscien.
| tiously conducted paper becomes favorite
in the family.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
Blind Tom at HOme.

Blind Tom when at home in Georgia lives
in building about two hundred yards from
the house, and there remains alone with his
piano, playing all day and night like some
one possessed with madness. Bad weather
has an effect upon his music. In cloudy,
rainy seasons he plays sombre music in
chords and when the sun shines and the
birds sing, he indulges 10 waltzes and light
music Sometimes he will hammer away
for hours producing the most horrible dis
cord imagnible. Suddenly change comes
over him and he INDUCES in magnificent
bursts of harmony, taken from the be't pro-
ductions of the IN listers. Since his ch lid
hood be has been n idiot aud he played
nearly as well at the age of seven as he doe,
now; but now his repertoire is much iarg r
and he can play anything he ever heard
He now plays about seven thousand pieces
and picks up new ones everywhere. 1t is {
curious fact that he will not play Sunday
school music if he can help it, having,
great dislike for it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

old man says, it is useless to wear a mask
Of honor when honor is not in my heart
And he bent so low that his lips almost
touched the fair cheek, and 10 another mo-
ment would have done so had she not sprang
with little, silvery burst of laughter upon
her feet.
You dear old goosel Did you think was
asleep? How shall / punish you for your
unfaithfulness2'
And off came the sombre whig that had
made the elonde complexion look so start
lingly white by contrast, and before Give
Winthrop, her face dimpling between smiles
and tears, and her tumbled, yellow gold hair
tossing in the wind stood his old loye, Miss
Beatrice Chelton.
What does this meant? he asked, a light
commencing to dawn on his mind.
1t MEANS replied Beatrice, newborn
eagerness in her fair, smiling, sweet, wo-
manly voice, that | won you as an heiress,
and, to satisfy uncle, have won as poor,
frendless governess.'
And Give took her gladly to his heart,
for all the pain aud selfreproach of the past
weeks could not equal his present joy at
finding both his loves one
But suppose should prefer the quiet, in.
tellectual woman he laughingly said.
And to this day, it is mystery to himself
whether or not, during that time of probs
tion, he was true to his first love.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
For HOusekeepers

Now that house cleaning time is ap-
preaching, and in as much as every good
housekeeper knows that nothing gives the
interior of house, that is not papered a
more cleanly and cheerful aspect than ffe-
quent whitewashing or whitening, the follow.
ing receipt, which has the merit of being
inexpensive, may be of u'e to some of oui
readers. The most common and inexpensive
kind of lime whitewash great purifier. A
fine brilliant is obtained by mixing Paris.
white" with glue, in the proportion to six
teen pounds to a half pound of glue. Tue
glue should be white, transparent kind. |,
should be covered with water at night,sn in
the morning carefully heated until dissoi-
we'd. The paris white should be stirred in
to hot water until it is of the proper milky
consistency for applying to tue walls, aud
the dissolved glued added and thoroughly
mixed Try it,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
POetical.
N0B0DY'S CHILD.


Only newsbov under the light
OF the lamp post plying his trade In vain,
Men are too busy to stop tonight,
Hurrying home through the sleet and ram
Never since dark paper sold
Where shall he sleep, or how be fed?
He thinks as he shivers there In the cold,
While happy children are safe a-bed.
is 1t strange II he turns about
With angry words, then comes to blows.
When his little ueighbor, just sold out,
Tossing his pennies past him goes7
"Siopl'' some one looks at him sweet and mild.
And the voice that speaks is II tender one
"Iou sho Id not STRIFE such little child,
And you should not use such words, my sonl"
Is 1t his anger or his fears
That have hushed his voice and stopped hi
arm?
Don't tremble," these are the words he hears
"Do you think that would do you harm?p
"ltl'n't that" and the hand drops down;
81 wouldn't care for kicks and blows;
But nobobody ever called me SON.
Because I'm nobodys child, spose.r
o menl as ye careless pass along,
Remember the love that has care1 for you;
Ana blush for the awful shame aud wrong
or world where such thing could be true!
Think what the child at your knee had been
II thus on lifes lonely bilows tossed;
And who shall bear the weight of the sin,
il one OF these "little ones" be lost
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
OUR PUZZLE CORNER.
CONDUCTED by W. II. EASTMAN.

Contributions of original puzzles are So
licited from every r=ader. Address all COM
munications relating to this department to
w. Ii. Eastman, Auburn, Me.
CROSS WORD ENIGMA.
My FIRST is in work, but not in play;
My second is in hour, but not iu day;
My third is in whisper but not in talk;
s.y fourth is in mimic, also in mock;
My fifth is in long, but not in wide;
My sixth is in lurk, but not in hide;
My seventh is in line, but not in mark;
My eighth is in light, but not in dark;
My ninth isin silver, but not in gold;
My tenth is in young, but not in old;
My whole we all should surely prize
Above all else beneath the skies.
G.. III. ID.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
A Loosing joke

A prominent physician of Pittsburg said
jokingly to lady patient who WAS COM
planning of her continued i'll health, and Of
his inability to cure her, ''try Hop Bitters !
The lady took it in earnest and used the
Bitters, from which she obtained permanent
health. She now laughs at the doctor for
his JOKE, but he is not SO we'll pleased with
1t, as it cost him good patient.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

A Newark IN. J,) man proposes that the
Newark Gass Works, in which hundreds of
tons of coal are consumed every week, be
converted into crematory. He claims
that the furnaces aud the iron cradles used
for running coal into the retorts at the gas
works are peculiarly adapted for consuming
bodies and preserving the ashes. Besides,
on the theory that human body will yield
in burning, $50 feet of Gas, it would enable
the gas company to incinerate without
charge. This, he claims, would do away
with the expensive funeral required in the
present mode of burial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
Premium Wine.

We can confidently recomm end Speer's
Port Grape Wine, which WAS awarded the
highest premium at the Worlds Fair, as a
superior article of wine for the sick and de-
bilitated, and all those who require yiuuous
stimulation aud in yigorstion
The vineyards are at Passsic, New Jersey,
near New York city. G. A. Klein sells the
wine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

Long indulgence in over eating or drink
ing produces disorganized Liver, and all
the evils attendant upon such derange-
ments; depression ofspirits, habitual costve-
ness, nervous exhaustion, indigestion; pain
in the head, with nausea; fullness of stom-
ach after meals, chilliness, general debility
and .anguor. Seek relief from Simmons
Liver Regulator.
1T is a very valuable remedy for dyspep-
sia, sick headache, torpid liver and such like
diseases. WS. Holt, President of S. w. r.
r. Co., of Ga"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
AN INSCRIPTION.

We believe the couplet below was first
found in chapel in England, where it ex-
cited the attention aud curiosity Of the wise
men for many years. At length some dis
covered the key to the mystery, and brought
to light the true meaning. Who can tell
what the key was
p r S V K Y p r + G I NJ n,
V X X p L Ii p r G. p L S T n,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

Remarks by Texan maiden to her peril
dious lover: ~ ant got no brother, and's
too old to fight, but if you will just take one
of these here pistols and step off few PAGES
I'll jine in the duet, and misses won't
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
DECAPITATIONS,

/. Behesd portion and leave duplicity.
2. Behead to put on and leave preopo-
stion.
8, Behead wild animal aud leava spike
of corn.
T. Behead to revolve and leave vase.
MELANCTHoN.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

Somebody's coming when the dew drops
fall, she was sweetly humming, when the
old man remarked: "An' you bet yer sweet
life, Marie, that he'll think a thunder storm
has let leose when he gets here"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

A dentist at Lowell, Mass worked at q
girls teeth for nearly three weeks, and twas
proven in court that he stretched her mouth
half an inch. The jury, however, decided
that a big mouth was no damage to 4
uoman
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
ANSWERS TO LAST puzzLEs.

Numerical Enigma-'Our Mutual Friend
Cartailments. i. Penn, pen. 3. Bowl,
bow. g. Punt, Pun. L. Peat, pea. 5.
Pant, pan. 6. Made, mad.
Trdnspositions,-l. Pat, trap. 2. Pear,
reap. 8. Act, cat A. Dog, god. 8. Run,
urn.
Dropped letters
"Of all sad words of tongue orpep,
The saddest are these: 1t might have been.~
loaons and Cifies,-l, Trenton (tea-rent-
ton.) 2. Albany lall ban-nigh.) 8. Dear
orn (e.) L. Camden. 5. Fair. field.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

Washington was very busy man. He
scarcely knew what an idle moment was.
When you read Ivrihg's Life" you begin
to understand why George the Great never
told lie. He never mad time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

Every circus has the only horse that jumps
through ring of fire, and yet every circus
has that one. AnaDia crime was probably
editing circus posters.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
The Vertical Feed
DIRE INSURANCE.
CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP, BLooMsBURG' Pa


RRITIsH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY.
GERM AN FIREINs URANCE COMPANY
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CoMfANi'
Union INSURANCE COMPANY. ,,.
These OLD CORPORATIONS are wei seasoned uy age
and FIRE TESTED and have never yet hsu u iVSs set
lea Inv any court or law Their assets are all invest
ed In SOLID sECuRITIEsand are liable To the haLhd
OF FIRE only - . .,,oa mn, Maid
&c soon as determined by CHRISTIAN KNAPP, SPEC
y" ~, AaEsT AND ApJusTER BLOoMsBuRG, pa.
The neople OF Columbia unity should pauohlIe
the age cy where losses II any are settled and paid
by one OF their own citizens. - u.,~,o
- TROM TNESS, EQUITY FAIR DhAi'NH
Nov, 10, 80.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

A rich man who is troubled to know what
to do with his money should try the expert
ment of leaving it to young man who has
been brought to think he is too good to
work
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

A man may be brave enough to walk
right up to the csnnon's mouth, and yet not
have the courage to hand his wife a letter he
has carried in his jacket for week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

An erring citizen of Fort Wayne, while
fishing on Sunday last, had fit, fell into the
water and was drowned. Moral: Never have
a fit while fishing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
RIDDLE,

OF all enigmas and chsrsdes,
In all their shapes and all their shades,
Wbste'r the first or 5, cond be,
The last is always fund in me-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
EASY PROBLEM.

II five men, working five hours per day,
do piece of work in FIVE days, what time
will be required for six men, working ak
hours per day TO do the same work?
UNCLE CLAUDE.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

No one can witness the sufferiDgs of the
baby without feelings of exterme pity; for
these sufferings, however, DIR. Bulls Baby
Syrup is a sovereign remedy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

The man who is sure that he will go to
heaven is sometimes so doubtful about the
rest of the world going that he fears he may
be the only one there
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

The empress of Russia has kept alive by
breathing oxygen gas mixed with acid aud
turpentine, which is administered to her four
times day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

When you meet with good fortune tell
all your friends and acquaintances about it;
when you get stuck on horse trade keen
it to yourself
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

And pray dat de Lord take me, till
tried Sellers Cough Syrup sn' rs nebber
coughed since. How's dat for high, boss?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

If you are bilious you will find positive
relief by using Sellers Liver Pills Sold by
all druggists.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs.
Days Kidney Pad is health, medicines are
death
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

Sore eyes, letter, salt rheum, &C., are cured
by "Dr. Lindsey's Blood Searcher.' Sold by
all druggists.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

"Anty vat makes der leddle baby cry SO 2
Do it want iz mudder 2" "Yes, dear, aud
its fodder, too"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
Balance due the district BY ThOs. Chap

Balance due the district by Thos. Chap
man as Treasurer for rs sl94 is
We The undersigned audi ors OF Columbia county,
have duly examined the foregoing accounts ana md
the balance due by the eral officers correct as
out opposite their respective names.
WM l.. MANNING,
s e. SMITH, Auditors.
CHRISTIAN b. sEESHOLTZ.l
We the undersigned auditors OF Columbia county,
hereby recommend that the Board OF Poor Directors
do proceed 20 put a new roof on the poor house OF
said dis rct ana raise the part or said house
TO bring the comb OF roof OF the same 10 middle OF
structure the whole cost OF the same not 10 exceed
six hundred dollars s6Oo.OO)
We also limit the pri G OF one horse and buggy
per day TO four dollars s4) ana fix the pay OF the
Poor Directors OF said district for the ensuing year
al three dollars per day, for each day necessarily
spent In the discharge OF their dulles.
WIN. l.. MANNING,
S H. SMITH, y Auditors
CHRISTIANS. sEysHoLTz.J
April s0.-u
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21
A UDITORS' REPORT OF

Conynnliam Township and CentraIis Poor Dis
'rict Tor the year ending April Nth, 1850,
c, @, MURPHY. Collector
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-05-21

es, mills D.. ,7- O.,
amt OF borough duplicate special 1
flill ,tE 4,
am q township duplicate poor tax '''
:. o,n 10 = mus ", ,s,,, ,,,,.,,..,- bO79 40
special mills 1850 20
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-03-18
An Oal Gun

An historical gun is owned by Fernan-
do Healy, of Rehoboth, Mass. His great
grandfather brought it to this country
in 1880 and used it in the French wars.
His son Joseph rut new stock on the
piece in 1851, inserting silver plate
bearing the initials j. H., 1861. Joseph's
son John used it during the Revolution.
Itafterward came into the possession of
another son, the late Stafford Healy, of
Rehoboth, father of the present owner
He used it IA days during the war of
1912, received therefor pension. In
1920 he restocked the gun and put in a
new lock, and at his death it came into
the hands of the present owner The
barrel is original, is in grod order, and
the gun is still used by members of the
family as fowling-piece.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-03-18

A NUMBER of newspapers have fallen
into strange misconception of a very
proper order issued by the Postofice De-
partment to its subordinates. The order
has reference to practice too often in
dulged in of putting letters which come
to the hands of postmasters and others
after pouch was locked up, under the
strap. Sometimes when these were be-
meath the bag as it lay under the hands
of the opener, the pulling out of the
strap would tear the letters in pieces,
and to make sure against this result, the
placing of letters in position exposed
to it was properly forbidden. From
this has come the misconception to
which too wide a circulation has been
given, that postal clerks were forbidden
to receive letters from persons wishing
to mail them while on the cars. This is
the reverse of the truth. On the con-
trary, the postal clerks are expressly di-
rected to afford every facility for the
quick transmission of letters to their
destination, and letter may be mailed
on any poscal car going in the direction
the letter is intended to take, with the
certainty of reaching its address in the
shortest possible time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-03-18
A Folded Leaf.
j. f. PANTON.

A folded page, old, stained, and blurred,
found within your book last night.
I did not read the dim dark word
| saw in the slow-waning light;
So put it back. and left it there,
As if in truth did not care.
Ali We have all folded leaf
That in Times book of long ago
We leave: half-rehef
Falls on US when we hide it so.
We fold it down, then turn away,
And who may read that page to-day?
Not you my child; nor you, my wife,
Who sit beside my study chair;
For all have something in their life
That they, and they alone, may bear
A tritiing lie, deadly sin,
A something bought they did not win.
Ny folded leafI how blue eyes gleam
And blot the dark-brown eyes l see;
And golden curls at evening beam
Above the black locks at my knee!
All me! that leaf is folded down,
And aye for me the locks are brown.
And yet l love them who sit by,
My best and dearest-dearest NOW.
They may not know for what 1 sigh,
What brings the shadow on my brow.
Ghosts at the best; so let them be,
Nor come between my life and me.
They only rise at twilight hour;
So light the lamp, and close the blind.
Small perfume fingers in the flower
That sleeps that folded page behind.
So let it ever folded lie;
Twill be untolded when die.
Chambers Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-03-18
Watch the Reading for Children.

Parents should give their children the
advantage of good healthy library, and
furnish them with papers that respect
the morals. Select the matter for your
children. Take time, since the whole
future of your son or daughter may lie
directly in the literature which you
place before them. The writer knows
of cases that came under his own obser-
yation which resulted in great harm, and
all the result in reading filth. You are
interested in the future of your child;
take care of the reading matter. There
is nothing more injurious to the develop
ment of the mind and the formation of
character in young people than for them
to form the habit of reading corrupt lit
erature. 1t is in such book that the false
side of life is given to the young, and
they will get the idea that life is not the
great, earnest battle which each must
fight for himself. 1t is from what We
read that we derive many of our
thoughts and ideas, which influence
many of our deeds and actions in after
life. If our reading is pure, the thoughts
obtained will likewise be pure; bnt if it
is degrading in its nature, it will pull us
down to level with itself.