The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 21, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 September 1873 — Page 1

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CITIZENS° BANIk, LIGONIER{, ¢ i INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice. L | ADVANCES made on approved collaterals, i CERTIFICATEs ofDEP(PSl{l‘u issued with interest. MONEY loaned on long or short time. NOTES discounted at reasonable' rates, - ORDERS for first-class securities executed on com{mission. - AHENTS for the purchase and sale of Real Estate. INSU ItANC‘E POLICIES written in first-clags com‘panies. Gl EKCHANGE bought and sold, and drafts drawn on all the principal cities of Europe, AGENTS for the Inman line, Hamburg Line, : White Swar Line. PASSAGE TICKETS sold on allthe principal seaports of - Europe. ! MERCHANTS’, Farmers’and Mechanics’ accounts solicited, and all business transacted on liberal terms, ° STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind., Oct. 23d, 1872.-26

y s Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. On and after August 3d, 1873, trains will leave s Stacions as'follows: J ; GOING EAST : : Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atlc.Ex. * Accom. Chicag0......... 920 am..,. 585 pm.. . E1khart........115 pm.... 950 ..{, 500 am G05hen,.,......v 18l e oty L, 596 Millersburg.... t 1 46 «+. 11028 120846 Ligonier.......:. 158 s 50510 B 9 vue 805 Wawaka....... 1209 ...ITIOSO s 520 Brimfield...... 1217 ...110 58 Sevs 680 Kendallville....23o . ....1118. .... 650 Arrive atToledo 540 ive. 240 am, ... 1045 | GOING WEST : : | T01ed0..........1055 am....]12 05 am.... 445 pm Kendallville.... 230 pm.... 302 am.... 843 Brimteld ...... 1247 . ... 131 F ....'OOO | ' Wawakh: 00l 0857 182 .0 014 Ligonier......., 310 {....33‘9 cas e 999 Mﬁlersburg.... 1328 Ve 31396 V 5941 | G05hen......... 846 Cove 21T 04ia610.10 *Elkhart......:. 410 ved 430 vs+ 103 D ArriveatChicagoB2o ... 82 .... 650 am "Stop 20 minutes forbreakfastand supper. #Trains do not stop, [Expressleaves daily both ways. . Accommodat’n makesclogeconnectionatElkhart withtrains going Eastand West.. CHA§ PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland. J.N.KNEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier. | Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after June 29th, 1873, : GOING WEST. 2 UNeY. No 5, No 17, No. 3. FastEz. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg...... I:4sam 6 00am 9:loam 1 30pm Rochester..... 2:soam 7 23am 10:23am_ 2 88pm Alliance., ..... s:loam 10 40am 12:50pm 5 08pm 0ryvi11e,...... 6:slam 1 00pm 3:olpm 7:o6pm Mansfield. /... B:ssam 3 18pm s:o9pm 9:llpm Crestline...Ar. 9:2oam 4 00pm s:4opm 9:4opm Crestline. ..Lv. 9:4oam 5 55am 6:oopm 9.:50pm F0re5t.........11'05am 7 35am 7 55pm 11:15pm Lima..........12:08pm 9:ooam 9.15 pm 12:17am Ft Wayne..... 2:2opm I]:3sam 11:50am 2:35am Plymouth..... {:4spm 2:35pm 2:55am s:osam Chicago....... 7.60 pm 6:3o§m 6:soam €:2oam : GOING EAST. : Nas, No 2, N 06,” Nod 4. Mail. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. NightEz. Chicago....... s:lsam , 9 20am 5 30pm 9 20pm Plymouth..... 9:lsam 12 02pm 8 55pm 1 10am Ft Wayne....l2 Olpm '2 00pm 11 15pm 4 00am Lima.......... 2:45pm 4 07pm 1 ISam 6 40am F0re5t........ 4:oopm 5 oSpm 2 27am 8 10am Crestline . .Ar. 5:35pm . 6 30pm 4 05am 10 10hm Orestline ..Lv. 6 00am 6 50pm 4 15am 10 30hm ‘Mansfleld ..... 6 40am 7 19pm 4 43am 11 00hm 0rrvi11e....... 9 16am 9 20pm 6 37am 1 00pm A11iance.......11 00am 10 55pm 8 Osam 2.25 pm Rochester..... 248 pm ........ 10 40am 4 53pm Pittgburg ..... 4 00pm 2;2oam 11 45am 6 00pm Gr. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. & Ft. Wayne R. R. Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. To take elllkd June Ist, 73, * ‘ GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. Richmond . oissilis oi. 1000 am 355 pmn Newporb.. iiivida s gis 10:30:*% 4729 Winchester ooiii e, | TLIB ¢ 508 K Ridgevillal .. oiiveiii, el 1145 0 533 keje Potlland.oiiiiciiivinis 1217 pm 610 | Decatnr...c..iiiiiii . 136" R Fort Wayne, D......... 745 am 2 sopm - Kendallville .....J...... 904 ¢« 347 « 5turﬁiﬂ...............,.".1025 30 . Mend0n...............:1110 ‘% 547 *¢ HExpress Kalamazoo ............1210 pm 640 ** 800 am Monteith ....ooio 0000 100 % 780 ¢ 845 ¢ Grand Rapid5........a. 230 ‘¢ 850 “ 1005 |* Grandßapids........d. 265 % 715 am 1015 ‘¢ Howard City........... 522 ¢ 919 ¥ 1219 pm Up. Big Rapid 5........ 635 ¢/ 11080 ** 130+ Reed C1t}{........ sweene 710 ¢4 1108 ¢ 2081 Clam Lake............. 830 * 1230 pm 330 |** Tarverse Clty..c... ... 610 GOING SOUTH. Express Express Express Traverse Cltyiiii cioi : 830 am Clam Lake............. 220 pm 500 am 1100 }* Reed City.............. 348 ** 623 * 1248 pm Up. 8ig8ap1d5........ 420 ¢ 655 ¢ 180 M Howard City.......... 530 ¢ 810 *¢ 230 ! Grand Rapids......a.. 740 *“ 1015 ** 430 ‘ Grand Rapids. .....d../730am1130 ! 440 % ' M0nteith...........0... 858 ¢ Foopm' 6054 Kalamazoo, A......... 985 ** 150 * 650 ** Mendon ....oiiviie, 1083 . 7511 Sturglis ..L . ciicii o 119 ¢ 827 1* Kenga11vi11e...........;12 26 pm 949 ¢ ‘F0rtWayne............ 135 * S YT gD e Pecatur... .ii.ii iy 35 *Y Accom - | Portland.:....i. ... 409 ** 645 am Ridgeville ..., .ii. 0.... 488" 716 ¢ Winchaster ..o ... . 808 ¢ ¥4o°o Newport.... J... .. 549 830 * Richmond . .05 i. 1o 615:°¢ 000 * Express trains leaving Richmond at 10 00 a m and Clam Lake at 2 20 p m stop all night at Grand . " Rapids, i

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. ° Condensed time card, taking effect June Ist, *73. GOING NORTH. GOING BOUTH, _Bxpr. Mail, ¢STATIONS. @o " i, i 400 pm S§ooam..Kalamazoo..ll2oam 652 pm 142 ‘¢ 184518 _Monteith,...lo27 ‘¢ 608 ' 530 ¢ 937 el AAORR. 0 950 ‘¢ 58] 613 * 1033 ¢ . 'Hamilton... 910 * 448" 644 ' 1104 ¢ CHolland,, .. 8840 ¢ 4181 748 ‘* 12 10pmGrand Haven, 741 ¢ 316 * R 34 “! 1255 % .. Muskegoni.. 700 ** 235 . ' F.R. MYERS, o GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent; TRY THE NEW ROUTE. Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago R.R "FHE Great Through Line to INDIANAPOLIS, Cincinnaty, Nashvillé; Memphis, Louisville, Chattanooga, New Orléans, and all points in tke sonth. Ask the ticket agert for tickets via PERU RAIL ROAD., _On and after January 1, 1872, two daily Passenger Traius will leave LaPorte as follows, Sunday, excepted: Day Express leaves LaPorte at 945 am wnd arrive at Indianapolis at 515 p m. The Night Exg)ress will leave LaPorte (Saturday excepted) at'll 50 pm, and arrive at Indianapolit at72sam. Woodrufi’'s New Improved . 3 PARLOR AXD ROTENDA SLEEPING COACHES Always on time, F. P. WADE, 3 Gen’l Ticket Agent, IndianapolisCincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th " day of October, 1872: GOING BOUTH. STATIONS. GOING NORTH. . ~N0.2 - N 0.4 S No.l No,B : 580pm11155m a.....Waba5h....1700am 200 pm 440 ** 1035 am .Nor. Manchester, 745 ¢ 310 ** 415 955 ' Lol Sllverliake., .. 810 * 410 * 335 ¢ 850 * .....Wareaw,.....850 ** 510 * I 3155 igag .....Lecsbm(']g.....'.) 10, % 548 “ 1562 790 % .o MHtord. ... 980. ' 610 238 % 720 ' Li.. New Paris...: 950 * /688 '° ~ 215 ¢ 700 #...dp.Goshen,ar..lolo ‘i 700 * 10 9 ! ...ar.Goshen, dp..1015 * 140 ¢ oo s IRRDATE, ... .. 2048 ** Trainerun by Clevelandtime. : | A. G. WELLS, Sup’t. SLI NPTy IR TIPS er SRR rs M b Ts, FT.WAYNE,MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RAILROAL The shortest and most direct route to-Indianap-olis. Qlose connection with trains on the Columbus & Indianapolis Railway at Muncie. - Departure and arrival of trains at Ft. Wayne: LEAVE, o ARRIVE, ' | Expre55......... 500am/Mai1............400pm Ma?1............1‘l 15pm|Expre55.........045 ¢ L. HH. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGOCNIER, - - - - INDIANA. Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Blodk.,

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, ‘ P - X 4 iR ) . ?F;t ~}Mm i \/‘r\'& 4; R "s'«,‘/}//’;?//,‘ ! ;' s P h R\ ;TN "‘" } [ : SRy e ‘\, Vo - PV 1 L) ¥ Seaher) B 2 5 : Watchmakers, Jewelers, . AND DEALERBIN i ‘ Watches, Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS: Repsairing neatly and promptly execnted, and &= warranted, s Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated ¥ Bignof Epﬂc gorn: Cdﬂ & Fourth 2 iy or n 0 streets, ff"‘m&m‘ A May 8, 66-tf

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EXCELSIOR LODGE, No. 267, Ly G CH e : Meets every Saturday evening at their New Hall. J. B. Stovy, Sec. > L. H. Greex, N. G. WASHIINGTON ENCAMPNM'NT N 0.89,1.0.0. F. Meets the gecond afd fourth Tuesdays in each Month, at their New Hall. H. M. Goovsrrep, Scrive. W. K. Wovrr, C. P, . A. MOYER, ' (Sucteseor to W. L. Andrews,) - SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted, KExaminations free. g 3 Office, Second’ Story, Mitchell Block. -ﬂ~l4—l)’

P. W. CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = = = ~ Endiana. Office at resdience on Martin ei., near corner of Third. : g May 12th, 1569, D. W. C, DENNY, M. D,, Pliysician and Surgeon, . LIGONIER, INDIANA, Will promptly and faithfully attend to allcalls in the line of his profession—day or night—in town or any distance in the country. it ""'_"_"“”_""—T’———_"Z"_"‘ e - ot G, W. CARR, . Physician and Surgeon LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND, Will promptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Dffice ‘on 41h St,, one door east ef the NaTioNan Baxner office. : 2-43 C. PALMITER, , Surgeon and Physician, Office at Residence. = : Ligonier, = = = - Endiana. A.S. PARKER,M.D.,. HoOMEOPEA DELLS T, Office on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. Office hours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 p. M. . KENDALLVILLES INDIANA. May 3, 1871 : : G. ERICKSON, M. D., ' Specialattention given to the treaument of Chronic and Surgical Diseases. Office hours from 10 o’clock A, M. to 2 o’clock, . w.. Offiice and residence opposite the Gross House. KENDALLVIJLLE,INDIANA, June 1,1870. - ! T

_ ALBIERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Counveyancer. - LIGONIER, INDIANA. .Special attention given to conveyancing and collections. Deedr, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accarately. Oftice over Straus & Meagher’s store, : May 15 1873 15-8-3 . JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Qffice in the Court House, v ALBION, = = 0o - TND: 615 ' . B, B. KNISERLY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, : LIGONIER, : -« INDIANA, g Office in Mier's Block, A 7-2 : L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDIANA. Office, over Beazel Brotners’ new Harness Shop,. : Cavin Street.

. W. GREEN, ' i ; ' s Justiceofthe Peace & Collection Agt, Office with Dr. Landond,'second floor Landon’s s Brick Block. LIGONIER, - INDIANA. 9

. J. BE, TEAL, - DB TS T, TS Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., one block east of Post Office, room XYY Y Pover the Kendallvilie Fruit House, Kendallviile, Indiana. ;39 All work warranted. - Kendallville, May 3, 1871. . C. WIREBRENNER, ' ' . House, Sign, & Ornamental Painter, - Grainer, Glozier and Papcr- Hanger, Ligonier, Indiana. #%~Give me a call befure letting your work, and I will gnarantee satisfaction in every instance. ‘ [v&nl | s A. GANTS, ' Surgieal and Mechanical Dentist, : LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. | s Is prepared . ;{/“ ’ _ to do anything Gr oA, intheirline. A 6s7> 2 Q* succesfn] pracLy ,/;\\«4 =7 -2 tice of oveir 10 i seanSa St eo, yealrs justines e o ﬂgm in, saylug !i- 4” = L =at & aEn “& S ,_—%f.‘l'i— % : 4”’% giveentiresatY e 'm,” isfaction to all OB R ’ s who may bde. stow their patronage. §# Ofiiccone doornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St.

o PREILER® 8. CARE, AUCTIONEER, Offers hie gervices to the public in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe gtore of P. Sisterhen.. . Ligonier, January 8, '73-37 : TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. . V. W.AXTELE, & = . Proptietor. Laporte, April 5, 1&71. i CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We sell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines. - Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. T : - ' SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 8, '71.-tf i STOP AT THE- - . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. . NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. S. & M. 8. R. R. Depot, and four squares from the G, R. R R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the princi‘Pul businéss houses of the city. Traveling men and straners will find this a first-clasghouse. Fare $2 per ﬁuy. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 |

C. V. LN S, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND . April 1%, 1871.-50° e

H. R. CORNEILIL, Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American ; Optical Company’s : ! MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for makin% 9, 18, 86, or 72 pictures, al! at one ritting, the nation can now be sup~ pled with first-class work at a trifling expense, within thercach of#ll. Thefoilowingaretheprices: 7 Pictures l’or&l 00. 16 e b ee e RBO 32 " N RS R O 70 o s o 400, PHOT&_JGRAPIIS THE SAME PRICE! Ligonier.lnd.,‘Nov. 15,1871.

‘JOHN GAPPINGER’S HARNESS, SADDLE, - And Leather Establishment, Has been removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s new Block, (formerly Rossbacher’s Block.) KENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA. The highest price {mid for Hides, Pelts, &c.,and the trade rupplied with Leather, Findings, &c., at lowest figures, . April 6th, 1870,-49, ! :

s 1 € ACADEMY *n . a - Y e wr mGEO. W. HUGHES, Principal. h'UITIONiI"ROM $8 to 810 PER TERM. Cireulars containing full informatios may be obtained by addreul%w - HOFI’"MEA P 74941 : s Tigaiier Hod.

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THE OLD MAN’S DARLING. . Margery Hillton’s fortune was made. So she congratulated herself as she -gazed exultingly upon the diamond solitaire which but an hour before Col. Leslie had placed upon her finger.— His words of love still vibrated in her ears; but strange to sag there was no responsive melody in her heart, although her lips were promised that she would be his wife. She was a voung girl, not yet out of her teens, poor, beautiful, and ambitious. Col. Leslie was fifty, hale, gentlemanly, and rich, He had gone to the little manufacturing village of S—=—upon bustness, had accidentally met with Margery, and having been enraptured with her beauty addressed her after a short ,acquaintance. And, so, while he was being rapidly borne to his city home, thinking of the loveliness of the young bride he had won, and his abundant means of making her happy, Margery sat ‘in her ilittle chamber, dreaming bright dreais to be realized in the future. Her fortune was made! What did it matter now if there had been poverty and privation in the past; was not the future hright with wealth and splendor ? :

“I shall have diamonds and laces and society to my heart’s content,” she mused, gazing from her window into the cloudless east, where the round, rising moon looked softly into her glittering eyes. ‘I shall purchase them ‘dearly, perhaps, but I shall be an ‘old man’s darling.” Col. Lieslie said so tonight as he placed the seal of our betrothal upon my finger. Itistruethat there is a great, disparity of years between us, but I am satisfied with the ¢ontract I have made. I shall be clothed in purple and fine linen every day, and if I am not happy, there is no one to blame but myself. I shall no longer be dependent upon those who grudge me even the little morsel, I eat. The wedding was a guiet one. The village had never seen a lovelier bride nor a happier groom, and when after a month’s travel the couple took possession of their luxuriant home, Margery again congratulated herself upon the brilliancy of her forfune. Her brightest dreams were meeting with fulfillment. She entered into her new life with all the zest of her fresh, young spirit, glorying in the beauty that had purchased her pleasures, and;leaving nothing undone that could enhance her loveliness. Lol (01. Lieslie accompanied her everywhere she wished to go. ‘She’is too young, too inexperienced for me to allow her freedom, he said, earnestly. ‘She will doubtless tire of this frivolity after a while and then we will settle down in that happy home 1 so often pictured to myselt.” But time wore on and neot even the shadow of such a weariness appeared to cloud the young wife’s spirits. No gayety was produced which did not tempt her participations, and no temptation met with resistance. : Afler a year of patient waiting the frivolities in which she had indulged so freely became so utterly distasteful to him that he could no longer restrain ‘his impatience. But friends interposed, declaring that the lovely Mrs. Leslie should not make a recluse of herself, and offering- to accompany her wherever she wished to go. He transferred her, as it were, to their, protection, and day after day and night after night he was left alone as mercilessly as though' he had been but a hired attendant to the household. -

Devoted as he had once been to his wife, the strength of his ardor began to abate, and beginning to beliéve she had married him for his wealth, he determined to restrict her gayeties in a measure. He would make overtures to her reason and judgment, and if they. failed he would assert the authority which centered in himself, and which she had so seemingly ignored. e was in the library awaiting Margery’s coming, as usual, upon the evening of the most brilliunt entertainment of the season. An hour after midnight she returned radiant in-vel-vet and diamonds. He arose and offered to remove wrappings. . “Thank you! she returned icily, still standing, ‘but I shall retire immediately, and there is no need of unwrapping here. ‘Just as you please,’ he answered haughtily, resuming his seat and gazing for a moment into the beautiful face before him; ‘but I have something to say to you which must be heard here and now. . . Margery gathered her cloak more closely about her shoulders, and resting both hands upon the back of the chair by which she was standing, said, almost defiantly : : 1 ‘lf you have anything to sayh&ilfease say as quickly as possible. I ani fired and have need of rest; my demands for to-morrow are pressing.’: ; ~ ‘And mine, Margery, you will find, are more so. [I have been trifled with, and my expressed desire neglected long enough. You will remember hereafter that I stand first in this household, and that my wishes are entitledto some consideration. ‘Perhaps you had better explain,’ she said, contemptuously; ‘I don’t know that I have the honor of comprehending your remarks.’ i . ‘I shall certainly be more explicit, then,~he answered, mildly, still determined not to appear irritated by her indifference. ‘We have been married almost three years, Margery, and in all that time I have been but a slave to your bidding. It is true that lam more than twice your own age, but I became your husband, fondly believing that in your love my heart would regain its youthfulhess, and that you would find comfort and happiness in being ‘an old man’s darling” That I have been disappointed I freely acknowledge; that you have been I can but infer. I realize now the vanity of hope which led me to unite old age with youth, since our tastes are so dissimilar. What I have to say to you, however, is this; that 1 desire you to relinquish in a measure, those frivolities which are separating us so surely and so utterly. : : : Margery looked for a moment into his face, and said: ; ; ‘Suppose I do not desire to renounce those pleasures which you seem to condemn so_hastily ?* i “T'hen I shall resort to that authority which, as your hushand, is vested - in me.) ‘

‘And if I do not ehoose to submit to that authority ?” , - ‘That is not a question to be discussed between us,’ he exclaimed, emphatically, how thoroughly aroused and irate. ‘I am master of this house, as you will find to your cest. That you have never cared for me except as the representative of the wealth which purchase your pleasure, is too plain a case to.admit of argument. But there is one, thing of which you may rest assured; while you hear my name it must remain as unsullied as when you received it. T do not wish you to re-

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gard me as a brute, nor yet as a tyrant, but this continued dissipation must cease, I am too old to be dragged from one scene of gayety to another—tied, as it were, to the wheels of your triumphant chariot, and since I cannot attend you, you must confine yourself more at home. You can retire now, if you please, but remember that T q’x—pect your compliance with my wishes.” ‘Thank you for the privilege?’ she returned, sarcastieally; ‘I shall not re-. tire, however, until this question is definitely settled.” Her eyes. glowed like midnight stars, and upon her white forehead the beads of perspiration sparkled like diamonds in the full blaze of the chandelier heneath which she stood. ‘That.l do not love you, Col. Leslie, you seem to be well aware. I married you because I was dazzled by those visions of ,splendor Which you placed before my eyes, and I sighed for them as those who travel in the sandy deserts thirst for water. Fashion and society are all my idols, and diseonnected from them I would not live anﬁher hour. I shall not give them up without a struggle, you may rest assured, but the vietory is not always to the strong. Good night! she added, turning fiom him and leaving the room with the air of an empress. (C'ol. Leslie, stunned and mortified by her confession, buried his face in his hands. This was the . bitter ending of his pleasant dream; this cold, calculating woman,the wife who presided over his home. i |

‘She shall have her own way,” he suddenly, stoically resolved. °‘lf she married me, as she says, for my wealth she shall not be cheated in the bargain. She shall enjoy her freedom unmolested while I live, and my wishes shall hereafter remain untold.’ , Two—four yéars passed away, and then the end of it all came. Margery was sitting alone in her elegant draw-ing-room, whence a hundred guests had just departed, when Col. Leslie entered hastily and drew a chair to her side. She -gathered her trailing robes of amber satin more closely around her, as if fearing contamination. He noticed the movement and exclaimed, apologetically: : ‘I vowed years ago, Margery, that I never would again, by word or look, detract from your happiness, and faithfully until now have I kept that vow. This, however, is a perilous moment for both of us, and must account for this intrusion. I havefa communication to make which will startlé you, but you must hear it. lam a bankrupt, Margery, a bankrupt! ‘A bankrupt!” she exclaimed, hoarsely.. ‘Are you in earnest?’ | ‘Yes, in terrible earnest, as to-mor-row’s proceedings will show. I have not a dollar in the. world which I can honestly call my own. For your sake I'regret it. You worship wealth and position, you told me once, and I have never forgotten it. God knows I pity vou, - ‘

““What are we to -do?. she asked brokenly, for, try as she might, the tears would not be repressed. i ‘I do not know,’ he answered vague}_\3 ‘The tidings reached me but a few hours ago, and .since then I have thought of nothing but how I should tell you without breaking your heart. I am not too old to work for you.— Margery; but how will you endure our misfortunes! You will doubtless reproach me for not having: provided against this contingency when we were married, but I did not know then that you sold yourself to me. I thought that you loved me a little notwithstanding the disparity of years between us.’ :

He ceased speaking and abruptly left the room. For a moment Margery’s heart softened toward him, but next she rose up, and, sweeping her eyes over the magnificent apartment, said, bitterly: i oo ‘No, no, I cannot live without them.’ She ascended’ to hér chamber, where her maid was awaiting her coming. She wearily submitted herself to- her skillful hands, and having submitted amorning wrappar for the party robes, dismissed her sleepy attendant and sank into an easy chair which stood before the fire. She folded her white, jeweled hands in her lap, and thought over the events of the past few years. ‘What a vain, profiitless life I have lived!” she murmured regretfully.— ‘Who has been benefited by it? Not even myself. And with the abundant means I have wasted, how much good I might have done. Have I, indeed, been happier than I was when Isat in my little chamber, the only ornaments I possessed, a white rose for my hair and my old mother’s old-fashioned wedding-ring for my finger?” And with her mother’s memory came back a tenderness, a softness to the heart of Margery Leslie that had not visited it for years. ' ‘Tt is not too late to retrieve myself, and I will, she added, resolutely. ‘I cannot recall the past, but I_can at least prove to my husband that I am not dead to all sense of honor and shame.’ ,

Margery descended to the breakfast room a different person. The elements of true womanhood had so long slumbered in her breast that only the rudest shock could have aroused them. With the awakening, eame the conviction of her unworthiness, and a determination to regain the esteem she had lost. Col. Leslie was not present at the table, and to the servant who summoned him, he said: : Qi ‘Excuse me to your mistress, and bring me a cup of coffee. I wish nothing else. : ‘I will carry it to him myself, said Margery, ‘when she received the message, and in a few moments more she entered the' library where he was. sitting. v : e ‘Can T assist you? she said, softly, as she deposited the unique, silver service at his side. ;

He had not noticed her presence before. He glanced hastily in her face, and the tears stood in his eyes. : ‘I do not know whether you can or not,” he replied, almost wildly. ‘My brain is in a whirl. These papers™— pointing to the heaps on either hand —represent all I possessed. I have been here all night, Margery, ahd my conviction, after 'a thorough investigation, is that we are almost beggars.’ ‘You must rest now, at .any rate, she said, gently; ‘and when you have drank your coffee we will talk our /misfortune over. . :

‘ 'Whilst he partook of his breakfast, she busied herself in arranging the disordered apartment. ' She turned off the, gas, which still burned brilliantly, ‘and throwing aside the heavy curtains, admitted the sunlight into the room. Not until then did she observe the change that had taken place in her hushand’s appearance. He was worn and baggard, and. his whole frame trembled as with an ague. Margery sat down near him, and, leaning her :?rm upon the table, looked-into his Lface, b : “You are too easily discouraged, Col.

“Leslie,’ she exclaimed, with emotion. - ‘I comprehend our situation much ~more clearly than you do,” he replied, - gloomily, . ; . ‘Of the business details, I am, of course, ignorant,’ she answered; ‘but they do not alter nor affect the fact which so intimately concerns us.’ “You realize it all then, and yet your heart is not broken! he gasped rather than asked. hi ~ ‘You refer to the conversation that Ppassed between. us years ago?’ she inquired, the red flush mantling her cheek and the tears gathering in her eyes. L , ‘Yes. You told me that you would not care to live, if bereft of society and wealth. That remembrance has ' been the bitterest drop in this bitter, ‘Dbittereup., ? - ‘Forget it!" she ex¢laimed, passionately. ‘Forget that I. was ever so unwomanly, so ungrateful. Our married life so far has proved a failure, but there is yet time enough' to re_deem it. | ‘ . Col. Leslie could scarcely believe ‘ihat he heard aright, ‘You are not ibstiﬁg ‘with me, Margery ¥ # “Indeed, indeed I am not,’ she exclaimed, earnestly. ‘Although I have proved recreant to the trust you once reposed in me, I am more worthy today to be your wife than I was upon our bridal morning. If you will only esteem me again as you once did, you shall never have cause to regrét it.’

Col. Leslie gathered her to his heart, and pressed his lips to her forehead. ‘There is a light ahead for us, Margery,” he said, as soon as he could trlﬁ‘st himself to speak. It isnot all as dark as it was a while ago. I have education, talent, too, my friends used to say, and, old as I am, they must be brought into requisition. In my early manhood I read and practiced law, and a few months’ study will fit me for the profession again.’ i There were but a few thousand left of Col. Leslie’s vast estate. But when Margery left the spacious residence which had been the scene of so many triumphs, she felt but one/sincere regret, and it was, that so many opportunities for doing good had been wasted. Though the home she entered was humble in comparison, she there realized that domestic contentment which otherwise she never would have known. With that vigor and energy which had always been prominent traits in Col. Leslie’s character, he entered into his profession and became distinguished as a lawyer. ; 1S Once in the right path, Margery never faltered, and being constantly in the society of her husband, she learned to love him idevotedly. Although to-day his hair is white with age, his form is still stately, and his step firm, whilst at his side, whether in the library pouring over his ponderous books, or in the parlor entertaining his friends, is the elegant form and beautiful face of Margery, ‘the old man’s darling. ¢ '

A Misunderstanding. A professor of Cornell Universitly, recently published a number of hints as to “What to do in case of accident.” One of these was as follows: “If you choke, get down on all fours and cough.” One of our neighbors—Woodward—read this, and’ determined to remember it. Day before yesterday he was eating his dinner alone, and choked upon some beef. Instantly he got upon all fours and began to cough. Just then Mrs. Woodward came in, and the impression made upon her by Woodward’s attitude and his barking was that he had suddenly been attacked with- hydrophobia. So she first seized the pitcher of water and carried it from the room. 'Then she sent the girl up stairs for a mattress, which was thrown over Woodward, while Mrs. Woodward and the family set on it and held it down. The madder he got, the more alarmed was Mrs. Woodward; and the more he swore and foamed at the mouth, the more she insisted upon the hired girl giving an extra turn to the: clothes-line around his leg and tying ‘him to the stove.— Then the doctor . came and pulled Woodward’s arm from under the mattress and bled him, and put fly blisters on his feet, and promised to come round in the evening and shave his head in order to cut his scalp, so as o relieve his brain. When the doctor came that night Woodward had a prize fight with him in the parlor, and after sending the medical man to the bathroom to wash the blood from his nose and cool his eyes, Woodward went out to hunt for the Cornell professor.— There will be pain and anguish in that institution when Woodward arrives. He means war to the knife—Max Adeler. . :

Out at Nights. : ] Fathers and mothers, look out for your boys when the shadows of evening have gathered around you! Where are they then? Are they at home, at the pleasant, social fireside, or are they running the streets? Are they gaining a street education? If, so, take care; the chances of their riin are many. There is scarcely anything so destructive to their morals as running abroad atnight. Undercover of dark- - ness, they learn to be rpwdyish, if not apsolutely vicious; they’catch up loose talk, they hear sinful thoughts, and they see obscene things, and they become reckless and riotous.. If you would save them from vulgarity, save them from ruin, see to it that night finds them at home. More than one young man has told the chaplain of the State prison that here was the beginning of his downward ecourse, that finally brought him to the felon’s cell. Let parents solemnly ponder this matter, and do all they can to make home attractive to all the children, so attractive that the boys will prefer it to roaming in the streets. There is no place like home, in more senses than one—certainly no place like home for boys in the evening. g gl & WP—— THE term of Senator Carpenter will expire on the 4th of March, 1875, and’ his enemies in the republican convention, of Wisconsin have shown an amount af strength which utterly precludes the possibility of his re-election. Governor Washburn will suceceed him, and one of his enemies who is nominated for Lieutenant Governor will succeed Mr. Washburn in the gubernatorial chair. The indications are strong that Carpenter: will retire permanently from public life at the c?r.?se of his present term. To complete his humiliation, a movement is on foot to remove him from the pro tempore Presidency of the Senate and to put Senator Ferry, of Mich., in his place. > S ) O Gyt - A severe storm of rain, accompanied by & gale, has visited southwestern Texas, doing great damage to railroad -and other property. Most of the vesi’”’“ in Brozos and Bagdad harbors were stranded or sunk. .

: NORTHERN' INDIANA 'ITEMS_. . LAGRANGE COUNTY. According to the Standard, the grades of wheat marketed at Lagrange Center are No. 2 White Wabash, and Nos. 1 and 2 Red. More white wheat is brought into market this year than heretofore, and there is'much more being sown this Fall than ever before, The white wheat commands from ten to fifteen cents better price, and if the vield is good, is certainly the preferable crop to laise. ] =

—Woleottville rejoices over a lively grain market, but is somewhat gloomy over the inactivity) of the Canada Southern Railway folks. L. L. Wildman has bought a mammoth safe and commenced a banking business. A row occurred recently among some railioad employes. Some Louisiana folks who are visiting at the Methodist Parsonage with Rev. E. S. Preston attract considerable attention on account of being accompanied by colored servants. 5

—Burglarism is not entirely extinguished, as will be observed from the following paragraph in the Standard : “A bold attempt at burglary, or worse, was made in the house of Mr. Biatt, between eight and nine o’clock, 'Friday evening last. = Mr. Piatt was up in town, not uha,ving returned home vet, and Mrs. Piatt was also away, leaving Mrs. Collett and the children only at home. The children had been put to bed, and Mrs. Collett was sitting in an adjoining room readihg, when the children commenced screaming, and one cried out to his aunt that a man was getting in the house. She jumped up to run to them, but as she arose she saw a man partly through another window that was up, at her back. With much presence of mind, she ealled out, ‘Mr. Piatt, hére’s your Ppistol, jump up,’ and also called to her husband to come down stairs with his pistol. This, with the racket raised by the children, probably alarmed the rascals, as they at once withdrew. . She immediately opened the door and called for help, and a neighbor came to her assistance and remained until Mr. Piatt arrived. The theory of the attempt is this: That last week being the time when Mr. Piatt receives his quarterly salary, the burglars supposed he had . the money in the house, and also supposed: he was at the time absent.”

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. -An det of horrible cruelty is thus reported.by the South Bend 7'ribune : “On Wednesday night some heartless wretch entered the premises of S. S. Towle, at Mishawaka, and wit-l} some sharp instrument severed the teats from the udder of one of his most valuable milch eows. The horrible mutilation was not discovered until the next morning, when the cow was killed to put her out of her misery. The villian. who committed the hellish deed could not be severely enough punished.” '

—The Mishawaka FEnterprise contains a detailed statement of the rebuilding of the burnt district, and the improvementsimade inthat place during the past year. The total sum expended in rebuilding is about one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, while - something over ‘seventy-five thousand were laid out in improvements about town. e

—Several burglaries are reported from South Bend and Mishawaka. —On Tuesday night of last week a burglar secured entrance into the hardware store of H. Dodge & Son, at Mishawaka, and carried off about one thousand dollars worth of cutlery, silver plated ware, ete. Entrance was gained through the tin shop; and the selections of goods were made with an experienced eye. No clue to- the thieves. : ;

—The Tribune states that a Mr. A. A. Webster at South Bend has on his lot in that city “a shell-bark hickory which sprouted from the stump of a hickory tree about the middle of last July. Since that time—less than two months—it has grown five feet- and eight i'nch_es; the sprout measures one inch in diameter at the base, and the limbs and foliage cover a circumference of over nine feét. - Mr. Webster, by actual measurement, ascertained that the tree grew one and three-quar-ter inches in twenty-four hours.”’— Rather tough, but we don’t believe the T»ibune would f{ib about such things. - Lo

DEKALB COUNTY. " Quite a sudden death occurred at Waterloo on Monday afternoon of last week. Miss Mary Smith, employed at Stough’s hotel, died after an illness of less than twenty-four hours. = Under the circumstances, it -was deemed best to hold a post mortem examination and coroner’s inquest over the remains. The result of this examination failed to demonstrate that' the girl died in other than the natural way, although there were a number of persons who suspected that some mystery was connected with the girl’s death. o —Waterloo brags of new sidewalks, prosperous schools, large shipments af apples, and of lively times generally. _ ' ! __We eclip the following items from the Waterloo Press of the 11th: The Saginaw road killed a cow for Freeman Kelley a few days since....The new United Brethren -minister has been delayed in moving to town by sickness in his family....Mr§Barns informs us that the DeKalb County Teachers’ Institute will be held about the first week in November next.... The race between Benny and the Waugeon mare will not comé off next Sat-

urday. - Somebody backed out ... The Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Road sells tickets at half faré to the Michigan State Fairand to the Cincinnati Expositton. ;I\~ 40 sl o g —DeKalb Circuit Court convened at the County seat last Monday, Judge Tousley presiding. -/" | . 1y —The Press reports the. following Mastodon item: . Some time since, a ditcher on the farm of Elias .Gonser, north of Fairfield Center, found hones in a marsh belonging to-some large extinct animal. ‘R. Wes. Mcßride and others immediately repaired to the spot; to examine the “find.” They succeeded in exhuming ribs, knee. caps; teeth and part of the backbone. One tooth'weighs four pounds and a quarter and one of the ribs measured five feet and five inches in length. ‘Evidently the bones . belonged to an animal of the extinet mastodon family. g —The town of Butler seems to be looking up, improvements being the order of the day, A fine round house is being erected at the terminus of the Eel River road by the Lake Shore Company. Stiefel & Ochs are building a new brick store in place of the old frame. . Dr. Hoopengarner has purchased the lot adjoining the ahove firm on the south, and intendé‘."el"éét- : ing'a brick this fall.” . -* . —ln the valley of the Cedar Creek a superior crop of wheat was harvested: by the farmers of that fertile locality. Several farms produced: from twentysix to twenty-nine bushels per acre. - —This item is elipped from the Auburn Courier: The ‘elevator, water tank, and passenger depot of .the Eel River road will be ‘completed next week. Theelevator will be the largest and best on the line between Butler and Logansport.” = 'We understand that the citizens of Butler have contributed money to havé the building of the two roads at that place: made as an elevator, which will bea mammoth one, while the other- buildings will be putup in first-class style.

, KOSCIUSKO COUNTY. ) The Indianian is not very complimentary in its allusions to Pete Kiser’s oratorical efforts. ‘lt says: The indignation expressed by-the old settlers; during the rigmarole of stuff belched forth by Peter-Kiser, of Fort Wayne, and by him called a speech, was very great. The feelings of those present were most terribly outraged, and his remarks cast a damper on-’-th’e"fes‘tiifi‘-i‘ ties of the occasion for the time. e i —Among those. who attended the. old settler's meeting at Warsaw last week was a venerable gentleman nained Samuel Wilson, of Boydson’s Mills, Kosciusko county. | Mr. Wilson, was ninety-nine years old last May, served his courtry in the War of 1812, and is in all prabability the oldest man in Northern Indiana, - For his age, he is quite sprigtly, retains his; eye-sight to a remarkable degree, and his hearing faculties are unimpaived. =~ <= - —While finishing a job. of spouting at Leesburg, Tuqsday a week ago, Oli-: ver Hohan and-Wesley#Y ates, both of Warsaw were precipitated to ‘the, ground by the giving way of the scaffolding. Hoham had several .of his ribs broken, his arm burnt, and was injured internally, while Yates had his leg broken jl}§t’a\)(;x'e the ankel. Both. of the men are reported as getting along as well as could be expected. -

% EEKHART COUNTY. .’:' The Review tauntingly-observes that “Goshen has finally attained to the dignity of a hack, and Jack Croxton, mine host of the Violett, is the individual to whom the honor ofits introduction belongs. It was amuch needed institution, and rwillml,ridc'mbtedly be highly appreciated by our neighbors.”. —Frederick Hoffman, an old citizen of Millershurg, died about two weeks ago. . T ,«:FE i —There is considerable sickness among the little folks of Millersburg. —The death of two old and prominent citizens is reported. Dr. William Dodge, a native of Vermont, died in the city of Goshen on the 4th instant, aged 66 years. He came to Elkhart county in 1838. Amnother pioneer, Jos. C. Cowen, who came to. Elkhart county in 1834, died at New Paris, Septs 6th, aged 78 years and 5 months. - He was a native of Kentucky, and many years since held the position of Justice of the Peace, and represented the county twice in the Legislature. He was‘an active Democrat and a consistent member of the Presbyterian chureh: . 0 s i

ONE of the largest farmers’ meetings ever assembled in the West was held at Washington, lowa, recently: It is estimated that no less than sixty Granges of the Patrons.of’ Husbandry were in attendance, that there -\_i'ers five hundred teams on the ground and not less than ten thousand farmers in attendance. The assemblage was first ‘addressed by W. Dudley Adams, Master of the National Grange. He urged his hearers not to neglect polities.— They should attend to their political duties with greater cate:" Politics had become corrupt mainly because the masses of the people kept themselves uninformed in regard to their political duties. e said the industrial classes of the country have the political power in their own hands, and he hoped the day would come’ when it would be deemed as much a patriotic duty te watchiover the liberties at the ballot-box as to defend them on the battle field. One of the interesting events of the day was the speech of Miss Julin A. Garretson, & farmer’s

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DESECRATING THE SABBATH. . " HAWPATCH, Sept. 13.. Do 'the Editor of the Banner: : - I'sallied forth a few Sabbaths since, ere the sun had risen from behind the eastern - treetops. ' Nature's .works were beautiful. The cricket hummed soffly; the birds sing sweetly: the ‘green foliage of the trees looked beautiful in the rising sun, as they were _ stirred gently by the morning breeze,’ I ézass from the public thoroughfare along woodland tracts skirting fields, some resplendant with towering corn, others fragrant with sweet-scented clover, and still ‘others ready for the sower. I pass under towering maples from whose lofty tops the squirrel is . ‘watching me lazily. My mind was wandering on'the beauties of nature; but, §fop, sounds are near. It is not the song .of birds, nor the rustle of leaves, but innumerable little clicks, not unlike the cocking of many guns. My first thought was of savages, but. my nervous mind was quieted by the reflection’ that wé ' are living away - } down in Ipd;'ana and that the restless ' ‘savages would have rather tiresome ‘sport it coming from the freezing tops of the Rockys for the express purpose .of showing me ‘their skill in sharpshooting, and which I had no particular desire to see, ;| This thought made ‘mesavage myself. I advanced cau- | ‘tiously a short distance when, lo! the ‘mystery is unraveled. There before ‘mein a cultivated field, ,surroun‘de,d ' upon two sides 'by woods and upon the other by corn, is™ a solitarygindividual engaged in drilling wheat. I was shocked. I stopped and thought: was this the Sabbath; the day of rest; was I mistaken; had I miscounted the ‘\i‘o_rking days and taken the wrong one for Sunday ? I thought again, nb, I was correct. This was the holy Sabbath. Meanwhile the workman (whom, by the way, I knew quite well) continued his labor attentively. He looked neither to the right nor to ‘thﬂe! left to'see if the devi], in anxious ‘expectation, stood at his side ready to | receive his vietim. Neither did he ook overhead to see if the angels were "tfyi‘ng to rescue him:from his ‘ an!;ago- ; nist at his side; if there were voices in thié air uttering the fearful warning: “To-day thou shalt not sow; if thou doest, one year hence thou shalt ) -not’ reap.” The. rattle of the drill drowned the words, for he ceased not ‘his‘remunérative labor, but kept his eye steadily fixed on the line, fearing that his conjurer gF his side might €ntice his sower awrong. But ere the sun‘liad gained its meridian, he had done. His zeal had conquered. He cast a peaceful look o'er his morning’s ‘work.. Ile wiped the: perspiration from his forehead with an air of satisfaction. He was happy. He passed on home. I lingered not to mark the " extent of his morning’s labor, to. be ahle to compare it with his other; but I presume as the oak is to the ivy, so ‘this will be to the other. I thought of the nature of man in all his various ‘ways. Ilooked at the sky-—it indicated no rain; at the celandar—the ‘season was early ; at the various labors of the farm—theie was no pressure. ‘Was it compulsion? 1 desist. _;' ~The above incident occurred a few ‘miles from Ligonier, in the direction of the frozen region, where they were unceremoniously witnessed by your ‘informer, . ! : - If valisrit deeds shall honer bring, b 7 Why not mark tbis episode ; i , ©7And when forth thy heroes bring, - Mark the man that on the Sabbathsowed.. L e . SUNFLOWER. ,

- JouN C. BRECKINRIDGE, who was once Vice President of the United States (1857-61) and subgequently became a General of the Southern Confederacy, has been at Long Branch and, as a matter of personal courtesy, called upon President Grant. The two served together in the Mexican war, at which time they were intimate friends, but had not met since. Several -other gentlemen were present 'duiing‘ the evening and the conversation was general, no allusion whatever being made to the war and the part taken by either of the gentlemen. The President greeted Mr. Breckinridge véry kindly,-and referred to the last time they met, which was when Grant was slightly wounded 1n one, of the, Mexican engagements. ~There is but & year’s difference in their ages, Gen. ‘Grant being 52 and Breckinridge 51,

- TAERE is a story told of an eminent criminal lawyer—it might have been Ben. Butlet—who on' one occasion made such a powerful plea in favor of a notorious thief on trial that not only “did the jury acquit the rascal, but one of the jurymen remarked on being discharged that lie felt agreat dispositionto go out and steal something himself. A someéwhat similar and more authentic case is of' recent occurrgnce.— The editor of the La Crosse Democrat says he has studied over Matt Carpenter’s speech at Janesville, defending:| ‘the: back-pay steal and! the Credit Mobilier stock jobbery, until he has almost come to the conclusion te buy a pair of pi?tols and become a knight of the road.! He thinks that there are just-as good opportunities around La Crosse for a man to build up a good ‘paying business by robbery as Wgashington can present to a Cl'edit:Mgbi—v lier Congressman, S

The Louisville Commercial indulges in a glowing eulogy of the fine whiskjies now offered for sale in that market and says, ‘We are confident our countrymen who live in the enjoyment of the abundance-secured by the peculiarity of their climate or their. commercial position, will pardon any seeming appearance of vanity on our part, when we assert our ‘claims to having the largest and purest stock of Bourbon whisky produced in the United States.” o : * By proclamation the Governor gives notice that the Indiana Reformatory Institution, for Women and, Gll3, i 8 ready to receive inmates. ;.. |