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GOD ANt) Ol7R COUNTRY, . " i, .1I;r, < ALWAYS W ADVANCE SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER, 19 1872. 36 .? it itdmrtm i., t.? ^t^ry ?jitRP4ijr . BY TH? t firms op srwoRTrrtow. C?*>y f<?r?ti? tht. ftt.ti? *' '* '* <H? Montfc?. * * ?? 1 no km? ??? to**** W MIUM, ft extra copt ft* OH? TtAtV fY?o of ?fcorg?. a?y ?m ????>? pit* ?OtJbtft*, ?r ? C1a% ?f IV?? SalMNnrib?*?, will mihi ft* rxtra COPT for SIS'MMHNM. ft*o*f ft?TSS OP Al>VP*P!S*rW>. 1 <h*<*ftre. 1?* TiHwmta. tl.JW) ? M *? . t.W A Pqwot* e?M?W? of 10 Ifcfli Brovitr or %>flttoolk of (ga^pfe A*Mit.i?tr*4?f,? R?ti?rt, ._...$5 00 miniatr?t?r?. ?taeiiUr*, fte.J$9 00 VMp* UbOMl t?r?V?. ?:o:?? 'MARRIAGE in4 FM?.r.\L NOTiCBS. V?Vt as raffling an* ?q?a^a/i ;.: wHbout 'ohtrg*. r*wj08' " MkP* Terms fash In # Browning ft Browning, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ???tf?temiiia c. A, ft*, cm, Mai col* r. Bkowbih?. A. P. Baowsrs?. TO Uf LET?FURNISHED. " Anything over to day ?".a*kod, with ? eigujReent ?ad ironical emphasis. ? youngr^fssd brieflee* lawyer, sained Kit Irainaaert'tn, of another equally young and triefles* ;Mimh." Rill Hellend-n, s he ^Wintered into (he letter's rOotiM in *>e?K rtrert, rhi-h r.min h id a very professional air?it rmv.y grate filled with scrap* of paper and cigar ende, ? suhle littered with law books, >heoti (if foolscap; loot ditto ; leather bottomed arm chairs; vary craay and truculent looking window panes that looked like thick cobweb*?all aa it should be, minus a client. "Any thim; over?" he repeated. "Over head md eare in love ?tri debt," answer d Heilenden ; "that's! nil Oh, I forgo* two di nes ?.id a%.s aooth quarter m the water box " "And the Governor V "He's departed for New York and 1 hiladelphia. to be gone three u.otithe. He haa let Iiis own Jteatte. y<?u know, and Was preparing' to reside ut his cnontry teat at 11??; waslooking ground ??.r r.'jvsuts iii fact. The grou.dr are mk- n care of by his uext door ueigh bar, a gardener. He thinks u?iw be shan't back till fall.'' '?(Jf eour-e, ho came down h.m.lso?oel? before ha ieit?" remarked Kit, wtttliug | iha :*t>lt! with hit* penknife. "Ha gave me a check for my quarter's allowance in advance." answered Bollen den. "Have you drawn your money ?" "My dear fellow, 1 required it ail to consolidate my debts. "What a stupid proceeding." A oeceaeary sacrifice. My er.-ditor* >res?iug. I had to compound with for the credit of the bar." 1 thiuk you told me that, n ?t to coufide the atate of your i.'l'urs r father, yon had ukeo ui. )uur iga on the aofa here, ami d.ued at eating-hou?s." Kit* ['tnph ; n pleasant way or passing the three months, certainly." shall Ii*? like ? nabob for tbe next months, nnd hare S little caeh to " said Hellendes triumphantly, 'es, and you're obliged, thanks t > of forethought and eSlfaVu your own father's house 7" ?That was my plan,' replied Bellend , coolly. "Why should the house re in empty for a whole quarter ?" ''But the new furniture will be spoil ad." '?I shall only let it to a respectable Renast." Kit remonstrated, but in ?raiu. Balleades assured biiu that stern ue etasity compelled hius to act, aul begged to inform htm thai hia resolution w.n? ih? unalterably tue i that no power on can it could shake it. That evening ttie ad vertitemaut waa put in the Transcript. The next morning a modest up at liellluden e uics door pr>duoad an tu vitatiou to mter. nnd a highly reapoei abla eld gentleman availed bitueeit'uf the permission. lie Wae dressed ju black, with a white ueoKelotu, w?.e .. heavy geld chain and square, ohl Uebioned watch-key, and pdi.-ned i*u-h>.< ?ad ?hits ::scti:;g?, .?ud carr.e: a uwd case, with an ivory bead, tnu very .can ideal of an ula Boeton meruhaut. "I ealled, air, in consequence of /oar advertisement in the Transcript i:wc ?vestsf." "Pray h? seated. You have au tuen o! astrtiftg out of town T "Yes, losj^hree mostke oul>. i sill drift) out thai afternoon and see your kustfft, eed if I like it, and toe terms are sot teo high, 1 think we east tuaaago to make an agree mews." "What family have you, sir 7" ?eked ffcellette'eSf with the sef ?4 a pw*sieed ??Only n?J wife, my daughter, aud ?elf," replied the old gentleman. "Aid yon have no objection to taking m? to board ? I'm not much trouble in a houM," aaid Hellendeft. "Nona whatever. Prey what are your terme?" "One hundred end fifty dollar! of tint season?that, U three months. I will nllow you fire dollars a week for my hoard that tukcs off sixty." ' Balance ninety," replied the old gentlemaii^-^iug. "Very well, air, if I like the house. I will call to morrow and pay jou in advance." "As you please, sir." "My name," said the old gentleman as lie took lcate, "is Greyling?God'rey Gryliug A 'Jo., India Wharf. Go<?d morning, air." "Greyling! One daughter!" cried Hellenden, m be paced his room. "What if be should he ihr father oLthe glorious creature 1 met at Gloucester last sum nier ? The idea of being under the same roof with her almost drives me nud. and atones for much that I have suffered mud s??;;!isuffering?Greyling! ttrevlim? !" His conjectarea were correct. Grey Ir.g called next day. paid the rent and reeciv'd the key. and tha evening after, when he went out to the tilfege, he din c ?vefeu to his deii^ht that juiia Grey ling was uo other than a charming girl Whom he bad casually encountered at < 'apa Aon the previous season. She waa then visiting the place with her aunt, and whether ahe waa conscious of m nuni-ci.i penchant tit oof hem, 9? for ?ante other reason, she/ bad for borne mentioning to her mother having met a y mug gentleman by the sea-side, with such a dear corsair expression aud such a sweet mustache 1 Ol' course, Bellenden diJ uot come in to town any more YYby should ha ? He had no client there?aud a auit here must not be suffered to go by default. Wext duet* at the piano 1 What ?tr IIa in the garden! What walke by moon light! What ridas at sunset! It was a fair existence But in the aweetest cup.I ot pleasure, ttinjil atii'iri alt quid?aud ! coiling .1 tin-bottom ot his bleaker of I bliss, lay a ee pent thought that all this I fair; secne w.iutd soon vanish like a ] summer day dr. a n With the birds aud I it (he Li;e>liog WOuM be gone?he I hree tuootha ?f enjoyment beiore I I'hree tuonthn! he had uot twenty ours. - > next morning Hellen 1 -n was I ng in tha gardes, waiting for Miss tug to join him. wiieu the omnibus I :d at the door, and out of that us ?a vision of dread?alighted teilenden, senior. I eu her*, air!" exclaimed the young I ou here, sir!" exelaitued the father ' eaiue you to think of opening the .' D.d you get word that 1 wa? o, rr; but I thought you wouldn't e if" ot at all. y. u've saved me a deal u.?la. Vert?ut here?" ?Y??, air." ??Well well, let's go out of the aun," I replied Mr. Bellenden impatiently. 1 < -ne moment, air. I have some friends Staying with me?very respectable peo ple, i HM.-ure you. air?the Greyliugs ? do you ku??w them?" he added, anxioua- I '?No' but I've heard the name," 'I've kept you waiting/, cried Maas Greyling. runoiug down the steps of tha I piaixa in a charming walking drees, ??but am quite ready now." She atop (ted suddenly and blushed on perceiving I a si ranger My father, Miss Greyling." "I am happy to see you, air. Won't .on walk in?" ?Hospitable," muttered Bellenden. "ae? tog U s my house." "Alia* Grayling," said young Bellen den, nervously, "1 am very sorry that ? uitiiat dray myseli the pleasure of walk ing with you. but my father?I? pray excuse me.". ? oh. certainly, certainly) don't make any apologies. 1 could u't think of going now. Pray, walk in, air. you'll dine with na, I hope, air." " I rather think 1 shall, young lady/' nnaWeratl Helfenden, senior, coolly. -You're daaty and tired, father" said young H?ll< udeu, who dreaded a discov-1 ery. "Won't yon walk np into my rootnT" "No, air," replied Bellenden, senior, aefaawptorily. "I Waal la aea kow tha ] drawing rc^tn kwks WH* what tost? you're poor mother, had aim been alive would have furnished t*.wj i And toning bis hat ow the taelo he walked into the long driwiagroora, followed by hie son tad Him Gsey ling. ,kMy rather and mother. Mica Bullen den,*' laid the young lady, getting be fore him and performing the ceremony of introduction.' Mr. Grcyling had fallen asleep nnoon sciously on the ottoman, and sank from a sitting to a recumbent position. Ho started up, rubbing his eyes. "Bleae me, what a solecism? I'm afraid I was vulgar enough to dote, Mr. Bellenden. I'm very happy to see you. My wife. Pray sH down, air." "Thank you, air, I prefer walking I abo :t," replied Mr. Beiicudcn, senior. "Curse his impudence." he muttered to his ton, "Sleeping with hie boots on I my cut velvet ottoman. Asking me to j be seated in my own house?" "He's rather eccentric," whispered young Bellenden, "but meet amiable of men." ''My father," he said, in a low, tono ad dressing Grcyling, "is odd, very pecu liar?but you musa't mind him." "You will dine with u? en famifU," said Mrs. tireyling, n very amiable and poliahcd nid lad?, by the way. "1 intend to, nr. I uno, eortiinly," ro- | plied Bellenden, senior, who was stroll iug about the room, examining the furni lure, and accaaionully changing the place of a chair, a card table or a vase. '?Traveling make* one hungrey, and nsthccountry probably produce the same effect on you I shall make no appotngy for ordering dinner.'. And be rang the bell. A smart man servant answered it. "Dinner directly, Sam," aaid Mr. Bellenden, senior. *'James, air," replied the man, with dignity, and looking with n inquiring nir to Mr Gr*>yKr$t,?? "Serve tbe dinner if it is ready, James," said Mr. Greiling, smothering i his indignation. '?Confound his impudence !" said he to himself. '-Does he presume to give ; orders to my servants ?" i "Hang hia insolence!" whispered Mr. Bellen ten to his son. "Must he tell my people what to do 7" j Diuner was soon announced. Mr. Bellenden, senior, offered his arm to .Mrs. Grey ling. Young Bellenden nailed in with Julia, and Mr. Grsyliug brought j up "in the rear. Mr. Bellenden, senior, luuded t.ie old lady to her place with great gallantry, and seated himself op posito to her to the astonishment, in dignation and disgust of old Grcyling, who would have broken out in remous tuueos if his daughter had not restrained him. Voung Bellenden elut h d Iii.? uapkiu in agoiiy. Mr. Bellenden, aento;\ did the honor* of the table with easy nonchalance, hut all the other members of the 'amity ? labored under n singular restraint, and the ladies sought the earliest opportunity of mil ring. "Now, James," said Mr. Bellenden, senior, "the champagne !" I "Really, Mr. Bellenden," stammered Grey ling, but the words fairly chok *d I him ; he leaned baok in his chair, and unloosed his cravat. The poor mau ! looked quite apoplcetio. James handed Bellenden a bottle, the wire wsa cut, the cork bounced out per Tersely, and smote Mr. Grayling on his rather prominent Roman nose. 'A random ahot. 1 beg a thousand pardons," aaid .?lr. Bellenden, bowing. And hn paaaed a foaming breaker to the irritated ur.-rohant. "I don't drink champagne," aaid Grcyling, testily. "James give me some claret." "That's right, Mr. Greyling, call for what you like," aaid Bellenden. Nothing givea me greater pleasure than to sec people make tneiueelvce at home." "I should think so, sir," replied Grey bug, dryly, at he sipped his wioo tu angry gulp*. "Tbe cellar is pretty well stocked, oh, William," pursued Mr. Bellenden, ad dressing hia son. "And I beg, Mr. ti ley ling, you will namo your favorites. What do you say to Burgundy 7" "If jou desire B?rguudy, Mr. Bellen den." "Of coarse 1 do/' replied Mr. Bellen des. "Bottle of Burgundy, Jnmce." "You njuet excuse me, Mr. Bellen ; dtu," laid Greyling, siting "I would prefer to join the kedtW' ' -"Do sot pltoo any restraint od your ?elf. Consider yourself perfectly st home while you ere here." " 1 do m consider myself, I assure you," answered Mr. Greyling, rising, "and shall do no whiln I remain, which will he until neat September." And ha slammed the door behind in a pet. Mr. Jatucs fallowed the example of hia master. , ut "What uuder the ano, Willram," cried Mr. , Hellenden, whew they were alone, "could, h*vc induced yon to in* rite such a vulgar, ill bred set hare f Talk or staying till September too !" "My dear air," stammered young Bellenden, ("he is a client and promises me a 1 irge business." "And makes up for paying fees by quartering himself and family hew for months. The old feiiow'e impudence beats every thing I heard of." "He ia certainly eccentric," aaid young Bellenden. "But if you knew him aa 1 do. air, you'd excuse his peculiarities)." "Doubted." paid Bellende?, aeaier. "But let an join tbn India*, tat daughter ia pretty and attractive, though not. I am constrained to say, over well bred." The evening passed off pretty well, the tasteful performance of Miaa Grey ling on th 2 piano southed the troubled rp:r:!s of si! her rudttnrs. But wL?? tue i hour of retiring arrived, the unpleasant feelings of the two seniors revived. * I trust you will pass the night with us," said Mr. Greyling. civilly. "Why. where else should I pias it?" "Very well, sir," replied Greylinz. "when you are ready, I will light you up to your room?the blue chamber". "I am very much obliged to you, air. retorted Bellenden, "but it's all the same to you, I prefer to select my own sleeping apartment." "Sir. 1 wiah you a very good night I" said Greyling, taking np a lamp and aweepiag out of tha room, followed by wife and daughter. "Extraordinary !" growled Bellendem "Hang me if ever I aaw, read or lieard of such immeasurable impudence!" The next morning Mr. Bjllenden, senior, was up betimes and walking in bis garden. lie was soon joined by Mr. Greyling, who appeared to have passed a feverish night. The two old gentle men sslutcd each other stiffly. "I hope you have passed a goo 1 sight, air." aaid Mr Bellenden. "I didn't aleep a wink," aaid Mr. Gray)>ng? :,Inded? I am distressed to Isar a it." "Mr Bellenden, sir, it ia very evident that, although your son and I agree very well together, you aud I cannot exist un der the same roof " "Indeed! And I presume," aaid Mr. Bellenden, ironically, "that y >u are about to sugge-t the expediency of my taking my quarters eUewhcro. From what I saw of your conduct yesterday, I ahould judge you to be capable of auch a ptoposition." "Mr. Bellenden, aa a lawyer, you mu6t be aware that 1 have a right to make it." "A rie.ht to make it?" "Yes, sir, but I scorn to do ao, and merely come to give you not ice that I shall vacate your preniseato day, leaving it to your sense of justice to accord me rcsaonable damages " "Reasonable damages?" eried Bellen den, furiously. Haven't you take i np your quarters here, bag and baggage, ordered my servaots about, appropriated what rooms you saw fit to your own use, cut bouquets out of my garden, sent pres cuts of fruit aud vegetables to year friends in town, acted, in n word, aa if you were master here??and now yen talk of damages!" "Well, air," roared Mr. Greyling, "haven't I paid the reut in advance? You're crasy, old fellowl" But at thia on-is appeared young Bellenden, alarmed, abashed and peni tent. Ho made a full coufeasion of the trick he had perpetrated and then stood culprit-like, trembling aud covered with coutusiou. The two old gentlemen eyed each other for a moment, then burst into a hearty fit ot laughter and shook hands cordially. The young scapegrace who had occa sioned all the trouble waa pardoned nod hia father agreed to discharge hia debts on the pledge of making I good husband to Julia Greyling The young couple took np their abode ia tha Bellenden villa; preferring its luxuriea and oomfort to the chance of adrertiiiag for lodging ?'to bo let? farmiehed." Yha feUowiag? wbieb a valued corres pondent tella ua was never before iu pri nt It relate* to Ben Boiler nnd Ben's dog. and another fellow nod is a proWy good specimen c< diettond cut diamond : Beer Butler w.s a down-east lawyer before be got to be a major-geueral and representative of bis district in Congress. Like all lawyers, Ben bad a hard pull of it nt the start, and perhapa the sharp aese and acumen for which be is so uni versally Nfrfrrnssd? were acquired at tHs early period of his lifo, when he was striving for a practice, and tbe odds wert brains or starvation. One day, while sittiug in hia office, tbers vwttfarl a leeg-legsed, gaunt, hatcnet faced-Bpecitnen of . the genius Taaken, who looked sharp enough (a snAf ?U mealt off pine and oaealei, ta4wke thus accosted a future Congress man : 'Mr. Lawyer, t am going lato a little hie of saw bamaeae, aad aa you seem like a right smart, nlucky sort of chap, 1 thought I might as wall give tfao job to ?Ail tight,* asya the lawyer, 'you can't trust your csss is better hinds.' - 'Well, then, I had a ham hanging in an outshed, and a neighbor'a dog came along and ate it. What would you do V 'Why, proeecute the owner of the dog. of course. Make the fellow pay for damages.' 'That's the talk Mr. Lawyer,' said the Yankee, with s ely imile beginning to work around the corners of his eyes and mouth. 'But yon see?I don't know as it makes any diu?r??c*?the <"og nas yourn.' Butler opened hia eyes a little at this onslaught, bat he wasn't going to be taken aback' is that manoor, even by a brother Yankee. 'What do you value your ham at ?' asked But drawing out hie wallet. 'Well, f geese* five dollars will be letting you off cheap,1 aaid the Yankee,. ?for it was an all ired good ham.' Without latesiag a word of prote c. Butler paid the money, and theo aaid ! 'Thera is yoar damage for the ha n Now lork over tea dollars.' 'What for?' inquired the Yankee, in hia turn astonished. 'For my legal advice,' said Bu"'er. 'Yes don't lufttoaa I can work wit ?out a fee* A, yaw?' Mr. Yaskew was hit; so drawing a face <s* long aa hia lags, he sl>.viy counted sat the money, aad iawtrdly vowed he woald hriug no more law buai neaa before tato youthfsl bat raeor like dispenser of Coke and Blackstone. O ?AM MAR.?It takes ay inked school marrr. to just pussle poof unsophisticated mea, acw sdaya. Coming home on the train last week we overheard the follow ing conversation between n young lady teacher, who also writes for the-aud an old gentleman who had always believ ed ba could speak tbe Kugliah Lan Old Gentleman?'Are there any house building in your village?' Young Lady?'No, air There is a sew house being built for Mr. Smith, bnt it is the carpenters who are build ing.' Gentleman?'True; 1 sit corrected To be building is certainly a different thing from to be being built. And how long baa Mr. Smith's bouse bean boing built?' Lady (looks puaaUd a moment, and than answer* rather abruptly)-'Nearly a year.' Gentleman?'IIos much longer do you think it Will be being built?' Lady (explosively)? 'Don't know.' Gentlemen 'I shouid think Mr. Smith won Id be annoyed by ite being built for the house he now occupies be ing old be mast leave it and the new one being built, instead of being builf aa ha expeeted he cannot?, Ho re the gentleman perceived the lady had disappeared. Philosophen are made of just suob mea aa the one whom the wiud robbed of hia hat recently. He didn't chaee H at all lie aimply appropriated the oov eriag of the loudest laughter near him, and at the aame time fetching him a blow that made hia noes bleed. A man who had fled a petition for divoree was informed by hie oouu'*cl that hia wife had filed a "cross potion," as lawyers aal) it* "A aroaa p^ities"'' exclaimed the husband; "tbatsjuat like her. Sho nev er did a good ttatoxed thing in her life, ? MlSSIBSIPPi VtitKA^K^^klkl?wri ly wooded ipIftnoVk^otttf about fourtcou ruilcs abo*SJ|etasoatmet Iii the Mississippi, has turned on*, to bo a regular robbet*^ astJfew sort of late of Monte Criato, assst* MdHprjfcqg, Valuables is. couoeroa^,/X^e jj^OTerj;u f Was made by thp police, of jjaveuport,. who; haiiijg hadthe^fpsDisjflaf ar^usei, reachiwg it^Jbttfld .^?.^P^y^' ' fluwn. -Many evidences',' however, of J1 occ^peTtl?a of. the island were st ro wa' ' arouu d. j Coxes of aft kin/ft firjrf Axltfy; '' sixes were thick on the gMntt, with bits of paper and pfeces of tw.no and 1 rope, here acd there an old tfannont, '' aud many digbj of carpenter WOHL '? According to the report of farmers liv ing near by, the island bad^llw^aftwaST doned only tho day before, wb?n tasy - loaded a large yawl and skiff with plua-: der, and started southwards flfoua of tho houses in the vicinity nf tUaialattdf bud been disturbed by the tlraMOSj and - ,i the farmers thought that tbj,pe>Qp^ on the island wore a party 9tfg^tPiHpff ?| they eile? sees,S^in? ir? rtAf^Hi ,1^ and starting off with .^aa*. mMi* , shoulders, as if going (Off on a hunt. I t ' ia supposed that most of the*burglaries which have been committed in^aVen"'' port, Muacatioe, Wilton. aud other localities in this section dur< '* ing the summer, were tho work or ah'1 ' organised band which inhabited'tha island, who used the secluded spot fei' secreting their ill-gotten goods.' " I ?u *' ? an " ' f ' as i t 'Ef IIe'd Said Ducks.'?During a ? class meeting held several years Since by . the Methodist brethren of a Hlnlfwaw. , village, Brother Jooea went among-the colored portion of the congregntiqe. Finding there an old roan notorious for. his endeavor to serve God on the jSab I bath and satan the rest of the weak, ha aaid : 'Wall, Brother .Dish* l'?a, gl?^*??**. you here. Haven't stole any turkeys sines I saw you last, Brother Dick V 'No, Brudder ?|onej, no turkeys.'' 'Nor nny chickens, Brother Dick?' 'No, uo, Br udder Jones, no chickens.' ?Thank the Lord, Brother Dick! That's doing Well, my brother!' said Brother Jones, leaving Brother Diclr^ who immediately relieved bis ovcrbui? d-Micd conscience by saying ton near neighbor, with an immense sigh of re* lief: 'Ef he'd said duckt he'd a had ma " Stuanoe Freak of LionxNiso.? A young lady, while standing in a ^io dow at Morgantown, Butler county, Ky. received a slight bhock far a flash of lightning. On her recovery, it 'waaA found that an ailanthus tree, Standing near the window, bad been accurately photographed by the) electric flash apon bor breast. This reminds a friend that in bis youth he Warthe object of photo* graph ju He had told hia'father that be was "a demented old jackass." This playful remark enraged the unreason able father, and he interviewed hia son. .When the interview was over tho sou felt that ho had b^cu struck by light ning, and that a photograph of a man's hand was distinctly visible?but not where he could see the picture. Light ning is guilty of strange freaks at times A dying Irishman, asked by his con fessor if he was ready to denounce tha devil and all hia works, replied: "Don't ask me that; I'm going to a strange oountry, and Ii don't intend to make myself enemies." An indignant wituess oxclaimed, "The Grat time that I ever did suoh a dis honorable act I would blow out my brains, Sir." "Very gqod," said tha exauiidiog oouusel; "and what would you do the second time ?" A Kind lady in New York gave a pair of psutaloons to a poor boy lately. The next morning the youth returned and requested her to put a watch pook ot in them as otherwise they were not ot much use to hin. A woman tatet Jy looking at a prin ting preaa at work looked up in the face of her companion, aud in a most earnest manner inquired; "Well, Tint, so, then'a the things a* writes the papers. Bo's thorn what they call editors?" - ?<? I ii j An Indian?ta asked tho clerk of a Court whethci he couldn't reduce %\<s rates of half a doted fellows crabbed to gether to take out marriage.Hcoascs< m