quickly into claws, and because he was stupid. 
Children, should not you have thought the min¬ 
ister would have noticed this poor little boy? 
He came in very grandly sometimes to visit the 
school, but I fear he was some like little Ned 
the other day, when his sister pinched her finger 
in the door; “why,” said he, “did it hurt?" I 
didn’t feel it.” 
But let us take a peep at Ida Yank’s home. 
ROWiy^S bronchial troches. 
tiou, Albert was a ’scape-goat for all the 
teacher’s ill-temper; you see there was no one 
to complain if' be was ever so illy treated. 
But let us leave the pchool-room awhile, and 
pay a visit to Albert’s home. 
Written Tor Moore’* Ronil New-Yorker. 
THE FIRST SNOW-FALL 
These Lozenges are prepared from a highly esteemed 
recipe for alleviating Bronchial Affections, Asthma, 
Boarsknkss, Coughs, Colds, and Irritation or Soreness of 
the Throat. 
PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND VOCALISTS 
Will find them beneficial in clear) ne the voice before speak, 
in? or sincmif, and relieving the throat after any unusual 
exertiou of the vocal organs, having a peculiar adaptation 
to alTectiens which disturb the organs of speech. 726-4t 
When the first white flakes came straying 
Through our chilly. Northern air, 
Gently all their cold cheeks laying 
On Earth's bosom, brown and bare 
When, to one sad note of wailing 
Autumn's mellow tones had died, 
When her gorgeons hues were paling 
And her step had lost its pride; 
Stood I, with my eyes o’erflowing, 
Gazing on the landscape drear, 
•> i 11 my sud thoughts backward going 
O’er the past eventful year, 
When the first soft snow* fell lightly 
In the Auinmn that had fled, 
Loving smiles w ere beaming brightly. 
From a brother’s dear eyes shed. 
A light laugh With mine was ringing, 
Full of niu^i'c, rich and clear, 
Joy’s bright birds were o’er me singing, 
In that gone, that gladsome year. 
Now, my soul response Is sighing 
To the wild wind’s dreary moan— 
O'er my heart Woo’s pall is lying, 
And the joy-bird* all have flown. 
For, alas I in heat of battle 
Was dashed out those dear eye’s light, 
Mid the cannon’s roar and rattle, 
Mid the tumult of the fight, 
He, our idol, wounded, bleeding, 
On the gory field sank down, 
While the thousands, all unheeding, 
Tramped in dust his curls of brown. 
There a lowly grave they made him 
When that fearful strife was o’er; 
There, unwept, uneoflined, laid him 
On Virginia’s distant shore. 
So my eyes are dim, beholding 
This palo Autumn’s first soft snow, 
Think 1 of the grave, enfolding 
Him who stood one year ago, 
And with me, the flakes wild flying 
With a childish, gay delight, 
Watched until the day sank dying 
In the cold, dark waves of night. 
Oh ye flakes 1 soft bo your falling 
On the grave where Frbd lies low; 
Ye will weave him pall that’s fitting, 
Feathery drops of white, white snow. 
North Plains, Mich., 1803. Florence. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No.’s 
726 AND 727. 
Answer to Grammatical Enigma:—The whole is greater 
than a part. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Amphictyon. 
Answer to Anagram: 
November came on, with an eye severe, 
And his stormy language was hoarse to hear; 
And the glittering garland of brown and red, 
Which he wreathed for awhile round the forest's head, 
In sadden anger he rent away, 
And all was eheerlss, and bare, and gray. 
Answer to Anagrams of Towns: — Rome, Oberlin, 
Cleveland, Marshall, JonesTille, Peoria, Hastings, Buffalo, 
Clarence, Alabama. 
CHAPTER II. 
But eight .short years agone, Mary Allen, 
now the poor widow Dodge, Albert’s mother, 
went to school to that game red school-house. 
She was a poor orphan girl, and lived with a 
family by the name or Vaughn, working for her 
board at the same time she attended school- 
Jeremiah Dodge was a fine, manly fellow of 
twenty years of age, who worked by the year for 
farmer Yank, also going to the district school 
winters. A mutual affection sprang up between 
the two. Marv and Jeremiah, and, being en¬ 
couraged by Mr. Vane, they were married the 
following spring. No one ever looked into the 
future with brighter bones than did Mary 
when Jeremiah brought tier to live in the little 
cottage belonging to Mr. Vane, (for Jeremiah 
still continued to work for Mr. Vane ) Mr. 
Vaughn was about moving West with hi* family 
at the lime.of Mart’s marriage, and numerous 
were the necessary articles which he gave Mary, 
with which to commence house keeping. Jere¬ 
miah bad saved money enough to buy a cow 
and pig. and, although the cottage was situated 
in a lonely place, on a cross-road where no one 
ever traveled, and near the woods, too, yet the 
grass was green In the yard, and a rose-bush 
grew by the window; and Mary was happy as 
the birds from morning till night 
Al l went on well with this couple until Albert 
was about a year old, who” JEliRM t ah was taken 
ill, and, although everylli igwasdonethat oouli! 
be, yet, after lingering a' *nt a year, he died, a 
victim of consumption. J’oor Mart! Yon may 
well believe she felt deeply her loss. She bad 
no home to go to, the three years' savings were 
all gone, andherown health had suffered greatly: 
what oould she do? Although it was bit ter, (few 
know how bitter,) to hear the clods rattle upon 
the coffin of the only earo.ly friend, yet, if pos¬ 
sible, it was more agonizing to think that her¬ 
self and child must corne to want. For herself 
she cared not, only for her child. But, the 
neighbors seeing something of her distress, came 
nobly forward to her relief. One man brought 
wood to Inst during the coining winter, another 
dour, another meat, and the ladies, with delicate 
kindness, saw to clothing Albert comfortably. 
You see by this how much kindness there really 
is In Ibe human heurf. when once the man is 
aroused to action, Selfishness is a lethargy 
which overcomes men like sleep; and while 
they wrap themselves up in it as in a cloak, 
human (differing goes cm, the feeble wail un¬ 
heard. Unless the cry comets like the voice of a 
trumpet, we heed U not, So it was with the widow 
Dodge. People were very bind at first; but as 
years went Lv, helping the widow Dodge grew 
to bo “ an old story.” 
Mary- did what sho could get to do, cheer¬ 
fully, and as sho never complained, none knew 
bow greatly she needed. If people bad looked 
with hall' an eye. they could have seen bow poor 
and tattered Albert’s clothes were; how his 
little red toes could he seen through the gaps In 
his boots; but many people think teat ■ ; children 
don’t feel the cold as grown folks do.” If they 
saw him with blue lips, and shivering form, they 
thought he was not half so cold as that big man 
wrapped in overcoat and furs. 
It was Christ mas eve at. ihe widow's cottage, 
and sadly cold and dreary too. In vain the 
widow and her child hovered over the stove, the 
poor, wet sticks of wood refused to burn. 
“Mother,” said Albert, “all the boys say 
(hey are going to have a nice dinner to-morrow, 
—can we have something nice too?” 
“ My dear boy.” :*aid the widow, with trem¬ 
bling Voice. “unless God provides, I know not 
that we shall have anything to cat to-morrow. 
I have one piece of corn-bread saved for your 
breakfast, but further than that I cannot sec. 
You hod better go to-bed. my darling, for you 
cannot get warm by this fire.” 
So little Albert laid aside bis tattered clothes, 
and after kneeling down and saying “ Now I lay 
me,” lie crept into bed. His mother sat reading 
the Bible a few minutes at the stand; then she 
came and knelt by the bedside. It was no un¬ 
usual thing for Albert to hear his mother weep¬ 
ing while engaged lu prayer, but to-uight, as he 
heard her .- to, he could not help hut weep too; 
and thofeai s silently coursed down his pale cheeks 
and wet the pillow, till at length sleep weighed 
down his eyelids. But poor Marv remained 
upon her knees lor hours. She prayed Gon to 
pity their forlorn condition, and not turn His 
face from the widow and fatherless, but to feed 
them, if need be, with manna from Heaven. 
She prayed Gon in Ills infinite mercy might 
spare her life, that her darling boy might not be 
motherless, as well as fatherless, in his tender 
youth. The poor woman’s faith was weak as 
Hhe prayed, for oht how much she had prayed. 
aKTLVTKirt JIT. 
In the large and pleasant sitting-rofim of 
farmer Vane s mutisioii, was gathered a “ good- 
Jie compatile” of relatives this Christmas after¬ 
noon, all seemingly enjoying a contented state 
of mind. In fact, they VvVre rather jubilant, and 
well they might be, lor they had tested to their 
utmost capacity the good things which bad been 
growing under Bridget's skillful bands for 
more than a week. The ladies lay comfortably 
back in their easy chairs, quietly chatting and 
smiling, and the gentlemen sal with their feat 
higher than their beads, on window-sill, chair, or 
stove, as might be. In the kitchen. Bridget is 
busy carrying away from the great table the 
remnauts of the Christmas dinner. There Is 
enough left to supply half the neighborhood, 
although the gneets *bave all been fed. Ida 
Vane is home lrom school, and is tip-toeing 
arOuud the table, aftor having filled her little 
sell as lull us foil can be of Christmas goodies. 
She really can't give up; and Bridget hires 
her to go away by giving her two lumps of 
sugar in each apron pocket Little Ida having 
retired to the parlor, Bridget is left alone in 
the kitoben. She has beeu quiet all day. She 
has been thinking (Irish girls sometimes think) 
of her old home “over the water.” An humble 
home, indeed, it. war, but how dear it seemed to 
her lonely heart. She remembers the dear old 
father and mother who were long since laid be¬ 
neath Ihe waving grass, far, far away. She re¬ 
members (and tjow she puts her apron to her 
eyes) the tittle blue-eyed brother whom she 
brought with her from the “old country,” and 
who’’took sick” on the passage and died soon 
alter they arrived here. She knows she has a 
good place here, her mistress is kind, but oh, it 
she could but have that little blue-eyed brother, 
how cheerfully she could work for Lim. A timid 
knock was heard at, the door, and Bridget, set¬ 
ting down the platter of pie she was carrying, 
hastened to open it. and whom did she see but 
our little friend Albert. 
“Come right in now, Albert,” said she; “how 
are ye to-day, au’ how is your mother? Come 
right up by the stove now, and warm ye.” 
“Mother is sick,” said the little boy, sadly; 
and Bridget did not fail to see the trembling 
lipa 
“Oh, now, is your mother sick? Sure now, 
I’ll gu right over and see her. Then ye’s had no 
good Christmas turkey, lor your mother it; sick ; 
come right up here by the table and I’ll give ye 
all ye can eat, and some of the nice mince pie 
with raisins in, that t had set a way, I'll get for 
ye. Come, now, sit right here." 
The little boy hesitated; he thought the big 
lump in bis throat would not let him swallow’. 
“Blease, ma’am, 1 did not come to get my sup¬ 
per; I found Ida’s mittou in the road, and came 
to bring it to her,” 
“Oh, your mother will not care, Allie, and 
I’ll go home wid ye when ye get through eat¬ 
ing.” 
Thus encouraged, Albert sat down and ate 
some supper. Bridget heaped hie plate with 
roast turkey, chicken pie and sausage, aud 
placed beside his dish a large piece of mince 
pie. Bridget, after having consulted her mis¬ 
tress in the hall a lew moments, proceeded to the 
I PO It $AEE.-The SCIIOKllAK KahM RRSIDKM.'F, Of 
1 the late W. K. Corrocit. situated on Main St., B i'lalo, 
only 5 mile* from Ihe center of the city, containing 25 
acres of highly eultirated land, veil stocked with « great 
variety of choice fruit in full bearing. It* fine locution, 
valuable improvements, and tiMrr«,< to the Street flail- 
road, make it highly desirable, either no a residence or 
profitable Fruit Garden. 
Title perfect, price moderate, and terms easy, if required. 
For further particulars apply to 
725-if _ HAMPTON DODGE, RiUl'alo. N Y. 
1ICBIIKLS PEACH STONES. FOR SALK 
iWV r\J cheap FITHIAN & FOGUL, 
724-tf Bridgeton, New Jersey. 
Answer to Mythological Enigma:—Thou shalthave no 
other Gods before me. 
Answer to Anagram 
My country I I love thee, for thou dost stand 
The hope of every other land; 
A sca-niaik In the tide of time, 
Rearing to heaven thy brow sublime. 
I love thee next to heaven above, 
Land of my fathers 1 thee I love, 
And rail thy slanderers as they will, 
With ail thy faults I love thee still. 
Answers to Anagrams of Places:—Saginaw, YpsQanti, 
Sheboygan, Prairie du CbieD, Sault St Mary, Watertown, 
Grand Rapids, Port Washington. 
A RNIFPH PATENT STONE lSKB-HIVK i B ujuth- 
Pfoof, This patent moth-proof, properly attach**'] to 
any litre, will secure it from the moth. Kor Territory in 
New York, send stump and address 
719-tf JOSEPH WOODROKFE. St-Ctainivilto. Ohio. 
O NK Mr 1.1.ION APPLE KKKDI.I\«S FOH MALE at 
the Elba Nurseries, at Si,50 and $5.00 per l,0C«i. Also, 
a large stock and good asHortmeut of healthy and well 
grown Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Grape Vines, .-tombs, 
te, at exceedingly low price* Orders r r s poet fu11 vsolicit¬ 
ed. Address. E. J. PETTI BONE ft NON, 
71<i-I3t Elba, Genesee O . V. Y. 
A-itoftliscmcnte 
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aud Water Proof, for roofs, on bride work, deck* of Tea¬ 
sels, iron work, brick, tin, railroad bridges, depot... Ac. 
Dejtot74 Maiden Lane, Now York. 
[708-2«tJ ROBERT REYNOLDS Went. 
D airyman and farmer wanted—N ear 
Peoria, Illinois, to take charge of 15 or 20 cows and 
make cheese and butter. The wife will be employed, if she 
has no children. Must be honest, industrious and sober. 
Address H. M WKAD, Peoria, Illinois. 
F ARM for SALK -One of the best (n Wo :-rn New 
York. location beautifni and near RR. am. market. 
Address Box 388, Batavia, N. Y. 703-tf 
CHRISTMAS and NEW YEARS | 
pr TO *KW> PER month. 
TO fit AO P«lt MONTH.— Agent* w>.uted in 
♦flr 4 w every County to introduce our new '* I.ittl* 
Giant Sjovixo Machi.vr." price only $15. For particulars, 
terms, fee.. address with stamp. 
7(B-2fit T. S. PAGE, Gen’I Agt, Toledo, Ohio. 
The ('miP Mir.ro/trope, with mounted Ob¬ 
jects, consti'ntes a beautiful and appropriate 
Jfulidav (rift to old or young; combining in¬ 
struction with amusement, magnifying about 
HHJ diameter,i or 1 u,uwj time*, bom? the power 
most frequently required, nnd yet so simple 
that a child e.sn nso It. It!« mailed, pre-paid, 
for $235; or with fi beautiful mounted objects 
for$3; with 24 object*$5 L'beral discount 
to dealers. Address 
HENRY CRAIG, SSi Broadway, N. Y. 
rpO IFA-RTudZEIFlS, 
TO X3 AXR.'Z’IVCEJN , 
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS 
ALL WHO HAVE FOR SALK 
ISorstliiAm tSuRjar and jiiro;i. 
Fura and Ski n«, 
Etonits, dry and green, 
Butter, CIm 
Lard, Hama. 
Pork, Beef'. 
KjiSfH, Poultry, 
Gt-axne, Veg;etabte«. 
TDlortr, G-vo in. 
Sieedw. Bopn, 
Cotton, Wool. 
Tobaoco, JCIhx, 
Tallow. Petrolenju, 
Starch. ‘ &c„ Age., 
Can have them weM sold u* the > ighest prices in New York, 
with full cash returns promptly after thetr reach)ay the 
city, by forwarding them to the Commission House for 
Country Produce, of 
4USIAII CAKl’KNTER. 
B* Jay Street, New Fork. 
W. IL—The advertiser h is had abundant experience iu 
thi*badness, and trust* that he will continue to merit pat¬ 
ronage by the roost careful attention «o the interest* of In* 
patrons. The article* are taken charge of on their arms!, 
and carefully disposed of, promptly, to good cash curtomero, 
and cosh return* made Immediately to the owner. (The 
highest charge made for receiving and selling is 5 per cent.) 
A New York Weekly Price Current ts iasued by J. Car¬ 
penter, which Is sent free to all Bin patrons, A specimen 
copy sent free to any dealring it A trial will prove the 
above facta. For abundant references eg to responsibility 
integrity, fee., the “ Price Currant. ’ 
£y Cash advanced on consignments of Prodn. - 
SEND KOR, 
.A. FREE COPY' 
o v 
PRICES CDBLHJESI»P1 
AND ALL OTHER PARTICULARS, 
T O 
JOSIAH CARPENTER, 
-Y». 32 Jmtf fftrttt, ,Y*« IVU, 
Or Produce Bought. 703-tf 
for 
FACTOnZES. 
Roe’s Patent with Cooper’s Improvement. 
These Vats having been in extensive use in New York, 
Ohio, ami Vermont, for the past five years, and having 
been fully tested In Factories from 100 to 70lOows injetler- 
HOii and Oneida Oountn-s th» past rearm. we have no 
hesitation in saying that they aw equally well adapted to 
ywionrx as ordinary dairies. 
They are the only Vat offered to the public. In which you 
can heat ecenty, and control the heat instantly, and at 
pleasure. 
Wo refer to over fifteen Hundred Dairymen, now using 
thorn in Now Yo/k and Vermont. Manufactured exclu¬ 
sively by H. ft E. COOPER, Watertown, N. Y. 
N. B.—They are the best made and the cheapest Yat in 
the market. 727-4t 
Written far Aloore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
A CHRISTMAS STORY 
CHAPTER I. 
It was an old red school-house in the country, 
with two windows on a aide; and the sun, glan¬ 
cing over the snow-capped hills, crowning each 
bush and hedge with diamonds, threw golden 
rays through the naked windows, streaming 
across the yellow pine desks, and lying In broad 
patches on the grimy floor. There were two 
rows of desks on a side, covered with hiero¬ 
glyphics,—some of “Ugly Bill’s” jackjknifi.* ex¬ 
periments. 'The teacher's, desk is just across 
from the door; and just now Jimmy RnoitT has 
invaded the sacred precincts, and has assumed 
the dignity of Ml-fledged pedagogue, aud with 
it the weapon of offense and defense, ilia vocif¬ 
erous commands are little heeded by the throng 
of noisy urchins below. Oh! what a din. One 
boy says, “I’ll tell you what I got In my stock¬ 
ing last night ; 1 got a new knife, a paper of can¬ 
dies, and some gum.” 
“I got something better than that,” shouted a 
little girl. “1 got a great lot of raisins and a 
big piece of frosted c> <e in my stockin’.” 
Just now open burst the door, and pretty Ida 
Y a nr danced In among the group. “ I wish you 
n ‘merrie Christmas,’ I wish you a ‘merrie 
Christmas,’ ‘rnevrie Christmas/” she shouts, 
pirouetting around the school-room, her arms 
acting as wings, and her bright curls escaping 
from her warm hood to join the general exhili- 
ration. After having exhausted herself with the 
effort to be heard by everybody, she begins 
taking off her things, and settles her dinner 
more comfortably in her basket, it being some¬ 
what stirred up during her antics around the 
room. Poor little Albert 1)odgk sits away 
alone in the corner, and Ida soon turns her 
attention to him. “Say, Albert, did you hang 
up your stocking last night?” 
Albert slowly lifts his head from off the desk, 
and sadly answers, “No, did you?” 
“Yes, 1 guess I did; and 1 got a whole lot of 
candy, and oh, the prettiest little dolly you ever 
did see; aud she bod on a white dress, and had 
little tiny Specks of red ribbons to tie up her 
sleeves, aud had hoops on, and all; and she was 
so tall her head stuck right out the top of my 
stocking.” 
Albert’s sad lace looked almost happy hear¬ 
ing Ida go on, bat In a moment her thoughtless 
words brought tears to his eyes. 
“ What is the reason told Santy’ did not give 
you anything?- I guess it’s ’cause your mother 
is poor.” 
Ida did not have long to speculate, for the 
teacher now catue in, and after the bustle of 
gettiDg seats, the noise somewhat subsided. It 
was an unusual thing having school on Christ¬ 
mas day, but as it was Thursday, and the teach¬ 
er’s home distant, it was thought better to have 
•school this day, and none during the following 
week. We are not always patient in doing what 
we know is best for ue; and so it was with the 
teacher,—he by no means liked the idea of 
spending his Christmas in the dingy school¬ 
room, with this noisy clan; and noisy they were. 
He bit tho end of his ruler, and looked up at 
the ceiling, and—could he believe his eyes—three 
little pellets of chewed paper stuck fast while he 
was looking, and frurn whose offending fingers 
were they shot? Every one looks innocent, and 
so, despairing of punishing the offender, he 
seizes Albert Dodge by the collar, he being in 
the reading class and two inches off the crack, 
and brings him in range with accelerated mo- 
The tiecrrlarr/ of the ’Trtanurf/ has mt }-t-t 
Riven notice of any intention to » itlulraw thin popular 
Loan from Sale at Par, and until after ten day*’ notion luce 
beeu (riven, the undersigned, a* AGENTS FOR THE SALE 
OF THE BONDS, will continue to supply the pnblic. 
The wliolo amount of tho Loan authorized is Five Hun¬ 
dred Million* of Dollars. NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED 
MILLIONS HAVE BEEN ALREADY SUBSCRIBED for 
AND 1’AII) INTO THE TREASURY, raosdly within tho 
Unit weveu months. Tho largo demand from at.rond, and the 
rapidly iticroaGng home demand for uro a* the bnala for 
circnlatiou by National Ranking Associations, now organ¬ 
izing in all parts of the country, wilt, in a very »hort period, 
absorb the balance. Sales Is am lately ranged from ten to 
fifteen million* weekly, frequently exceeding three mil¬ 
lions daily, and a.- it m well known that the Secretary of 
tho Tie usury has ample atid unfailing resources iu the 
Duties nnd Import* and Internal Revenues, and in theis- 
*uu of the Interest Bearing Legal Tender Treasury Notes, 
it is almobt a ccitatnty that he will not find it necessary, 
for a long time to come, to seek a market tor any other 
long or permanent Loan*. THE INTEREST ami PRINCI¬ 
PAL OF WHICH ARE PAYABLE IN GOLD. 
Prudence and self-interest must force the minds of those 
contemplating the formation of National Banking Associa¬ 
tions, as well as the minds of all who hnve idle money on 
their hands, to the prompt conclusion that they should 
lose no time in subscribing to this most popular Loan. It 
will soon bo beyond their reach, and advance to a hand¬ 
some premium, a* was the result with the “ Seven Thirty" 
Loan, wh*n it was all sold and could no longer tie sub¬ 
scribed for at par. 
IT IS A SIX FF.R CENT. LOAN. THE INTEREST AND 
PRINCIPAL PAYABLE IN COIN, TUPS YIELDING 
OVER NINE PER CENT. PER ANNUM at the present 
rate of premium on coin. 
The Government requires all duties on Imports to be paid 
ill Coin; these duties have for a long time past amounted 
to over a 
Quarter of a Million of Dollars daily, 
a sum nearly three times greater than that required in the 
payment of the interest on all the fi-Sfs au<l other perma¬ 
nent Loan* So that it i* hoped that the iurplus Coin in 
the Treasury, at no distant day, wilt enable the United 
States to resume specie payments upon all liabilities. 
The Loan is called r.-a> from the fact that while the Bonds 
may run for 20 year*, yet the Government has a right to 
pay them off in Gold, at par, at any time after fi years. 
THE INTEREST IS PAID nAT.F-YEARLY* vis: on the 
first days of November and May, 
Subscribers can have Conpon Bonds, which are payable 
to bearer, and are WO. 51W, W(W. and $1,1X10; or Registered 
Bonds of same deDomi nations, and iu addition, $5,000 and 
$10,000. For Bs nktng purposes and for investments of Trust- 
monie*, the Registered Bonds are preferable. 
These S-2tfs cannot be taxed by States, Cities. Towns, or 
Counties, and the Government tax on them is only one and 
a half per cent on the amount of intsome, when the income 
of the holder exceeds Six Hundred Dollars per annum; all 
other investments, such as Income from Mortgages. Rail¬ 
road Stock and Bonds, etc., must pay from three to fire per 
cent, tax on the income. 
BANKS AND BANKF.RS throughout the country will 
continue to dispose of the Bonds; and all orders.sent to os 
direct by mail, or otherwise, will be promptly attended to 
The inconvenience of a few days delay in the delivery of 
the Bonds ir at times unavoidable, the demand being so 
great; but as interest commences troua the day of subscrip¬ 
tion, no loss is occasioned, and every effort is being made 
to deliver the Bonds as promptly as possible. 
FISK & HATCH, 
BANKERS, AND DEALERS IN 
All Classes of Government Securities 
A»» 
XT- S. 5-20 LOAN AGENTS, 
3S WALL ST., NEW YORK. 
inn nnn wple trees,$ m s fe«» 
LVJ VJ. vJv/ high, at $10 per hundred. 
20,000 Standard Fear Tree*, A to 7 feel high, at $2S 100. 
10,1*10 Dwarf Fear Tree*, S to 6 feet high, at f J - *• 100. 
20,000 White Grape and Cherry Corrants; 5.000 Diana 
Grape Vino* A large stock or Peach trees. Cherry trees, 
Flum trees,Gooseberries, Raspberries, Blaokberriee,Straw¬ 
berries, inert of the new 'orietien of N vtire Grapes, fee , &c. 
Ay All of the. bent fpirtem eunmet proton extmeioeltI.— 
Local and VVaer/iny A yen !4 WwnUd. 
Wholesale a nd Descriptive Catalogues sent to ail appli¬ 
cants who inclose stamp* to pre-pav postage 
Address E, MOODY h SON, 
181 Niagara Nurseries, Lockport, N. Y 
been trying to build one. In fact, ho cold was the 
room that a pail of water standing on u little 
bench near the stove was nearly Irozen solid. 
Albert ran joyfully to bis mother, and told her 
that Bridget bad brought soDiething nice to eat. 
Bridget uttered not a word; but after looking 
around for the space of a minute, she went out 
to the garden fence, which \vun composed of 
rough pickets, and soon returned with u good 
armful of fuel, with which she was no!£ long iu 
making a roaring fire. Bhtdokt rightly thought 
that it wav food the widow needed more than 
physic ,; and'mauy minutes had nut elapsed ere 
she had the tea’kettle singing on tho stove, 
(Biudoet bad not forgotten tea,) and the tea- 
table spread with the in ovisions she had brought. 
She now proceeded to draw up the aim-chair 
in the wannest place and cover it with a quilt, 
then going to the bed she took the poor woman 
up tenderly iu her arms and carried her to the 
chair, pl&clog her therein and wrapping the 
blankets closely around her. 
“Now. Mistress Dodge,” said Bridget, fur 
the first time speaking, “you just drink of this 
strong tent, and eat, while I go homo a bit i'll 
bo al ter coming back tor yo to take a ride.” So 
saying, she donned her hood and quickly walked 
home. 
The widow had prayed God to sand hie angels 
to their relief Could it be Bridget was the 
angel sent? Queer-looking angal you may 
think; but. I fancy we need that kind of angels 
here more than the winged ones wa read of 
As Bridget walked briskly towfttd home, sho 
bitterly reproached hereelf that she bad found it 
in her" heart to repine, when rad suffering, bo 
near to her, had been unheeded; b?it every step 
she took gave emphasis to resolutions forming 
in her mind. The picture of ocimroit. in fanner 
Yase’8 sitting-room had not materially changed, 
when Briduet burst in, aud deliteicd heiseif 
In this wise:— “ Would ye be after stayin’ in yer 
warm honse this hlissid Christmas day, an’ ihe 
poor woman on the other end the farm freeziu’ 
and starvin’.” 
The speech took effect, and Mr. Vane Boon 
had “ Robbia” &t the door, and with Bridget’s 
aid, the widow and her child were soon domi¬ 
ciled at farmer Yank’s, to return not again. 
Bridget did not forget her “resolutions,” but 
when next Albert went to school, you would 
not have kuown the boy. so comfortable and 
happy he looked in his warm new elo ho=. The 
following spring Death cdosed the eve - of Mary 
Dodgk- v She had looked on little else hut trou¬ 
ble bere, but she died without regret, for she 
knew Albert would be tenderly cared for, as 
he had been twice adopted,— once into Mr. 
Vane's family, and a second time into Bridget's 
heath L. l. 
cur pi V VIj v»AA. uwn Uim.M oUU UUU pitkJkJVIa 
yet vfti.it evil!‘ UK* hud she that her prayers hiui 
reached Heaven; her darling still suffered from 
cold.jtnd she had felt the pangs of hunger that 
her child might be fed. 
When Albert awoke Christmas morning it 
was quite light, and lie raised up aud looked 
into his mother’s face. As he did so lie was 
frightened, she wfis so deathly pale and laid so 
still. He quickly laid his hand upon her 
cheek. The movement woko lier, and she 
looked up and smiled, wishing him “Merrie 
Christmas;” but us she did so, the tears came 
into her eyes. When the widow attempted to 
dress, she tound she was too weak and sick to 
accomplish tho task. Her mind had been so 
troubled, and she had been so long without 
proper nourishment in her feeble state, that sho 
waa now really ill. She laid down again upon 
her pillow, and pressing her cheek to her boy’s 
curly bead, the fountain of tears again burst 
forth. 
“ At.UK,” said she, after she had become more 
calm, “I am about sick this morning, aud J 
think you had better get up and dress, get what 
there is to eat in the cuphoard, and go to school; 
there will be a good tire there, and you can get 
warm. I will try to be well, aud have something 
for you to eat at night.” 
She bad fully made up her mind to seek 
charity of the neighbors. Fanner Vane she 
knew to tie kind, and although he had allowed 
her to occupy the cottage rent free, yet rather 
than see her child starve, she would ask more of 
him. Little Albert arose and dressed in the 
cold, and although there, was Ice in the pail, yet 
ha washed his hands and face, and smoothed his 
hair. 
“ Mother,” said he, coming to the bedside, 
“whar will yon do here alone? I’m ’fraid you 
will be starved and froze when 1 come home.” 
and the child cried aloud. 
“No,” said the mother, aoothiDgly, taking hia 
cold hands in hers and endeavonug to warm 
them, “I am not at all hungry, and as I am not 
very well, you see I atn intending to lie in bed, 
and I will be nice, aud warm here.” 
With this sorry consolation, little Albert 
bade his mother good-bye, and went to school; 
to be jeered by the well-dressed boys because his 
hat was rimleas and hia IxioIb laughed; to be 
scolded by the teacher because he stood too long 
at the stove, (he had that cold home picture in 
his heart, yon know,) because he did not step 
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