Indiana Reveille, Volume 41, Number 5, Vevay, Switzerland County, 3 February 1858 — Page 1

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OUR VLTIVK t AXD-ITS PROS P I.U IT V.

VOL. XLI.-NO. 5.

VEVAY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1858.

SERIES FOR 1858;

THE INDIANA ‘.EVEILLB, ' - rf PUBLISHED EVERY WBWTESDAY,

GOODS—GOODS—GOODS.

miscreant/* bs lie ijpWoitchwi with a lioo bound, nnd seiy.e.l ijion his' trembling boy, "1*11 teach yon to be alwbya Hying from thofaee ofyoirr folhen. What ore yon doing. yon infciiiar rascal/(u t ‘be always hiding :b?hitui pbiir'mbtber.avhen I come?. There, take that, nod that; and that. loo,” ns heciifft j bun on oho aide of, Iho head and then ,yn the jtihor, (ili with; the. Inst blow ha teiii qytshed hie hold niid aenthim reeling ngai mt-tVo opposite wall, where he fell, and lit grieving aud mo ruling upon the Bubr. * . The poor mother had rotwid her iniplofing oyee/to her iiusbanil to spare her boy,‘while iba big’ tear*' where- rolling 'down hcr thjugh bW.could hot utter a syllable, ;

God will spare yon And this dm little:: sufferer, and those fearful ones that fWnow from me as from the face of a tiger. ; Yes; Mary, my resolution is taken, and i here before high Heaven 1 swear I will not,( taste another drop. That Washingtonian' ] Pledge which you have so often urged me < to.sign shall be my pledge. Not another, ] hour passes over my head till I shall have i put my no me to ill’' 'I :Hfe. fond wife sprang to, her feel; the 1 next moment her arm was around his t neck; and her bead lay weeping upon his i iliouloer. ! Her heart was too full fur ut- 1 terance—at last she Midi . , “Then shall we Lie Imppy!" ,:i f’The warranty ol it I will bring this t very hour;’* and a winy he went with the-1 speed of the wind. He hastened to thej: proper officer'to enrol life name as a sub- j scriler to the Pledge, and a bo member of: < the Washlngtoman Temperance Society. 1 ! He' procured a certificate of. membership: I and ruttirned to his family. • ■ , js • “There," said he, .“now I am safe,, and ;< you uiay-besure of betterliiiies.'* ■ : ;-m ■ Tits.poor wife MiatcheJ ilin.paper.'. : . < “Is it possible, ■William,’ that yon have I really signed I he-Pledge.?' *, ■ v •Tt is, arid 1 mean loWlick‘to tti live hr fi die, Bink or swim; 1 mean lo stick to it;i as long as 1 live. That Pledge .shall be h Written, on my memory; and engraved up- ;i on iny,heart, and 1 tel! yoil, ’Mary, better ’ i times ore coming—I feel it;-1 kaow.it.!i I «m once, moie free—lam free !’’ We heed not describe; ol).tlm passed, | The faintly were soon again in their own! humble d wed ling. . ' •’ ■! , 1 Wo pass on in our historyMany days} 1 of weary watching had gone 1 hy a« ihe parents lumg oyer the .low couch . of. their mfeonscious child. , Wjth the-- 1 first sigh of returning consciousness and i, reason, after the (ever of the system jhad abated, the father was.theie with tender; words upon life tongue for his belayed !my. j “Tommy," said .lie,' “look upon your ■ father; I am your father,-‘Tommy; 1 ' and!; iheljoy gazed with a bewildeiing'look 1 arbund Him; and shuddered at the feint ! idea that his father was near. . Thd father saw it, and for tho present lie forehore. 1 A day -or two mofe.pai-seti ,hy, and the father was still,at the bedside with-'a little boy nporifjther knee. The sick boy look.tal. with at. feint smile .as he glanced upon thofaw Vfhfe mother,.but bhrimk aghast whciroift turning lo the other side he saw vr.othmy, Pliavegood new* lo tell you, but you must kcep qhiet, child.; I tell, you, your dear father-has signed the pledge,'and we are till so happy again..*’ ■ Thenoble.boy awoke to fu I Icon scionsness in x moment; he turned towards Ms father, twined his arms around his neck, and burst info n flood of' tear.-;. Every, eye around that' bed-sido wept, hut these were tears* of joy. The time which, before dragged so . heavily on, now fled by on 1 noiseless and rapid ,wings The boy .-re-. .■ co vered, the wife’s'face was wren the-1 wi th i smiles—the little ouc$;. were joyous and i happy. .The eldest horn was eeen ever. at his hilbcrV side, whether al homo, or abroad. With reluiiiitV£ soberness chnuv i returning business;and happiness. , Eve* l ryllung prospered with.ihnt family;. • A few months have roHeAby since:llife p reform; U ‘whaTikb’ life;from the dead; if a was like tile finding om of that which whs j supposed to .1/0 elcninliy losi. It has r brought' health to the bodyaud; peach ;ti» \ the soul. Whence, this amazing change ? [i- For look at that fa mi ly'n b w !T1 1 ee 1 1 i I - ciitii run to mtqt their returning failier. li There is competition there, there is hap' . pines s, there is every. comfort there.which I those, hearts desire, and;, more ilnnpIJ, !• there too; is tlie.gratefnl and humble heart, 1 and there is the eloquent voice pftbot; opec e lost, bat now reclaimed father, eloquent y Bometim. s amidst robs Bpd teire. leadiijg g the devotions,and prayers of that family it on bended knees at the; throne of. grace, j Whence this mighty change ? It begaii :o with the holy inflaencO of ,1 hnt Pledge, fe and it coriliunas .with that Pledge inviO' dilate. That, heart also been moyeti with other influences; so that, now .we cac l0 say “bchoId;ho prftyelK. , . , ' Tho gr of a virtuous and piou3 wi(o b ft ve;beer Id answered. .' • The frequent ‘ Visits yo thi : sanctuary' hoic, of'that happy family,'!; in preparing the way for an etcinal abode ii m that blessed sanctuary above, v . ., J

I AM now in receipt of my Full ja lid Winter Slock of DRY GOODS, Gi’oct'i'lcs, Ac., Ac. 1 , To which-1 would invite the attention of-my old customers, and tie public io general. . As t hiivc selected my stuck of. GtMlswUb great care, 1 think that 1 can please the fancy of all. (CT Cali anil examine before purchasing elsewbutg. ;■ ; J.BSSE TEATS,

BY FRBDBRICK. JV WALDO.

N. B. I will' take in exchange for Goods til kinds of Cooatry'Froduce, .

ALFRED SHAW,

Tarma of Subscription. Ona cupr, SI (XI > year, Id advance. If not paid la advance, s l 90. U not paid within tbs year, ft CO. . ,T«na» of Adrertl^nff. Wa bare adopted, and sbsU strictly adhere to the following ritta for advertlienenU: ’ " One square, (of 10 ttoea or teat,} forone luertiou, 30 dints; each additional iossrUon, 29 cants. Nearly adverttMis may chance lb*f r advertisement* quarterly at the following rates: Oat square, 0 month*) t * - • .*. - gl.UO ; One Squire, 1 year," • ' - One fourth of n ctlumn, t year, • - I7,oO . On* half of n column, I year, - - * 20.00 Ona column, l year, * • *. • 36,00 Advsrtltemenla on (he InStJo, axelnrtrety, to -be fbanad at the rata of so per cant-in advance of above fate*. —So Urge cuts will be udwlued in standing; advartisimsnU, and no unusual display made without extra charge therefor. - Ugal adrattUeuienls mint be pstd Hrtu advance. Msrriagee, Dealha, amt Religious Sotted Inserted r rails, whin oat accompanied by remark a. — Obituaries, Pnbtle Meeting *• Personal BvpUnaUon*,dte., dec., A teuti per square for each Insertion. —Special So* :lcoslasett»dnlSccntvp*rllne; and no notice tending to the adrSncomcnt of Individual [alert-all will be published-without pay therefore

MAS lost received; A large stock of \ Fall and Winter Ooodi, .

' (Prom blonis and’WllDs'Home Journal.] ' I Never have been False to Thee, • sr OEOMK r. stoiisii. ’ 1 never have been false lotheel • The heart I pave thee still is thine; • Though thou hast been untrue I** m«, - Anti I no more may call tlice mine I I’ve loved ns woman ever totes. With constant soul in good or ill; Thou’at proved; os man too ofjenpiovca, A rover—but I love thee still I : Yet think not that my spirit stoop* . • To bind ihee captive io iny I mV I ' Love's not a Bower, nt sunset droops,■ Bul smiles when comes her god again! - Thy words, which fall unheeded now, Could once, my heart-strinps medly thrill! Love's golden chain and burning row: ■Are brokcn~but I. lore thee Siill I Once wh.it a heaven of-bliss was ours,- >. When love dispelled the clouds of care,’ ; And time went by with birdsand flowers, ,’ ! W Inle sang and in cense, filled the air! The past is present.thine— , ;' .f; Should thoughts of me‘thy future, fill, Think -hat a destiny is mine, / To lose—but love thee,-false one, Itill! ' ;

Consisting of Cloths, Casaimeres, Saltmelt, Jpans, Tweeds, <\c.,;Ac., fur Mens snJ Buys wear; end Mer:noes,;Caslimere, De-Lsnc, Ue Beges, Ac., Ac., suitable for Ladies dresses.

i Those loafe. maddt ned him.-“Wife,’’ said he with the vdicr.of a fiend, “X have seen enough of this ererUsting sniveling, and now, d— n t ; ; y<juj you shall go ; alter your boy 1” .and Jig* leveled' at he,r a-blow which laid-her pro«t!ialo upon the fjoor “Aod now,’* said the fiend,>T’I1 have a general iflearniu-e nod a-: still: hou.ie..for once.'' 6o raying', li e laid hold of his wife, aod drugging, |i#»r to the door, ho tlirow lier into tiio iWp mow; then sciziiig the infant whim had fallen lb the floor, by ode arm, l|o .hurled ibnt alter her; then hi* almo-t iiocon'-cions boy, after giving him a coff er two, he dragged him by otic leg to the door, and flung him with all his might in|o the datk dfetsnce .without; then followed in a moment, one after the other, the Hillt sleepLg boys in the corner, roused id a twitikliug sad hurled abroad upon the cp!d £nuw. Thus (he house was.cleared,, the moment , this was done, the door .wpa/festened, and all within was still. } The poor mother; is soon as possible, gathered around lior Ifir outcast family—tho Infant.in her boapm—the little boys clinging to her on eitier kidfi. . But when she went to her first mini; the.noble 1ioy‘ tliftt-would never lea\|e his iiMther’s side, nor close an eye itj ile*-p while she sat waiting.the return ,of|her-brutal husband —she found him still jmeonsetous nml unable to rise. Kneeling, wiili one arm she claspejl her,darling dying boy.uiid raised him to her bqso'n—she-.called him by name, but he awoke not. - The pulse was still faintly beating, and that was all. Something must be done to save her owu Hfe and the lived of her children.

-“Also— : A general assortment of HaU and Cops, Boots anJ Shoei. Groceries, <tc., of which those in want'of Goods wdufd do well to call and cm mi its before matting their purchases., X, ,11.—Country I 1 reduce of all kind* taken in evchaiige for Goods, or in payment of all notes or' loot accounts, octil • ALFRED SHAW. iileiallc Burial Cases.

, ..SITTINGS OF Tilt COURTS, - Is SwtTiCRLAxn CoL vxr. ’ rntiH f 1.1 Monday.1b May. ' Utcull Coart, J ut Monday in .November. comtos rLFAS.cornr. tafMonilay or January, 1 Ul Monday of July, JH Monday of April, | lit Monday Ju October. , cokuissioner’s court. Ut Monday of Mandi, I lit Monday of JV plow tor, tit Monday of June, . ] Ut .Monday of Uctcmbar.

THB CONTRAST.

It was a night of bitter cold. "Moth*' er,' 1 said an interesting little-boy,. Vl«st iho hit clpsof to you-”- as ho nioved his little stool up by '-hiV mother’s aide,; 'and don’t let father whip me when becomes home;'X atn ,afraid of him, ho knocks me around so.| ■ JDid my father always, beat my little brother before *he died; as he beats ma V' •vNo my chilli,” said the mother, ‘‘not always.” ' \ "Then why did my little brother die so toon, and so suddenly ?” 0 , ■}! cannot tell you now;my cbild—yon must not nek mu snch questions. ;Your father will'soon bp here, ifraay be, and bo will be angry if Ire finds bnt that we are talking; of you r 1 i tile brother tb at is no w dcadamlgone.” ■: ‘ , ■ ; An.unconHciOtift and steeping infant lay uppii the* lap of its mpthor— two little boya iverq'nestling together in a disturbed slumber upon a pallet ot fit raw in.onc coruoijof the.rpom, covered by a remnant of woirn-out "carpet.- 1 he tiro was almost onllupdn the hearth, and the pale and sick* ly hi other with her. anxious wait 1 ing tbe'appfoach of one very lootfall was a note of terror. The room was scantily furnished with the meanest furniture ilujt js found in the meanest .hovel, and that bovel—ihe, hovel of a drunkard. The 'city clock bad.tolledl away the hour of midnight, and stilt he did not come. "Will be come soon, mother ?V

JE5S13. Vi SHOBT, . : fl"TNnERTAKF.R, lihs and will conlinueTo «5J keep nn ha ml nlj sizes of the'lotest improved iHclic and alsp Plalies with fill kimis of inscriptions. He _ will also attend to cementing.-and.all calls in lifeline of business! ■ lie constantly ohdjand all roils and sizes of ‘ -i- :

DU. ,T. W. MURPHY, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.

JKP. STEKLIM:, SwIlurUiiil County, Imltnna.

: luPOimaT TO PcfiLtaBEM. ~A few days since a copy of the Indian* npolU Journal, in which a prospectus of the peper had been enclored, was return* ed to the publishers,-charged with letter postage, the person to whom it was directed having refused to pay the charge. Tbs publishers, ti'iving been in the habit of sending prospectn-es in the paper, and knowing that it was common to transmit hand-bills, amice?, in newspapers, could not see the justice of the punishment in this case, referred the matter to the Postmaster General, through Mr. Oqlfax. The Department sustained the Postmaster, and; decides the practice unlawful, and that every offence Mtbjvcls the offender to a. due of fire dollars.

•OCT The objects of education are—to strengthen each faculty that is loo weak, th restrain those which are too vigorous, tostoju tin* intellect with moral, religion!, scicntidc, and general knowledge, and to dirfctall to their proper objects. External nature is as directly adapted to otlr ditTfierit intellectual powers ns light to the ovo f and I he'-whole economy of onr constitution is arranged on the principle that we shall study thoqualities and relations of objects, npp|y them to onr hso, and also adapt our conduct to their operation. The thire «r*Mt means of education aie, domestic Induing, public schools and literatim.*, or b joks.— Combs T Moral Philosophy.

■ ytST Tim .fiiijiroua Court of the State <hu3 decided lliut tin* oft of 1855 to an* |lhorize thu several incorporated cities and towns of tli>> State to and .sup* port PiiliJte Sclio;i!s wiiliin their limits, flutl to levy nn'l collect taxes for the support of the k.inio, to he uiu-oDstitationat. The Court decides that tho Legislature nlone has (he power to levy and* collect | taxes for the support of Common Schools jam! within the meaning nml intention t of the QmiNtitmion.it in the only manner by which the people of the. State ean have one uniform system supported by equal . taxation and made*.equally open to all.

ntj’j'iss, : > lined and trimmed, cloth covtrcd.driU plain, and v. - i) I a lie ml ■ wit li life Hearse all funew I call?.. Having pnrUiitcd bUmcUriic cases ot the manufacturer,’ and all' Ms materials, at wholesale, prices, artictes in' his Un« will be disposed oif on thtf mtrti ieayontble terms. ■ Residence and Shopoii Seminary; street, iionb-vvtai Flouring Mill, Jan. I, |S5S.—tf f r' : - '

IJLAUKSMIT.tll NG.

.. FRANCIS ADIUXSON, A TT 0 R SBY $ C 0 V.\S V. L O R A T !, 11 V,

rg'SlIE subscriber would respectfully .an.fi. non nee to his friends and Ihe^q^gaa* 1^ public geoefalty. tkatjhe-has te- \ moved his SI.op to the bniiduip foruierlyocrujued old Jail, where fie will be found at all lime* ready la accommodate all with llav Frcss I co.\s, CataiAors, Bt'cmcs,.Plows,<frc. '

. i VEVAY, I.Vl>UX.t. ; WILL give prompt attention to all local fiiljiness that ma>'be entrusted to his rate. Office, on liberty, street, back of Odd Fellows’ Hall. ]unl-’63

ThC BlflTBPLACE 0> Both branches of the Virginia Legislature have passed .' a bill providing’ for tho- . purchase of the birthplace of; Wash* • inglon and the homo and graves of bis progenitors in America.' ■ The adoption iliiTVoliTfi enterprise in’VhutrTlio lArttea MduncVernou Aesociaaion is engaged; The bill appropriates $5;000 to enclose the places with on iron fence and to eioct MihstOnlml (abh*U for the rising generation those noble apola/' as required, by Lewis ; W. Washington in hia iifler.of conveyance." .

AMir.ItHON A II ACAV.

J OB W O UK, Of-all kinds, done on .short liidjre, and as cheap aa 1 he cheapest; r . : {LT Perkins in want of anything.in my live win lino ilto ihtir advantage,U» give tne'a Vevay, Oct. til, •

. . IlCVLERS r;. JDrj CtooilKy 4jii*ocorH*.*, ESai'dware, Iteniij-iuiKle Clothing, : Itoau anil UliiiM. • Drug*, Mtdlcltica, «c . MOOREFIELIX, INDIANA..

She approached the,door, from which she had been so forcibly ejected, not .to reck «a eutTWCSi,-. auv deed,- of in, ‘ lier spirit was bioKcii, mid stio dia not seek to go ferllicr—and then she tuyu-e-J away to her nearest neighbor, She and her children were,housed tor thWriigUl,. and.everytking doncTor.immttliale relief.*

*flt ;nin}’ s lreV'I ctU'imlV/M J...U ..5...... ■— I wisli I bad do father.” : ■ ■■“Why do you wish so, my fioh?‘ is your father, ar.d the Bible says*.'Honor tb/ father and mother.| Why do .yon, wish you had no father? Do, you wish your father dead V* ' ; ;‘K‘o, mother, but ! sometimes wish 1 was dead. If it wero not for you arid my little brother and sister here, I woolti not wish to live, 1 ora tired of life. But whb'I see the (ears stealing down your| ; pale check, and when I think how lonely j I you would ho on these long nights if you had ho HtUo boy to sit up with you, then II wish to live for your sake, mother.”. iyt that moment they heard the heavy tread of one who was approaching the door. The boy instantly dung more closely to bis mother's side, os the brutal father lifted the latch of the door. 'I’h* person who cutered was a man of tall ami well-made stature, about middle life. -

E J 4 , G1US.1UD k SOS,

•HARWOOD & D.QAN,. 3j AVE just received a addition fift to their stock * of : ; ' • • ‘ OKI & DRESS GOODS, 5FS article in iliirlin., A !«. I""* 5 ' Also, our ntfnngeinCnls nre suck th» l rye *1i3U conliilue to receive iK?h s«|»njies- of seasonable Goods; ; i»i|fiequenl inteitals, Anting the.Spring and Summer.

dealers is

Iroiit Hardware," Groceries,

-'.''Morning came, mid with it returning reason to tho bpilal; inltpinhu rather anil basband. j, j ; ,, •' . : He remembered soitfeihiiig of the eeoncs of the previous-night.; ' Bat lie remember* ed them only with pain and dUBiay. Where arc Ida ivifts -and children? . Tops* ed tail in the inclement sight J* What had hia cruel blows done,- bestowed in the beat of madness and passion, am) with wbut violence and force he could not re* member. ! His first dreamy impression of the events of tho night were of a-Batuie. that fit led his mind with remorse; and the more no reflected, the more intejjbc’hia remorse became, iill at last reflection and solitude been me in toller able. He tallied forth to find ids wife and children; he had never so much abused them: before—never hat) he driven them from his dwelling, though lie had oilen treated them with great neglect, imkiuduess, and often with much brutal violtuco. . ;

4X0

Agtltnllotal Implemcnti, fc. E. Corner of Main anil Ferry streets,

■ jf37* ll nil's Jonrnalof Heahji mentions what it calls an 'instructive and alarming fact’ in reference to Huntington, the Wall street forger, recently sent to tho Pen! ten lint 7, ItwaVproven on the trial that lie was'never seen 'down town with 1 * on I having ft cigar' in his month; tbatho was never well. On outering.lhe prison, Mitokittg whs absolutely and at once prohibited, by an inflexible rule,; InlhrcO months he gained fifteen poundsiri flesh, and his genera].health was improved in | proportion; ' , • ■

Vevat, Inuiasat''

EKOS UTTLBPWLDi

Dealer In Cabinet I'liriilline, WILL keep constantly on liandogeneral assortment of Cabinet,Furniture, can; listing in part of bureaus, Bedstead*, D|-fjY nine, Breakfast, Center and Card Tables, Stands, Wardrobes, Safes ; in fact, aiiy- < “t y thing required in bis line. ■* 2 trittt,'Cain. . N. II. —Funerals aliened with Hearse toany part of the country. Coffins kepi on band..

A ceneral ofGrpqeriw, Qncenswore. Stoneware,A!oIs,TM*‘.“{1*1 bellows' VCBV, on band, nt'N»a. 2.and 3 Odd Felloes Hail, coin ;r of Main and Uberly^treeiSi1’ N. II, CouuUy. Produce lalicit in oschange for Goods. ' HARWOOD Ai UOAN.

l\ J. WALDO ,

Book antJ 3ob ]3nutcr, S. E. Conjar of llijn and Perry Streets,, vevay, Indiana;

' Hkw i'oo;» yfm BEna.r-Galignaui stales I that .two lagricultiiralists of. iho'departi I meal of .(ho Vary recently discovered their ilicesfeeding upon .cakes of oil seed, which [had previously been subjected to the oil press, a ini* which was being bealeri up in* to a paste with miter to ho used as manure for potatoes*,. .The bcc. 4 . were after* wards allowed ribumlauce of this . food, dnd their, owners have since been rewarded with nearly Ion times the usual increase ’ in their productions of tho insect,

By. Clarkson &’ WakkV . OjJposlt* ««*a FcUost*’nalt. A */ HERE: my b(| Had everylbtng ;n opr VV 'line on' short jtqUee, have oust emplbved oc'esperieifctd Baker, who will de* vote his entire attention U Ihisdeparimeiit. Wc solicit the patronage.of ourtneiios ana the public generally: We. intend to furnish ilaVui-; Butter, Sops, fc Sugar Ciuckem; snd Pii-ot CsE*b, al the Cincinnati prices, on short notice, by the imtrel nr. pound. . virr We are prepared to furnisli *>l Rinds oi Cakes and Fits in good order on short notice, to. pn... for C.A fe0S # - i Vevay, Nov. 26, 1867. ■ : >

A LI. kinds of Printing neatly executed, at short notice, and on the niott renkonable tetms. A large supply, of Deeds, Mortoaoc*, Notes, and all kinds of Justices'Blanks, al* wavs on jiano.; . janl.'5a

He was the sou of wealthy parents. and had been brought up in the midst of-luxu-ry/. He'bad‘bain well edncaled lor li man of business, aud at his father’s death had inherited'an ample fortune. It was intended that be'should take bis fathers place in the business which he had pursu-ed^;-'He. married early a.young lady every way hi? equal; and no married couple ever began lifp together \Vitli r belter pros* peels. But that husband bad learned in early life to tarry long at the wine. Ho was fond, of . society and convivial parties. They.,were often at his house, mid he too' often, in .the midst of them gathered at the honsea ofolherB. There he became the frequenter of the evening wine club. He eudk lower and lower by regular grada* turns until his' property was wasted, and everything abput him entangled. Piece after piece of Iris properly to satisfy the demands that crowded thickly upon him. ' Tlio more his offatrs hot-aino embarrassed, the more deeply djd ho seek to drown his sensibilities and his conscience in the intoxicating bowl. Often would hit fond wife remonstrate with him, aud beg him for her sake and his children to quit bU cups arid companions once mid forever; and often did He,

l\ A. BOEUNBK,,

IVatcIiifliilicr aiid Jeweller >UI!t STREET, VEVAT, ISBUXl, V .■ Respectfully informs the public that be has just opened a sfore on^k Main street, in P. Dufour's building,gvA where he intends keeping on hahd t aVuv, eencral assortment of Watcue*, Clock* and Jrwelit. .. • CT Pnrliculqf aUcnUon paid to repairing patches. Clocks; and Jewelry:? janl - 68

The place where Iiis family Jiatl found ' a refuge was soon found; lie appenredhe- I line them like a guilty culprit.' But,'oh 1 j what were his emotions when he, saw the i mere wreck of hin ; yet unconscious boy i laying bofoio him, and his pale, weeping mother hanging - onir him. The infant was in her lap, ami ',the little boys; fled from his piescnce, hastily endeavoring to conceal themsel ves. | He; spoke to ;his wife, hut she answered not. The iron bad gone into her soul. ; . “Tommy,” said bq to his boy, bht.no auswer was returned. A cold shiver seemed to creep ovarjtbo flesh-of the child at,the to.iiid of Ida father's voice. , . “ Wife, my dear wife/’, said he in an imploring nod nflecjionate tone; ”1 -can end tiro anything bntyoUr silence. ‘Hear mo if yon will not speak} !, am iuiuy -reason now, and in myi reason I am deter* mined to continue.' jYou know I have often mrtdo yoii promises of amendment, I have said that 1 wdnld te my own mastor and would not drink again; you have urged me to sign the! Tenfpe ranee pledge; 1 told you that X scorned it, for it was in my opinion an admission that I could not refrain without it. But now my res* elution is taken. I have lost my property*—I have lost my character, I have lost everything. 1 have lost every claim to the love and affection of ray wife and children. The harpies nt the grog-shop have sold me liquor when they knew that i yon had begged them not to do it; when they knew, too, that it was taking the , bread Irom the mouths of my children. ■ They Have kept me. night after night till a late hour, and turned mo out tyhen they j knew 1 would only [go homo and .abuse - my children. I have squandered all I . had at the accursed coffee-house. a “I see how it is, and my .resolution as - I told you is taketi. ,1. will ba a man again, a husband again, tt father again. i Wo shall have otir! comforti around, if

; Fcspiuu Perron's . —The Rev* Mr, Finney, in a recent discourse at' Boston saya; *■] sometimes' wish people ..could attend their, own’ funerals. XJonld -some m$n hear; (he .eulogies .pronounced upon thtir characters fo r moral, honesty, after ; their .death, how. Jhey,would,shriek and h'qwl ns. they lay in their coffins!"

S cw E s t a b 15 »h in eutl •• JOHN w7QBAti MERCHANT'TAILOR, , Afoin Sira], V*tag, Ind. • ‘

E. H. ROGERS,

6UC0ESBQR TO WM. IlOGERS, jilporcfleld^Ind.,

THE subscriber, jvotild respectfully^** ■; announce - to the citizensqfVe ray RV ahd Switzerland county, that be bas^siJBL opened a complete-stock of \ fashionable goods

T|"|fcALBR lit D'jfc t G° OP$r Groceries, Maiulware, tlaeenavrare, Drnga,y P>'* Blnift) Kollon* t “ic»i &c>» Which he offers cheap. .. :Q3* Please call and examine btfote purchasing elsewhere. nov-t tf

■ft-r .Tlia proceedings of the Conven* Indianapolis on |he 8th of January wo'published, eh for aatheresplnlidns are concerned;, but the whole, proceeds show the.ijtter;futility -of attempting lb cany the State of, Indiana with ihcLvcompton dodge.-— Louisville Democrat. - .

Four thousasd Marriages by ose Min-, ister.— The venerable;Farther Streeter of Boston niarried I82 couplo lastycaj - , bringing the'aggregate of bis marriages, during* the thirty-four yeara of hi? brini*try in Boston, op td lhB jarga.ubniber bf 4,827. : . \ . • ••• '

• ■ — fott . _ . • L- : G E ]> X J t B M JB l¥’S WE A It» and is now -prepared to furnish gentlemen with anything in his line. . „ Work tv arrnutcil —No l-’lt, No Pay, particular attention will bo paid to Cutting and Making garments. 0erd’3 Farnhhivy Goods t

r ' t',~ T> ■. ; ; , ■. ♦ ' ' i r v Gueat Bee- gettings. —A queen bee will- lay ttt'b hundred eggs daily for fifty or sixty dnys/nnd the eggs are batched in three.day*.- A single queen bee has bccn .slated to produce one hundred (bon* saml'lfta in a season.

BLACKSMITH SHOP I

THE subscriber continues to carry on the Bladksmilhing Business at the same old Blind on Ferry street, where alt kinds of work in his line, is promptly attended to. Particular aUcnliun paid lo-ninking nay Press Irons, and Irdning Buggies nndXarnages, etc., etc. A continuance of public patronage is respectfully janl-’S3 JOSEPH JAGLHb.

of every description, quality and price, kept constantly on hand, including all the minor onicies of gentlemen's wear and at the low est P °3T The 3 public are respectfully requested to call ami examine this stock before purchasing elsewhere, as satis fuel ion will he guaranteed ir. oil cases. janl-’oo

with many tears, promise that ho would never again enter that den of iniquity, the grog shop. But long since every promise of this kind had been broken and forgotten, and lie who was the kind father, had become the infuriate Bend. Even the tears'of bis wife'and the fears of bis children maddened him with rage Mottling at homo wodld please him, bat all went the wrong way. The more guilty ho was himself, the more inclined was ho to be very angry whir one of his household. So it was on the night in question, and such was (ho mood in which ho entered his miserable dwelling. The first objects which met his eyes were the tears of his wife, and the clinging of the boy to the aide of bia mother. Ho was just fall enough of drink to bo tho demon without the imbecility of tho drunkIard. . "D—n you, you sneaking, slinking

J3T A little boy, at his father's fudei-al; observed a .child of one of the neighbors crying bitterly,' doubtless" in sympathy with his little friend.—This roused (bo orphan hoy, who exclaimed, "Yon needn't cry; this ain't none of yottr funeral

. jsrit is about ns hopeless a task .to gcfe ( a rich wooian to live a life of common as it . is to gut a rich man into the kingdom of heaven.

J, H.BobciTs & Brother, SURGEON DENTISTS, WOULD respectfully announce to the citizens of Switzerland county,JE23St that they have located in VEVAV, lor 31 ™* the purpose of practicing the various branches of their profession. Teeth inserted, from a single one to a fnll set, in Urn beat a,uV most approved style; Teeth Plugged, Cleaned, and Extracted.’ , ... AH persons deeitinp their services writ receive immediate attention. Office, on H alnul street, next door to the residence of Geo. fc.

(£T A lover is one who lives on sentiment nod moonlight, who dislikes advice and sail pork, and supposes that nil that’s required to convert this world into a paradise, is a six keyed flute and a pair of light blue eyes.

itsrThe annual report of the Secretary of the American Colonization Society jitnles that the leceipta for the past year were $97,884.

/5T Seldom grow the same crop,: or crops of the same family on lbs same spot, without au intervening crop of a different nature.

tf'tHESE—CHEESE, E—We have a nupcrtor oiUcle of CUEESE, which wo offer low, by the box or pound, to su ’t dec30 CLARKSONjc WALDO-

AST A man has no moro right to read papers without paying for them than he has to eat bread without paying for if.

' Tile hoop question, like most others, has two sides to it. The ladies lake tho inside, and-of course wo.mnsi take the other. •

TAB GLASSES <V SUOAU-by the barrel or iYJa. in quantities lo suit purchasers,by janl3 CLARKSON & WALDO.

Indiana Stock Dank at La* porte has failed., Iu circulation is fully secured by Indians 5 percent, stock.

nthli t. ORJSAHO SON.

rfl 1 HE RJrtOMETEHB.—A fin« «wortJL meat at STEVENS'S DRUG STORE.

A I FII E I) H H A //'. j j dealer I.V Elrn &doWatri) Gwfrity &c., &X, Camer a/ ]'rmj and Market iStrtrlt, ' VEV.1.V; INDIANA. “nOBSBT X. r..UIBr . ATTORNEY &. COl'NKKlXonAT J.A\V T ' YEVAY. INDIANA* ' ‘ WILL promptly at tend io bust in i he Common IMcarand Circuit of Su'itn-rlaad.comity; jaiil-’iS

GOOK’S PiliLS) LEE’S eciniine anli-biilious Pills, M'Lane’* Liver Pills, Wright'* Sugar Frosted Pills, the Giasffenberg Vegetable Pills, Brandrelh s Pills, Fahnestock’s Vermifuge, M Lane b ( Wotoi Specific, Thompson's Eye V uter, Groffcnbeijt Eye Lotion, &c, ( store an for sale by I, STEVENS, JeclO Schenck's How. Ferry st.